Week 9 Update

Kia ora Whanau

Happy Easter and Happy Passover!  I hope you are all enjoying a relaxing time with your respective families.

Upcoming events
2.15pm Thursday 5 April Medha will be promoting our fertiliser business at School Assembly.  We still have plenty of stock so please get in quick and collect your bottles.  Bottles are just $2.
Friday 6 April School Disco
1pm Tuesday 10 April School Cross Country
2.30pm Wednesday 11 April  Room 1 presents the Senior Team time
3pm Friday 13 April start of the Autumn school holiday
8.55am Monday 30 April start of the second term
9-11 May School Camp

Curriculum
Arts workshop on Friday 6 April.  We will complete our reading unit on Summarising on Thursday 5 April.  We will learn how to make our writing exciting and colourful in week 11.  We are contining to learn about place value in maths.  Our Inquiry focuses in on Wero (Challenge).  We are using the challenges faced by famous people to learn how to overcome challenges presented in our lives.

The week in pictures

Charlotte made a volcano at home and presented it to the class

We are very proud of the 4 children in Room 1 chosen to be Golden Key Mentees

Anya made her own chess set

Week 10 in detail

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OLLixIncr90pWtHwreLeI6sbPpi76yqIslx8uHrbVs/edit?usp=sharing

Now that the year is very much 'up and running' I will update the blog on a fortnightly basis.

Kia kaha

Nigel

Volcano about to erupt at Ilam!

Week 8 Update

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The big highlight of the week was the visit by 5 'famous' people!  We will be using the challenges faced by famous people as a springboard to look at the challenges we face and how we can overcome them.

Worms
The worm team is doing a fantastic job in producing fertiliser.  The fertiliser is great for the garden, especially at this time of year.  A bottle only costs $2 and this is to be diluted in the rate 1:3.  ie Pour fertiliser into a bucket and fill the bucket with water.  Give your mixture a stir and apply.

Please could you support the children by purchasing a bottle or two of fertiliser.

Homework
Thank you for signing your children's homework.  This really assists them to get into sound learning habits.

Curriculum
We will continue with place value in maths and turn our focus to reading in literacy.  We will start to look at the challenges famous people faced on their road to becoming famous.

Detailed programme for next week
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RWgcgBNU4Cf3xHBa1GcaOJ3kR0MMAknJ0sR9zEt0Pco/edit?usp=sharing

Important dates
Tuesday 27 March - Crazy Hair Day (please bring a gold coin donation)
Thursday 29 March - Winter sports trials
Friday 6 March - Winter sports trials
                          -  School Disco

Have a great week

Ngā mihi nui
Nigel

Famous 'visitors'

We were fortunate enough to have 5 famous 'people' arrive at Ilam today to kick-off our Inquiry of Wero (Challenge).
We will be looking at challenges that famous people faced and then relating their challenges to our own lives.

Week 7 Update

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Heaps of fun in Week 7!

We got into the spirit of St Patricks day by writing Limericks and building Leprachan traps!  We enjoyed our final two sessions of PE with the CBHS boys.  The sessions closed with resounding hakas from our Kapa haka group and the CBHS boys.  We were proud of the efforts at the Duathlon and very proud of the 4 Room 1 students who represented the school at the Zone Swimming gala.  We have been developing our understanding of place value in Maths.

Upcoming events
1.30pm Monday 19 March - Top team event If you can help out with this event that would be much appreciated.
Tuesday 20 March - Launch of the Wero (Challenge) Inquiry - We have 5 very 'famous' people visiting the school on Tuesday.
Basic Facts and Spelling Test on Friday
PAT maths Assessment on Wednesday 28 March

There is no school on Good Friday, Easter Monday AND Easter Tuesday.
Tuesday 10 April - School Cross Country
Wednesday 11 April - Room 1 is running team time

Detailed plan of Week 8
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FzKxnn6UlAOpRfQWCArFDmv5lJDvBHe7MlMETd6taPE/edit?usp=sharing

