Room 6 Newsletter
Term 4 2015
Welcome back everyone!
Term 4 is shaping up to be a very busy one, we have a lot of great things going on.
We have two topic studies this term. In weeks 1-3 we will be looking at “Change, loss and grief” in Health. We feel this is an important area to cover with our students as it is something we all experience in life, so it’s beneficial to develop the skills to help us deal with things early on.
In weeks 4-8 we will be investigating an environmental issue and how it could be solved in Technology.
Our writing focus this term is Procedural Writing. This will tie in with our Technology topic, as well as our Physical Education focus: Outdoor and Adventurous (Orienteering and Problem Solving activities).
Term 4 is shaping up to be a very busy one, we have a lot of great things going on.
We have two topic studies this term. In weeks 1-3 we will be looking at “Change, loss and grief” in Health. We feel this is an important area to cover with our students as it is something we all experience in life, so it’s beneficial to develop the skills to help us deal with things early on.
In weeks 4-8 we will be investigating an environmental issue and how it could be solved in Technology.
Our writing focus this term is Procedural Writing. This will tie in with our Technology topic, as well as our Physical Education focus: Outdoor and Adventurous (Orienteering and Problem Solving activities).
Weeks 3, 4 , and 5 are busy ones! We have the Life Education caravan visiting, as well as puberty talks for year 5 and 6 students. This is a very important part of the NZ Curriculum for our children to take part in.
I’d like to have more children bringing in their book bags and homework in this term. If you could help with this, I’d be very greatful! Students should be bringing in their book bags and taking books home at least once a week. Reading at home is proven to have a huge positive impact on children and their learning.
Every student in room 6 has been given a homework sheet for the term. This consists of 10 activities which are to be completed by the end of the term (1 per week is to be completed and handed in on Friday each week). We hope this independent learning approach will give children ownership of their own learning. Reading and basic facts should also be practised daily.
Every student in room 6 has been given a homework sheet for the term. This consists of 10 activities which are to be completed by the end of the term (1 per week is to be completed and handed in on Friday each week). We hope this independent learning approach will give children ownership of their own learning. Reading and basic facts should also be practised daily.
We have a lot of exciting things happening in our gardens this term, thanks to a grant from The Hilton. Our gardens will be up and running and help or involvement in any way is always appreciated. As a class, we will be making an effort to get more involved ourselves.
I look forward to another busy term with Room 6! Kind regards, Miss Lawson.
Homework Term 4
Homework Room 6
Term 4 2015
Our topic this term is to investigate how technology can solve environmental problems.
Our homework routine consists of:
As well as that, choose from the following independent learning projects and do one every week:
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Write(Recount) about an event that stands out for you that has happened so far this term. Remember to include the 5 Ws.
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Tell me about a problem or thing that could be improved by technology. You can be creative with this. What would you fix or improve? Why? How would you do it? Do we have the technology available to do this in 2015?
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Choose a book you have read and enjoyed recently and write a detailed Summary (what are the main points, 5 Ws will help you do this).
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Choose another book and write a detailed personal opinion. (What do you like or dislike about it? How come? What would you change?).
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Practise spelling words and choose 3 from the last few weeks to create an acrostic poem(write down the page and use each letter to begin a new word)
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Make a word find using some new vocabulary from our “Change, loss and grief” topic. Write your own definitions for these words
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Do the same towards the end of the term for our Technology topic.
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Draw a picture or make a model of something you think would solve a problem we have, you can be creative/use imagination.
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Draw a map of the school or nearby park area. Write instructions on how to get from one point of the map to another. Eg. turn right, walk 10 paces, turn left… and so on.
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Practise one of the Waiata we have been learning in class and perform for someone at home.
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Finished?
Use library books or computer to do some further research on our environment or the technology we use. Write a story, ask for some maths or reading activity sheets.
