The Last Tree in the City
‘Last Tree in the City’ is the story of a boy who lives in the city. Edward’s city is a place of concrete and cars, a world without colour, so every day he visits the last tree in the city and forgets...
View ArticleInformation Report Interactive
Work with a partner to work through the Sea Chase interactive. You will need a mouse, headphones and a splitter cable. Join a patrol boat chasing a crew suspected of fishing illegally. Gather...
View ArticleRefugee Week
Refugee Kids: 31/5/2011 BTN Episode Choose one or more of the following activities to complete: 1. Which countries around the world resettle refugees and people in humanitarian need each year? What...
View ArticleFraction Fiddle
What: We are learning to add fractions. Why: This will help us to understand fractions. How: I’ll be able to add fractions together. Can you play Fraction Fiddle and show how to add fractions with...
View ArticleFun with decimals
What: We are learning to skip count using decimals. Why: This will help us to understand decimals and their relationships to the whole. How: I’ll be able to correctly place decimals on a number line....
View ArticleCuring the plague! (and interpreting data…)
There’s been a plague in the Rio Olympic Village and it’s turning all the Olympians into weird monsters! What? We are learning to Interpret data through comparing graphs. Why? This will help us to...
View ArticleRiddle me this…..
Riddle 1: What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away? Riddle 2: Ben walked into a hardware store and asked the price of some items. The salesman said: “One...
View ArticleToday a past student inspired us for maths!
Morgan Mitchell was in year 6 at Werribee Primary School 10 years ago. Today we watched a replay of Morgan running in her first heat at the Rio Olympics in the 400m race! She came second with a time of...
View ArticleDon’t Panic
What? We are learning about how to prepare for a disaster. Why? This will help us be prepared for a disaster. How? I will be able to put my best effort in to write detailed answers to the questions....
View ArticleRefugee Olympic team
Refugee Olympic Team Rio – BTN episode 16/8/16 After watching the BTN episode about the Rio Refugee Team, post a quality comment below answering the following questions; Which countries do the athletes...
View ArticleThe great pet debate
What? We are learning to estimate and rank numbers in order. Why? This will help us to work out the costs of owning a pet. How? I’ll be able to work in a just right group to complete a brainstorming...
View ArticleMaths challenge – how many pages?
What strategies would you use to solve this problem? How many possible answers are there? Clue: there is more than one answer. Work it out in your maths book and then post your answer as a comment...
View ArticleHave a great day :-)
As discussed you have a few choices about what to work on today. We voted for everyone to complete at least 3 tasks from the following list; Disasters Downunder Project Timeline (research and then...
View ArticleHow many ways can you solve this?
Type the equation you make as a comment below. How many correct answers are there to this puzzle?
View ArticleDid you know about the new $5 note?
5 Dollar Note BTN episode 30/8/16 Watch the BTN episode about our new $5 notes and then take this quiz. What was your score on the quiz? What did you find out from watching the BTN episode? What do you...
View ArticleCoding with Sphero
Today we had fun problem solving using Sphero. The students had to work in small groups to create small courses using the following rules; At least on angle. No jumps. No more than 2 angles. Maximum of...
View ArticleBinary Pictures
Today we used binary code to create pictures. We used the code.org lesson of Binary Images. First we watched the introduction video and then worked in pairs using our own binary codes to communicate...
View ArticlePrime and Square Numbers
Go to the following interactives and work through them with a partner; Square Numbers : Circus Towers: Square Stacks (Scootle) Prime Numbers Scootle You task is to answer this; True or false? Of...
View ArticleDangerous Journeys to school
Many children throughout the world have to take the most incredible and unimaginable routes in order to receive the education that some of us may take for granted. Click here to see how determined some...
View ArticleBonanza! Binary Number Game
Test your knowledge of binary numbers with this very addictive game. You simply look at the numbers on the right side, and then use your mouse to highlight the binary version on the left side. You can...
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