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Week 8 Activities

This week we are preparing for Outdoor Education Week.
At school we are meeting our group and buddies and discussing our equipment we will need.
Monday 2.30 meet Year 3/4 students and teachers in your house
Tuesday 1.30 Bike afternoon
Wednesday meet your buddy for large group activities
Friday 9.30 Minstrel show

Homework this week is to get your gear ready for camp. Remember each day will need different things. Every day you will need a hat, sunblock, water bottle, good walking shoes and lunch/snacks.

Bring your bike and helmet on Tuesday.

Week 7

Week 7 Homework

Room 16 Market day Tuesday

Bring some money if you want to buy some goodies.Everything priced 50c,$1.00 or $2.00

Choose 5-10 words from your spelling list and learn them.

Make 1 or all of the following for Pet Day

Make a pet

Make an item from recycled materials

Bring a photo of your pet.

Next weeks news is to present your country information.

Don't forget your swimming things on Wednesday and Thursday.

Outdoor Education parent help notices and payment needs to be back by Friday. See the office with any queries.

Week 6 Homework/Swimming

Room 17 are swimming every Wednesday and Thursday at 9.40 until the end of term. So bring your swimming things on these days. You must have a swimming hat to swim.

News this week is sharing some facts about a different country. This does not have to be a Commonwealth country. It would be interesting to hear about a country that you or your family have come from. You could include where it is, the climate, the traditional food and culture such as music,dance or art.

Next week we are learning about myths and legends from different countries. If you have any stories that you would like to share with us bring them to class this week.

Room 17's maths

Maths Blasters have been using the computer programmes to improve their number knowledge to 100.

Amazing Adders are learning to part whole numbers by using 10's frames. We are creating the sum with the counters before writing the sum in our books.

Super Solvers have been doing some Problem Solving. Our problem was that a factory needed an aeroplane with 60 seats. Here is what we came up with.

Our Weaving Homework

Weaving and news homework

This week we are learning more about New Zealand as a country and about some of its traditions.
Here is a website which will help you to create some Maori weaving.
You can use paper, wool,fabric or plants to create a weaving pattern to share with the class on Friday.
http://www.flaxworks.co.nz/
http://www.alibrown.co.nz/instructions.html
These sites are attached to the websites below.
Our news for the next week is to share something about New Zealand. This needs to be no more than 1-2 minutes and about one topic that you can give us some facts about. For example New Zealand rivers- what are they used for, where are some of them found.