If it is looking like rain tomorrow morning Cross Country will be postponed again until Thursday.
Tonight all Room 8 children are bringing home their current Reading Goal. Please encourage your child to talk to you about this. Your child's goal is something they need to do to specifically enhance their decoding skills and/or reading comprehension.
Welcome to Term 3
Our Inquiry Topic for Term 3 is: "Are people the same where ever you live in the world?" We are going to be looking at different cultures and values. We will have a Cultural Day on the 17th September where you are welcome to come and see the work we have been doing.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Heart Jam
On Friday all the children at Brookfield Primary School took part in Heart Jam (an aerobic dance) in an effort to raise money for children with heart problems.
Basic Facts Practise
www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fruitshoot/fruitshoot_addition.htm
Click on the above link and it will take you to a good game to practise your basic facts.
Click on the above link and it will take you to a good game to practise your basic facts.
Reminders for the week starting Monday 31st May
Our Cross Country postponement date is Tuesday 1st June.
We have our first visit from Michael and Harold in the Life Education Truck this Thursday. I wonder if Harold's jokes will be any better than Brook's jokes!
Spelling Notebooks and this weeks 'Fab Word' go home again Monday and need to be brought back to school on Friday.
Don't forget to put your Kiwi Can Challenge Sheet in a safe place and bring this back to school on Thursday ready for your Kiwi Can leaders.
Blog your responses to this weeks Maths problems by Friday morning.
We re-negotiated Reading Goals on Friday based on where children are at with their reading. Encourage your child to talk to you about what their next step in reading is.
We have our first visit from Michael and Harold in the Life Education Truck this Thursday. I wonder if Harold's jokes will be any better than Brook's jokes!
Spelling Notebooks and this weeks 'Fab Word' go home again Monday and need to be brought back to school on Friday.
Don't forget to put your Kiwi Can Challenge Sheet in a safe place and bring this back to school on Thursday ready for your Kiwi Can leaders.
Blog your responses to this weeks Maths problems by Friday morning.
We re-negotiated Reading Goals on Friday based on where children are at with their reading. Encourage your child to talk to you about what their next step in reading is.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
We are learning about the importance of rivers (awa).
As part of our inquiry unit on Water (Wai), we have been looking at the importance of rivers (awa) to Maori. We have been learning how Maori view rivers as the veins, and water as the blood of Paptuanuku (the earth mother). The river is like a human body, if it is not kept clean it may become sick and may die. The river keeps the impurities away and keeps the land healthy. Healthy land is important for growing kai (food). If a river gets polluted, food gets contaminated and people get sick. Marae were often built near rivers. We have been learning about how sometimes rivers or sections of rivers are tapu if someone has drowned. This means that we should not go into the river until the tapu has been lifted. Rivers were named after events or places and we looked up local rivers and place names that contained 'wai' to work out the meaning behind them.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Reminders for the week starting Monday 24th May
1. Spelling Notebooks will come home again on Monday. Find out the meaning of this weeks "Fab Word". Challenge yourself to use this word in a sentence.
2. Challenge someone to a game of Multiplication Loopy or write up some answers to your Flash Card problems.
3. Reading Log's should be updated daily. Bring your Reading Log into school when you reach a milestone.
4. Kiwi Can Class Challenge Sheet - This sheet needs to be returned to school ready to give to Lisa and Mate at Thursday's session of Kiwi Can.
5. Advertising Homework Project will be issued Tuesday 25th May and is due Tuesday 8th June.
6. Cross Country is timetabled for this Tuesday afternoon. I expect we will be organising a postponement date for this as the weather forecast is not looking great.
7. Blog your response to this weeks 2 Maths Problems.
2. Challenge someone to a game of Multiplication Loopy or write up some answers to your Flash Card problems.
3. Reading Log's should be updated daily. Bring your Reading Log into school when you reach a milestone.
4. Kiwi Can Class Challenge Sheet - This sheet needs to be returned to school ready to give to Lisa and Mate at Thursday's session of Kiwi Can.
5. Advertising Homework Project will be issued Tuesday 25th May and is due Tuesday 8th June.
6. Cross Country is timetabled for this Tuesday afternoon. I expect we will be organising a postponement date for this as the weather forecast is not looking great.
7. Blog your response to this weeks 2 Maths Problems.
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