Week 6 update - Important info re: Notices

Kia Ora Whanau

Important notices
1.  There is a Teacher's Union meeting on Wednesday 7 September at 1.30pm.  We encourage you to collect your child from school at 12.30pm.  If you cannot collect your child then the children left behind will be looked after by Mr Dolan in the hall until the usual school closure time of 3pm.
Please could you sign the letter that came home on Monday and let us know who will be collecting your child, or if your child will be staying at school.
Your childs safety is of paramount importance to us so please could you get the signed letter back to me by tomorrow (Thursday 1 September).

2.  Thank you to all the parents who have offered to help with our Orana Park trip on Thursday 22 September.  A letter will be coming home tonight regarding the trip.  The cost for this great day out will be $8 which will be charged to school accounts.  Any supervising adults will get free access to the Park.  Please could you sign the consent slip and return that to me. (Ideally if you can do that with the Wednesday collection letter - that will mean less double handling!)

3.  School photos will be taking place next week.  Information regarding the photos also came home on Monday

4.  Reminder about the ART EXTRAVAGANZA on Friday (2 September).  Please pop in to the hall and take a look.  If you have not seen the printmaking in the class feel free to have a look at that.  Our Collage will be finished in a couple of weeks so we will have a new display going up soon.

5.  All sports uniforms are to be returned to school on Friday 2 September.

Other info

• We are enjoying our Computer Science with Mrs Dudley and our Turbo touch with Logan on Monday afternoons.
• Kelly Dombroski (Imogen's Mum) will be delivering a presentation on our New Zealand history on Tuesday.  We are all looking forward to that.
• We will be returning to writing in literacy next week but with the same continued focus of developing our creative writing.
• We will have another week on fractions in maths
• The Inquiry projects are well on their way and we are hoping to see some performances in the next few weeks.

Homework

• The compulsory homework remains the same:-  4 days of reading a week (at least 20 minutes at a time) and at least 40 minutes of Mathletics a week.
• Any child who wishes to do more homework may do the Maths and Science badges
• Please could you assist the process by checking in with your child regarding their homework to make sure that they are getting into good learning habits.

Nga mihi nui

Nigel

Practising our Inquiry

This group is rehearsing an Indian dance they have made up

Doing your job makes a great team

Turbo Touch

The next BIG thing!

Kia Ora Whanau

I'm delighted that our trip to Orana Park is now very much on!  We will be leaving school at 10.30am on Thursday 22 September and we will be getting back to school at 3pm.

Sarah, from Orana Park, who presented to us last week has said that she will try to get the cheetah keeper to meet with us and share his insights on the cheetah.  This will be very special.

I have already had two parents put their hands up to transport and assist with supervision on the day, which is awesome.  I will require another 3 parents please to assist with transport and supervision.  If you are able to help please let me know.  All assisting parents will get free entry to the Park.

This trip promises to be one of the highlights of the Year

Nga mihi
Nigel

Cats and Kittens presentation

We were treated to a special presentation today by Sylvia on Cats and Kittens.  Well done Sylvia!

Heaven on Wheels plus Sports Stars

Our car enthusiasts were in heaven when this beauty turned up at school

Friday's Player of Day recipients

Immensely Proud

Kia Ora Whanau

We set some hefty goals in Week 3 and I'm immensely proud of what the class has achieved.

Firstly all 6 of the students on the Lexia literacy programme achieved their weekly goal.  This has only happened on half a dozen occasions this year.

With regard Mathletics we set ourselves the target of making the Top 50 in the World, beating our record number of points of 87 803 and for everyone to achieve a certificate.

Well I'm very proud to announce that for the FIRST time this year every student in the class received a certificate, we are currently 29th in the World and it is extremely likely that we will remain in the top 50 and we are now only 786 class points behind our all time weekly record.  What an achievement!

I do however want to stress that we have had a bit of a 'push' on Mathletics this week and that while it is fun to beat classes from Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA, Canada, Guatemalo, Argentina and Peru (to name a few) the main and continued focus is not on achieving a vast amount of points (this week being an exception) but rather on forming regular and consistent work habits which lead to a sound knowledge and understanding of the maths curriculum.

Students are required to do 40 minutes of Mathletics outside the classroom each week.  Should they wish to do more they are welcome but that will be their own decision.

During the week we also read the poems we had written to Room 2, completed our art design and chose our Inquiry 'project' for the term.  We had some fun games of 'Capture the Flag' as well!

I feel very privileged to have such a wonderful class

Nga mihi
Nigel

World domination in Mathletics

Kia Ora team

Great start for our quest for World domination!  We are currently 18th in the World!  Having a 12 hour start on Europe and America has given us an early advantage.

Well done to the 22 class members who have logged in to Mathletics today and also to the 13 who have already achieved a certificate.  To reach our goal we are all going to need to do our bit.

Lets go Room 1....we can do it!

Kia kaha

Vases required please

Kia ora Whanau

Our Inquiry this term is 'How can art have a positive impact on a place?'  In line with this I have acquired some 'realistic' plastic flowers so we can practise doing some flower arrangements. However we do require 3 or 4 vases.  So if you have an old vase or two at home please could you ask your child to bring it in.

I hope you remain warm this weekend

Nga mihi
Nigel