Term 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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