Term 4 2010 Room 9 Class Newsletter

Dear Parents,
The children all seem to have had a great break and are refreshed for a busy and exciting term.
Room 9 Programme for Term 3 will be:
Maths:
For numeracy we will be revising and consolidating our numeracy knowledge and strategies with particular emphasis on decimals and percentages. The strands work will be on probability and algebra.
Religious Education:
We will be working on the Church and the Communion of Saints Strands. We will also look at the Liturgical Seasons of Advent and Christmas.
Literacy:
Reading: We are working on the types of questions that help comprehension and making inferences about the texts. We will use one text for the whole week. Therefore the books the children are bringing home are not the ones we have read in class. The books they bring home are for enjoyment and to help them get reading mileage.
Writing process: We will be using the recount format and looking at the development of proof reading and revision skills.
Oral Language/ Current Events: Once a term your child will work with a group of children on our current events blog http://weeklynewshsinv.blogspot.com/ which they will present to the class on Fridays. This will be part of our on-going oral language programme. We will also be presenting our camp experience with you.
Inquiry:
Our Unit for this term is an integrated one that explores: Why people buy and sell things? We are hoping to make crafts to sell, the profit will be sent to St Paul’s school in Christchurch. This school was destroyed in the earthquake and the students have been corresponding with the students there. You can follow our discoveries on our blogsite http://room9shsinv.blogspot.com/
Physical Education / Health:
This term we will focus on Throwing and We have PE on Tuesdays and Friday afternoons. (These are the only two days they are to wear sports uniform unless they have a note or there is a special event.) Fitness: this term we will be working on aerobic fitness with running EVERYDAY so the children need to bring their sports shoes every day.

The Arts:
We will be exploring shape, pattern and colour using a variety of mediums and construction techniques.
Homework
10-20mins of reading
10 mins Basic Facts (Doubles, halves, timetables, and basic facts up to 50.)
Spelling: The tests will be on Fridays and new words given that day too. Day 4 of their spelling book is to be completed by Mondays and returned to school for marking. They have nearly completed their last book for the year so they will be using essential word lists each week. These are words they need for their writing
Library
Our library day will be Fridays.

Release
I will be released to do my Senior Management work on Fridays. We are lucky enough to have Mrs Paige doing this release. This will provide continuity for the class. Mrs Paige will carry on with the normal class programme.

Camp
This will be for the 21 Year 6 pupils only. The Camp will include an afternoon of yachting and kayaking, a day at the Arrowtown Museum, abseiling and a visit to the Clyde Dam.

We have a classroom blog this can be found at http://room9shsinv.blogspot.com/


If you have any problems or wish to speak with me at anytime, please don’t hesitate to contact me. My e-mail is klieshout@shsinv.school.nz .


Dates for Term 4
15th 19th 21st NZEI meetings in the afternoons.
20th October Spirit of Nation12pm
27th October Share the Road 11am
1st November Class Trip to ENRICH
1 – 6th November Tour of Southland
7th November School Fair and Mass
13th November Year 6 Day at Secondary Schools
15th November Year 6 Camp
12th December Final Mass 6.30pm
15th December Last Day of School

All class newsletters are also posted on the class blogsite . There is a new link on the blogsite called Parent Information and all newsletters, camp information, ideas for helping your child at home can be found there. http://parentinformationroom9.blogspot.com/


Kath Lieshout
Room 9 Teacher.


NB.
We have a couple of cases of head lice in Room 9. Please check your child’s head and if there is a problem treat immediately.

WRITING
You can help your child by getting them to practice writing diffferent types of sentences. Examples are shown below.
Types of Sentences

Simple Sentence

The cat sat on the mat


Compound Sentence

My dog is not popular with the neighbours. My dog scares the postman away.


My dog is not popular with the neighbours because s/he scares the postman away.


Complex Sentences

The cat sat on the mat.

The cat sat on the mat so that he could curl up and go to sleep.

The girl walked into the classroom.

As the girl, with flaming red hair and freckles on her nose, walked into the classroom, all heads turned to stare at her.

Writing at Home.
Lots of reading by, with and to your child: of a variety of books.
Read books to or with your child
Talking books ( from Library)
Give your child lots of experiences: going to beach, park, baking, building huts, sport, art….
Your child might like to keep a diary or they could put their spelling words into sentences.
(Try just one word in a variety of sentence lengths. Make it a challenge - who can write the shortest, longest or most detailed sentence!)

Year 6 Camp 2010

YEAR 6 CAMP 2010


16th of September
Dear Parents,

As you know the Year 6 students will be away on camp at Bannockburn from the 15th to the 19th of November. (5 days and 4 nights). There is a lot of planning; costing and organisation that goes into this and so the following costs are an estimate. Hopefully this may answer some initial questions parents have.

