Week 7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A site for the holidays

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

Mophies Water Story

Room 17's Boot plants

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

Week 9

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

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

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

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

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

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.