Mathletics Update Day 4 16.00hrs

Today Room 11 has been distracted with practising for the school's dance show tomorrow night, but even so, we have managed to come 2nd in the world and 1st in New Zealand!

Here are our current rankings:

Ben 4th in the world and 1st in New Zealand

Anthony 35th in the world and 6th in New Zealand

Maddy 41st in the world and 7th in New Zealand

Charis 44th in the world and 8th in New Zeland

Sharon 68th in the world and 12th in New Zealand

Jamie 13th in New Zealand

Jack 24th in New Zealand

Samsara 25th in New Zealand

Katiana 28th in New Zealand

Jayden 66th in New Zealand

Sian 69th in New Zealand

Waiuku by Charis and Sharon

Waiuku is the place to be
and it is the place for me.
You can go to the beach,
you can go to school and teach.
Or you can go to the cafe
and have a cup of tea.
Sometimes you can hear
engines going Boom!
And sometimes you can hear cars going Zoom!

100%'ers:

Today was the first day that Niwa and Tuko scored 100% in the Five Minute Frenzy (C)!  Niwa feels happy, because it's her first time to score 100%, and she only scored 46% in her first test.  Tuko feels proud that he scored his first 100% as he only scored 27% in his first test. Their goal was to achieve 100% and get a good time under 5 minutes.  The whole class is proud of Tuko and Niwa's success.

We had an astonishing 17 people achieve 100% in this morning's Five Minute Frenzy:

Tuko, Niwa, Jamie, Abbi, Ben, Shontelle, Sian, Jayden, Phoebe, Briana, Ashlee, Finn, Aidan, Sharon, Charis, Katiana and Maddy.  Only 5 people scored 100% - Jamie, Natasha, Abbi, Sharon and Jack - when we first started doing Five Minute Frenzies.  Natasha would probably have scored 100% too, if she hadn't been at music.

Fantastic learning Room 11!

100%ers!

After 4 days of Five Frenzy addition grids, 10 people in Room 11 scored a whopping 100%!

Jack

Natasha

Sharon

Phoebe

Jayden

Ashlee

Shontelle

Katiana

Charis

Briana

Congratulations!

The Dog's party!

Dictionary Spellers 'I have a dog' poem:

Stray dogs rap:

Room 11's Persuasive Speech Competiton:

Room 11 is doing their persuasive speech competition today after morning tea, at 11.30am. Our adjudicators are Arabella from Room 19, Rose, and our teacher, Ms Clydesdale.
Charis's speech is about illiteracy and how we can stop it. Brooke is speaking about domestic animals and how you give them lots of attention, and Sharon's speech is about her lovely mother, who sadly passed away.
They advise you to speak nice and clear, and to look at your audience. Brooke said to know what you are talking about, and Charis said to hold your cue cards in one hand and if you get stuck, then you can look at your cue cards.
If you ever have to do a speech, Good Luck!

Speeches!!!

We are all doing persuasive speeches for the WPS Speech competition at the end of this term.

Some people are finishing their drafts, others are practising their speeches in front of the class, so that they can become more confident when they speak in front of the syndicate.

Brooke's speech is about domestic animals, because they keep you company when you are alone. Sharon's speech is very sad, because it's about her mum who passed away from breast cancer. Charis is speaking on illiteracy and why it should be stopped, and Samsara is doing Katy Perry. We have a large range of topics in Room 11 this term. Natasha won the speech competition last year for Year 5 and 6 students - Shontelle is hoping to be at the top with her.

Top Room 11 Mathematicians:

Charis was the only Year 5 who scored a Stanine 8 in the PAT Mathematics test today. While both Finn and Jack scored a massive Stanine 9, making Charis, Finn and Jack some of the best mathematicians in the country!

Well done, Charis, Finn and Jack!