Let's Face It....

We learned to program facial expressions on the EV3 robots!

Frogs and Toads

No, not bring a reptile to school day - but mathematical problem-solving in the Parera Class!

Objective:  Make the frogs and toads swap places.
Move all the green frogs so they swap places with all the brown toads.  
Use the fewest number of moves possible.

Rules:
• Only one frog or toad may sit on a lilypad at any time
• Only one frog or toad may move at a time
• A frog or toad can only move in one direction, towards the end it is going to. No backwards moves!
• A frog or toad may move in only two ways;
 o Slide onto an empty lilypad next to the one it is currently sitting on 
o Jump onto an empty lilypad over one different kind of creature; 
A frog can jump over one toad, a toad can jump over one frog.   


We have some smart thinkers in Parera Class - we managed to solve this problem with 5 frogs and 5 toads!

Robotics

Year 6 have been learning how to begin programming the Lego EV3 . Before we could begin, however, we had to follow instructions to construct a robot.

Completed EV3 robots

Parera Class 2019

Hello, Year 6, and welcome to our new class for 2019! It's going to be a lot of fun - we have so many things lined up  for Term 1, including School Captain elections; a visit from Life Ed (featuring Harold the Giraffe); school swimming sports; and, of course, our residential at Shakespear Camp. 

We have chosen the name of our class this year - it is Parera - the NZ grey duck. While you might think you can see (and hear) these birds everywhere, the truth is that they are an endangered breed and may well become extinct, due to cross-breeding with mallards.

Our timetable

We have PE on Mondays (Days 1 and 6) and Thursdays (Days 4 and 9) - please remember your full kits!

Homework is due on Mondays.

Orchestra is on Thursday lunchtime at the College. If you have been playing an instrument for around 6 months, you are very welcome.