Homework 1st August

Room 21 News

1^st August


The children have been given a survey for you to fill in to give us an indication of your feelings towards the planned camp at Living Springs, they have been asked to have it returned immediately so a definite decision can be made about this camp.

It was nice to welcome everyone back after a rather wintery break, our day began with a powhiri where we welcomed all the new children and families into our school. We role played the ways in which we should welcome our friends into our homes, maybe you could ask the children to practice this at home.

We will commence the term with a maths unit on TIME. Please try and encourage the children to read the time, add to the time…what will the time be in one hour, 30 minutes etc

Our writing will be about Fairy Tales so the children will need to bring books with Fairy Tales to school, if possible it would be great for them to get Fairy Tale books from the library and read some of these stories recreationally.

Photocopying paper. We as a school are trying especially hard to reduce the amount of paper/photocopying, the class will work towards establishing systems that help Room 21 reduce their photocopying by 50%. Homework newsletters will continue to be posted on our blog rather than photocopied. 
We would appreciate any A4 scrap paper that you may have to use for rough copy and note taking work.


Interviews 
Remember to book these on lines, it would be great to be able to see you all and discuss progress and further direction. These can be booked on line or at the school office.

HOMEWORK

Mesmerize this MONTH poem.

Thirty days has September

April ,June and November

All the rest have thirty one

Except February alone

Which has twenty eight days clear

Twenty nine each leap year.

Maths                        Time

Read the time from the ‘round clock’ using minutes after and before.

ie 25 minutes past 7  or twenty minutes to nine.

Record the important times on drawn clockfaces in your homework book, ie tea times, bedtimes etc.

Reading.
Prepare to share a Fairy Tale with the class...the simplest way is to bring a book and share the story but you might remember the tale and tell it to the class.

Keep a reading log of your nightly reading, remember to try and include the reading of Fairy tales.

Not Just Another Holiday Activity ....much more.

COMMUNITY NOTICE:

Canterbury Museum Holiday Programme: Dino-size and Fossil-wise!
18 – 29 July

10.00 am – 12 noon

St Albans School, 17 Sheppard Place

Have some Dino-size fun these school holidays with Canterbury Museum’s fantastic holiday programme at St Albans school. Think like a paleontologist and find out how dinosaurs lived, survived and died. Create your very own fossil or design a dinosaur mask.

Cost: Discovery Club members $4, non-members $6 per child. Bookings essential: telephone 021 366 553 or email education@canterburymuseum.com. Caregivers are welcome.

Poetry Recitals

Gemma enjoyed presenting "The Witches Cat'.

Monday 4th July

I thought the Truckload of Art was pretty awesome because the art had lots of colours and stories to tell.

I got a free pencil with the Roadshow on it.I wish I had bought money because then I would have got a sketchbook. By Kai

• The clothed shark was described by Paul as, 'a shark in sheep's clothing.'
• The picture behind Paul andAshleigh is the artwork that Kai would most like to have hanging in his bedroom.

Homework

This is the last week of homework for the term so work smart to make it special.

Tables This week you need to relearn the x 2,4 and 8 tables.

Spelling This weeks spelling words are;

Level 1 crash, dish, cash, hush, bush, wish, splash, push, mash, fish, ship.

Level 2 speak, spy, space, spoil, spend, spoon, stay, stab, stack, sway, swing.

Level 3 confused, screamed, shield, receive, tissue, throat, vein, against, crayon, exceed.

Level 4 sympathy, harmony, orderly, system, rhyme, chrysalis, suddenly, dynamite, rhythm, hymn.

Monday Night

Write a diary about a weekend event.... be ready to share it with the class.

Poetry

Learn your poem !!!!!

Remember to recite it slowly and say the words carefully.

Stand tall and proud....Kia Kaha.

Say it with expression...with meaning.

Spellers.

This fabulous group got all their spelling correct today...Congratulations.

Samantha, Ashton, Connor, Heathcliff, Kai and Ofa.

This group also achieved a top score of 10 out of 10 for the third week in a row and so they progress to the next spelling level, agreat effort from this group of spellers.

Ashleigh, Gemma, Kayla and Jack.

X9 Tables Champions.Ashleigh, Brydie, Gemma, Jermaine, Shannae, Heathcliff and Sky.