QPS Room 17

Helena's Birdfeeder

2010-11-29T12:36:00.002+13:00

Week 8 Activities

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Weaving and news homework

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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.

Weetbix Kid Commercial. See Emma's Brother

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Week 3

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This is a short week with Labour Day and Athletics Day on Thursday. The postponement day is Friday.
Homework is continuing with our Commonwealth Country studies, and weekly spelling words.

Grammar

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Term 4 Week 2

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Some important dates for this term.(A calendar came home on Friday, if you didn't get one they are available at the office)
Next Monday 25 Oct Labour Day School closed
Next Tuesday 26 Oct School closes at 12.30 for a Teacher Union meeting
Next Thursday 28 Oct Athletics Sports for 7-10year olds
Pet Day 26 Nov 1.30-3pm
SUN HATS must be WORN this term. Please make sure you have one to keep at school. Check you still have your sunblock in your desk too.

This term we are learning about countries in the Commonwealth.

Each week for homework you will do a mini-report.

· Choose a Commonwealth Country.

· Write its name on a new page in your

homework book.

· Draw its flag in your homework books.

· Find out and write 3 interesting facts about

· the country, in your own words.

· Use different layout, lettering and design

each week.

Colour in and label the country on the world map.

There will be weekly spelling words and nightly reading.

Welcome to Term 4

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Hope everyone had a nice holiday.

This week we have crosscountry on Wednesday at 1.30pm. This is being held on the school field.

Thursday is Iron Brion just before lunch. We will be learning about the importance of healthy eating and why our bodies need iron. We all get to eat a burger.

We are learning about algebra in maths. On Friday we are sharing patterns in our homes.

This term our topic is about N.Z and other countries in the Commonwealth. We will be learning about traditional foods, clothes and celebrations.

The other big event this term is our Outdoor Education Week, 6th-10th December.

There will be more information about this later in the term.

Stomp

2010-09-23T22:15:00.003+12:00

That was fun! The build up to this performance included experiences that each of the Year 3 teachers gave.

I taught the students some elements of drama, Mrs Excell made art with rubbish,

Mrs Crochrane shared with the children her trip to Egypt and taught the children how to write their name in hieroglyphics,

Mrs Kruijer taught the children to play the ukulele and

Mrs Metcalf helped Miss Sherra.

So as you can see it was a team effort and the children learnt many different skills. What the teachers enjoyed the most was working with and getting to know the children from different classrooms. The children enjoyed mixing with different groups of children from each classroom.

Mini Volleyball Tournament

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Today we had a Volleyball Tournament. We were in teams and each team had a theme. Can you guess what our theme was?

Christchurch Earthquake

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Room 17 have been discussing the Christchurch Earthquake.
We have looked at the problems and some of the solutions to these problems.
A wiki site has been set up to view about the earthquake.
http://earthquake-shakeup.wikispaces.com
You can add questions too.

Week 8

2010-09-05T18:01:00.002+12:00

This week we have 3 way conferences on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Room 17 have been looking and discussing our Key Competency's and our own goals. We will explain and discuss these with parents during our conferences.

We are also taking Assembly this week, so this will be our weeks focus. If you would like to see our Assembly it will be 2.20pm on Friday.

News this week will be our own shared news. Next week (Week 9)we will share an instrument you already play or have made from reusable materials.

Our Snow farm trip

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Week 6

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Tuesday is our last day ice skating. Thank you very much to all those parents that have helped both with the skating and Snow Farm Trip. We have had a lot of fun and the snow experience was wonderful.
This week for homework you have a maths sheet and spelling words both to be completed by Friday.
Your news is to create a creature from reusable materials and then bring it to share with class.If you can't finish it this week you can share it next week instead.
We may use these in our Assembly Item which is Friday 10th September.

Second Ice Skating lesson

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Today we learnt how to dance the Cha Cha, skate the duck with our knees bent and slide stops. Some of us can now do the Giraffe glide and the 2feet jump. Can you tell which one we are doing in the photos?

Week 5 Homework

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We have a very busy week with ice skating and our Snow Farm Day on Thursday.
Homework this week is to name and describe a superhero. Be ready share your superhero on Friday. If you have a picture or drawing this will help you share your ideas.

On Thursday you need to be at school by 7.55am with your clothing and plenty of food and drink for our big day. We will be back at school by 5pm.

First Day Ice Skating

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Room 17 and 24 had our first lesson on the ice.
We lined up and warmed up our muscles.

