2017 Last Day

Room 1...where friendships are made...!

U19 World Cricket cup came to Ilam!

The children received cricket balls and drink bottles


Kyle Jamieson (ex NZ U19 and current Canterbury player was on hand to show off the trophy)

Week 7 Update and Week 8 plan

Kia ora Whanau

Please could you send your children to school with food for the worms!  We are turfing out the current lot of scraps and starting with a fresh batch.  We need to turn our farms from 'fruit cakes into sponge cakes'!

While the Year 6's have been practising their singing the Year 5's have been developing their team work.

We had great fun playing mini-polo on Friday

5 cricket teams from the senior syndicate have been competing in the CJCA competition over the last 6 weeks.  Daisy Aaron (Room 2) in action.

Big highlights for Week 8 will be:-

• The U19 World Cricket Cup coming to school at 1.30pm on Tuesday
• The Year 6 Leavers Dinner at 6pm at the Lone Star on Wednesday
• The Leadership and Excellence Assembly at 1.35pm on Thursday.

In the classroom we will be completing our Journals, Theme Park maths and Passports.  Our last trip to the Wharanui pool is on Monday.  The School pool is open so children are requested to continue to bring their togs to school.

Please make sure your child comes to school with a drink bottle.

Detailed plan for Week 8
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zsk9zOi_tbKUFi6l4OltC_wGN33hlWcJ5Toqr2zpEHA/edit?usp=sharing

Ngā mihi nui

Nigel

Final spelling for the year

The final spelling test for the year will take place on Thursday 30 November at 2.20pm

Group A
last
left
four (the number)
gave
finished
game
second
someone
stopped
straight

caught
chocolate
front
having
hospital
probably
quiet
clothes
breakfast
nearly

Group B
appearance
examination
nuisance
surprise
appreciation
exhibition
obviously
surprising
argument
expedition
occasionally
surrender
association
experience
occupation
suspicious
atmosphere
explosion
opportunity
taught

Week 6 Update and Plan for Week 7

Kia ora Whanau

A week where heaps of fun was had by all!  Both the trip to Spencer Park and the Fishing trip were absolute highlights of the year and they both happened in the same week!  We are back into swimming next week and we go all the way through to Monday 4 December.

Learning tasks that will require completing this week are:-
1.  Duality maps (half the class has completed this task already)
2.  Mathletics certificate
3.  Journal

Once those tasks are completed then students may return to their Theme Park maths and also their Kiwi passport activities.  The Lil Pig will join our worm farms on Tuesday and we will continue with our unit on Puberty.

Detailed plan for Week 7
Copy this url and place in your space bar

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eT6Yxkk48iO7qeaY8psJMxaZt0xQOa1E8UYwp1mh_0g/edit?usp=sharing

Important dates:

• Swimming - all of next week and Monday 4 December
• Year 6 Leavers Dinner - Wednesday 6 December at the Lone Star
• Friday 15 December - Final Assembly 11an to 12.30pm

Please collect your child from school at 12.30pm on Friday 15 December.

Ngā mihi nui

Nigel

Fishing trip to The Groynes

Spencer Park Trip 21 November 2017

Week 5 Update

Kia ora Whanau

The children enjoyed their swimming this week.  Swimming gets underway again in Week 7.  We will take a break from our Theme Park maths and get back into that in Week 8.

Next week on Monday and Wednesday we will work flat out on our Duality maps and Journals. The Spencer Park trip is on Tuesday and we go Fishing on Thursday.

I look forward to seeing you all at the Learning Conferences on Wednesday and Thursday.

Detailed plan for Week 6
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qJRCUZW8Fm4wadOtOREaCm2r8O5SbVQ8pP4NG3Eg_tk/edit?usp=sharing

Have a great long weekend

Ngā mihi nui
Nigel

Week 4 update and Week 5 plan

Kia ora Whanau

General

Thank you to all the parents who already booked their parent teacher interviews! And if you have not had the chance please go to schoolinterviews (site) and log in using the code emailed to you.

