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