Week 4

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This week we start our Ice Skating lessons. We will skate every Tuesday at 9.30am. Come to school in your ice skating clothes. Don't forget your helmet, gloves and warm water proof clothing. Thanks to all those parents who have offered to help we will leave school about 9.10am.
This week is Maths Week. For homework you need to go on to this site http://www.mathsweek.org.nz/
Type in your password and play the games. Try to complete some challenges eah day and you will earn some points.
News this week is "a time when I felt...." We will use these ideas in our writing.
Remember to bring a water bottle each day. Water is essential for our thinking.
Happy cross country training.

Our Reuse Unit

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We made an object from rubbish. Here is a slide show of what we did.

Term 3

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Welcome back to Term 3.
I hope you all had a nice holiday.
This term our topics are Recycle and Reuse which will lead into making our own music and dance using discarded materials. We will be collecting these over the next few weeks. If you are throwing out an object that could create a sound please save it for us e.g large tins, wooden handles or brushes.

Year 3 students will be ice skating during week 4, 5 and 6 for 1 hour each week. Room 17 will ice skate on Tuesday’s at 9.30am. They will also visit the Snow Farm for one day of cross country skiing in Week 5 on 19^th August. (This may change depending on weather conditions)

If children wish to play on the field at lunchtime can they please have a change of clothes in their bags.

Homework will continue in the same format- Monday to Friday.

We are learning about recycle and reuse this week.This Thursday we are making a desk tidy or money box from reused material. The students are designing them at school but need to collect reused items from home to bring to make their creation.

Week 11

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This is the final week of Term 2. We have 4 students leaving on Friday to go to the new Remarkables School. We are having a shared lunch on Friday to farewell them. Bring a plate of food to share with the class at 12.15 on Friday.
Homework this week is a time sheet, remember to check your clock at home so you can keep practising telling the time.
Those that did not do spelling sentences last week in your homework book need to complete this by Friday using last weeks words.
Have a wonderful holiday !

Book Parade

2010-06-27T10:21:00.003+12:00

Here are some of our masks and book marks we made for homework. What a fantastic effort. The masks have been entered into the Library mask competition. The winners will be announced this week.We all came dressed as a book character for Friday's Book Parade.

Book Week Changes and Skipping

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Due to Wednesday being a Snow Day we will have a Grandad/Dad's reading afternoon next week. I will send a note home with the date and time.

Room 17 are visiting the Queenstown Library on Friday at 11.10am arriving back to school for the book parade at 11.45. We will have a normal assembly at 2.20pm.

Next Tuesday at 11.30am Year 3's are having a Jump Rope Celebration. We will meet on the tennis courts to show our skipping moves we have been practising this term. Parents are welcome to come and watch. The students are collecting sponsors and the proceeds are going to the Heart Foundation who support us with skipping ropes and resources.

Book Week - Margaret Mahy

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Week 10 is Book Week. Room 17 is spending the week reading Margaret Mahy books. We will be doing activities about the author and her characters.
Homework this week will be all about books. There are a selection of activities in your homework book. Try to complete one each night.
On Friday is our Book parade at 11.45am. You may dress as any book character for the day.
Parents if you would like to come and read to the class we would love you to visit us on Wednesday afternoon 2 -2.30pm.
News is sharing your favourite book to the class.
It should be a great week.

Room 17's Interview with Annette Frewen

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After we interviewed Annette we made some freeze frames to show what we had learnt about our school 40-50 years ago.
This will be shown in the Arrowtown Museum's "Speaking of Change" Exhibition in July.

Winter Mud

2010-06-08T14:54:00.002+12:00

To keep our classroom mud free it would be great if you could bring in some spare slippers or indoor shoes from home that you can leave at school. If you like to play on the field can you have a spare of pants in your bag to change into after lunch.

Week 8 Homework

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This week we are sharing what we know about the solar system in our news time. For homework there is nightly reading and learning your spelling words This week we are looking at time in Maths.

You need to write in the table the time you do things at home.

Activity	Analogue Time	Digital Time
Start school	5 to 9	8.55
Get out of bed
arrive at school
Arrive home from school
Do your homework
Eat dinner
Go to bed

Week 7

2010-05-31T10:46:00.002+12:00

Room 17 have had a great week discussing music. We have listened to different styles and shared our favourite songs. Over the next week we are looking at manners. Ask your Mum,Dad or Grandparents about manners when they were your age and bring this to share with the class.
We are entering our daily steps(using our pedometers) into the soccer website and travelling around South Africa on the web. If you want to look at home go to www.mygreatestfeat.org.nz and put in your own name and password(these are in your homework books).

