Mrs Reddy’s
Classroom Newsletter
WELCOME BACK !
Greetings
to you all. I trust that you all had a
lovely holiday and the children are well rested for the last term of the year.
We have a very busy term planned which will keep us well occupied. Thanks again
for all your support for our Mission Fair which was a huge success and a lot of
fun.
The
students continue to need a lot of guidance and support in keeping the routines
to engage in learning at this level. I hope that the children will work on becoming
self-propelled learners and develop this
responsibility with a positive attitude shall endeavour to do the best I can to
ensure their progress in all areas. The assertive discipline policy in my class
will be continued to help those children
who still need help in acquiring
appropriate behaviours and work
habits.
I
was very impressed with the interviews and would like to thank those of you who
attended. If you were unable to make it I am still happy to discuss your
child’s progress with you. These interviews are of vital importance and keep
you accurately informed of your child’s learning progress and other behaviours
at school.
TERM 4 – SYSTEMS
The
big concept that weaves through all our learning is SYSTEMS which means that most, if not all of our studies,
will be around this theme.
LONGTERM
PLAN
RE-TheTraditional/Devotional
prayers followed by the Communion of
Saints. I am happy to inform you that
the children have gained a lot of knowledge about the Sacraments last tem and
know why going to Mass every Sunday is very important
We
will be learning about what is meant by the Communion of Saints and how people
on earth, in heaven and those undergoing Purgatory can help each other. The
lessons also provide the students to research and explore the lives of Saints
and Inspiring people.
Please
refer to the Family-Whanau Book
Page 31 for further information and complete all home activities with your
child.
Science
/Technology- Introduction
to Robotics
Maths-Fractions/Problem
Solving
Reading-Procedure
focus – Reading for information and Understanding
Written
Language-Procedures
PE-Athletics,
Small Ball Skills ,Cricket
ICT-Use
the internet for research.
The Arts-Drama
with dance integration.
REMINDERS - STUDENTS
·
Do your homework every night.
·
Have your homework checked and signed
by parent/s.
· Sleep
at 8.00pm
· Bring your homework back to school daily.
PARENT REMINDERS
As the term
goes on a lot of students do not have at school-a pencil, a ruler, red and
black pen, a glue stick and scissors.
·
Please check that they have the necessary
supplies so learning time is not wasted in class.
·
Please
check and sign off homework checklists each night and the reading log.
·
Read weekly school newsletter and
regularly visit Room 5 Blog as we look forward to your comments about the
wonderful learning and fun that happens in our class..
TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS
SCIENCE
ALIVE –
SCHOOL VISIT.
TECHNOLOGY
CHALLENGE
-
DESIGN AND MAKE YOUR ROBOT
PE-Athletics -School and SE Zones Competitions.
END
OF YEAR ACTIVITIES-
CLIP
AND CLIMB
TEN PIN BOWLING
END
OF YEAR REPORTS
HOMEWORK-MONDAY TO
THURSDAY EVERY WEEK:
·
RE-regular home activities.
·
Reading for 15 minutes each night
·
Spelling and skills exercises based on their
list of word
·
Basic Facts revision-Practice times tables
daily.
·
Incomplete schoolwork.
SPECIAL THANK YOU !
Special
thanks to the following students and
parents:
Jamal – for
showing great leadership in event organisations.
Railynnetta
and Finn - for being great Neigbourhood Support Leaders.
Elisah,Ruby,Elizabeth
and Kristyl -for
always volunteering to help out
willingly in the class room in their spare time.
Letone ,Harley-making
an effort to keep our laptops charged.
All the
parents who help out with our class trips including Gordon who takes wonderful snap shots
of school events.
Please feel free
to contact me at school through a note (in an envelope ),email or call me at school to make an appointment
if necessary.
I welcome your suggestions and am looking
forward to working with you this term.
Warm
regards – Peace be with you.
Grace
In our
collage , Astrid is showing us a power point about different types of robots. Our
first task was to connect all the parts together. After we finished our first
task we had to sit on the mat and carefully listened to Astrid. Once she
explained our second task, we went and completed it by connecting wires. In our
third task we had to put something called a sensor which was awesome and cool.
We thought that Science Alive is very helpful and we had a lot of fun.
In
our photo the group has built their robot vehicle. The next step was to update
our robots on the laptop so instructions could be transferred to the mother
board. The instructions were to go forwards, backwards and in a perfect circle
if you wanted to make a donut. Once those steps were completed, we were then
able to test our robot to see if it would go round in a circle.
Astrid showed us what a robot looks like and what it does. We started making the robots with our partners. We had to make it move using the laptops. Testing time was just beginning for Evie and I. We had to make our robot go bake and forward. Then we made our robot do a perfect circle. We struggled a bit. These were our challenges. We enjoyed our time with Astrid and can’t wait until we make our own robot. By Ruby and Evie
We had to
attach things after we had built the robot such as sensors and bumpers. After
we had done this we had to programme it on the provided laptop. This part was
like installing instructions onto the robot. Our challenge was to make the
robot go forward, backward and around in a perfect circle.
