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.