Week 10

 

This week our value focus is J.O.Y - Jesus, Others Yourself. We will discuss and practice this value during the day, especially in fitness, and acknowledge students through our Super Kids blue cards. 

We will be swimming this week, so bring your togs each day and a jersey for afterward since it's getting colder.

                                                                 

The School House Leaders will be running a Tug of War competition on Friday for the whole school's golden time. Bring your house colours to change into at lunchtime.

The Big Ideas for some of our learning this week are:

RE - Stations of the Cross 

Praying the Stations of the Cross is a great way to remember the true meaning of Lent. There are 14 stations of the cross, and it goes through the biblical passion story. It starts with Jesus being condemned to death, and ends with Jesus being laid in the tomb. Going through the stations of the cross is actually a special Lenten prayer, and it’s a really excellent one to do with kids! https://www.catholicicing.com/printable-stations-of-cross-for/

Literacy - Explanation writing and reading explanation text. 

Explanation texts are pieces of writing that explain something. They might tell you how or why something happens, or give information on how to do something. Explanation writing uses a particular structure and language features. We will also focus on compound and complex sentences.

Maths - Fractions  

• A fraction describes the division of a whole (region, set, segment) into equal parts. • The bottom number in a fraction tells how many equal parts the whole or unit is divided into. The top number tells how many equal parts are indicated. • A fraction is relative to the size of the whole or unit. • A fraction describes division. • A decimal is another name for a fraction

What's On This Week

Monday - Swimming, Music (Marimba/Drums)

Tuesday - Swimming, Music (Marimba/Drums), Netball/Futsal practice

Wednesday - Library, Swimming, Music (Marimba/Drums)

Thursday - Swimming, Stations of the Cross liturgy, Netball/Futsal practice

Friday - Swimming, Golden Time, Sausage Sizzle

Week 9 Learning

Today we farewelled Cherica who is moving to the Wairarapa. All the best for your new school Cherica and come and visit us anytime. 

I have been impressed with the problem solving strategies the students use when solving problems with tangrams and fractions. They are combining knowledge of numbers, shapes and fractions to figure out the answers.

Today our Golden Time was 4 way capture the flag. Room 3 and 4 joined us for a fun afternoon.

Enjoy your weekend everyone. I hope the kids have recovered from the April Fools day prank this morning!

Week 9

 

Welcome to Week 9. It's lovely having more students back in class now. We wish those still isolating a speedy recovery and look forward to having all of Room 2 back soon.

Our school value focus this week (and last week) is WONDER. A lucky Room 2 person will be presented with the Principal Shield on Friday. I wonder who that will be??

This week I am on a course about Project Based Learning for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Mrs. Clarke will be looking after Room 2.

No swimming for us this week.

What's on this week....

Monday - 

Tuesday - Netball/Futsal practice

Wednesday - Library, Chess and Indoor Bowles

Thursday - Netball/Futsal practice

Friday - Golden Time, Sausage sizzle, Principal Shield presentation.

Good luck to all the sports players who start games this week. Play hard but fair.

Week 8 Learning

It was lovely having a music focus this week. We used the music, In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Greig, to learn about the elements of music: rhythm, beat, tempo and dynamics. The student had a go at using chopsticks for drums and playing marimba. We learned about how music tells a story and used a storyboard and soundscape to represent this. The students even learned about fractions in music notation. 

Here are some pictures of our week.

Week 8

 

Swimming is back on for us this week.         Please bring your togs each day.

Welcome to Week 8.

This week, Room 1 and 2 will base our learning around music. Our Literacy, Numeracy, and The Arts will be through the medium of music. 

Some of our big ideas for learning will be:

• Using music notation to learn about fractions - whole notes, half notes, quarter notes.
• Learning to make music using marimba and percussion 
• Understanding that many pieces of music tell a story and composers use elements of music to help tell that story - beat, rhythm, tempo, pitch, dynamics
• Visualising music using soundscapes
• Responding to music by moving in a variety of ways

What's On This Week:

Monday - Swimming, 

Tuesday - Swimming, Netball/Futsal practice, 

Wednesday - Swimming, library, Chess and Indoor Bowls

Thursday - Swimming, Netball/Futsal practice

Friday - Swimming, Feast of the Annunciation liturgy, Sausage Sizzle, Golden Time

Week 7 Learning

We've had another fabulous week of learning in Room 2.

Here are some photos of our week

Some of our Picasso Portraits

 

Problem Solving for Maths - 2 Step addition and subtraction problems

Book Sell during library time

Cooking with Mr G - Baked custard with blackberry and passionfruit

Bread and water morning tea to think about those less fortunate than ourselves.

Golden Time fun - Prisoner Dodgeball and Mr Macmillian's inflatable pole challenge

Year 6 Leaders Celebration