Flag of Brazil

This is the flag from Brazil. This is the country I will be in for our mini Olympics. We looked online to find a picture, drew it on the page and then shaded it in with our fingers. This flag is green, yellow and blue. It has lots of stars.

Maths Week

"Hurray! I got it correct!" I say excitedly. This week was Maths Week! At school, everyday on Math Week, we had a challenge. The challenges were, how long does it take for Mrs Waters take to get to school, how high Mr Gordon can jump, how far Miss Bateman can throw a tennis ball, how many grapes in a kilogram and how many jellybeans in a jar. Everyday, there was also an Olympic Maths Week Challenge about a New Zealand Olympic competitor. My favourite morning challenge was how high Mr Gordon could jump. Mr Gordon is approximately 1.9 metres tall. How high do you think he can jump with his hand up? Well, he jumped 2.73 metres high! Yes, 2.73 metres high! At the end of the week we had to give in a Maths Week homework challenge, which was either a poster, counting book for the Juniors or a board game. I made a counting book. On the title, the word 'counting' was pop-up. I also included a penguin playing on each page for the Juniors to find. Maths Week was a very fun week full of fun and challenges!

Maths Week Poster

Do you know what Maths Week is? It may sound like torture to you, but it is really fun! But where? you may ask. Sunnybrae Normal School of course, and we had a great time! Every morning in the notices there would be a daily maths estimation challenge, like how high Mr Gordon (our excellent teacher) can jump and how many grapes Mrs Waters bought in one kilo (315 grapes!!!). It's really worth it; if you guess the right number or somewhere close to it you win a prize! But altogether, the best bit was the maths homework challenge; creating a maths poster, game or book! I created a money poster with five items that you could buy from a supermarket with the prices above them. A cash register sat on one side of the page with the total amount of the items on it's screen. Below there was a question about that asked you how much change you would get if you paid $20, $50 and $100. It was so much fun creating it! Altogether I think that Maths Week was really fun. I can't wait to do another homework challenge again!

Anton's Post on Friday, 5 August 2016

Yay, National Scout scarf day! Anton and Luke wore both their scarfs today but unlike Luke, Anton wore his full uniform. This year is a big year in scouting because it is one hundred years of cubs. This morning we talked to our class about our badges you can get them. Also how you can swap some at camps. A big swapping camp is jota joti and scouts go on jamborees that last for nine nights. We do lots of knots and we use them on our camps.

Brains! A Neuroscientist Visits Sunnybrae!

Brains! On Thursday the 4 of August Room 13 went to look and learn about real brains in the Sunnybrae hall. The human brain apparently is as heavy as a third of your natural body weight. The neuroscientist  said ” the more wrinkles you have in your brain the more smarter you are”. The brain we looked at was donated from a 72 year old man who said, ”When I die I want you to take my brain and use it for education”. The neuroscientist  told us that your brain can stretch up to the size of the whole hall.

The second brain we looked at was a cross section of a brain (brain cut in half). The third brain we saw was a monkey brain and it was a medium sized monkey brain and it looked similar to a human brain. The fourth brain was a cat’s brain the cerebellum was big so that the cat can land on its feet when it jumps off high places. The fifth brain was a rat’s brain and the rat’s brain was quite small the brain. The rat brain sample was held in a special liquid in a sealed container so it wouldn’t fall apart. The rat brain was as big as a quarter of its body.  It was a very interesting session and we felt very fortunate to have a neuroscientist visit and share the various examples of brains with us.