The Room 17 bunch.

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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Potato Planting Photos





























Spud in a Bucket Project

5 classrooms, Rooms 1,3,16,17 and 23 were part of the Tehuri Whenua Spud in a Bucket Project. We planted 60 potatoes in buckets with the help of Simon Williams from Wanaka Wastebusters and Ben Elms who came with the potatoes and compost and helped us plant them. The goal is to collect some of these Maori heirloom poatoes to increase New Zealand's stock of these traditional potatoes. Some of the children are looking after these plants until March when they will be ready to be harvested. A special thanks to Delta for supplying the compost.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Basic Facts

This term we are focusing on getting faster at our basic facts
There are lots of great websites to visit to have fun and at the same time getfaster at doing basic facts. Get really speedy at + and - to 10 then practise to 20.Blast the sums that come down like space invaders. Great for getting fast at addition!http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/alien/alien.html
Don't get slimed! Get fast at subtraction instead!http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/mission/mission.html
To make your own quizzes and worksheets, go to: http://themathworksheetsite.com/

Learn how to type:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tuxtype/Tuxtype2-1.5.3-installer.exe?downloadYou might also be interested in TuxPaint and TuxMaths as well. Enjoy

This link takes you to NZ Maths Families. Help and support for you at home: http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/families/index.aspx
Wicked Maths: http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/homework_help/maths/
Interactive maths activities: http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/maths/intermathsindex.html