Potato Planting Photos

Spud in a Bucket Project

5 classrooms, Rooms 1,3,16,17 and 23 were part of the Tehuri Whenua Spud in a Bucket Project. We planted 60 potatoes in buckets with the help of Simon Williams from Wanaka Wastebusters and Ben Elms who came with the potatoes and compost and helped us plant them. The goal is to collect some of these Maori heirloom poatoes to increase New Zealand's stock of these traditional potatoes. Some of the children are looking after these plants until March when they will be ready to be harvested. A special thanks to Delta for supplying the compost.

Basic Facts

This term we are focusing on getting faster at our basic facts
There are lots of great websites to visit to have fun and at the same time getfaster at doing basic facts. Get really speedy at + and - to 10 then practise to 20.Blast the sums that come down like space invaders. Great for getting fast at addition!http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/alien/alien.html
Don't get slimed! Get fast at subtraction instead!http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/mission/mission.html
To make your own quizzes and worksheets, go to: http://themathworksheetsite.com/

Learn how to type:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tuxtype/Tuxtype2-1.5.3-installer.exe?downloadYou might also be interested in TuxPaint and TuxMaths as well. Enjoy

This link takes you to NZ Maths Families. Help and support for you at home: http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/families/index.aspx
Wicked Maths: http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/homework_help/maths/
Interactive maths activities: http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/maths/intermathsindex.html

Skating

Room 17 have had 3 Monday's skating. Here are some photos of us.

Term 3 Events

Welcome back to Term 3. By now you will have received letters explaining our winter programme of 3 weeks skating and 1 week at the Snow Farm, trying cross country skiing. We will be following the Olympic Games and studying China too.
Our 3 Way Conferences are in week 3 where we will reflect on Term 2 goals and your child will set new goals for Term3-4.
Some science sites to visit for science experiments are www.sciencehack.com
and www.sciencemadesimple.com
Both these sites were useful with our experiments at the end of last term .

Middle School Show

Last week was Book Week and our class looked terrific all dressed up for Book Parade.
Here are some photos of us.

Our Middle School Show was a great success. Thank you for all the help and support that you all gave your children.
Here are some photos that I took but if anyone has better ones could they let me know and I could post these on our class page too.

Cool Maths Sites

There are lots of great websites to visit to have fun and at the same time getfaster at doing basic facts. Get really speedy at + and - to 10 then practise to 20.Blast the sums that come down like space invaders. Great for getting fast at addition!http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/alien/alien.htmlDon't get slimed! Get fast at subtraction instead!http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/mission/mission.htmlTo make your own quizzes and worksheets, go to:http://themathworksheetsite.com/

Maths Sites

If you want to find out more about how we teach numeracy, go to this site:http://fraserh.blogspot.com/2008/04/parent-numeracy-session-1_18.htmlMr Hill will be taking another session for parents soon, so keep an eye on the newsletter.This site will tell you more about the numeracy project:http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/families/index.aspx

Showtime

Week 5 is our Dance performance.
We will make our head gear at school but I will need each child to wear coloured t shirt and pants to match their character. I will send a notice home next week about this. Each child will also need to bring a small torch to school next week for our opening dance. We are practising hard and look forward to you all coming to watch this performance.

Interesting websites

I have included some websites below that may be interesting and helpful.
http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/
This is a new site where you can look at planets and constellations through NASA's telescope.
I am looking for some maths basic facts websites so that you can practise your basic facts at home.

Gondola Walk

Room 17 walked up the Gondola Track on Monday. This was a good preparation for Outdoor Education Week to ensure that we had the proper gear and we knew to stay with our group. We all had a great time.

Week 5 Homework

Prepare your equipment each day for Outdoor Education

Week 4 Homework

Read each night.
Read Outdoor Education notes and organise your equipment for next week.

Homework

Week 1-4 Reading each night
Week 6-10 Reading each night
Spelling or Maths given on a Monday and collected on a Friday.
Oral Language Topic Week 6,8,10.