Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Intelligence or Courage

If you could have more of one of these, just by wishing, which would you choose? and why?

Some questions to consider...
Can you be courageous without being at all intelligent?
Do you need courage to be intelligent?
Do you need courage to USE intelligence?

What do the rest of your family think?

Homework 23/2

Read for at least 20 minutes.

Choose an article from either
a) a newspaper
b) the 6 o'clock news (you will have to listen and take notes) OR
c) an online news source such as www.yahoo.com or www.nzherald.co.nz

Highlight or write down the key words or phrases and use them to write a 6-8 sentence summary of the article in your own words.

xbox 360 by Ronan and Zhian

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Homework Wed 16/2

Maths:
We are going to look at the statement 'schoolwork suffers because students watch too much T.V'
1. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? and why?
2. Record how much T.V you watch each day for a school week. Monday-Friday.

Read for at least 15 mins a night.

Our class was wondering if Waitangi Day on a public holiday, made a difference to what people did than if it was on a weekend.
We found out that if Waitangi Day was on a public holiday more people would go away than if it was on a weekend.
By Amber

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Something to think about...

Today in class we started an interesting discussion around what is bravery? Do you have to risk your life to be brave? Do you have to be scared to be brave?

Three more cases to consider:
1. Sandy jumps off the bottom step onto the ground, and walks away to buy her lunch.
2. Candy jumps off the highest diving board, lands with a splash and swims to the ladder.
3. Mandy jumps off the top of her house, lands with a splat, breaks both legs and both arms and gets taken to hospital.

Do you think that Sandy, Candy and Mandy are brave? Why or why not?
(P4C - Vanya Kovach)

Homework Wed 9/2

MATHS
Do you think Waitangi Day falling on a weekend rather than a weekday (public holiday) makes a difference to how people choose to spend it?

State a hypothesis (what you think, yes I think it makes a difference, no I don’t think it makes a difference).

Discuss with your family...what did you do this year vs last year or previous years?

READ for at least 15 mins.