Week 3 Update

Kia Ora koutou

Although it will be sad saying good-bye to the Year 6's at the end of the year I'm delighted that the Year 5's will be returning to Room 1 next year.

We were blessed with a fantastic Canterbury day for our Athletics Sports on Tuesday.  Everyone really enjoyed themselves and tried their best.  There will be a big cricket focus over the next 3 weeks before we start our swimming programme in Week 7.

We have been learning about statistics in maths.  We have looked at the worldometer and discussed the impact of the statistics.  We have also discussed the impact of the number of cars passing the school.  Yesterday we measured ourselves and compared our heights to our heights in February. There was discussion around the amount we have grown and we made predictions about how much we will grow in the following year.

We have finished our readers and begin a unit on persuasive writng next week.  There was a great deal of excitement as we designed our kites which we will be building later in the term.  Our Puberty unit starts on Monday.  We have a question box in the class which has been well used.  We will be having some fun and interesting discussions in the next couple of weeks!

Reminders:  Parent/Teacher interviews take place in week 7 and our class celebration takes place at the end of week 7.

Have a great weekend
Nga mihi nui
Nigel

Athletics Sports Day - Parent help

Kia Ora Whanau

The children have been training exceptionally hard on their Athletics skills and their fitness.  We are all looking forward to a great day next Tuesday (25 October).

We really do need some parent help please, even if you can just manage a couple of hours.  If you can assist in any way please let me know.

Nga mihi nui

Nigel

Bouncing Raisin experiment

Week 1 Update

Kia Ora koutou

Well we are back up and running!  We are enjoying preparing ourselves for the Athletics Sports Day on Tuesday 25 October.  I hope that many of you will be able to support the children on this day.

This week:
Maths - we have been learning all about time.  We are now a lot more aware of the time.  Next week we are going to move into the fun strand of maths which is Statistics.
Literacy - half the class have been reading novels.  One group has been reading and discussing 'Coat of Arms'.  Our ESOL learners are back into their programmes.
Puberty -  We will be covering this topic as part of our Health programme this term.

I'm pleased to confirm that we will be having an End of Year Class Celebration from 4.30pm to 6.30pm on Friday 25 November at the Jellie Park Outdoor pools and slides.  The children will play from 4.30pm and then at 6pm we will have a picnic.  I will pay for the children's entry to the pool. You are most welcome to join the children in the pool.  If you decide to join in the action then you will need to pay for yourself ($6).  Spectators do not have to pay.  Please could you bring along a picnic or fish and chips and we will all eat together at 6pm.  I will say a few things around 6.20pm and we will all go home after that.

School swimming will start in Week 7.

Homework (continues as has been the case for the whole year)
1.  Read at least 4 times a week for 20 minutes at a time
2.  Do at least 40 minutes of Mathletics during the week

It's great to be back with the children and I'm looking forward to a wonderful fourth term.

Nga mihi nui
Nigel

Wheels day - Week 9 Term 3

Feeding the Giraffe at Orana Park

Important Dates for Term 4

Kia Ora Whanau

I hope everyone is having a restful holiday.  Here are some important dates for Term 4:-

Tuesday 25 October               Athletics Sports Day
Wednesday 9 November        Ilam Cultural Festival
23/24 November                    End of Year Learning Conferences
Wednesday 7 December        6pm  Leavers Dinner at Lone Star
Thursday 15 December         End of Year Assembly

Nga mihi nui
Nigel