Room 9 Class Newsletter

Term 2 2012

Dear Parents,

Room 9 Programme for Term 2 will be:

Maths:

For numeracy we will be continue our addition and subtraction strand and then we will be covering multiplication and division strand.

The strands work will explore aspects of statistics and geometry.

Basic Facts

We have a new set of basic facts cards. The students will bring a set of these cards home for homework. They need to learn these cards. When they know these they are to bring these back to school to be tested on. These have taken a lot of money and time to make up so could all children please look after these.

Religious Education:

The first week we will look at the Liturgical Events of Eastertide, Pentecost and the Ascension. We will also cover the Jesus strand.

Literacy:

Reading: We are working on key words, the comprehension skill of being able to infer (read between the lines), and also asking and answering different types of questions. 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 and persuasive writing formats.

Oral Language: we will be working on our read aloud skills.

Inquiry:

This terms Unit for the year is an integrated one that explores: “What is the relationship between people and power and the weather??”  We will also be preparing Science Experiments on these topics for the Southland Science Fair. You can follow our discoveries and decision making on our blogsite  http://room9shsinv.blogspot.com/

Physical Education / Health:

This term we will focus on Playing Games and Jump Jam. We have PE on Monday 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.)

The Arts and Technology:

We will be exploring construction techniques by making models for the Science Fair.

Homework

10-20mins of reading

10 mins Basic Facts (New Programme of Basic Facts will be introduced.)

Spelling: The tests will be on Fridays and new words given that day too.

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

Cross Country

Sacred Heart Feast Day June 15th

Aerobics

Sing Out

Science Fair

Blog and Contact

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

Parent Information blog for Room9 with class newsletters etc can be found as a link for this blog or  on http://parentinformationroom9.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 check my e-mail everyday and will reply as quickly as possible.

All class newsletters are also posted on the class blogsite under Parent Information Room9.

Kath Lieshout

(Room 9 Teacher.)