Pillows on Sale

Pillows are now on Sale.  Children co-constructed a class notice and this was sent home last week.  If you would like to buy your child's pillow please see me before this Friday.  All pillows will are on sale for $5 and the students have decided that they money we make will go towards buying games for our classroom.

I am going to work with the students to collectively decide which games they would like to purchase.  If you have any brochures that come through the mailbox advertising games please share these with your child and then send them on to school.  This learning will support the work that we have undertaken in Visual Language and Financial Literacy.

Just to reassure all parents that you have first option to buy your child's pillow.

Homework Reminder

Dear Parents

Just a reminder that your child needs to spend 20-25 minutes each school night on their homework.  This is an outline of what your child needs to do each week night to complete their homework.  Homework is checked on Friday and any uncompleted work will be done in break times on Friday.

It is now Term 3 and some students are still finding it hard to follow this routine .  Next year your child will have more homework than this so please help your child to manage their own learning and move towards being a 'self-directed' learner.

To help them to become more self managing children are given a choice of how to use any free time in class with completing homework being the priority.  During this time students have access to laptops and iPads.  Students are also able to access ICT equipment in the Library during afternoon break times Monday - Thursday.

READING – 10 minutes

·       Monday to Wednesday - read their reader with an adult or older family member for 10 minutes and respond to questions that you ask them about what they have read

·       Thursday – read to library book to a family member or be read to by a family member

·       Friday – read the poem of the week to a family member.

SPELLING – 10 minutes

·        Fill in the diagram above by learning to spell 2-3 words each night (Monday - Thursday).  All words must be learnt before Friday.

MATHS – 10 minutes

·        Learn basic facts using flash cards.  All children now need to be able to recall the basic addition and subtraction facts to 20 instantly by the end of Year 4 to meet the standard.  Students also need to be able to instantly recall the multiplication and division basic facts for the 2, 5, and 10 times tables to meet the Year 4 standard. Your child has a set of basic fact flash cards that match the level that they are working at.   

·       \Log onto Study Ladder and complete some of the activities that will support in class learning.

REFLECTION – COMPLETED ONCE A WEEK BY THURSDAY

·       Log onto their own blog and write a sentence, using one of the sentence starters on the board, to reflect on their own learning.  This needs to be a detailed sentence to show that they are thinking deeply about their learning.  Some students choose to include photographs of their learning.  Again, class time is given to complete this activity.

Regards

Sonya Harris

Scholastic Book Orders

Scholastic book orders close on the 5th of September.  If you are ordering books please send me the correct money as I do not keep change or any money in the classroom.

Look Out for these Notices

Please ask your child to share the school photograph notice and our Room 5 pillow sale add with you.

Gold Coin for Daffodil Day on Friday

Hi Everyone

Tomorrow we are collecting a gold coin for Daffodil Day.  We are not having a mufti day but please feel free to wear yellow ribbons or daffodils in your hair.  The money raised will be donated to the Cancer Society.

Learning to Play the Ukulele

For the rest of the term Room 5 students will be learning to play the ukulele.  Here are the two you tube clips that we have used today to learn to play the C chord and G chord.

Thank You

Dear Parents

Thank you very much for contributions to our shared lunch on Friday.

Mrs H

Congratulations Everyone

Well Done Everyone,

Your performance on Wednesday night was amazing.  I was really impressed with the way that you all managed yourselves on the night.  I was really proud of you all.

Mrs H

No Homework Week 5

There is no homework this week due to production.

School Production

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MRS SHEARER?

Wednesday 20^th August 2014

6.30pm Aurora Centre Burnside High School

TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT

Rehearsal:

During the day, we will be having a full dress rehearsal at the Aurora Centre. Buses will be leaving school in shifts, starting at 11:45am. Buses will begin to return in shifts, starting at 2:00pm. The bus may be running late so if you have appointments to get to, please let the office know so we can ensure that your child returns on an earlier bus.

Children need to be dropped off at 5:30pm.

The Aurora Centre for the Performing Arts

Burnside High School

Greers Road

Burnside

Christchurch 8053

The show starts at 6:30pm, however the doors will be open from 6:00pm as the PTA will be selling sweets and pre-orders of the Production DVD.

Your programme is your ticket and you will need it to get in.

No Assembly this Friday

This Friday we are having a whole school production practise so there will be no assembly.

My Argument by Ethan

I am proud of my persuasive argument because I used the correct parts by Ethan.