The last four weeks have been crazy busy in P2! So busy, I haven't even updated our Blog. So here is an overview of what we have been up to.
Our focus over the next few weeks is on our values and expectations. As it is the middle of the year, some of us are starting to forget how important these things are, so we are just having a little reminder :) As part of that we are learning to work cooperatively together. Here are some photos of our Marshmallow Tower Challenge, where teams had to work together to build the highest tower using only marshmallows and toothpicks. There were great discussions about strong foundations and some really interesting ideas being tested.
P2 has started learning Chinese this term. We are absolutely loving it! Students in P2 are especially loving the games that they play to learn the words. In the game below, students are learning their colours.
Science and Maths are all about the Science Fair this term. We are learning statistics in Maths; how to collect data, present data and analyse results. Each student has come up with a scientific question which they are working on at home and school for our school science fair at the end of the term.
Below is a picture of the beginning of one of our students experiments. This student knows that white carnations absorb colour when it is put in the flowers water but she is wanting to find out if it works well with other types of white flowers too, like Lillies and Daises.
Another major focus for maths is multiplication - above is a photo of Miss Avery from P3 teaching the class a strategy for multiplication that her year 8 students are really enjoying at the moment.
