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.