IXL

A great start to IXL use and trying to improve our maths learning.  Last week Room 6 children answered 2000 questions.  Well done team!

PALs in Action

The first PALs session of the year took place today with Milla and Jack organising games for the juniors at lunch time.  

PALs sessions will take place on Mondays and Fridays throughout the year with the team of twelve sharing the duties.

Key Competency - Participating and Contributing

Week 5

Welcome to the Week 5 update.

1. Estuary visit
2. Epro8 Challenge
3. Parent-Teacher interviews
4. Cycle Skills @ HBSP
5. Senior Swimming Sports
6. PATs

This week we have a group of children performing at the 'pou' ceremony at Tuki Tuki Estuary.  Four Room 6 children (Coco, Milla, Amanda and Jack) spent time last week painting the poem that will be erected near the estuary.  They were very patient and very accurate.


There are also four children attending the EPro8 Technolgy Challenge with Mrs Wynne-Lewis on Tuesday.  Good luck to Alex, Jack, Milla and Anthony. Check out the competition here.

Parent-Teacher Interviews take place on Tuesday and Wednesday.  If you have not yet booked.  Click here

The code is kuqze

We have a couple of Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) to complete on Monday and Friday.

On Wednesday the class will be at the Sports Park for a cycle safety day.  We will be putting these skills to practical use later in the year when we will compete against other schools in a skills competition and when we teach the younger children at Haumoana School.

On Thursday, the Senior swimming sports take place from 1:00 pm.  I need a couple of parents to bring along their togs to compete against the children in a fun relay. Please contact me if you are available!  david@haumoana.school.nz

In maths, we are looking at multiplication skills and in Language, we will continue to work on paragraphing and accurate punctuation.

Hopefully, by the end of the week, the children will also have their own Blogs up and running.

School Triathlon

After a practice tryathlon at the Weet-Bix event last week, the Senior Team gave a timed event a go.  There was superb competition in all year groups.  Well done to everyone who completed the course!


Special congratulations to the podium children.

Year 6 Boys: 1st Jacob, 2nd Max, 3rd Jahkairo.
Year 6 Girls: 1st Scarlett, 2nd Amanda, 3rd Kylie.

Week 4

Certificates are presented to children at the weekly Thursday morning assemblies.  Week 3 Habit of Mind Star was Anthony for "Striving for Accuracy across the Curriculum"

Week 4
Wednesday - School Triathlon.  All children will need to bring bikes, helmets, shoes and togs to complete this event.
Friday - School Picnic from 12.00pm.

IXL
Room 6 has been enrolled in IXL Maths.  Children will be assigned tasks to complete on IXL instead of using the Knowledge Books from last year. The school has subsidised the cost of this programme which has lead to improved results in previous years.  The cost for each child in Room 6 is $10 pa.  This subscription will appear on your school account.

Class Dojo
Link to this week's focus here: Episode 3/5 (also shared on Class Dojo site to which many to which many of you have subscribed).  Parent discussion sheet home on Monday.

CAMP
Now is a good time to start an automatic payment to pay for the Term 4 camp.

EAR BUDS
Children in Room 6 will be using an app to listen to their own writing.  This is to assist in developing more critical thinking skills and help with the editing of their written work.  Could you please supply them with earbuds to enable them to listen to their own work (no need for expensive headphones - my $2 ones are lasting well!)

This week in core learning
Language
The focus will be on using paragraphs, complete sentences, and proofreading.

Maths
Finishing off Position and Orientation and beginning to look at multiplicative skills and strategies.

Coming up in Week 5

• Cycle skills at HB Sports Park next Wednesday 1 March (no charge but parent help needed). 
• School Swimming Sports on Thursday 2 March (volunteers required for student/adult race).
• Parent Teacher interviews on Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 1.
• Epro8 Challenge (4 students) on Tuesday 28.

Physical Activity Leaders (PALs)

Twelve Room 6 children have volunteered to lead games for the Juniors at lunchtimes.  Last Friday they attended a course at the PGA.

