TERM 2

Welcome back to school for Term 2.  I hope you all had a great holiday and are refreshed and ready for learning.

This term we will be learning:

In Key Competencies

• Empathy - Episode 1

In Science - Planet Earth and Beyond

• The Forces of Nature - Volcanoes
• Matariki

In Maths

• Knowledge gaps
• Geometry - nets and transformation
• Numeracy - Proportions and Ratios (including fractions) and Addition and Subtraction

In Language

• recounts
• punctuation - comma and speech mark use.

Reminders Week 11

ANZAC assembly tomorrow at 10.15am.  Morning tea afterward in the library for parents and whanau.

Class Dojo - Perseverance Episode 3

NYLD - applications due at 12.00pm tomorrow.

To finish off our multiplication focus, we have been using our skills to investigate the area of rectangles.

IXL homework - Y5 = N3, 4 and 5.  Y6 = X3 and 4.

IXL - Fantastic effort from Room 6 this term.  We have almost hit the 20,000 questions mark.

Last day of term - have a happy and safe Easter and enjoy the two-week break.

NOTICES x 2

CRICKET - Tomorrows tournament has been canceled.  Thank you for your offers of supervision and umpiring.  Any cash payments have been returned in envelopes today.  For online credits, please contact the office.

NYLD - National Young Leaders Day notices are in the children's school bags today.  Cut off date for the return of their applications is next Thursday 13 April.

Week 10

Week 9 in review.
Congratulations to the Stars of the previous two weeks - Kobie and Logan.  Well done boys!

The Beach 5s rugby team finished 7th in what was a tough day out at Ocean Beach. Photos to come.

Week 10

We have an ANZAC focus for the next 2 weeks as part of the Social Sciences and Language Curriculum.

In written language, we will be identifying strengths and weaknesses and setting Term 2 goals.  As well as this, we will have 'a letter from the trenches' and an ANZAC Diamante poem written and published.

In maths, we have Ms. Lees in to assist with teaching multiplication skills.

Weather permitting, Inter-school cricket is on Wednesday at Farndon Park.  Some children still need to return the permission slips and more parent help is needed.  Please contact me if you can assist.

Coming up

• National Young Leaders Day information and applications - due out this week.
• ANZAC assembly next Thursday morning.

Week 9 - part 2

But wait there's more . . . 

1. NYLD
2. Class Dojo

Coming up in Term 2 (Week 3) is a chance to attend National Young Leaders Day (NYLD) conference in Palmerston North.  We aim to take 10 children to the event.  The children will need to complete a short application form if they wish to attend - see below for ideas.  We will also have some fundraising activities to subsidise the costs.

The children last year got to hear from Brylee Mills.  Her story, in brief, can be seen here

Some things to think about:

1. Outline your involvement in Leadership at Haumoana School
2. What particular attributes do you have that enable you to be a successful leader.
3. How would you like the younger children at our school to view you as a Senior in Year 6?
4. Who has influenced you in your role as a developing leader and in what way?
5. What do you hope to gain by attending the Young Leader’s Day?
6. How would you like to make a difference in our school as a leader in 2017?

This week, we will also be continuing with the Class Dojo perseverance series.  View episode 2 below.

Perseverance Episode 2

Week 9

Welcome to Week 9

Last Tuesday we had a visit from Milla's uncle to share his adventures kayaking around the Svalbard Archipelago.  The children were entertained and inspired by his contact and near misses with the wild life and the hardships encountered in the Artic adventure.  We got to see some superb photos of the hostile environment.  Thanks Jamie!

Congratulations to the Room 6 orienteering group.  All completed their first competition at Splash Planet without 'miss punching'.

This week will see 7 children attend the Beach 5s on Thursday - thanks in advance to Cambell and Mel for transport and supervision.

We will continue to work on division in maths with the warm up activities based on place value.  Ask your child to explain the photo below.

In language, we will be letter writing and continue with a focus on commonly misspelled homophones.

There will be a cricket notice out this week. (Game Wednesday Week 10)

Deci Pipes

Today in maths, we were using 'deci pipes' to help visualise decimal numbers.  Homework this week on IXL is Q2, Q3 and Q4.

This video on Khan Academy here may help.