Room 5 Newsletter               2/05/2016

Hello and Kia ora,

Welcome back to term two. I hope all the children have had a good and relaxing break.

Term Two Learning Focus

Our school wide focus continues about ‘citizenship’. We have done a reflection today and hope to continue on the citizenship building from term one.

In reading, children will be working in reading groups according to their abilities. For silent reading, children will have the opportunity to choose a text that is interesting and it will encourage each child to read daily independently.

In writing, we will be focusing on punctuation and how this aspect of writing can help ourselves and the reader understand the messages we are aiming to convey. Spelling is a very important component of writing and we will be learning the essential spelling list words, big learning curriculum words, words that we have misspelt in our writing and spelling under scrutiny programme.

In Mathematics, the main topic of learning will be ‘Number’ and ‘Algebra’ we continue learning about place value and strategies to workout addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems.

Rippa rugby tournament is on Thursday the 26^th of May at Albert Park. We are entering a year 7 and 8 team. A permission slip will go home to those children who have been selected to play. Lower Waipa 7’s tournament is on Wednesday the 2nd^h of June. Teams will be organised closer to the day. The children look forward to this day representing our school on the sporting field.

This term house sports is football and netball.

Camp News

Thanks for returning forms and making payments towards our up and coming camp. We are looking forward to it!

Homework

Reading Logs will continue this year. The reading logs are a great way to encourage your child to read and record their thoughts about what they are reading. Again we are using the maths homework books. Children are to do one page per week and hand in on Friday. Again maths buddy will operate as a homework tool. Research assignments will be assigned at least once a term. Information will go home when assignment is set. Other homework tasks are set during each week.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Thanks

Phillip

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Room 4 Term Two Newsletter 2015

Dear parents,

It has been a great start to term two and it’s great to see children working well and settling into the first day back at school.

Learning

In guided reading children continue learning in groups according to their reading ability. This will allow each child to be learning at the appropriate level and speed. During this learning time we will explore a range of texts and content that is interesting and relevant. For silent reading children will have the opportunity to choose a text that is interesting and it will encourage each child to read daily independently. In writing we will be focusing on punctuation and audience awareness. This aspect of writing can help ourselves and the reader understand the messages we are aiming to convey. Spelling is a very important component of writing and we will be learning the essential spelling list words, big learning curriculum words and words that we have misspelt in our writing. In Mathematics we continue to learn about ‘Number’ we will be learning about decimals, fractions, percentages and strategies to workout addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. Also we will learn about measurement. We continue with daily basic facts practise. Our first curriculum focus will be a study about the ANZACS.

Homework

Our class will continue with the weekly homework sheet. Thanks to those children who are making an excellent effort with this and making good progress with the learning of their basic facts and spelling words. Please remember that the homework sheet needs to be handed in on Friday of each week. Reading logs continue as usual. I encourage children to hand their reading log in once a week as I am able to record how many nights they have read and send names to Mr Calver when they have meet an award. The maths homework book children are to do one page per week and hand in to me on Friday. Thanks for all the efforts you are making with homework for your child. During the term I will ask children to do a research assignment, information will go home when the task is set.

Events     

Rippa rugby tournament is on Tuesday the 12^th of May at Albert Park. We are entering a year 5 and 6 team. A permission slip will go home to those children who have been selected to play. Lower Waipa 7’s tournament is on Wednesday the 17^th of June. Postponement day is Friday the 19^th of June. Teams will be organised closer to the day. The children look forward to this day representing our school on the sporting field.

Last day of term is Friday the 3rd of July.

Have a great term  

Phillip Otto

Room 4 Term Three 2014

Dear parents,

I hope the children have had a well-earned break and I look forward to working with them this term. The first two weeks of this term have been positive as children have settled in well with their learning.

Learning

In guided reading children continue learning in groups according to their reading ability. This will allow each child to be learning at the appropriate level and speed. During this learning time we will explore a range of texts and content that is interesting and relevant. For silent reading children will have the opportunity to choose a text that is interesting and it will encourage each child to read daily independently. In writing we will be focusing on character descriptions, recounts, letter writing and recap grammar skills. All of these aspects of writing can help ourselves and the reader understand the messages we are aiming to convey. Spelling is a very important component of writing and we will continue learning the essential spelling list words, big learning curriculum words and words that we have misspelt in our writing. In Mathematics we continue to learn about Number and we learn about measurement, statistics and continue with daily basic facts practise.

Homework

Reading logs continue as usual. I encourage children to hand their reading log in once a week as I am able to record how many nights they have read and send names to Mr Calver when they have meet an award. The maths homework book goes home once a week and children are expected to do one page per week and hand in to me by Friday. The weekly spelling and basic facts homework sheet goes home on Monday and it’s expected to be handed in by Friday. During the term I will ask children to do a research assignment, information will go home when the task is set. Thanks for all the efforts you are making with homework for your child.

Have a fantastic term  

Phillip Otto

Room 4 Term Two 2014

Dear parents,

It has been a good two weeks and it’s great to see children working well and settling into their daily learning.

Learning

In guided reading children continue learning in groups according to their reading ability. This will allow each child to be learning at the appropriate level and speed. During this learning time we will explore a range of texts and content that is interesting and relevant. For silent reading children will have the opportunity to choose a text that is interesting and it will encourage each child to read daily independently. In writing we will be focusing on punctuation and how this aspect of writing can help ourselves and the reader understand the messages we are aiming to convey. Spelling is a very important component of writing and we will be learning the essential spelling list words, big learning curriculum words and words that we have misspelt in our writing. In Mathematics we continue to learn about ‘Number’ we will be learning adding decimals, ordering fractions, finding a fraction of a whole and strategies to workout addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. We continue with daily basic facts practise.

Homework

Our class will continue with the weekly homework sheet. Thanks to those children who are making an excellent effort with this and making good progress with the learning of their basic facts and spelling words. Please remember that the homework sheet needs to be handed in on Friday of each week. Reading logs continue as usual. I encourage children to hand their reading log in once a week as I am able to record how many nights they have read and send names to Mr Calver when they have meet an award. The maths homework book children are to do one page per week and hand in to me on Friday. Thanks for all the efforts you are making with homework for your child.

Events         

Pironga Trip is on Monday the 26^th of May. This is a great opportunity as we have local experts taking the children for group lessons learning about the local area. Please sign and return permission slip for your child and if you are able to provide transport please indicate. Lower Waipa 7’s tournament is on Wednesday the 25^th June. Postponement day is Friday the 27^th of June. Teams will be organised closer to the day. The children look forward to this day representing our school on the sporting field. Museum trip is to be organised. The trip will support what the children learn at the Pironga day and what we are doing in our social studies unit ‘the land and the people’. Information letter will go out later on in the term.

Last day of term is Friday the 4^th of July.

Have a great term   Phillip Otto

Rippa Rugby 2014

 

Room 4 children in action at Te Awamutu Rippa Rugby Tournament 2014