They were involved in workshops on 'leadership',  'communication' and 'troubleshooting'.  They also had three sessions where they learned and played games that they can teach to the younger children.
(Key Competency of Participating and Contributing).

Orienteering

In maths we have been working on understanding 'position and orientation'.  Children from Rooms 5 and 6 put their map reading skills to the test in a practical way with an orienteering challenge around the school grounds using a map provided by HB Orienteering Club.  Most found their way around the course successfully.

Fastest time of the day went to Liam.
Room 6 Results
Boys: 1st = Liam, 2nd = Jack, 3rd = Thom
Girls: 1st = Scarlett, 2nd = Milla, 3rd = Jerzy

Weet-Bix Tryathlon

Over half the class attended and completed the Weet-Bix Tryathlon yesterday.  Well done Room 6 for displaying a superb attitude.

The school triathlon is first House competition of the year which takes place next Wednesday (notice home today)

It would be great to see the Year 6s making the most of the summer and cycling to school.

Week 3

REMINDERS

• Weet-Bix Tryathlon on Wednesday - Gear packs will be handed out on Monday. 13 Room 6 children will be participating.
• PALs trip is on Friday - Please return permission/transport notices ASAP.
• Sign up for Class Dojo to follow your child's achievements. Explained here ... .Class Dojo
• Last week's video can be seen here . . . Episode 1/5 - The Brain as a Muscle

This week we:

 - have a visiting swim instructor in on Tuesday.

 - will be continuing with technology challenges to determine who attends the ePro8 event in Week 5.

 - have a Senior Team orienteering challenge on the school grounds on Thursday.

We will also be looking at developing a 'Growth Mindset' in more detail. This week's video can be seen here . . . Episode 2/5 - Making Mistakes

In Maths, we will finish off our look at statistics and start investigating Geometry - Position and Orientation.

In Language, we continue with 'The Iron Giant', begin our guided reading programme and continue with personal experience writing.

COMING UP
Next Week - School Triathlon on Wednesday and School Picnic on Friday.

Buddy Reading

On Fridays Room 6 children will be listening to and reading to their buddies from rooms 1 and 8 (Key Competency of Relating to Others).

Our first practice was very successful!

House Leader Election Results

This afternoon the Senior Team voted for their House Leaders.  Each child had the opportunity to speak at our assembly.

The Leaders for this year are:

KOWHAI - Scarlett and Lennox (Deputy - Jahkairo)

MIRO - Logan and Liam (Deputy - Amy)

RATA - Jacob and Jack (Deputy - Kylie)

RIMU - Anthony and Max (Deputy - Jayda)

Well done to all those who put their names forward and congratulations to all successful leaders.

Week 2

Welcome to Week 2 - it is a short week but a busy one.

Swimming lessons take place from 2-2.30pm daily and children need to bring togs and towels on a daily basis.  Please send a note if your child is unwell and you do not wish them to swim.

'Meet the Teacher' is this Wednesday evening from 7-7.30pm.  This is a great opportunity to find out about class programmes, initiatives and expectations.

House Leader elections take place on Wednesday afternoon.  Any Year 6 who wants to be a House leader for 2017 will have the opportunity to share a bit about themselves, their aspirations and talents with the senior team.

Learning
Hopefully, all children will have their stationery to start the week so we can set up and utilise our exercise books.

Maths
- Continue learning how to collect and display data accurately.
Language
- In reading, we are analysing 'The Iron Man' by  Ted Hughes.  In particular, we are learning to identify language devices.
- In writing, we will be learning to create 'wonder' in opening paragraphs and how and use a range of language devices identified in our reading.

Buddy Classes

Room 6 children are buddies up with Rooms 1 and 8.  During the year we will be sharing learning with each other and joining in for a range of activities.  Today it was lunch and a swim together.

Statistics

This week we have been looking at Statistical investigations.  We began with revising how to present data accurately on a bar graph.

Key points:

• Spaces between bars
• Titles
• Labels for each axis

Jack completed his with accuracy and precision.

Scarlett completed her graph quickly with accuracy