What we Believe

In English we have been looking at what makes writing and words powerful. For writing and words to be powerful or have an impact on the way others think, we need to link them to what we believe and have a hope for.

The students were asked to write about things that they believed in. They were asked what they thought would change the world. There were many different ideas, that each student came up with. Some ideas were for flying cars or hovering houses, others were for people to be kind to one another. We certainly need to have a hope for the future and it is encouraging to see so many creative and thoughtful ideas.

The students then had to turn their writing into a digital publication. We chose pictures that would match the words that they had written. We discussed how images help our our words to have a greater impact.

Matching Images To Words - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires

After finding images that went with their writing, each student then turned their writing into a digital speech. We used the Tellagami app which the students used to be an avatar for their speech. The images were used as a background for the speech. The students made a few different Tellagami's with different speeches. These were saved to the Camera Roll in the iPad. We then used the iMovie app to put all of the Tellagami's together to create one video.

Please watch some of our students work. The results look fantastic!

Grace's Speech

Rebekah's Speech

What did you enjoy the most about this activity? What is something that you believe strongly in? Do you have a hope and a dream for the future?

Genius Hour Kidmeet

Our Genius Hour projects are drawing to a close for this term. Each student in Stage 3 has shown a lot of initiative and interest in their projects. We would like to show everyone what we have learned. In Week 10 we are holding a Kidmeet@MACC to showcase our Genius Hour presentations. We are inviting all parents, Grandparents, aunts and Uncles to come and watch. Each student should have the following note, but if they don't please feel free to come along and find out what we have been doing!

Distorting images

Have you ever seen drawings that look so real that they appear to come out of the page? 

They are the result of using grids that distort them. Using what we know about perspective, we can create the illusion that objects are three dimensional. This is the basis of anamorphic art. 

We used a straight grid first to create a design. The lines were numbered to help transfer the design to the next distorted grid. 

The same design was then used for the curved grid. This proved to be more tricky but very effective when viewed in a reflective surface. 

The next step is to create drawings without grids. 

What do you know about anamorphic drawing? What have you found interesting about Art this term? 

Week 5 Award Winners

Our Primary School Assembly was washed out this week- it was a very wet! 

In Stage 3 we decided to have our own Assembly instead. Our award winners all did an amazing job this week. Mathematics was quite challenging and a number of our award winners showed diligence and perseverance to complete their work. Writing was also a feature, particularly in their choice of words. A big thank you also, to those that helped with the Paper plane Competition. 

Cuboid Challenge

Mathematics can be something of a challenge! We are focusing on the problem of Volume and Capacity. Volume is the amount of space that an object takes up. This is generally measured in cubic centimetres or metres. The capacity of an object, is the amount it can hold. This is is usually measured in grams and kilograms.

The challenge that Year 6 were given was the Cuboid Challenge, which come from a website called Nrich. The challenge was this:

It was first given to a group of students who had finished another Mathematics activity. They had the task of working out the problem and finding out what they needed to to. These students then had the task of teaching the other students what to do. 

The first task was to create a 20cm square out of a piece of paper. Then squares were cut out of the corners. Each student had to estimate the volume of their cube. We also had to estimate if the volume of the cubes would be the same regardless of the size of the squares that were cut out of the corners. We also needed to use the formula of length x width x height = Volume.

Our results were as follows:

We discovered there was a pattern with the numbers... Can you see what the pattern is? 

Paper Plane Competition

Lots of entrants in today's Paper Plane Competition #lovemacc

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Some great designs amongst some of today's paper planes! Distance comp complete....next round is longest hang time #lovemacc #lovemrstodd

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Paper Planes are so much fun!

MACC primary had the best of times as we created and flew our paper planes to see who could get them the furthest. There were some great results. 

Stay tuned to find out who got the best distance out of their paper aeroplanes. The winners will be announced once the Most Airtime Competition is run!

Busy working on Science presentations