WELCOME BACK –TERM 2!
I sincerely hope you had a restful break and enjoyed the holiday break.
I would like to thank you sincerely
for your tremendous support in the homework last term.
I look forward to working with you this term which looks rather exciting and very
busy.
The students will continue to set goals including behavioural ones,
achieve them and then set new ones.
This is an important on-going
activity which started at the beginning of this year. It helps learning
progress and needs close monitoring. I suggest they also set goals at home as
discussed in the PLP interviews last term.
Together we can make a measured
progress in all areas of learning at school.
The
big concept that weaves through all our learning is CHANGE.
We are doing an
integrated photography unit –an ideal
topic for visual literacy providing students with the opportunity to explore
and develop an understanding of how visual features can be used to communicate information.
The focus is also on developments in the history of photography and their major assignment will be to
developments in the history of photography design their own pinhole camera
similar to the first cameras (camera obscura ) using information from an
internet site to meet the standards in TECHNOLOGY.
We hope to a an day Outdoor Education Experience to enhance
learning in our Photography Unit – details will follow if we decide on one..
LONGTERM
PLAN
RE- The major strand for the term will be THE HOLY
SPIRIT STRAND and THE CHURCH STRAND. There is also a Prayer focus from the
Prayer Module which will be taught at
the beginning of the term .Maori is well integrated in RE.
Standard
letters will be sent out to you as soon as we begin the studies informing you
of the content of studies in your child’s RE exercise book. Your child will
come home with home activities regularly to be completed requiring your input.
This exercise allows you to support the learning that happens in class .It is
important that you sign each activity on completion and write a comment at the
end of the study in each strand. Note that the Family Whanau book is an
invaluable resource for parents to have at
home as it gives you all the necessary information about the RE
programme from Year 1 to Year 8 and may
be borrowed from the school office.
Please
contact me if you need any help.
MATHS- Addition and Subtraction in Number and STATISTICS
will be covered.Please ensure that your child can recall the basic addition and
subtraction facts to 20 in 4 seconds.
Reading- Reading for
meaning and understanding as well as recalling details of what they read.
Please ensure that home reading log is monitored by you daily.
Written Language- Argument/Discussion
PE- ATHLETICS CHALLENGE , Large ball games to develop skills to play soccer and netball. Develop positional play, fair play and become
competitive. Experience team work, leadership, achievement and goal setting . Improve
skills to next level .
PA – Jump Jam, Skipping,
running etc. to develop stamina .
THE ARTS – Music
Focus
TECHNOLOGY –Photography.
MATHS- Basic
Facts Maintenance, Fractions and problem solving.
Reading- Reading
for Knowledge, Understanding and Inference.-non Fiction Focus.
Written Language—Diccussion
MUSIC –students
will be learning to play the recorder this term so please ensure your child has
a recorder -they will also be required to practise what they learn at home
during the week.
Student Reminders
Do
your homework ,Sleep at 8.00pm, Bring your homework to school daily.
Reminders
to Parents – please check daily.
*Please replenish stationery as needed.
*Your child will need the
following supplies kept at school-a pencil, a ruler, red and back pens,glue stick and scissors.
* A
separate set of supplies should be kept at home.
*Please check and tick off
homework checklists each night and sign the reading log.
* Homework is done each night
and signed by you.
Term 2 Highlights
RE
– Catholic Schools’Day Mass on 22 May.R5 is open for you to visit on this day.
TECHNOLOGY – Open Day towards the end of term.
ICT – Blogging
by the students-please visit Room 5 Blog .
Mid Year Reports
Daily Homework-Monday to Thursdays.
·
RE-regular home activities.
·
Reading for 15 minutes each night
·
Spelling and skills exercises based on their
list of word
·
Basic
Facts revision as suggested in the PLPs.
·
Extras- if required to complement learning at school.
·
Physical activity- 30 mins /day at least.
·
Any unfinished work in class.
Student
News
Student Council
Representatives for R5 – Leo and Grace
Prayer Table- Students
on roster.
Sports Monitors – Finn
and Joel
Laptop Monitors – Lingas
and Laverton
Art
Monitors – Amelia and Beth
Music Specialists – Mimi and Gracyn
Camera monitor – Carina
and Raiylennetta
Recycling – Jordan and
Irvin
Birthdays : Raiylennetta,Lilly
Jeremy,Carina,Gracyn,Roan Kian Finn, Grace,Laverton and Lingas.
I hope you all got a hard copy of this
letter this week.
Kind regards
Grace
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