Ansh's Rounding and Compensating Strategy

Here is Ansh describing how to use the maths strategy of rounding and compensating.

Ansh's Equal Additions

Here is Ansh describing how to use the maths strategy of equal additions.

Samarah And Skye's Maths Strategies

Here are Samarah and Skye describing how to use different maths strategies when solving addition and subtraction problems.

Nuha's Maths Strategies

Here is Nuha describing how to use different maths strategies when solving addition and subtraction problems.

Pepeha

Here are some of our pepeha that we have been learning this term. 

Anansi and Turtle

The X-Men have been reading 'Anansi and Turtle' a traditional Nigerian moonlight story. After reading the story we selected the key words from the text then used these keywords to summarise the story. Enjoy

Key words:

Nigeria, Anansi, Turtle, Spider, Meal, Tricked, Dinner, Dirty hands, Feast, Invited, Floated, Coat, River, Sank

Anansi and Turtle retold by the X-Men

In Nigeria a long time ago there was a spider called Anansi and a turtle. One day Turtle saw Anansi with a delicious meal and wanted to join him. Anansi made Turtle wash his dirty hands before he could eat but Anansi had tricked Turtle because every time he went to wash his hands he got them dirty again. Anansi ate all the meal before Turtle had a chance to eat anything at all. The next day Turtle invited Anansi for dinner. Anansi’s eyes bulged as he saw the feast at the bottom of the river that Turtle had prepared. Anansi tried to swim down to the feast but he floated back to the top.  Anansi then put rocks in his coat pocket to weigh him down and immediately he sank to the bottom. Just before he was about to eat the feast Turtle asked Anansi to take his coat off. As he removed his coat Anansi floated back to the surface and never got to eat the feast.

The moral of this story is not to be selfish and to share.

Horsemeat Sausages

The Justice League have been reading 'Horsemeat Sausages' by Jane Buxton. In the story a man makes a joke about Irish Moss the racehorse being turned into sausages. We thought about whether or not butchers should make sausages from horsemeat. You may be surprised by what some of the group thought. Do you agree with them?

Butchers should make sausages out of horses

I agree with this statement because we already eat pigs, cows, chickens and other animals so there is no difference eating a horse. Also there are lots of horses that could be used for food whereas the other animals we eat may run out in the future.

Some people may argue though that we shouldn't eat horses because some horses are very important such as Irish Moss who was a racehorse. Another reason why people may argue against eating horses is that horses are very tame animals and very beautiful so they shouldn’t be eaten.

Overall though I believe that we should eat horses because I think it would be adventurous to try something different, Horses do lots of exercise so it will be healthier because it will have less fat. Also people may get used to eating horsemeat sausages in the future.

by Sherlyn and Kalani

Butchers should make sausages out of horses

I disagree with this statement because horses are very important, such as Irish Moss who was a racehorse, and should not be eaten. Other horses are precious too, for example in the olden days they helped harvest crops and were used for transport. Also if you eat an unhealthy horse it might have a disease that could make you sick.

Some people may argue that people should eat horses because they do lots of exercise so they would have less fat and more meat. Also people may think it would be very adventurous to eat a horse.   

Overall though, I believe that we shouldn’t eat horses because in the future there may not be any left for us to enjoy. Also if you didn’t eat them they may be able to help us in the future, for example as transport meaning there would be no more pollution or loss of clean air.

By Chantelle

Butchers should make sausages out of horses

I agree with this statement because we have eaten cows, pigs, chickens and other animals so what’s the difference with horse meat. Also horses do a lot of exercise so they will have less fat and would probably be good for you.

Some people may argue though that we should not eat horsemeat because some horses may have diseases that could cause death if they are eaten.

Overall though I believe that we should eat horsemeat sausages because it would be healthier, it is no different from eating other animals and it would be adventurous to eat different kinds of meat.

by Israel and Anthony