Parent Help.
I need at least 5 parents each day of the camp. As I am the only teacher going it is important that the parents who come are on site at night. We will be cooking all the meals so it is expected that the parent helpers will help with these and supervising duties. If you can come for part of the camp or want to swap with your partner half way through that is fine. The adults will be charged for food, accommodation and if travelling on the bus that cost as well. Though camp is a lot of fun it also requires lots of energy. I will need lots of help from those parents who come.

I have attached a menu and timetable for the 5days. If your child has allergies or there is some difficulty with the menu please let me know.

I also need the medical consent filled out and returned to school. If there is anything you are concerned about please e-mail or phone me. E-mails are preferable. klieshout@shsinv.school.nz

I have also added the camp cost, as you can see I am trying to bring the cost down. It is for 5 days so is a bit more costly.This is to be paid to the office the week before camp. If cost is a factor contact Mr Forde or myself as it is the school policy that all children get this opportunity.

Could you please indicate if you will be on camp (staying on site) and what days.

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Name________________________

I will be there for the whole camp.

I will be on camp from__________ to ____________

I will be travelling in the bus. I will be taking my own car.


Thank you

Kath Lieshout
Room9 Teacher




TIMETABLE CAMP 2010

Monday 15th November
8.55 am
Arrive at school load bus
9.20 am
Depart Invercargill
12.30 pm
Arrive at Camp
Unload bus
Room allocation
Lunch (brought from home)
Orientation

Swim
6.30pm Evening meal

7.30pm
Bus Quizz Answers/ Camp books
Camp Bingo
8.45pm supper

9.30pm lights out

Tuesday 16th November
7.am Wake up
Breakfast
Clean up

8am Briefing and clothing check
9 – 11.30am

Kayak/ yachting
Shower
Lunch at camp
Walk to gold area/ boats/ swim
6.30pm Evening meal

7.30pm Camp books
8pm Camp Bingo

8.45pm supper

9.30pm lights out
Wednesday 17th November
7am Wake up
Breakfast
Make lunches
Clean up
8 am Depart by bus for Arrowtown
9am Arrowtown Museum programme
Lunch
Arrowtown Museum programme
3.45pm
Return to Cromwell
Swim/ rest/ game
6pm evening
Meal and Clean up

7.pm
Camp liturgy.
Camp concert


8.45pm supper

9.30pm lights out
Thursday 18th November
8am Wake up
Breakfast
Clean up
9am – 11am
Adventure Southland
Lunch at camp

Swim/ rest/ game
6pm evening
Meal and Clean up

6.30pm Evening meal

7.30pm Camp books
8pm Briefing and pre pack for departure following day
8.45pm supper

9.30pm lights out
Friday 19th November
7am Wake up
Breakfast
Make lunches
Clean up
9.30am Depart by bus for Clyde Dam
10,30am Clyde Dam Tour

Depart for Roxborough
lunch in park
Depart for Sacred Heart
Arrival time approx 2.45pm














Equipment list

Day pack:Drink bottle, hat/cap, jacket, (Optional- camera-Suntan Lotion, Sunglasses-Book
Packed lunch for the first day.

Bag for bus: Clothes
Bathing suit & swimming towel
Wetsuit if available
Ploy prop top and leggings ( Must have for sailing/kayaking)
Shorts
socks
underwear
T- shirt & one long sleeved shirt (for dam)
Long trousers ( for dam)
Sandals/jandals
Warm sweatshirt or polar fleece
warm PJ’s,

Other Equipment
toilet bag + Tbrush, etc
Walking shoes
Pillow & Sleeping Bag in plastic bag
Towel for shower
Insect repellent
Tissues
Super market bags for wet/dirty laundry

To be given to the teacher: Home baking
Medication
Teatowel named
Toilet paper

Extras: Can bring a pack of cards, book, mp3 player for bus only.

None of these please:
Cellphones, Sweets or chewing gum of any
sort.
Cans or bottles of fizzy drink

Term3 Classnewsletter 2010

Term 3 2010 Room 9 Class Newsletter

Dear Parents,
The children all seem to have had a great break and are refreshed for what will be
once again be very busy term. The focus for the first 3 weeks will centre around the Science Fair and the Venture Southland Speech Competition.

Room 9 Programme for Term 3 will
Maths:
For numeracy we will be finishing our multiplication and division unit. Later in the Term we will be commencing work on fractions, decimals and percentages multiplication and division.
The strands work will explore aspects of geometrical shapes.

