Welcome back to Kowhai for Term 3! I hope you enjoyed
the holidays and everyone returns to school rearing to go. We have yet another
action packed term ahead of us – 11 weeks this time! A special welcome to our
newest Kowhai kid, Amelia Lambess and her whanau.
Special congratulations must go to Siena Cockburn
and Sean Preston who received the special key competency awards in
Solway’s reflection assembly last term.
Below is a brief outline of Term 3...
· Attached to this newsletter is our Term 3 Oral Language
timetable and talking topics. Please note the change in timetable. Children are
welcome to bring along pictures/articles/props to aid their talk.
· Our main focus in maths will be fractions,
proportions and ratios. One day a week
we will be working on algebra for the first half of the term, then swapping to
geometry.
· Every Monday we will continue to do personal
experience writing
(e.g. weekend news) with our major focus on writing narratives this term.
· Our values this term are respect and obedience.
· Our inquiry topic for Term 3 is The Olympics. We
will be doing this for the first six weeks of term. The next two weeks will be
spent on a teacher passion unit (to be confirmed!) and then the Tararua
Syndicate will be focusing on science and myths and legends for the remainder
of the term.
· We will begin Term 3 focusing on ball
skills for PE, moving onto poi and skipping
later in the term.
· You can expect your child to bring home a
reading book each night as well as their spelling list to practice. Please
listen to them read aloud every
night – this is the only way they will improve their reading. Spelling tests
will be held on Fridays. Homework books will go home on even weeks this term
and are expected to be returned on Friday. In addition, homework for Term 3 includes preparing
for their talking day and practicing their basic facts. Please support your
child with these things on a daily basis.
· Our library day is Tuesday. Children need to bring
their home library book back before our library session so they can choose
another book to take home.
As always please feel welcome to visit us in Kowhai
anytime. Please do not hesitate to contact me via the school phone number (06
377 4850), email (sarahg@solway.school.nz) or of course in person.
See you soon!
Sarah
Term 3 2012
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Luke
Briar
Tegan
Mack
Sophie
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Beau-Leah
Jake
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Jacob
Siena
Gabby
Paige
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Amelia
Jake
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Daniel
Malachi
Yash
Sarah
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Chloe
Rose
Anjalina
Jaden
Olivia
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Sean
Linda
Destiny
Jazzelle
Briley
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Talking
topics:
Week 1:
Holidays – what did you do? What was the best part? Why?
Week 2: What do
you enjoy doing in your spare time?
Week 3: Tell us
about a local, national or international current event – who, what, where,
when, why and how?
Week 4: Tell us
about your best day ever – and why!
Week
5: ACHIEVEMENT BOOK SAMPLE - Choose
a prominent Olympic competitor and prepare a factual report about them for the
class. What sport do they compete in? Where are they
from? Have they won any medals? What has been their biggest success? Tell us
any other facts you can find out about the athlete.
Week 6: Free
choice
Week 7: Values
– choose one of our values for Term 3 (respect or obedience). Tell us what the
value means, how you show the value at home and at school and give us an
example of how someone in your family shows the value in their life.
Week 8: Bring
along your favourite toy, game, puzzle etc from home and tell us about it.
Week 9: Choose
your best piece of narrative writing from the term and read it to the class.
Week 10:
Reflection on Term 3 – favourite part? Did you achieve your goals? What are you
most proud of? What do you want to do better next term?
