Hi everyone
I'm glad everyone enjoyed making your names with fruit and vegetables in week 1 with Sanitarium.
What a scrumptious lunch you made! Golden brown chick pea patties and crunchy coleslaw.
Post your comments here about your cooking experience at school or at home. Thanks again for Sanitarium's generous efforts in providing everything for our nutritious and creative cooking lesson.
Friday, 25 July 2014
Friday, 18 July 2014
Term 3 Homework
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Room 4 Homework Term 3 of 2014
Our topics this term is on Belonging.
Our homework routine consists of:
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well as that, choose from the following independent learning projects and do
one every week:
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Completed
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Adult
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Write a “Who am I” clues about a family member or
a team sport or any activity within a group for your friends to solve.
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Make
up a board game on multiplication and division facts.
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Write
an acrostic poem on belonging.
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Write
a recount of something exciting you did at home.
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Make a model of your special place.
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Compare and contrast your role in
school and at home.
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Be a data detective, find out
something from your family and friends (e.g. The Favourite Drink) and present
the results in a graph. Remember to write a conclusion.
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Draw
a Y chart on “Belonging to a group” – what can you see, feel, or hear?
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Interview
someone in your family about belonging to a group and present the questions
and answers to class.
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Make a homonym and antonym chart
for any word such as ‘get’, ‘good’, ‘go’’, ‘ nice’, ‘happy’.
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Create a word search on belonging for your friend
to solve.
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Retell
a story you’ve read and write about the author’s views.
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Design
a logo for a family treasure or something you love.
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Draw all
the groups that you belong to and explain why they are special to you. For
example, your family, school, church, sports team, music group and so on.
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Make
a collage of the things you like.
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Find
a book or website about a sport team or religious or cultural group and write
a list of interesting facts.
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Draw
a map on your community to show your house, school, church, park, library,
community centre and so on.
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Term 3 Newsletter
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Welcome back to term three and it is great to see the children are refreshed and ready to start a new term. Our topic will be on Belonging. It would be appreciated if you could continue using your home language to share your experiences about belonging to different groups to engage in your child’s learning. Please call in anytime to have a chat about our learning.
•Mathematics
focus will be on addition, subtraction, fractions and statistics.
focus will be on addition, subtraction, fractions and statistics.
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English will focus on report
and recount writing.
• Reading will be on gaining meaning from texts by making
inferences and evaluation.
• Topic – will inquire into the meaning of
belonging and the attributes of various groups.
• Our P.E. and Health programme will be on
gymnastics.
• Maori focus
will be on introducing ourselves and describing different actions.
•Visual Art- is on creative
dance and making a collage.
Friday, 23 May 2014
Your ideas on Awe and Wonder
Hi everyone
Our topic this term is "Awe and Wonder". During the first couple of weeks in term 2, we were dazzled by many wonders of the world such as Great Wall of China, Pyramids of Egypt, Table Mountain, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Eiffel Tower of and many more. Also, we were totally awestruck by the Fibonnacci sequence in nature. Write down the views on these subjects and the topic you want to explore more this term.
Ms Cheung
Our topic this term is "Awe and Wonder". During the first couple of weeks in term 2, we were dazzled by many wonders of the world such as Great Wall of China, Pyramids of Egypt, Table Mountain, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Eiffel Tower of and many more. Also, we were totally awestruck by the Fibonnacci sequence in nature. Write down the views on these subjects and the topic you want to explore more this term.
Ms Cheung
Friday, 2 May 2014
Term 1 Recount
Hi Room 4
You've been using a range of literacy devices such as similes, onomatopoeia, idioms and speeches in your writing in term 1. Take a look at your friends' writing and make a comment.
You've been using a range of literacy devices such as similes, onomatopoeia, idioms and speeches in your writing in term 1. Take a look at your friends' writing and make a comment.
Term 2 Homework
Hi everyone
Please remember to bring in your homework book every day for marking.
Please remember to bring in your homework book every day for marking.
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Room 4 Homework Term 2 of 2014
Our topics this term is on “Awe and
Wonder”.
Our homework routine consists of:
As
well as that, choose from the following independent learning projects and do
one every week:
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Activity
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Completed
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Adult
sign
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Make
a pattern sequence that you like and explain how it works.
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Make
up a board game on timestables and write the rules.
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Write
an acrostic poem on Awe or Wonder or something that you like.
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Write
a recount of something exciting you did at home.
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Write
a place that you would like to visit. For example, one of the famous wonders
of the world, the Pyramids in Egypt.
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Brainstorm different ways how seeds
disperse.
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Draw
a Y chart about seeds or something you like to find out.
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Interview
your friends or anyone in your family about something you want to know. For
example, do boys or girls like the same patterns?
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Write
a report about your favourite author or hero.
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Create a word search on a chosen topic for your
friend to do.
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Retell
a story you’ve read and write about the author’s views.
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Draw
a pattern that you can see in nature and explain why you like it.
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Draw
a lifecycle of a chosen plant or animal.
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Draw a
flowchart to explain how to make or do something.
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Find
a book or website about a topic you are wondering about and write a list of
interesting facts.
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Write
“Who am I” clues on an object or a number.
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Term 2 Newsletter
Hi everyone
Welcome back to Term 2! It's going to be a fantastic term. On Wednesday in week one, there will be an amazing science in hall. Watch the space.
Please send in your money by Friday week 1 because swimming is in week 3 and 4.
Remember to bring your swimming togs, goggles, towel and a plastic bag.

Welcome back to Term 2! It's going to be a fantastic term. On Wednesday in week one, there will be an amazing science in hall. Watch the space.
Please send in your money by Friday week 1 because swimming is in week 3 and 4.
Remember to bring your swimming togs, goggles, towel and a plastic bag.
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Mathematics
focus will be on fractions, Multiplication, Division and Algebra.
focus will be on fractions, Multiplication, Division and Algebra.
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English will focus on recount
and explanation writing.
• Reading will be on gaining meaning from texts by using in
depth questioning.
• Topic is
on “Awe and Wonder”. We will first enquire into the world of seed dispersal and
the natural wonders of the world. Then the children can choose a topic they
wish to explore.
• Our P.E. and Health programme will be on team invasion
games such as rugby/netball and fitness is on skipping.
• Maori language will focus on using simple phrases to describe
the weather.
•Visual Arts will be on exploring patterns in nature such as the
Fibonacci sequence.
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