Week 6

2010-05-25T16:21:00.006+12:00

Room 17 have been sharing items from the last 100 years. Here are some of the things we brought in to show the class.We are making a book for the classroom.

Crazy Hair Day

2010-05-20T10:29:00.004+12:00

Today is Crazy Hair Day. We all brought $2.00 to school to support the World Vision.
We had fun doing crazy things to our hair.
We think we look pretty crazy!! What do you think?

Week 5

2010-05-16T18:29:00.002+12:00

This week is only a 4 day week with this Friday being a Teacher Only Day. Homework will be spelling and maths. We will mark homework on Thursday.

Last week for news Room 17 shared some wonderful items and experiences from one hundred years ago.

I hope you all enjoy the 3 day weekend.

Week 4

2010-05-09T15:18:00.002+12:00

This week Room 17 will be interviewing Isaak's Grandma Annette, who has been in Queenstown for 40 years. We have written our own questions and will record these and her answers to send to the Arrowtown museum. This is part of the Arrowtown Museum's "Speaking of Change Exhibition" which will be showing in July. If you or your family have anything that would be of interest to do with this topic, we would love to hear or see items that may help us learn more about life in the Wakatipu 40-60 years ago.

News this week is sharing something from the last 100 years. It can be from anywhere in the world and on any topic.

Homework is a maths sheet, spelling words and reading each night.

Don't forget your Relating to Others tasks and our homework blog page.

Kahura Dance Group

2010-05-09T14:15:00.005+12:00

The Kahura Dance Group performed for our school on Tuesday. They showed through music and dance the journey of the Maori people through the Pacific Islands to New Zealand. See if you can explain to your families which Pacific Island each of these costumes comes from.

Week 3

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Week 3 homework is maths, working on our doubles and spelling words from our Essentials List Test.
Your news is of your own choice this week.
Next week you will need to speak about something in the last 100 years. It may be to do with toys, sport, school, houses, transport or another part of life.
If your family have any photos (holiday photos) or things of interest from the Wakatipu area over the last 60 years we would love to see them.

Week 2

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This week we are visiting the Arrowtown Museum to find out more about our term topic "Speaking of Change".We will leave school at 9.30am on Thursday and be back to school at lunchtime. If any parents would like to join us please send back the blue notice.
Homework this week is maths,spelling and reading. Our news topic is "your favourite book character". There is also "Relating to Others" activities in your homework book.
It looks to be a wet week so don't forget your raincoat and safety vest.

Term 2 Oral language

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This terms oral report topics are:
Week 2 - Describe a favourite book character
Week 4 – Life 100 Years Ago
Week 6- We love Music! Yoyr favourite song and why
Week 8 - Outer Space -about a planet

News Day
Monday Jasper Max Madison Isaak
Tuesday Marsha Zyiac Jesse Karen
Wednesday Helena Ruby William Matheus
Thursday Farrah Willow Abby Jackson Kate
Friday Emma Om Liberty Aaron

Term 2

2010-04-23T15:21:00.002+12:00

Welcome back to Term 2. This week a letter came home explaining our terms whole school Inquiry Topic - Speaking of change. Each class will interview a person that has been in our area since the 1950's.If you know of someone that would be suitable to talk to please let me know.

Our Key Competency this term is Relating to Others.In your homework books is activities to work on during the term.I have posted them below.

Relating to Others” is our Key Competency for this term. We are looking at old-fashioned values and how people related differently in the past. Here are some things to try at home:
“Relating to Others” Tasks
When you get home ask your Mum or Dad how their day has been.
Set the table with placemats, serviettes, flowers and dress up for tea.
Stay at the table till all are finished eating, and then ask to be excused.
Hold the door open for an adult and let them go through first.
Say “Bless you” to a person when they sneeze.
Bake a cake or cookies and give them to a neighbour or friend.
Ask “Can I help?” when Mum or Dad are working around the house.
Read a bedtime story to someone in your family.
If you meet a new person, shake their hand and say “How do you do?”
Hold the dining chair out for your Mum when she sits down to dinner.
Give thanks for your food before eating.
Give someone a compliment (say something nice to them).
At the end of the meal thank whoever has cooked for the lovely dinner.
When you visit someone, take them something nice (fruit, baking, etc)
Choose an activity and tick the box each time you do it. When you have ticked 3 boxes
get your parent to sign the box.

