Science in Nature

In class we have had an intensive two days on our Science topic, The Living World. We had the Roadshow Science day on Friday and today we all went to Puketi Forest for hands on learning around the classification of plants.

This week students will work on sharing what they have learned around plant classification. They should have their DLO (digital learning objects) on their blog by early next week. Make sure you read about what they have learned!

The Science Roadshow had a variety of tasks and challenges that the students embraced. One of the workshop explored what is common with all living things.

The way to remember it is by MRS GREEN

All living things:

Move

Respire (breath

Sense 

Grow

Reporduce

E?

N ?

Comment below your suggestions and improvements on my MRS GREN!

Take a look at some of the great photos from the past week!

Portia Woodman Comes To Inspire!  Work towards the dream you have now, don't give up when faced with challenges. Refocus your dreams and continue to aim for excellence.

What's Happening in Term 3?

It is great to be back into the swing of things after the holiday period. I encourage whanau to make an effort to ensure their child has regular attendance.  Missed days here and there are really disruptive to the flow of learning and can lead to patchy understanding of concepts being taught and the quality of work created.

Few things to take note of....

• Friday 10th is the Science Roadshow. We are really excited to take part in this hands on science, mathematics and technology program!
• Monday 13th class trip to Puketi Forest to learn about identifying and classifying plants
• Wednesday 22nd August is cross country day in Ohaewai. We started training last term and continue to train two days a week. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Encourage your child to up their training by doing extra running some evenings if possible. The course is a tough one and often leaves children feeling not fit enough!
• Soon we will begin class fundraising for the sailing trip next term.

One thing we are focusing on this week is learning mathematical language. Often children are struggling with 'unpacking' the word problems they need to solve in PRIME mathematics. This is a gap that assessment data shows.

After going over the different language used for the four operations I set the challenge to students to create a game that will help them and others to learn the new vocabulary and a chance to practise solving word problems. I am thrilled with the creativity and teamwork that has gone into the preparation. Soon these games will come home and will be posted to blogs.

Here are some photos of a few students creating their game.

Neil and Mahina creating their 'Race to the Place' game


Fern, Kataraina, Jada and Atlanta creating their 'Loopy' game.



Tiffany creating a board game that is still to be named.

Ahi and Hunia planning their masterpiece...

Hilda-Jean writing the rules for the game her, Ocian, Davalamayne and Kuini are creating Sarn with his cards for the Operation Memory that he and Ivana are making

It's Been A While!

Week 6 Teacher's Awards and CARE award recipients. 

Well, it's been a while since I have posted to the class blog. A lot has happened. We have finished off our speeches. The class was blessed to have two amazing women as the judge of the class speeches: Allison Shaw (my mum) and Gail Erueti (Ocian's nana). We really appreciated their time and feedback. See photos below of the day.


  Year 5 winners
Boys First Place: Neil
Boys Second Place: Ben
Boys Third Place: Hunia

Girls First Place: Atlanta
Girls Second Place: Tiffany
Girls Third Place: Taylah

Year 6 Girls First Place: Davalamayne
Year 6 Girls Second Place: Kuni
Year 6 Girls Third Place: Hilda-jean

After presenting to the school, Tiffany was chosen to represent Christian School at the Rotary Speech Competition on the 20th July at RSA.


In Science we have made a model to demonstrate the process water goes through in during the water cycle. It was great to see and learn about the stages and why the occur. This week we will begin our explanation writing and learning to write great cause and effect sentences.

I must get some photos of our Physical Education lessons. The class has been working on ball handling skills that will support their games in ripper. Added to this PE has included a weekly lesson with Trina on netball skills. My word, Room 6 has a bunch of excellent player. I think the boys are beginning to love netball too.

What it means to be a Smart Blogger

We have just started our blogs. We now need to learn what it takes to be a 'smart blogger'. The key thing to remember when you post is - your blog has an audience and it is a way to share your learning. 
As you post, check to see if you are doing the following.

Welcome back and looking forward

This week has been a good start to the term.  All students came back to school with an eagerness to get into their learning.

The key learning this week has included the following: Identifying the main ideas in a text and finding detail that support it. To do this we have used concept maps. Next week students will be aiming to do this independently with text they read.
 In writing all students have chosen one holiday experience to share and are focusing the detail of their writing around two main events. One group is learning to have a variety of sentence beginnings and another group is learning to use clever linking phrases between paragraphs to assist and entertain the reader. By mid next week their published recounts should be on their blog. Be sure to read them and leave a positive comment!
In mathematics the class focus has been on reading and counting large numbers, 100, 10 and 1 before and after. We have also looked at creating our own bar models to assist in understanding word problems and the different strategies we can use to multiply three digit numbers.

Next week we kick of speech writing! Speeches must have have persuasive or explanation structure and students are to choose the topic they want. Class competitions will be in Week 5. Following that the top speakers will compete at a school assembly with the winners (two from each class) competing in the Rotary Speech Competition.

This term we are also learning about different dance elements. We are creating a dance that depicts the creation story in Genesis. Dates of school production are yet to be confirmed.

For te  reo Maori, our morning routine students are taking a more active roll this term. They are learning how to lead karakia, himene, waiata and mihi. This can be quite challenging for some students. With support and encouragement all will achieve success.

Lastly, school cross-country is coming up! Students will be working towards personalized fitness goals. With this, along with netball (Wednesdays) and pakena (Fridays) we will be having a good amount of Physical Education.

Our Little DJ!

Here is a recount and a video clip of Tiffany as a DJ for the day. We are really proud of her. Her mother entered her into online draw through a new New World competition. Her name was randomly chosen. I hope you enjoy this outstanding recount.

Radio Station Visit

“Welcome Tiffany!”Flash, the lady radio host, welcomed me with open arms. I smiled at her, shook her
hand and hugged her. John and Toast got a handshake too. John, the bald man, showed me all of
the sound and tone buttons. He also controls the weather report. The daily schedule was all planned
on his tablet.Toast, the one with dreadlocks, was the radio jokester. He played around a lot and was a
really good sport.

“Our wonderful guest DJ will speak over the More FM 91.6 radio after Bruno Mars’ Locked Out Of
Heaven.” John announced.My stomach was a petting zoo! Tingling with not only butterflies, but birds
and spiders. In and out Tiffany, in and out, I told myself.

Flash adjusted the speaker that lay in front of me. I was a 50-50 of nervousness and excitement. “And now,
Tiffany has a recipe for Toast’s cookbook…”“TOAST!” My unease drifted away like dust, my fear was
gone. 100% excitement bubbled inside me.

In the end I explained how AMAZING my school is and how i love working there.

I loved that day, I even got a certificate and a $25 New World gift card!

Ki O Rahi Tournament 2018

Last week we learned how to play ki o rahi. We love it! We entered a team into the Kaikohe Ki o Rahi Tournament today and really enjoyed playing a whole bunch of schools. It was a great opportunity to build whanangatanga with other schools.

I am really pleased to say the entire class (excluding one girl with a arm cast and one boy) participated. Everyone was so keen for game time!

  Here is quick clip of the day.