Brainer #7: Middle Age Catapults

E3 you have been saving iceblock sticks for sometime now. On Thursday we studied some Middle Age siege weapons.

Your Brainer for Week 7's Homework (no Maths or Spelling BUT you must complete your Reading log and memory verse) is to use your iceblock sticks to build one of the following Middle Age siege weapons:
1) Ballista (giant crossbow)














2) Mangonel (launches missiles from a bowl-shaped bucket at the end of the one giant arm)









3) Trebuchet (consists of a lever and a sling and is capable of hurling stones)

Note: your catapults will be presented on Friday 28th Nov at our Middle Age day. They will compete against one another on the netball courts to see which one can propel there missile the furthest.

Brainer #6: Vegetable People

Week 3 is upon us E3 and it is time to mix up the Homework with a creative Brainer! There is NO maths or spelling this week but you MUST continue with your Memory Verse and Reading Homework.

Your challenge for Homework this week is to bring to school on Friday 31st October:
1) A character made out of vegetables from the Middle Ages.
2) One page of notes about your character. Your notes must include their role in society, the challenges they may have faced and details about the typical clothing they wore.


Potato Man Author: http://www.tintern.org.uk/vpa2005.htm

Brainer #5 "24 Game"

E3 our W.A.L.T (We are learning to) for Maths at the moment is to:
"Solve addition, subtraction, mulitplication and division problems using different stratigies."

Today's Brainer is the "24 Game". There are at least 3-4 different ways you can solve this game when there is one white dot on the card.

Brainer #4: The Prediction Key

Brainer #3: How Clever Are You?

Hi E3 :+) Here is a wee challenge that has no due date but is here for your learning and enjoyment :+)

Questionaut

"Journey through strange worlds and test your knowledge of English, Maths and Science on this mission to recover your friend’s hat."

Brainer #2: Personal Attributes

"Attributes" = a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic of someone or something.

E3 click through the voicethread below on Sir Edmund Hilary then leave a comment or text box describing the attributes Sir Ed Hilary had that you admired. Your sentence could begin "The attributes I admired in Sir Edmund Hilary were........because....."
Then explain what attributes you believe you need to make 2008 a successful one.

Due date: Monday 25th Feb, Week 4.

Note: You may see other comments on the Voicethread made by other students in N.Z. That is because this is a collaborative task. They will have other things to say about Sir Edmund Hilary.

Brainer #1: Quotes

A "Brainer" is a task that will challenge your thinking. They will be given out occasionally to extend you.
Marks will be given based on two criteria:
1) Completion of the task = (2 Ticks)
2) Creativity shown = (1 Tick)

Brainer #1:
Famous quotes are words of wisdom spoken in time and often referred back to again and again because of the revelation or inspiration they convey.

E3 your task for Monday 4th February is to
1) Find a quote that you value. You could quote one of the following:
- a famous New Zealander/author/movie star/etc.
- a proverb.
- a piece of scripture from the Bible.
- a lyric from a song.
- an advertising slogan.

2) Leave a comment identifying your quote and explaining WHY it is valuable to you. (Click on the word "comment" below to do this).

Note:
- If you need help use the links on the right hand side of the blog to help you find a quote.
- We will be turning your quotes this week into a form of art :+)