Do at least three activities a week. Ten signatures gets your name in the super homework draw.

The River Story

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A site for the holidays

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As part of our new "National Study Week" program all of the students at your
school will have free unlimited 24 hour access to Smartkiddies from home next
week.

Our National Study Week will start on 1st of April (Thursday) and end on the
8th of April.

To take advantage of this special access opportunity, just let your students
know to login from home using their normal class login. Then click on the
"Study week logo" to enable "unlimited home access" for the week.

We have included a letter to parents you may wish to use.

www.smartkiddies.co.nz/flash/pdf/StudyWeek.doc
www.smartkiddies.co.nz/flash/pdf/StudyWeek.pdf
a text vesion is included at the bottom of this email

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Mophies Water Story

Room 17's Boot plants

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Last week we painted old shoes and planted pansies inside. They will look great in the garden.

Week 9

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This week Room 17 are going to continue to look at water and the water cycle. We will also finish the week with some Easter activities. Homework this week is to visit Year 3 Home Learning Blog and try some maths and spelling activities.The school address and your goals for next term are in your homework book. Don't forget to keep reading every night
For news you are giving a short talk on things that move in water. If you have pictures you want to bring to help describe your vessel that would be great.
I hope you all have a well deserved holiday it has been a very busy term.

Week 8

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This weeks news is sharing a favourite poem. We are trying to say a poem with a clear interesting voice. Some parts of the poem may be loud some soft, some parts may need a high voice and some a low voice.You could also use actions.
Also for homework is spelling words and sentences and a basic facts sheet.
We are spending the next 2 weeks learning about the water cycle and how it affects our environment.
Simon from Wanaka Wastebusters will be visiting on Thursday to share some water experiments with us.

Next week for news is about moving through water - tell us about one way (boat, hovercraft, wakeboard, etc) that we move through water.
This Friday at 1.30pm is a House Partcipation Afternoon and will finish by 3pm.
Don't forget the school Fair is this Saturday so bring in any used books, clothes or toys for us to sell.

Week 7

2010-03-15T11:40:00.000+13:00

Swimming this week is in the primary school pool with each group having a 20minute slot.
Our times are: Monday 11.05, Tuesday 11.45, Wednesday 9.05, Thursday 9.05 and Friday 11.45. If the students could come in their togs on the days we swim at 9 it will save time.
Homework this week is a maths sheet, spelling words and sentences and news of their choice.
We have Ronald McDonald on Thursday to discuss road safety.
Next Monday Room 17 have half a day of health with Mrs Western. They will be focusing on the circulatory system of our body. The children will bring home their books on the circulatory system to discuss this week for homework.

Books Home

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Last Friday your child brought home their maths book for you to look at(5th). This Friday, (12th)they will bring home their reading book and next Friday,(19th) they will bring home their writing book. This is for you to watch their progress and is instead of the Learning Journals, that used to come home each term. You are welcome to comment on the Parent Comment sheet glued into their books.

If your child wishes to order a book from the Scholastic Book Issue 2 they can bring their order to school by next Tuesday(16th).

Week 6

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We have 2 more weeks of swimming but our times are different each day.
This week we are swimming in the High School pool.
Monday 8th - 11-11.30
Tuesday 9th- 11.45-12.15
Wednesday10th - 10.05-10.35
Thursday 11th - 9.45-10.15
Friday 12th 11.00- 11.30
Next week we will be back in the Primary School pool with different times.

Homework
This week there is a maths sheet, spelling words and sentences and a T.V.survey linking to our statistics we did in class last week. Your child should also have a new reading book each night. Let me know if there are any problems with this. We mark and discuss our homework activities on Friday's, so the homework book needs to be at school on Friday. The book bag needs to be at school every day. If your child wishes to do other activities go onto Year 3 Home Activities Blog Page. We have added a Key Competency Challenge on here.

Gondala /SkylineWalk

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Last week the Year 3 Team walked some of the Gondala track with teachers and parents. Thanks to all those parents who were able to come and help us we had a great day. Here is what we looked like.