Hooray! Swimming is almost here! Remember that swimming starts in week 5 term 4, if you are not swimming please bring a note written by your parents the reason why, then hand it to Mr. Marsh ( Room 1 )

Congrats to all the children who are going to Zones.  Well done to all the 9 room 1 children who made it and the others!

Room 1’s fishing trip is coming! On 23 of November, thank you to all the parents that are willing to help the Room 1 children on our fishing trip.

                                                 Learning.

Maths- The senior syndicate is doing theme park maths, theme park maths is when you design your theme park on a grid piece of paper. Theme park maths helps us learn about profit & loss.

Journal- In room 1 we are making our own journals for are parents for christmas! Our journals will have 3-5 pages full of poems, stories, plays, narratives, articles etc.

Duality maps- We are creating duality maps so we can learn about our culture backgrounds. We have to compare the same topics like clothes, food, weather etc.

Passport- Passports are still here! Our ilam school passports are filled with fun kiwiana things to do with family, friends or just yourself! Remember there are kiwi passport badges and certificates that your teacher's hand out so get moving!

Written by Lisa

Plan for Week 5

Copy this url into your space bar

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PiEJK8A_NgtUwd2fBGIjRLGWN5TIGaTJt0CXNnRDzRU/edit?usp=sharing

In week 6 we will focus our attention on completing our duality maps and going a long way towards completing our Journals

2017 West Zone Athletics

Well done to all those who took part

Spelling Words

Spelling words for the next test on Thursday 16 November at 2.20pm are:

Group A
here
know
felt
find
few
finally
present
probably
quiet
scared

disappeared
doesn't
excited
field
favourite
brought
friends
lightning
caught
awhile

Group B
attractive
fascinated
parliament
television
audience
favourite
passenger
temperature
ballet
ferocious
permission
thieves
barbeque
forgotten
plantation
thoughtful
beautiful
friendship
political
tomorrow

Week 3 Update and Week 4 plan

Swimming!

Do you guys know what day it is on the starting of week 5?

YOUR RIGHT! STARTING ON WEEK 5 MONDAY THE WHOLE SCHOOL WILL ALL BE HAVING A CHANCE TO GO SWIMMING AT Wharanui pool! So get ready to go swimming on week 5! Have fun!

         Puberty

Oki guys here comes the serious stuff of being a senior, Some of you won’t be ready for this or like this, but everyone has to get through this to get a life. Oki, starting on week 6 puberty is on      (only for seniors)

         Passports

You know the drill, your teacher should have gave each of your

students a passport to do, if you don’t already know you can do it anywhere you'd like to do it! So make sure you use the passport daily so you can get a kiwiana certificate from your teacher for completing the passport!

                      Parents Teacher Interviews

Students please remind your parents that on week 6 there will be parent teacher interview happening!

     Fishing trip

ON NOVEMBER 21ST ROOM ONE IS SUPER LUCKY TO GO FISHING!

HERE'S WHAT YOU WILL NEED!

YOU MUST HAVE A SCHOOL SUNHAT

DRINK BOTTLE FILLED WITH ALOTTTTT OF WATER

Comfortable walking shoes

Sunscreen (optional)

Your own fishing roD (optional)

HEALTHY FOOD

THAT’S WHAT YOU NEED TO GO FISHING!

Spencer park

Do you guys know what's happening on the 21st of November? It's the day we will be having a trip to spencer park and having a nice sunny day, we will also have sausage sizzle on the day! Only the seniors will be able to go!

What you need:

School hat

morning tea

Sunscreen

Comfortable shoes

Blogged by Navia Gowda and NIKKY Ruan

Week 4 plan
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x2Wm569xZht_dQgEtDOJIEF_98BoTwIFJ3sJ7qgp0Uw/edit?usp=sharing

Riccarton Bush Walk - 24 October

Thank you to the parents who assisted on the day

A positive experience...!

