Week 6

Parent-Teacher Interviews.
It was great to see so many parents at the interviews.  If you were unable to make it last week and want to catch up, please feel free to contact me and make an appointment.

Congratulations to the Room 6 boys who play for Clive in the 10th Grade.
Max (player of the year), Kobie (forward of the year) and Jacob (back of the year)

This Week
Whanau Hui - Monday 28 at 4.30pm
Coastal cluster Lit Challenge - Wednesday at Haumoana School
Netball break up - Friday after school

This week we will be presenting speeches from Tuesday.  The children already have the order of presentation shared and have been writing and practicing in school time.

In maths, we will continue with addition and subtraction for another week.

We are exploring Digital Technology using Scratch.  This is the beginning of programming and requires logical thinking.  At this stage, we are following tutorials but will be creating our own simple game by the end of the term.

Coming Up
Tech Tasters at HNI - Thursday 7at 11.00am - notice out Tuesday.
School Cross Country - Wednesday 6 at 1.30pm

Week 5

Thanks for your support of the maths challenge last week.  We had 75% of the class turn up at 7am for the Mathletics breakfast.

Overall the class finished 21st in NZ (1st in Haumoana School) and the school finished 9th in the Tri Nations competition.

Anthony scored over 29,000 points followed by Jahkairo with  and Jacob on

Speeches

Speeches are a priority this week.  The children have had time in the classroom and it is an expectation that they complete their speech for homework.  No extra reading, spelling or maths this week. The topic is shared with them via email and available on the 'Notices' tab on the Blog.

Parent/Teacher Interviews

It is great to see so many parents arranging times for interviews.  See the previous post for the link and information if you haven't already booked.  If times/days are not suitable this week, please feel free to arrange another day/time.  Email contact is the easiest way to arrange another date.  david@haumoana.school.nz

Camp

Camp notices will be out shortly.  Camp meeting with information about camp will be held on 13th September at 5.30pm.

Mathletics

16 keen mathematicians turned up at 7am on Tuesday morning to take part in the Tri Nations Mathletics competition.

Fueled on toast and milo and still in PJs, the children got the competition off to a great start.

Around 65 children from the four classes took part this morning!

2018 CHOICES

Open evening for:

• Havelock North Intermediate - Wednesday 16th @ 6.30pm

• Napier Intermediate - Thursday 31st August @ 5.30pm

Week 4

Congratulations to the choir.  They sounded fantastic and it was a superb performance!

There is lots on in the next couple of weeks so please keep reading!

This week we have coastal cluster soccer at Petane Domain.  Please get the return slips in ASAP.  Thanks to those who have done so already.  thanks also to the parents who are able to supervise.

We will be focusing on maths all week.  Firstly with the Mathletics Tri Nations competition. Haumoana School was the top performer in practice week with great performances from the 4 classes that enrolled.  And secondly - it is New Zealand Maths Week and we will be using this during class time.

Remember - 7.00am start on Tuesday for the keen mathematicians. Toast and Milo supplied!

Camp parents have been selected - remember that I need someone to manage food and cooking duties!  Please contact me if you have the skills. 

Camp payments can be made at the office.  The recent fundraising has made an enormous dent in the cost.  Final costs out soon with forms. The estimate is down to $130!


The Senior Gym Festival takes place on Thursday.  Make sure return slips are in and good luck to the girls who are participating.

Friday is the Home and School Disco.  Dress up in 'Space' themed outfits and join in the fun from 6-7.30pm

Next week parent-teacher interviews take place.  Notices went out on Friday.  Book online.

Booking interviews is as easy as 1 - 2 – 3
Visit the website:     www.schoolinterviews.co.nz
The event code for our upcoming interviews:   shxbm

Enter Your Details
First enter your name, your student's name(s), and your email address

Week 3

This week is the Kids Sing practices and performances.  The majority of Room 6 children are involved in the choir and are sounding fantastic.

Remember - school uniform and black shoes.

The term focus is 'We are Explorers'.  In Room 6, we will be covering this concept in our speeches (more information out this week) and we will be exploring 'coding' (basic instructions for computer programming).

In maths this week, we will continue to develop understanding of measurement  - length and area.  At Year 6 level, this includes adding decimals.

The children will have logins and passwords allocated this week for Mathletics.  We have access for two weeks.  This week to practice and next week for the Tri Nations Mathletics competition. They will use this platform for homework for the next two weeks rather than IXL.

Coastal Cluster soccer notice will be out tomorrow!

Taradale Terror

Three teams of children from Room 6 took part in the Taradale Terror on Friday evening.  This involved completing as many of the challenges as possible in the allocated time!

Week 2 - in review

This week we have had the majority of the class taking on the Tough Guy and Gal on Monday as well as three teams tackling the Taradale Terror adventure race on Friday evening.

On Wednesday the, 180 strong, HNI Kapa Haka group performed in the hall for the whole school.

Friday afternoon, we had a visit from staff and children from HNI to promote their upcoming open evening.  Enrollment forms have gone home today. If your child is not attending HNI, it is time to contact the appropriate intermediate.


In language, the children wrote and published diamante poems mostly on the topic of the Tough Guy & Girl Challenge.

In maths, we have been learning about length, area, and perimeter.  This will continue next week as well as pratice for the upcoming Tri Nations Mathletics competition..

COMING UP
Week 3 - Kids Sing
Week 4 - Coastal Cluster soccer at Petane Domain
Week 4  - Maths Week
Week 4 - Gym festival