Term Three Weekly 3

In Written Language we have been learning about character description. You may like to ask your child about the clown they are creating. We are having lots of fun learning about adjectives, similies, physical descriptions, characteristics and quirks that our clown might have. There are some great ideas and we look forward to presenting them in a few weeks. – Stay tuned!!
Our cross country fitness is going well. We are keeping a record of our personal times and seeing if we can beat it each time we run. It is helpful if the children have appropriate shoes for running. We have been very lucky with the weather and are looking forward to cross country next week.
Next week we also have our trip to MOTAT!! We are really looking forward to learning more about electricity and exploring their equipment. Thank-you to everyone who has returned their trip form and to all our offers of parent help. It will be a fun day!

Term Three Weekly 2

We are increasing our focus on basic facts and vocabulary after analysing our Numeracy and Literacy data. Please support your child with making sure they complete their timed basic facts challenge, we are endeavouring to increase the accuracy and speed of our basic facts. The vocabulary box is a chance to brainstorm as many words that you can use instead of the one written. This weeks word is said, I am expecting students to write at least 5 other words they could use –eg, whispered, shouted. It is an open ended activity and each week children will be challenged to think outside the square. Some weeks will focus on the meanings of words, chunks or word endings or like this week, words you can use instead. I have also added more detail to our reading log and an opportunity to record how often your child achieves 1000points on Mathletics. Let me know how it goes and what you think of our new format.

Room 2 also thought that it would be a good idea to post our school stationery list so that we can check it from home.
English, Written Language, Topic (1I5)book $1.30, Maths (1H5)book $1.40, Pencil 60c, Rubber 80c, Ruler 80c, Sharpener 30c, Highlighter $1.60, Glue Stick $2.50, Library bag $5 and Pencil grip $2.50

Regards, Deborah Gosnell

Term Three Weekly 1

I hope you all had a fabulous holiday. The children have been all a buzz this morning with their adventures and have written some fabulous recounts in postcard format. I will be putting these together into a display in our written language area along with our instructional writing from last term.

We are lucky to have three students from Korea joining us this term. We would like to extend a warm kiwi welcome to Ji Eun, Nan Joo and Dong Hun who are here for the next three weeks. We are enjoying learning about Korea as well as celebrating our differences and similarities.

We are starting our class fitness programme 3 days a week as a lead up to the school cross country in Week 4. As with all new things we will be starting slow and building up the distance that we run. We will also be talking about healthy living so everything fits together nicely. We have discussed healthy foods for lunches today and the importance of drinking water. Feel free to continue the discussion at home or chat about it when shopping.

Term 3 is a busy term so please read through our upcoming events and mark important dates like Parent Interviews, Cross Country, Y3 trip, Talent Quest, Science and Technology Exhibition etc