Week 7 in pictures

Duathlon

Building Leprechan traps

Marble run videos

Week 6 Update

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Swimming sports was very successful.  A number of Room 1 students did well.  A few reminders:-
1.  Please could you support the worm project by purchasing a bottle or two of fertiliser.  Great time for growth in the garden!
2.  Thank you for supporting your child with their homework.  Each day there are still about half a dozen children not handing in their diary.  Please could you check that your child has their diary and that it is in their school bag ready for the next day.  We have started our spelling programme so half the children in the class will have spelling words to learn over and above their basic facts and reading.
3.  We achieved a class record of 16 children walking to school on Wednesday.  I would like to see all our children walking or wheeling to school.  Please could you support your child by dropping them off 200m from school if you bring your child to school in the car.

Upcoming events:
11am Tuesday 13 March  Senior School duathlon
Thursday 29 March First winter sport trial
Tuesday 10 April School Cross Country
9-11 May Room 1 and 4 Camp

Curriculum:
Maths We are really going to work hard on getting to grips with place value
Literacy We will complete our limericks this week and publish them
PE  We have two sessions this week with the CBHS students.  Swimming is finished.

Detailed plan for the week
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17D7xmQ2X4NUX0ScxDCsX9GIWOpyKs6xMCNPEOffhn1M/edit?usp=sharing

Pics from our STEM Challenge - Marble run

Pics from the swimming sports

Well done to James for winning all of his finals, including the 'open' butterfly and a come from behind win for his house in the relay.

Week 5 Update

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Important notices
1.  Last PE swimming day will be Monday 5 March.
2.  School swimming sports is at Jellie Park from 12.30pm on Wednesday 7 March.
3.  School Duathlon is on Tuesday 13 March.
4.  Homework thank you for supporting your child with their homework.  I really appreciate you signing off their homework each evening.
5.  Worms the children are really enjoying this project.  Please could you support them by purchasing a bottle or two of the fertiliser.  Over the next few months they will be building another worm farm.
6.  Walk/Wheel competition.  I'm very conscious of promoting a healthy lifestyle amongst the children.  Please could you assist with this drive by dropping your child off about 200m from school each day so they can walk the last bit.  On Wednesday's each week there is a class competition to see which class has the most children who have walked to school.
7.  House tee-shirts these are available by completing the appropriate school google form, should you wish to purchase one for your child.
8.  ICAS registration this is done by completing the necessary school google form, should you wish your child to take part in this assessment.

If you do require a tee-shirt and/or would like to register your child for ICAS and you have not received the required google forms please contact Marlene in the office.

Class update
Maths - we have been focussing on statistics.  After looking at world stats we have turned our attention to learning about mean, median and mode.  We will use the Census to further develop our understanding of the mean, median and mode.
Literacy - we learn't about hooking the reader in by writing newspaper headlines.  We also developed our attention to detail by writing a descriptive paragraph about a 'Man in a Tent on a Mountain'.  Over the next couple of weeks we are going to write limericks as we build towards St Patricks day.
PE - swimming finishes on Monday but we still have a couple more weeks of PE with the CBHS boys.
Art - We begin our large waka mural on Monday with Ms Knowles.
STEM -  (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) - we learn't how best to defy gravity by dropping eggs off the balcony!  Next week we will be learning about velocity through the development of a marble run.
Assessment - Other than the standard basic facts test on Friday there will also be an e-asttle Writing assessment as well as a PAT reading assessment this week.

The week in pictures:

Lincoln, Brianna and Matisse have ballroom dancing each Tuesday

It was great to catch up with Alex.  He is back with us on Monday 12 March

Engineers at work!  

Hamish rallied from behind to win his singles match 6-5

Keelia was out playing softball with her sister for the Sydenham Kereru's

Egg drop - STEM Challenge

Room 1 has loads of talent....!