Making connections with problem solving

LI: to explore problem solving. 

This week LS1 and LS2 combined together to collaborate and make tangrams. A tangram is known to be an acient chinese problem solving tool, with no accurate year of first use it was known to be popular in the 18th century. Tangrams were used while being on shippings across countries, the men or women on board were accompanied by the tangrams progressing their problem solving skills. This session was to recap our collarborative and listening skills also our problem solving skills as we problem solve everyday.  

We started by cutting out the pieces of A4 paper and making them into different shapes following simple instructions given to us. After we cut out the paper we tried to put the pieces back together to create a square by asking for help and collaborating with each other. After we made it into a square we started to make some more advanced shapes or animal figures with the pieces of paper. We used examples showing on the TV of different tangram figures. 

Thinking Teams | Ordering Numbers

Today in maths we worked together in our thinking groups to find the answer to two maths questions. In the image you would see my group working together. Our group, The numbertricians group is working out the value in our name. To do this we used addition strategies and our place value knowledge. 

In the second activity we worked as a group to put the population numbers in order. To do this we used our place value knowledge. 

Kiwi Can

LI: To try solve a problem that is hard to solve.

This week for Kiwi Can we talked about problem solving. Our theme was resilience and our topic was problem solving. Mr Matt asked us some questions they were about if you get shy to say something you can't say or is wrong then someone with tease you and call you dumb and stupid. Almost all of us could relate ot that, even Mr Matt feel that way.

Then we had gotten into our enegiser. Our enigiser was called emergency. There was 8 hula hoops presenting as lily pads. We had gotten into 2 teams, Team 1 and Team 2. It was like hopscotch but the hula hoops had a curve. when you start you straight away try to jump in as many hula hoops as you can to get to the other side to get one point, but it isn't that easy. The other team does it too so when you guys are facing each other in the lilly pads ( hula hoops ) then you guys have to play rock paper scissors shoot, but the only way to continue is to win the rock paper scissor shoot challenge. If you loose then the other person next after you has to immediatly jump in the hula hoops as far as they can before the other person and if they are faicng eachother they play a challenge of rock paper scissors shoot. The winning team was Team 2!


Our activity was called Mat Dodge. Mr Matt will number us 1-4.  If Ms Matt says your number then everyone that is that number has to go in the middle and every one has to try hit them and the people surrounding them with the ball has to try hit them out. Then all the winners had to go in the middle. The ones winner was supported by the number 1. The number 2 winner was supported by the number 2. The number 3 winner was supported by the number 3 . The number 4 winner was supported by the number 4. The winner was Chris, he was in the number 2 group. 

Then after that we played a game of GKQ ( General Knowledge Questions ). We played Master GKQ. I started first then a lost to Oscar. The master of GKQ was Liletina but the person who won against almost every person but had gotten beaten by Juel was Chris. 

At the end we all said " Thank You Kiwi Can 1,2,3 1,2,3 K C SHOO!". Then Mr Matt did our scores it was all 5 which added up to 25. 

Kiwi Can | Problem Solving | Resilience

LI: To learn about problem solving and resilience.

This week for Kiwi Can we were talking about problem solving. First we went straight into our enigiser. Our enigiser was called human knot. Ms Lily had got us into groups of 5,6, or 7. We had to get into a circle and hold hands with someone across from us in the circle with our right hand then with our left hand with someone else. It was a knot. We had to try solve it by untangling our selves. After that we had our activity. Our activity was called Mat Dodge. Ms Lily numbered us 1-5. If Ms Lily says your number "my number was 4" then all the fours go in the middle and the people surrounding them with the bal has to try hit them out. The winner was akuhata. After that we had a quick game of GKQ. When we go to Kiwi Can we have to respect the leaders and listen to what they are saying by not playing with anything in your hand.