I have been a bit slow this week at getting the blog up to date.
We had the Blog Awards on Monday. It was really difficult for me to choose because so many people have worked really hard to develop their blog. I chose Marko and Rosa for the first two prizes because they best fulfilled the learning success criteria. I chose Kate and James for the next two prizes because they were both a very close second. I would like to have given a bloggy toy to everyone…but I would be sewing so much I wouldn’t have time to come to school!
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone and especially to the prize winners.
I still have two toys to finish and I will bring them on Monday. We will take photos to post then.
Music today with Mary
It was such a lovely surprise to come back to music and see and hear what you had all achieved last term in music, while I was out doing the science class.
I am so impressed with the song that you have written with Mary. I am also very pleased to hear that our song has been chosen for the whole school to sing and that it will be performed at the opening of the art exhibition.
You have all grown so much this year already and we still have almost two terms to go.
I am really looking forward to finishing the portfolio work. I have an exciting unit on China and the Olympic Games to start next week. We also have to work out how we are going to use the Wii.
Hope your speeches are going well. I loved the huge variety of topics…cant wait to hear them. I’d better get mine written too!
Lesley
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We have an exciting term ahead, so I hope you have all had a good holiday and come back to school ready to have fun learning!!
The term is packed with a whole variety of interesting topics and events. There will be a big focus on China and the Olympics and of course don’t forget Maori Language Week first up! The first two weeks we will be completing material for our portfolios in preparation for parent/teacher meetings. We will also be writing speeches for the Bayfield School Speech competition. The Art exhibition is on later in the term. On Fridays, during Chamber Choir time and the Ukulele Group, we will have a rotation with Room 11. I am planning to use some of the geometry we did last term for sewing - tessellating shapes in fabric!
Here’s a summary of what we will be covering this term.
Maths
Weeks 1-3 - Algebra - Number patterns and sequences
Weeks 4-6 - Fractions and Decimals
English
Writing to inform and report on events. We will look more at media bias and the impact of media on how we understand the world. This will take in the Olympics and how the Games are reported in the newspapers, TV and the Internet.
Intergrated Learning
We will be taking a close look at China and the Olympics.
Visual Art
Preparing for the art exhibition. Complete the dean Buchanan work and start next project with fabric and fibre?
Kapa Haka and Rotation
Kapa Haka will continue. For those not involved in Kapa Haka, there will be a rotation which you will have some choice in. We will tell you more this week.
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Ella left on the last day of term to go and live in India with her Mum and Dad. We had a fairwell ’shared lunch’ and gave Ella a bloggy toy. She called her bloggy “Billy”. All the staff dressed in Indian outfits as a special tribute to Ella and and her mum Michelle (also a teacher at our school). Thanks to Uru and her family, I had a beautiful outfit to wear too.
We will really miss having Ella in Room12 but we are looking forward to hearing from her on our blog and on hers. Once she gets settled we hope to get some pictures of her new home and maybe be able to link to her new school and classroom.
Ella we hope you had a great flight to India and are starting to get settled in. Don’t forget to keep in touch!
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