Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Mrs Reddy’s Classroom Newsletter
 
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS!
Greetings to you all.
I am certain  you  all had a lovely holiday and the children looking forward to making a great start in the new year.
There is a lot to look forward to this term and I am rather excited. It is my goal to provide all students with an educationally challenging, yet fun, experience in my classroom.
You are welcome to discuss anything you wish concerning Room 5 - just arrange a time.
I look forward to parent help and support.
In the first few weeks the students will be guided and supported 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.I shall endeavour to do the best I can to ensure their progress in all areas. The  assertive discipline policy in my class is designed to help  those children who l need help in acquiring appropriate behaviours.
CITIZENSHIP
The big concept that weaves through all our learning is CITIZENSHIP which means that most, if not all of our studies, will be around this theme.
In the first few weeks the students will be led to follow class routines to sure that they are good classroom citizens, and grouped at appropriate levels in the core subjects of Reading, Writing and Moths.
 
LONGTERM PLAN
RE- We shall be studying how to pray using the whole self ,gestures and movement  from the Prayer Module. Ash Wednesday, Lent and Holy Week will be covered in the in the Liturgical Year module. The major strand for the term will be JESUS- “Jesus – The Fullness of God’s Revelation”. The students will be involved in a practical ways to live and expand their faith.
You will be informed of the content of studies through  your child’s RE exercise book. This book will be sent home on a regular basis with home activities 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.
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 including  the Level 3 programme.

Social Science – CRCKET WORLD CUP- superstars of the game, CWC history, how  teams qualify, comparisons between the current and past CWCs, how communities will be involved with the competition.
Maths- Statistics Number -Knowledge and Measurement.
 
Reading- Reading for  information enjoyment and understanding.
Written Language- Recount and Description.
IPE- Small Ball Skills Cricket ,Cross Country and Swimming
Visual Arts – Charcoal Drawing
 
Reminders to Students
·      Do your homework
·      Sleep at 8.00pm
·       Bring your homework to school daily.
 
Reminders to Parents
 
·         Your child will need the following supplies kept at school-a pencil, a ruler, red and black pen, 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.
Please  weekly school newsletter and visit  http://stannes105.blogspot.com/ or through our school website.We look forward to your comments
 
Term One Highlights
RE

Room 5 Assembly

Parish/School Mass

Solidarity Day

Holy Week –Stations of the Cross.

Meet the Teacher Evening.

Art Experience

Red Cross Training-First Aid

PE-Cricket Day Games

 

PE- Cross Country.

Swimming
Daily Homework-Monday to Thursday
·        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 end –of -year report 2014.
·        Extras- as required for inquiry learning at school.
 
Student News
 
Prayer Table - Anna, Ema , Tina
 Sports Monitors – James , Levi , Brayden
 Laptop Monitors – Talia ,Ashlyn
 Art Monitors – Leroy, Salu , Macarius
 Music Specialists – Ruby , Elizabeth, Amy 
 Chief Photographers– Charlie,Whundaa
  Recycling Monitors – Jayde,Kavalla
  Student Council Rep.-Talia and Ruby
 All new information will be posted on our blog or in the weekly newsletter look forward to meeting you soon.
 
God bless
Grace.
 
 
 






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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