Congratulations and well done to Aleksander in 6th Class, the winner of our competition to design a poster to promote Maths Week! We had many creative and vibrant entries from all the classes and the judges found it very difficult to decide on the first place prize. Aleksander’s poster is full of encouragement and witty Maths slogans, and will be on display in the school over the coming weeks. Keep checking the website for more Maths Week updates!
Calling all parents and guardians…
Next week is Maths Week (13th – 17th October) — a week we really celebrate here in Saint Gabriel’s.
WE NEED YOU!! Get Involved!
Activities for you to get involved in —
Have you got Maths Eyes?
Come on a walk on Tuesday 14th October, leaving Anna’s room 9am. We will take some photos of examples of maths in the area, that your children can then use in their classes. Refreshments afterwards!
Maths Games
Help us beat last year’s record for the most adults playing Maths Games on Wednesday 15th October in the PE Hall at 9am. Refreshments afterwards.
Encourage your child to have fun with maths at home—try out some fun maths websites, or use everyday maths and bake something together.
http://www.mathsweek.ie/
www.mathsisfun.com/
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/
By: Elena
Today we were in school. It was 12 o’clock and Mr.Smyth told us that our German visitor would arrive at 1 o’clock .Our questions were all ready to ask.
Soon it was lunch time and we headed off to the yard. After it was over, we walked up stairs.
Surprise! Our German visitor was waiting for us in the middle of the class room. First Mr.Smyth asked us if we remembered his name. No one answered. Mr.Smyth said his name was Dirk Hutterman- a pretty nice name but hard to pronounce.
The first question was asked by myself. I asked him where was he born? He was born in Marback Am Neckar.
I asked him if he was there when the Berlin wall fell? He was not there but he saw it on TV. He saw people taking bits of the wall home with them at that time and he felt happy, excited and free.
We asked many other questions. He said they don’t have Halloween and that Christmas is different. How? Because when he was younger his dad used to put real candles in the Christmas tree and used to have a big pot of cold water in case of an accident.
In Germany they like to taste different types of bread. Dirk taught us how to say good day in Germany. You say “Guten Tag”
He said he was so happy when Germany won the world cup and that was the end of the day. We said thank you and good bye in German. I will never forget this day.