Ready Set Maths!

Hello and welcome back to Megan's blog. In the Tumu hub we have been doing Math boards these. They are things that show you understand the question that you are trying to answer. There are four boxes and a diamond in the middle. In the diamond it says a problem or equation that you have to answer and in the boxes they say, write a story, solve it numerically, solve it visually and solve it another way. These questions that you answer will prove that you can answer the equation or problem in the diamond. Our teachers got this idea from when they went to Hamilton to learn some more things about teaching. There teacher was Joe Bowler Professor of Mathematics Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. I think math boards are really fun and there not to hard and not to easy.

Have you ever made something like this in maths?

Winter sports

Hello and welcome back to Megan's blog. In the tumu winter sports is something we do. There are 4 different sports to choose from soccer, rugby, hockey and last but not least NETBALL. I am playing netball for winter sports. there are 3 different teams A, B and C I am in the B. The players in my team are Myself, Lara, Sophie, Santara, Ariella, Caoimhe, Elsha and Cory. We played our first game yesterday 16th of may against St Anne's. It was a very close game and fun to play. We ended up winning 8 to 6. It is a great thing to do and we are very lucky to be able to do it every Thursday of winter. 

Do You Play Winter Sport And If So, What Sport?

Inspiring Speakers!

In the tumu hub lately we have been learning about the environment. We have been thinking about our actions around the environment and how we can change the issues in our world right now. We have been lucky enough to have some parents come talk to us about there work and how they have helped the environment. We had a lady called Erica come in and talk to us about her work. She has her own business called EcoMe. She sells non plastic and reusable products like pegs, sporks, metal straws, coffee cups and reusable fruit and vege bags. personally my favourite product she brang in was the metal reusable straws because we have been using way to many straws and they only get used once in then ditched straight into the landfill and plus you can bye different colours.                                        

Did this blog post help you to make a difference in this world?

Whats Today, Cross Country Day

Cross Country

It is here again...  you guessed it, Cross country day. Yesterday on the 2nd of May my school st Francis did a 15 minute stroll there and back to Walter park to compete in the hardest race ever cross country. Me and my friends walked over to a place we could rest and relax until we raced around Walter park. Some of us started to eat, some read or played some game, we had to wait for about 2 hours. We started to stretch as our race was coming up soon , but after all that waiting it was final our turn to race we were walking over to the starting line with fear dripping of my shoulders. Miss Hansen yelled on your marks GO I was of I decided to save my sprinting for the end of the race so I was just jogging around the track I paced a couple of people then had a bit of a break then I started to run again, the same happened on the second lap except I was a bit more tired. I could see the finish line it was at reach so I picked up my pace and sprinted over the finish line I ended up coming 10th which I think is a good placing. I walked back with my friends relived that I completed the race.

Have you ever competed in cross country, if so what place did you come?