Sailor the Puffer Fish

Today we had a visit from Chris Lam Sam and 'Sailor the Puffer Fish.'
We learnt about the triggers of asthma...
Pollen
Smoke
Viruses
Dust mites
Pet hair
Colder climate

If someone is having an asthma attack try to limit their movement.
Have someone stay with them while another goes for help or gets their inhaler.
6 puffs - 6 breaths - 6 minutes  . Repeat if needed. You won't overdo it!
Call 111 if no improvement in their condition.

Maths - Enlargements

We have had fun taking small cartoon type pictures and enlarging them by a scale factor.
A scale factor of 2 means the image is twice as big as the original.
See Caitlin's enlargement of a shark below!

NYLD National Young Leaders Day

NYLD 2017

Our 5 House Leaders attended NYLD at the Claudelands Event Centre in Hamilton yesterday.

There were inspiring messages from people who are making a difference in their communities.

The crowd of over 800 students was amazing. 

The Big screen and booming music was very theatrical.

There was even a performance at the end by the band "Nomad". They played the 'Oh My My' song. It was impressive.

The Art of Geometry (fancy word for shapes etc...)

Yesterday we learnt about translation, reflection and symmetry.

We had three workshop activities. One activity used rubber stamps to

show a shape moving from one place to another (horizontally, diagonally and vertically).

We used punch craft to make shapes that we could reflect across a dotted mirror line.

The third activity we folded paper and cut out shapes to show symmetry.

Coming soon - Tesselation artwork...