Week 9 Term 2
Welcome to Maori Language week
We will celebrate this by focusing intently on greetings, Maori calendar, Karakia and Waiata. Rooms 16 and 17 will also be weaving for Golden Time on Friday. Heidi will lead this and introduce more Te Reo as we go. Since this is also Matariki, rooms 16 and17 will be supported by the Whanau groupin organising and preparing a Hangi. We will prepare the hangi on Tuesday and Cook it on Wednesday. There will a charge to cover the cost of the food. We are looking for parent volunteers to help with the preparation of food on Tuesday and 'dishing up' on Wednesday. Please speak to me if you are able to help.
This week the class will be completing end of term assessments which will be put in portfolios. You will see some wonderful improvements from term one
The children will be participating in the 'Move It' programme. Please ensure that your child brings their P.E gear to school on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Well done to all the children for competing in the Cross Country challenge. It must have been the coldest day of the year and I was proud to seee the children demonstrate stamina and perseverance. Well done to our winners.
Sara and Lina Stahlhut and family are off to Germany to visit family and friends. We would like to wish you all a safe and happy journey.
Friday is the last day for our student teacher Melva Buchanan. Melva has proved to be a great asset in the classroom. We hope to have her back with us later in the year.
I was absolutely delighted with the high standard of writing (from room 16's writing group) which was inspired by our Hannah's Bay trip. This will be on display in the classroom alonside the Art work made by reusing newspaper and tissue paper. Please make time to view it; you too will be delighted. I will add some pictures of these to the blog during the course of the week.
Saturday, 29 June 2013
Saturday, 22 June 2013
Week 8 Term 2 2013
Week 8 Term 2
We are now into the last couple of weeks of a very busy term.
Last week the author of the 'Bear Branches and the Cloud Conundrum' Terri Rose Baynton visited the school. Congratulations to Sarah, Sara, Ariahna, Te Oki and Reegan who were forunate to be selected to join Terri for a workshop. These children were some of the winners of the short story competition. The standard in Room 16 was very high and Mrs O'Leary had difficulty in selecting the eventual winners. All children provided work of a high standard.
This week (Monday) the Junior School will be visiting Hannah's Bay Sustainable Gardens. This visit supports our learning about Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. We will be travelling on the school bus and private transport. Thank you to the parents who have offered to come with us.
The children have also been practising hard for our Cross Country competition which will take place on Thursday at 11 am (weather permitting). We would like to welcome you to cheer on your child.
On Friday, we celebrated the beginning of Matariki by weaving with harakeke and creating some lovely crayon rubbings. A big thank you to Heidi for preparing a wonderful slide show which explained the meaning of Matariki and organising helpers to work with the children in their weaving.
We will be continuing with the theme of Matariki in the next few weeks and a focus on this especially during Maori language week in week 9.
We welcome Mrs Melva Buchanan to our class for 3 weeks. Mrs B. is a first year student from Canterbury University.
I will upload a few photos of our week at school on our photo page.
Have a lovely week
Room 16
We are now into the last couple of weeks of a very busy term.
Last week the author of the 'Bear Branches and the Cloud Conundrum' Terri Rose Baynton visited the school. Congratulations to Sarah, Sara, Ariahna, Te Oki and Reegan who were forunate to be selected to join Terri for a workshop. These children were some of the winners of the short story competition. The standard in Room 16 was very high and Mrs O'Leary had difficulty in selecting the eventual winners. All children provided work of a high standard.
This week (Monday) the Junior School will be visiting Hannah's Bay Sustainable Gardens. This visit supports our learning about Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. We will be travelling on the school bus and private transport. Thank you to the parents who have offered to come with us.
The children have also been practising hard for our Cross Country competition which will take place on Thursday at 11 am (weather permitting). We would like to welcome you to cheer on your child.
On Friday, we celebrated the beginning of Matariki by weaving with harakeke and creating some lovely crayon rubbings. A big thank you to Heidi for preparing a wonderful slide show which explained the meaning of Matariki and organising helpers to work with the children in their weaving.
We will be continuing with the theme of Matariki in the next few weeks and a focus on this especially during Maori language week in week 9.
We welcome Mrs Melva Buchanan to our class for 3 weeks. Mrs B. is a first year student from Canterbury University.
I will upload a few photos of our week at school on our photo page.
Have a lovely week
Room 16
Saturday, 15 June 2013
Week 7 Term 2
Week 7 Term 2
Hello everyone
The term is flying by and the class has been working so hard. I am in the process of completing Reading Running Records on each child from my reading groups (these include children from Karen's homeroom). This gives me the opportunity to assess each child's reading ability individually and I am absolutely delighted with the results.
The children also completed a basic facts in 10 minutes test. Resuls were generally pleasing. Since basic facts knowledge can only be achieved through practise, it is much appreciated if you would do this with your child at home. There is not enough time in a busy day to continually revise and practise this..... we need to keep moving! Addition and subtraction facts to 10 then 20, doubles and halves to 10 and 20. This knowledge should be instant which means that children should not use their fingers to 'work out' answers.
Another area of 'basics' is high frequency words used in writing. These are the spelling words at the front of your child's homework book. Please go over these regularly.
If children know how to spell these words then the writing process is so much easier for them. Once again time is of the essence!
The children are involved in a writing competition. Ask your child what they have been doing. Once again the children's interest in this has been amazing! I came into the classroom on Thursday morning before school had started to see a number of boys with their writing books, getting on with their stories. I couldn't believe my eyes. My aim is for children to develop a love for learning and in this instance this was certainly evident!
We are visiting Hannah's Bay Sustainable Gardens on Monday June 24. If you are able to come with us and bring your car, this would be apprectiated. Children learn so much through experience and the trips this year have highlighted this.
Many thanks to you all for your ongoing support of your child and the class.
Have a lovely week
Hello everyone
The term is flying by and the class has been working so hard. I am in the process of completing Reading Running Records on each child from my reading groups (these include children from Karen's homeroom). This gives me the opportunity to assess each child's reading ability individually and I am absolutely delighted with the results.
The children also completed a basic facts in 10 minutes test. Resuls were generally pleasing. Since basic facts knowledge can only be achieved through practise, it is much appreciated if you would do this with your child at home. There is not enough time in a busy day to continually revise and practise this..... we need to keep moving! Addition and subtraction facts to 10 then 20, doubles and halves to 10 and 20. This knowledge should be instant which means that children should not use their fingers to 'work out' answers.
Another area of 'basics' is high frequency words used in writing. These are the spelling words at the front of your child's homework book. Please go over these regularly.
If children know how to spell these words then the writing process is so much easier for them. Once again time is of the essence!
The children are involved in a writing competition. Ask your child what they have been doing. Once again the children's interest in this has been amazing! I came into the classroom on Thursday morning before school had started to see a number of boys with their writing books, getting on with their stories. I couldn't believe my eyes. My aim is for children to develop a love for learning and in this instance this was certainly evident!
We are visiting Hannah's Bay Sustainable Gardens on Monday June 24. If you are able to come with us and bring your car, this would be apprectiated. Children learn so much through experience and the trips this year have highlighted this.
Many thanks to you all for your ongoing support of your child and the class.
Have a lovely week
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