Percentage/Fraction Maths

This week for home learning we had a math problem to solve.

Room 19 raised money for charity. 25% of the class wanted the money to go to child cancer research. 55% wanted it to go to the SPCA and the rest wanted it to go to other charities.

What percentage wanted it to go to other charities?
What fraction wanted it to go to the SPCA? 
What fraction wanted it to go to other charities?

55 + 25 = 80
20% = other charities
20 x 5 =100
⅕ = other charities


25%=SPCA
55 ➗ 5 = 11
100 ➗ 5 = 20
11/20 = SPCA

I have an egg!!!

This week room 19 has started egg sitting as part of the Keeping Ourselves Safe Health Programme. My egg is called A.E.G. after the power tools that I love to use. 

In the weekend I went to Granny's house for the evening. I took A.E.G with me. We watched choice t.v together and went to church and had lunch.
Last week at school I made my egg a house and a slide. This week we have $500 to spend this week on our little egg. I have no idea on what to buy for my egg.

House and slide

A.E.G.

Camp Letter

This term I went to Y.M.C.A Wainui for camp. It was awesome. Here is a letter to one of the parent helps (my dad).

Dear Dad

Did you love camp as much as I did? My favourite part was the kayaking. It reminded me of the time we kayaked across Okarito Lagoon except it was vastly different. It was different because it was in a bay not a lagoon. It was also different because I was in a single not a double kayak.

What was yours? Here is a piece of writing that I have completed about my time at Wainui Camp.

KAYAKING

I heard

The cold water being pushed while i paddled away from sam so i don't get  tagged in the game of build up.

I heard

Splashes as Olivia jumped into the cold water of Tekau Bay  

I saw

Brightly colored kayaks lined up nicely on the shore waiting for kids to get into them and paddle out to sea

I Felt

The cold water as I jumped into it and swam back to my kayak

I Felt

The cold paddle as I paddled away from Sam in the game of build up we played

I Wondered

How fast I was kayaking in the game of build up.

I Wondered

How long till the instructor would finish tying the kayaks on the trailer and we could leave.

I wonder what your highlight or challenge was? This is one about everything.

Everything

I heard

Music that the instructor was playing through the radio as I ran back to where the instructor was after search and rescue

I heard

People supporting Sam as he climbed to the tree house at the top of the tree from where he abseiled down.

I saw

Big blue brils as my group started tying knots to keep them on

I Felt

The cold water on my feet as I launched the raft for its test run out to sea.

I Felt

The rocks as I crossed the river to my group's hiding spot when we were playing hide and seek with radios.

I Wondered

How long it would take the other groups to find my group’s hiding spot.

I Wondered

If I would be able to climb up to the top of the abseiling tree and go down it

Thank you for taking the time to join us on camp. I really enjoyed your delicious meals that you made  Thank you for helping me with abseiling.

Your son

James

Maths Problem Solving - Division,

This term Room 19 has been doing Multiplication and Division for maths. Recently we have started to do Division. Here is a problem I have solved for home learning.

Miss Turner organised three classes (64kids) and started organising them into rows for assembly.  She was trying to make it work for 4 rows – How many kids were in each row?

I used reversibility as my strategy

64 ÷ 4 = 16

4 x 16 = 64
Here is how I worked it out.

4 x 10 = 40

4 x 5 = 20

4 x 1 = 4

I also used place value as a strategy

64 ÷ 4 = 16

40 ÷ 4 = 10

20 ÷ 4 = 5

4 ÷ 4 = 1
10 + 5 + 1 = 16

Winter Sport Hockey

In the winter term, Hoon Hay School makes up some winter sport teams. Last week, my hockey team won our game against Linwood. The score was 5:2. In my team there are 10 players, 2 boys and 8 girls. My amazing coach is Mrs O. I scored 2 of the goals. For most of the game I was on the left wing. This is the first time I have played Hockey and I'm really enjoying it. Mrs O says I am learning the position of Left Wing extremely well as I am now running onto the ball and scoring goals.