Religious Education:
The first week we will look at mediative prayer. Later we will focus on the Sacrament and Church Strands.
Literacy:
Reading: We are working on the types of questions that help comprehension and understanding the authors purpose and point of view. We will use one text for the whole week. Therefore the books the children are bringing home are not the ones we have read in class. The books they bring home are for enjoyment and to help them get reading mileage.
Writing process: We will be using writing both persuasive texts and reports. We will be continuing to look at the development of editing skills.
Oral Language/ Current Events: Once a term your child will work with a group of children on our current events blog
Physical Education / Health:
This term we will focus on Invasive Games. We have PE on Tuesdays and Friday afternoons. (These are the only two days they are to wear sports uniform unless they have a note or there is a special event.) Fitness: this term we will be working on aerobic fitness with Jump Jam and skipping, EVERYDAY. It is a good idea if the students bring there sports shoes in a bag for this. NB They are not to be worn unless for fitness on Monday, Wednesday and Thursdayhttp://weeklynewshsinv.blogspot.com/ which they will present to the class on Fridays. This will be part of our on-going oral language programme..
Inquiry:
Our Unit for the year is an integrated one that explores: Why ecosystems are important. You can follow our discoveries on our blogsite http://room9shsinv.blogspot.com/

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The Arts:
We will be exploring shape, and line by doing observational drawings.



Homework
10-20mins of reading
10 mins Basic Facts (Doubles, halves, timestables, and basic facts up to 50.)
Spelling: The tests will be on Fridays and new words given that day too. Day 4 of their spelling book is to be completed by Mondays and returned to school for marking.
Library
Our library day will be Fridays.
Release
I will be released to do my Senior Management work on Fridays. We are lucky enough to have Mrs Fortune doing this release. This will provide continuity for the class. Mrs Fortune will carry on with the normal class programme.

Term Dates to keep in mind:
4th August Polyfest & Choir Practice
9th August Cluster Schools Speech Competition
10-12th August Life Education Bus
11th August Zone Netball
13th August Science Fair ( School)
14th August Invercargill Schools Speech Competition
17-20th August Southland Science Fair
28th August Gymnastic Feastival
2nd September Choir Practice
15&16th September Choir Practice
20th September Convent Cup
We have a classroom blog this can be found at http://room9shsinv.blogspot.com/


If you have any problems or wish to speak with me at anytime please don’t hesitate to contact me. My e-mail is klieshout@shsinv.school.nz . I would lie to set up communication via e-mail this year with as many parents as possible so if you have an e-mail address could you please e-mail me at the above address so I can set up an e-mail grouping for the class.

All class newsletters are also posted on the class blogite .

Kath Lieshout
Room 9 Teacher.

Term 2 Class newsletter 2010

Term 2 2010 Room 9 Class Newsletter

Dear Parents,
The children all seem to have had a great break and are refreshed for a busy and exciting term.
Room 9 Programme for Term 1 will be:
Maths:
For numeracy we will be finishing our addition and subtraction and commencing multiplication and division.
The strands work will explore aspects of geometry.
Religious Education:
The first week we will look at the liturgical season of Easter. Mrs Fortune will explore the prayer strand with the class. Later we will focus on the Holy Spirit and Jesus Strands. We will also celebrate the Liturgical Events of Ascension Thursday and Penetcost.
Literacy:
Reading: We are working on the types of questions that help comprehension and locating information in the texts. We will use one text for the whole week. Therefore the books the children are bringing home are not the ones we have read in class. The books they bring home are for enjoyment and to help them get reading mileage.
Writing process: We will be using the report format and continuing to look at the development of editing skills.
Oral Language/ Current Events: Once a term your child will work with a group of children on our current events blog http://weeklynewshsinv.blogspot.com/ which they will present to the class on Fridays. This will be part of our on-going oral language programme. We will also be exploring moving images and the students will be creating their own moving image clips.
Inquiry:
We will be finishing off our car park study and sending our report to the Board of Trustees and the Parish Council.
Our second Unit for the year is an integrated one that explores: Why people around the world participate in cultural activities?You can follow our discoveries on our blogsite http://room9shsinv.blogspot.com/
Physical Education / Health:
This term we will focus on Rotation and Swing in preparation for gymnastics later in the term and also as part of our inquiry unit. We have PE on Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons. (These are the only two days they are to wear sports uniform unless they have a note or there is a special event.) Fitness: this term we will be working on aerobic fitness with Jump Jam and skipping EVERYDAY.
The Arts:
We will be exploring shape, symmetry, rotation, pattern and colour using a variety of mediums.
Homework
10-20mins of reading
10 mins Basic Facts (Doubles, halves, timestables, and basic facts up to 50.)
Spelling: The tests will be on Fridays and new words given that day too. Day 4 of their spelling book is to be completed by Mondays and returned to school for marking.
Library
Our library day will be Fridays.
Release
I will be released to do my Senior Management work on Fridays. We are lucky enough to have Mrs Fortune doing this release. This will provide continuity for the class. Mrs Fortune will carry on with the normal class programme.
Home Reading - Author Circle
This term we are launching “ author circles” in Room 9. This letter is to help explain what these are all about.
The purpose of author circles is to enhance a love of reading and to share books by authors they have enjoyed with other readers.
Students are invited to choose an author or book they have enjoyed reading.
They can select these books from books they have at home, the school library or the public library.
They read the book! There will be silent reading time scheduled into each days programme, but the book will need to come home to be read as well. THIS WILL BE THE STUDENTS HOME READING. I expect them to read for 10-15 minutes EVERY night. It is important for the students to choose wisely and keep going
Books need to be at school on Friday for discussion time. This is where author circles really come alive! Students will discuss the book using some guiding questions with others and try to sell their book to them. The students will also have other activities with Mrs Fortune to do about their author or book.

