Gardens and Museum trip

We had a really interesting time visiting the Botanic Gardens and the Museum as part of our learning about Change.

Change - plant growing in Room 19

This term as part of our learning about change we have planted some seeds. We put 3 sweet pea seeds in a little container. Then we watered them and put them in the sun during the day. After a little while we got a big surprise. This is what we saw-

After about 10 days look what happened -

We did a little experiment by planting some different small seeds in the cupboard so they had no light and we didn't

give them any water either. At first they still started to grow but look what happened after a week -

They have stopped growing and are not doing well at all now!

Look at the ones that we watered and put in the sunlight -

We also have some bulbs growing in a plant pot -

We are having an interesting time learning about how plant life changes.

Numeracy stages explained

Yarek

Maths & Numeracy

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Number Strategies; Curriculum Levels; and Stages:

Number strategies are the mental strategies that students use to estimate answers and solve problems
within the operational domains of addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, and
proportions and ratios.

Stage 1 One-to-one Counting

Stage 2 Counting from One on Materials

Stage 3 Counting from one by imaging

At this stage in the number strategy progression, students are able to count a set of objects or
form sets of objects to solve simple addition and subtraction problems. They solve problems

by counting all the objects.

Stage 4 Advanced counting

At this stage in the number strategy progression, students are able to use counting on or
counting back to solve simple addition or subtraction problems.

Stage 5 Early additive

At this stage in the number strategy progression, students are able to use a limited range of
mental strategies to estimate answers and solve addition or subtraction problems. These
strategies involve deriving the answer from known basic facts (for example, doubles, fives,
and making tens).

Stage 6 Advanced additive and early multiplicative

At this stage in the number strategy progression, students are able to choose appropriately
from a broad range of advanced mental strategies to estimate answers and solve addition and
subtraction problems involving whole numbers (for example, place value positioning, rounding,
compensating, and reversibility). They use a combination of known facts and a limited range
of mental strategies to derive answers to multiplication and division problems (for example,
doubling, rounding, and reversibility).