Sunday 16 October 2016

Week 1 Term 4

Welcome to our first Blog Post of Term 4. Our week began with a mini Powhiri for children who had joined us at Nelson Central since the beginning of Term 3. This included many of our new Kowhai friends who have turned 5 and started big school.


As you can see in our inquiry work we have been thinking hard about what we already know about the Sun and Sun Safety and what we would like to find out more about.


We recorded this week's poem and photos of us being sun safe as a reminder to others to do the same!


 As part of this terms Art focus on Fabric and Fibre we looked at the warp and weft in pieces and hessian and pulled out threads to make some interesting patterns.

When Barbara came in to work with us we planted sunflower seeds and weeded our class flower bed ready for when they grow tall enough to plant out...mmmmm...how long will that  take????
 In our phonics lessons we are learning about magic 'e' and how it makes its vowel friends say their name rather than their sound in a word. Just ask a Room 10 friend to explain it to you.


In No Child Left Inside we have started preparing for our Athletics Day later this term. This week we practiced sprinting and how to hand over the baton in a relay.


In maths we have been revisiting doubles and were able to use this knowledge to double some really big numbers.
We also looked at a rather tricky problem about how much a sunflower would grow each day to reach 13cm by the end of the week. A great I can attitude and collaboration was used in order to work this one out......



...well done Room 10!

What are we learning in Week 2 Term 4

Letter Sounds: medial 'i' with 'e' e,g pin  changes to pine
Grammar: Nouns and adjectives
Tricky Word: when, they
Writing: Narratives: describing a character
Maths: numbers that make 10
P.E.: No Child Left Inside
Maori: responses to Tena koe
Inquiry Topic:  Keeping Safe: Sun Smart
Art: Exploring Weaving 
ICT: Tux Paint drawing story characters

Events Coming Up

THIS WEEK

Tracy is teaching  Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri pm
Christine teaching Fri morning

LATER THIS TERM

Term 4 starts Monday 10th October
Thursday 27th October  Museum Visit: Tauira: Weaving Maori Patterns. Leave school 9.10
Tuesday 29th November Suter Visit: Exploring the new Suter. Leave school 9.05
Friday 9th December visit to Cathedral Christmas Trees
Tuesday 13th December Kowhai Big Day Out at Founders Park
Term 4 ends Thursday 15th December

TERM DATES



Term 1 2017 starts 

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