Dear Parents,
I am really
excited to be teaching your children this year. At present there are 28 Year 6
students 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 Strand.
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 use one text for the whole week. Therefore the
books the children are bringing home are not the one 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 to communicate our ideas about our Inquiry Unit.
Inquiry:
Physical
Education / Health:
This term we will focus on Run,
Jump, Throw in preparation for the Zone athletics. We will also be swimming on the
following days 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th,
18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th
and 27th of February . There will be more about this at a later
date. We have PE on Tuesday 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.) They are to wear sports uniform during
the three 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 working on sketching techniques.
Homework
Homework consists of:
10-20 minutes of
reading.
The students will keep their own reading log and this will be checked
on Fridays. Please sign it on Thursday nights. (It is their responsibility to
fill this out and then to make sure it is signed by both you and then by Mrs
Page on Fridays.)
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.
Jottings
The students will bring a jottings book home occasionally to make
some notes for the next day. It must come back to school the next day.
Religious
Education
The students will bring their RE book home occasionally to either
complete or share some work. It must come back to school the next day.
It is my expectation that ALL students will complete the above
homework every night as it helps them develop the work ethic necessary for
Secondary School. They must also have their home folder with these books in it
at school EVERY day. This homework is
their responsibility.
Library
Our library day will be.
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 class programme as
designated by me on Fridays.
Events
First day back– 29/1/12
First School Mass (9.30 am) – 1/2/13
Science Week – 4-8th /2/13
Waitangi day- 6th /2/13
Swimming – 11th Feb – 27th Feb (9
sessions)
Meet the teacher – 4/2/13
Ash Wednesday – 13/2/13
Zone Cross Country – 6th March or if postponed 15th
March
Camp
We
go to Stewart Island this year. The dates are the 30th October - 1st
November.
Contact and Information for
Room 9 2013
Twitter
You
can see all the information at http://twitter.com/room9shsinv
or get all the updates to your cellphone by texting follow @room9shsinv to 8987
Blogs
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/
Email
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 like 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.
IF
YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY RECEIVED THIS NEWSLETTER VIA EMAIL IT MEANS I DO NOT HAVE
YOUR E-MAIL or THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE E-MAIL ADDRESS I HAVE.
All
class newsletters are also posted on the class blogsite under Parent
Information Room 9.
For those of you who do not have internet or cell
phone facilities for the above I will send a paper copy of any information home
to you. Please let me know if you require paper copies of notices.
Kath Lieshout (Room 9 Teacher.)