Welcome to Term 1 2010 Room 17

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Welcome to Room 17 and Mrs Gray's Blog for 2010.
This term the important weekly events are P.E on Monday's,Library Tuesday's and lunchtime swimming for Year 3's is on a Monday.
This Thursday is Bike to School Day which means you can bike to school with an adult.
If you wish to follow the school Winter Olympics page http://qpsphotocover.blogspot.com/ will show you Abby's Dad's photos(he is working in Vancouver covering the skating and Bob sleigh.
Homework is starting this week with reading each night, a maths sheet and some Maori place names, finding the Maori words within the place name. For example Kaikoura - Kai-food,Koura-crayfish.

How to look after our worm farms.

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Our worm farm needs to be in a shady and sheltered place.
Worms need protection from the sun.
We need to put 3 capfuls of water into the worm farm every 1-2 weeks.
Shake or turn your worm farm every 2 weeks.
Feed your worms every few days. They eat as much as they weigh.
Worms don't eat much bread. They don't eat citrus fruit (oranges,lemons,mandarins,grapefruit),kiwifruit,meat,dairy products(yoghurt,butter,milk,cheese).
Worms prefer their food chopped finely.
After a few weeks you could collect the vermacast .To get it out, put holes in the bottom of your worm farm, or pour it out of the top.
The vermacast is really good for the garden.

Music

2009-11-18T20:59:00.002+13:00

Today we had a musician who showed us different styles of flutes, mouth organs and other things which became instruments such as spoons. Room 17 were lucky enough to get to play the ukulele.

Worm Farms

2009-11-18T20:35:00.004+13:00

Room 17 have been learning about worms and worm farms this year. We have a worm farm that we feed and look after with the other Year 3 classes. Now that we are experts on Tiger Worms we have been designing our own worm farms. Today we made small worm farms with our Enviro School facilatator. We learnt how to layer the carbons and nitrogens and what we need to do to keep these worm farms healthy. We are going to write a "How to care for our worm farm" instructions which we will post soon.

Here are some of the photos of us making our worm farms.

Term 4

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Welcome back to Term 4.
This term we are spending the first 2 weeks studying time in maths. I have put some time sites below if you want to practise time at home.
http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/draggames/sthec3.html
http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock2/clockwordsres.html
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/math-time.html
http://www.softschools.com/time/tellingtime.jsp
We have a busy term with athletics and swimming which I will keep you informed of the times and dates.

Room 17's Assembly Item

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Last Friday we presented our ideas about Recycling,Reusing and Redusing Rubbish.We are hoping that our ideas will grow in the school. Here are some photos of us.

Other Sites to explore and learn

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Breathing EarthThis is incredible! http://www.breathingearth.net/Hold your mouse over a country to see the population size, births and deaths and CO2 emissions.

Free Rice
For each question you get right rice is donated to the hungry people in the world. http://www.freerice.com/index.php

Spelling Sites www.spellingcity.com/

Other Sites to explore and learn

2009-08-25T21:05:00.000+12:00

Breathing EarthThis is incredible! http://www.breathingearth.net/Hold your mouse over a country to see the population size, births and deaths and CO2 emissions.

Term 3 2009

2009-07-28T21:33:00.002+12:00

Welcome back to Term 3. Our topics this term are Kia Kaha which covers bullying issues and we are planning to design and build a worm farm as well. Our Maths this term is focussed on fractions and I will add some websites which students could use at home to practise fractions and basic facts.
In Physical Education we are skating on a Tuesday in Week 4,5and 7. We are also going cross counrty skiing in week 8. The day is still to be confirmed. We are also doing Jump Jam at school.
I will add other information, useful websites and photos as the term progresses.

Highlights of Term 2 2009

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Room 17 have been looking at rubbish in our school. We have looked at recycling and reducing our rubbish too. Room 17 visited the Recycling Depot here are some of the things we saw.
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Potato Planting Photos

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Spud in a Bucket Project

2008-11-13T20:26:00.001+13:00

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

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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

2008-08-18T16:38:00.002+12:00

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

Term 3 Events

2008-07-23T18:01:00.002+12:00

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

2008-07-02T09:39:00.005+12:00

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

2008-05-29T20:58:00.000+12:00

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

2008-05-29T20:56:00.000+12:00

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

2008-05-20T19:11:00.002+12:00

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

2008-05-20T18:52:00.004+12:00

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

2008-02-27T16:29:00.003+13:00

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

2008-02-27T16:10:00.000+13:00

Prepare your equipment each day for Outdoor Education

Week 4 Homework

2008-02-27T16:08:00.000+13:00

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

Homework

2008-02-27T15:54:00.000+13:00

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.