A short week this week so everything had to be squished into four days.
Tuesday we had some fun games of handball with Theresa. Our skills are really starting to come together now. I also got to do some Netball skills with Room 5 this week. We worked on not stepping with the ball, chest passes and passing in front of the person we were throwing to so they had to run onto the ball instead of twisting back to catch it. I had lots of fun watching them progress.
Our reading group Literature Circles are also improving hugely. Everyone is starting to show a much deeper level of thinking, considering other's points of view and questioning what the author may have been trying to tell us. We are also getting alot better at finding evidence to support our thoughts. Great job!!!!
Finding the area of the big fort provided some interesting mathematical challenges. We had a bit of a look at Pythagoras' theorem to work out the long sides of triangles (a2 + b2 = c2) and see whether we could use this to help us. That led to a discussion on what the a, b, x etc meant in maths. A bit of a deviation from our ongoing maths but fun to find out something different.
I'm also lucky enough to be reading lots of camp recounts at the moment. They are beautifully written with lots of reflection and descriptive language. Hopefully, you will find them posted on the individual's blogs, but I will try and get permission to publish some here as well.
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