The Twelve Days of Christmas

We read and sang 'The 12 Days of Christmas'. This version was different as it had 5 big, fat pigs instead of 5 gold rings! Here are the words of the last verse of the song.

On the twelfth day of Christmas 
My true love gave to me

Twelve piupiu swinging 
Eleven haka lessons 
Ten juicy fish heads 
Nine sacks of pipi 
Eight plants of puha 
Seven eels a swimming 
Six poi a twirling 
Five - big - fat - pigs ! 
Four huhu grubs 
Three flax kite 
Two kumera 
And a pukeko in a ponga tree!

Our maths challenge for the day was to find out how many gifts were received altogether.

We worked as teams in groups of 3.  Between us we came up with 3 different ways to add the numbers together.  Which do you think is the quickest?

The First Way:          The Second Way:         The Third Way:

1 + 2 = 3                    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10         1 + 2 = 3

3 + 3 = 6                    10 + 5  = 15                  3 + 4 = 7

6 + 4 = 10                    15 + 6 = 21                   7 + 3 = 10

10 + 5 = 15                21 + 7 = 28                  10 + 5 = 15

15 + 6 = 21                28 + 8 = 36                  15 + 10 = 25 

21 + 7 = 28                36 + 9 = 45                    6 + 7 = 13

28 + 8 = 36                45 + 10 = 55                 8 + 12 = 20

36 + 9 = 45                55 + 11 = 66                11 + 9 = 20

45 + 10 = 55              66 + 12 = 78           20 + 20 + 20 = 60

55 + 11 = 66                                                    60 + 10 = 70

66 + 12 = 78                                                    5 + 3 = 8

                                                                        70 + 8 =78

When we had shared our different ways of solving the problem we worked together to come up with another way which involved making tens, using place value and also some multiplication.

1 + 9 = 10

2 + 8 = 10

3 + 7 = 10

4 + 6 = 10

11 = 10 + 1

12 = 10 + 2

Then there is 10 + 5

Altogether there are 7 tens.  7 x 10 = 70

5 + 2 + 1 = 8

70 + 8 = 78

Tomorrow we will have a second challenge, so watch this space!

A7 go Sketching

Serious Sketching from cee one on Vimeo.

Ashley Digihero

Hero Dog

Superstar

Super King

Scott

Riana

Cowgirl Hero

Fire Dog

Firegirl

Hector

Cool Firedog

Cowgirl

My Space Inquiry

This term we have been inquiring about space. Here is Amelia presenting her work on PowerPoint. She put a lot of effort into her work and did all the transitions and animations herself. She was then able to support other members of the class in a helpful and supportive way.

My Space Inquiry from cee one on Vimeo.

Minion Maths Madness

In this Minion alphabet every letter has a price. 

A = $1, B = $2 up to Z = $26. 

 

We had to find out how much our name was worth

and say how we worked it out.

So far Dexton has the most expensive name at $83. Is your name worth more than that? Let us know, but you have to tell us how you worked it out!!!!

Our Solar System

We used Paint on the computer to make these space pictures.

Our Solar System paint pics from cee one on Vimeo.

And one more...

Reshaal from cee one on Vimeo.

Word Collage

In the library we made word collages using words about 'Friendship' and what it means to be a friend.
Here are some of our collages.

Word Collage from cee one on Vimeo.

The final members of A7 introduce themselves

The last intro of A7 from cee one on Vimeo.

A7 Inroductions continued

A7 Continued from cee one on Vimeo.

Introducing A7, part 2

Introducing A7, Part 2 from cee one on Vimeo.

Introducing A7, part 1

Introducing A7 part 1 from cee one on Vimeo.

Mathematical Challenge

For anyone who wants a number challenge.

Post your answers here!

Compound Words

How many different compound words can you find in our word cloud?

 

Word Clouds

We put our names into a word cloud programme called tagul.  Then we changed the colours and shapes.  Here are four versions of our names.

Welcome to A7, 2016

Meet the members of A7.

A7 2016-HD (1080p) from cee one on Vimeo.