Well done to Briana, Oscar and Henry 8 (reserve) who are off to compete in the teams competition for Cantamath next Wednesday afternoon.

Today we selected entries for the Cantamath display competition. Room 19 really raised the bar with a number of very impressive creations. Well done to Danielle, Briana, Oscar, Andrew, Conan, Grace, Brendon and Thomas.

A tasty lesson in win win...

We wrapped up our win-win lessons today by discussing the 'tumor twins', competing and comparing. We talked about what made competition healthy, and how when winning at all costs becomes the focus, competition can become dark and dangerous. Comparing our own performances is a good thing, but comparing ourselves to others can lead to a number of problems. These ideas had nice links to the Olympics.

However the highlight of the afternoon was the creation of our win-win pizza. By considering everyone's preferences and doing a bit of maths, we created a pizza to keep everyone happy:-)

Poets in the making

This week we started exploring the poets within! Our first creation is a poem based a recipe, designed to make someone angry. Here are a few of the 'dishes' that have been created...

One beautiful platter of fishing clothes doused in a spicy dip of scariness, all delicately laid on some dirty school uniform.

A piping hot plate of tangy old fashioned unhelpfulness marinated in a delicious not listening sauce, this is a favourite to everyone (except Mums!)

A crisp argument heated just to the right temperature between right and wrong.Served with a sprinkling of ‘I’m right’.

An intriguing cocktail of authentic not as smart as you and distinctive being wrong for the perfect accompaniment to a delicious dinner.

A roasted trio of fighting, dirty clothes and a pile of week old laundry, blended together to make a symphony of flavours. On top of a big fat chunky cut of, it’s her turn to set the table, finally topped off with a creamy dolloping of talking back.

An intriguing blend of a crisp tardiness seasoned with a pinch of homework excuses finished off with a glazed homework excuse .

Learning about win win...

Today we did an interesting activity with a 5 X 5 grid, some 'x's and 'o's and two groups of students. The goal was the earn a lollies by placing 4 symbols in a row on the grid. Ask your children what they learnt from this activity!

One round of the activity nearly ended in no sweets being earned. In another round one group earned 2 each. The last round needed some teacher intervention to encourage the groups to focus on the objective (getting lollies) rather than making the other group get none. We worked out that by helping each other every participant could have got 2 or 3 lollies each ... TEAMWORK RULES:-)