All books must be treated with care and respect, and we would like you to bring your reading folders to school to keep these books in good condition. In order to really get into your book, it would b good to bring it to school each day to read during silent reading time.

We are looking forward to some really good discussion times.
We have a classroom blog this can be found at http://room9shsinv.blogspot.com/


If you have any problems or wish to speak with me at anytime please don’t hesitate to contact me. My e-mail is klieshout@shsinv.school.nz . I would lie to set up communication via e-mail this year with as many parents as possible so if you have an e-mail address could you please e-mail me at the above address so I can set up an e-mail grouping for the class.

All class newsletters are also posted on the class blogite .

Kath Lieshout
Room 9 Teacher.


NB.
We have a couple of cases of head lice in Room 9. Please check your child’s head and if there is a problem treat immediately.

Term1 2010

Term 1 2010 Room 9 Class Newsletter

Dear Parents,

I am really excited to be teaching your children this year. At present there are 29 Year 5 & 6 children in the class.

Room 9 Programme for Term 1 will be:
Maths:
For numeracy we will be covering addition and subtraction,
The strands work will explore aspects of statistics and measurement.

Religious Education:
The first week we will look at the charism of Sacred Heart School and the second week will be on prayer. Later we will focus on the God and Jesus Strands. We will also celebrate the Liturgical Events of Lent and Holy Week.

Literacy:
Reading: We are working on main ideas, key words and locating information in the texts. We will use one text for the whole week. Therefore the books the children are bringing home are not the ones we have read in class. The books they bring home are for enjoyment and to help them get reading mileage.
Writing process: We will be using the personal recount and report formats.
Oral Language/ Current Events: Once a term your child will work with a group of children on our current events blog http://weeklynewshsinv.blogspot.com/ which they will present to the class on Fridays. This will be part of our on-going oral language programme.

Inquiry:
Our first Unit for the year is an integrated one that explores: Why we have rules? As part of this unit we will be looking why and how we make rules and how knowing this can helps us make great decisions about our learning and our learning environment. You can follow our discoveries and decision making on our blogsite http://room9shsinv.blogspot.com/

Physical Education / Health:
This term we will focus on Run, Jump, Throw in preparation for the Zone athletics. We will also be swimming in from the 1st-12thth of March. There will be more about this at a later date. We have PE on Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons. ( These are the only two days they are to wear sports uniform unless they have a note or there is a special event.) This will not happen during the two weeks we have swimming.
Fitness: this term we will be working on aerobic fitness with timed runs. The students will keep records of these. They need their sports shoes EVERYDAY.

The Arts:
We will be exploring shape and colour using the mediums of paint or pastel.



Homework
10-20mins of reading
10 mins Basic Facts (Doubles, halves, timestables, and basic facts up to 50.)
Spelling: The tests will be on Fridays and new words given that day too. Day 4 of their spelling book is to be completed by Mondays and returned to school for marking.

Library
Our library day will be Fridays.

Release
I will be released to do my Senior Management work on Fridays. We are lucky enough to have Mrs Cimone Page doing this release. This will provide continuity for the class. Mrs Page will carry on with the normal class programme.

Events
5th Feb School Mass 9.30am
9th Feb Parent Night
17th Feb Ash Wednesday
1st 12th March Swimming
19th March Beach Education Day
YEAR 6 (only) Camp 15-19th November at Bannockburn.

We have a classroom blog this can be found at http://room9shsinv.blogspot.com/


If you have any problems or wish to speak with me at anytime please don’t hesitate to contact me. My e-mail is klieshout@shsinv.school.nz . I would lie to set up communication via e-mail this year with as many parents as possible so if you have an e-mail address could you please e-mail me at the above address so I can set up an e-mail grouping for the class.

All class newsletters are also posted on the class blogite .

Kath Lieshout
Room 9 Teacher.