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We are a year 5/6 (9-10 year olds) class from Bairds Mainfreight Primary School in Auckland, NZ.

You can see some of our learning that took place in Room 12 in 2010 and 2011.

NB: I have moved to a new school now so this blog is no longer active. You are still welcome to comment and look at the great fun we had over the past two years.

Thank you for all the lovely comments :)
Tara T-J
Contact : (@taratj on Twitter)


Sunday, November 21, 2010

Gratin de pommes de terre - the process

Yay here is how we made Pascale's Gratin de pommes de terre recipe. We hope that you can see the fun we had. We enjoyed it so much that we worked through the bells. True engagement. We are looking forward to trying some more recipes.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Comparing and Constrasting Blake

He couldn't talk
He didn't know how to crawl
He was small
He cried
He was tiny
He wanted hi mum all the time
He couldn't roll over
He couldn't make noises
He didn't have teeth
He couldn't communicate
He couldn't stand
He couldn't grab stuff
His hands were closed
He fell a lot
He couldn't balance
He had no hair
He was sometimes scared




NOW HE

Relates to people (see video)
Interacts with us
He can communicate with his Mum
Now he knows everyone
He can grab lots of toys
He is getting stronger
He can sit on his own
He's not that tiny anymore
He can crawl
He can point
He can stand up
He doesn't want his mum ALL THE TIME
He reads book that are appropriate for him (with his mum)
He bites his Mum
He moves around heaps
He talks
He can feed himself

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Toasty Maths




How many pieces of toast?

What other maths questions do we have?

Our questions:
Is it a tidy number? - Nope
Can you put it in a media player and slow it down? (good question, good thinking)
What is the number before? (ha ha nice try)
They don't start until 7 seconds. What is 1:34 - 7?
How many seconds in 2:34?
How many pieces of toast in 10 seconds?

Friday, November 5, 2010

In celebration of open education...

The concept of open source and free sharing of technological information existed long before computers. For example, cooking recipes have been shared since the beginning of human culture.

For the rest of the term we will be looking at recipes as a part of our writing programme.

We would like any kids or teachers of any level of any schools or ECEs to post their favourite (inexpensive) recipe as a comment and we will try to replicate it for you. We will be filming our process and posting your recipes as a cooking show.

Many Thanks :)