Curiosity...

Conner and Kanye making diapers!

Week 2 Update and Week 3 update

Kia ora Whanau

We have two events coming up in Week 6 where we need parent help please.  The first one is on Tuesday 21 November with a trip to Spencer Park and Thursday 23 November with a fishing trip to the Groynes.  We will travel by bus to Spencer Park but please could you assist with transport on the Thursday.

Please let me know if you can assist in either one or both of these days.

Curriculum
We will continue with the writing of our Journals and our Duality maps.  In maths we will start on our Theme Park rich task.  We will have 2 days of art with Ms Knowles.

The Year 6's will have Cycle Safety this week and also those going to Cobham will have testing on Tuesday.
Please remind your children about their spelling test on Thursday.

Worm sales
To date we have made $99.  Thank you to all the parents who are supporting the children with this great learning opportunity.

The plan for Week 3
Please place this url in the search bar

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lie2vvCWkrVhO__hvSOZmyaL1LPh2exI-YrTiV3DMSY/edit?usp=sharing

Have a great week

Arohanui
Nigel

Week 1 Update and Week 2 plan

Kia ora Whanau

Conner and Kanye had a fantastic day with the Canterbury Kings on Wednesday.  Pictured here with Leo Carter.

We are starting our Journals with some poetry and a fictional story.  In maths we are going over some learning that we struggled with earlier in the year.  We will be doing some maths assessment over the next fortnight.  We continue with our Duality maps during Inquiry.  Ms Knowles will be running an art unit over the next few weeks.

Upcoming dates:

Tuesday 24 October Walk to Riccarton Bush

Wednesday 25 October Athletics Sports day

Monday 13 November (week 5)  Swimming starts

Tuesday 21 November Senior team Big day out

Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 Parent Teacher interviews

Thursday 23 November Fishing trip Please let me know if you can assist on this day

Monday 4 December  Last swimming day

Wednesday 6 December Year 6 Leavers Dinner

Friday 15 December Final Assembly.  School finishes at 12.30pm

Plan for Week 2 (place this url in your search bar)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rTHmc8EwZxAp71mlQ6sAUOmdnXlseOVCqj70IS6kXRc/edit?usp=sharing

Have a safe and restful long weekend

Kia kaha

Nigel

Spelling words

Group A           
fun                           The next test will be on Thursday 2 November at 2.15pm
heard
eyes
fell
fast
father
lightning
luckily
nearly
police

excited
favourite
field
dollars
bought
centre
grabbed
allowed
believe
cannon

Group B
altogether
electricity
mountainous
stationery (pencils and pens)
ambulance
embarrass
mysterious
submarine
ancestor
encyclopedia
necessary
successful
ancient
especially
neighbourhood
suddenly
anxious
eventually
noticing
supermarket

Week 1 Plan

Please copy this url into your search bar for the weekly plan:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GHVz3uuWR5kK7npFKMPSe6p1kGrH0Od4uvA1Bu3-YTw/edit?usp=sharing

There is a very important e-mail which has been sent to all Room 1 parents regarding information about Term 4.  Please let me know if you have not received it

Kia kaha
Nigel

New spelling words

This is the new list of spelling words.

Children will also need to revise the spelling words that were listed on 31 August on the class blog. The children are tested on these 10 new spelling words as well as 10 words they have already been tested on.

found
friend
even
every
everything
face
holidays
hopped
hospital
instead

Pics from Week 10

We enjoyed doing our Kiwiana art

Room 1 were Walk/Wheel Champions for Week 10!

Class mihi's

Copy this url to get to the mihi document

https://docs.google.com/a/ilam.school.nz/document/d/12-GfWTQkGvK8ZGd36tNHXCbkpcBx2qH659Cv9thA5eg/edit?usp=sharing

Cultural Day

What a great day!