Kawau Team Year 3, Term 2
Team Leader - Joanne Northover Room 15 jnorthover@torbay.school.nz
Rebecca Buchanan Room 16 rbuchanan@torbay.school.nz
Sarah Kilkolly Room 17 skilkolly@torbay.school.nz
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Children have settled well into another term packed full of fun learning topics and experiences.
Please check Class Blogs for news, photos, homework, oral language reporting days and topics etc. This term we are involved in creating an item per class for our Year 1-3 production. Please look out for notices on blogs about what to start collecting. Please send any old newspapers to school.
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Our big idea this term is Investigating the Elements - Earth, Wind/Air, Fire & Water.
Maths Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and division
Measurement
Writing Focus - Narratives and Explanations
Spelling Smart Words
Inquiry Science, Health and Literacy.
Investigating Earth, Wind/Air, Fire
& Water. Demonstrate curiosity
and develop a personal question
to investigate and answer.
Performing Arts - Year 1-3 Production
P.E. Ball Skills (hockey, football, netball
and basketball)
Fitness Training for our Cross Country Race
Health Life Education
EOTC Life Education and the Science Vans
are visiting us at school.
Learning Powers RIC
Resilience Reflective
Innovative
Curious Collaborative
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Please help us to promote...
Dates that are important to us…
Week 4 - 22nd-26th May
25th Yr 1-4 Cross Country
Week 5th - 29th May - 2 June
Week 6 - 5th-9th June
5th Queen’s Birthday - School Closed
6th Teacher Only Day - School Closed
7th Sailor The Pufferfish
Week 7 - 12th- 16th
Week 8 - 19th-23rd
Week 9 - 26th-30th
Lights, camera, ACTION! Year 1-3 Production
Life Education Trust - Health
Week 10 -3rd-7th July
Life Education Trust - Health
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Brainfood in bite size pieces please!
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Please label everything clearly!
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Supporting learning at home…
Maths
Board Games:
Playing board games is not just great family fun it is also a wonderful way for you child to increase their math skills.
● Fantastic games include:
● Monopoly and Monopoly Junior
● Snakes and Ladders
● Yahtzee
● Dominoes/Triominoes
● Ludo
● Connect 4
Dice Games
Throw 2 dice (you can change the numbers on the dice by putting stickers on each side to make higher numbers)
● Add them together 3 + 6 6 + 3
● Subtract them 6 - 3
● Double them 3 + 3 6 + 6 5 + 5
● How many more to make 10?
● How many more to make 20?
● Add 10 to the number
Card Games:
Discard Joker and picture cards.
Ace = 1
Shuffle cards and then turn them over one at a time.
● Add or subtract 1, 2, 3, etc
● Double the number
● Make 10 (if 7 is turned up they need to say 3)
● Make 20 (if 7 is turned up they need to say 13)
● Say the number before
● Say the number after
● Add 10 to the number
● Turn over 2 cards and add them together or take the small number away from the big number
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Websites:
The following websites can be used at home to develop maths and basic facts knowledge. www.nzmaths.co.nz/families
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Term One
Library - Friday
Brain Food - Children enjoy and need to eat regular snacks. Reminder, brain food snacks include small bite size pieces of pre-cut fruit and vegetables, dried fruit, plain unsalted popcorn. It should be able to popped into mouths straight away so children can continue working. Brain food needs to be in named small sealed containers or re-sealable plastic bags in the classroom before the 8.55am bell each morning.
Water - Water is very important. Please ensure your child has a named water bottle.
Uniform and personal belongings - Please check and rename everything clearly.
Arrival: Remember that school begins at 8.55am. Please ensure your child is there at least 5-10 minutes before this so they can prepare for the day and chat with their friends.
Homework on class blogs – Fortnightly
Class Blog - Please check our class blogs for notices, information and what is happening in classrooms. We have loads of lovely photos.
Learning in Kawau Team for Term 1
This term we will be settling into routines, getting to know everyone, own passions and abilities and our super powers!!!
Mathematics - Addition, Subtraction/ Basic facts
Measurement (Volume)
Writing - Recounts and Instructional writing
Reading - Reading skills, fluency, retelling and understanding
Oral Language - Getting to Know everyone.
Inquiry Topic - What makes us a superhero / Kia Kaha programme
P.E. - Swimming
Kawau Team Letter - 2nd February
Kawau Team Year 3
Team Leader - Joanne Northover Room 15 jnorthover@torbay.school.nz
Rebecca Buchanan Room 16 rbuchanan@torbay.school.nz
Sarah Kilkolly Room 17 skilkolly@torbay.school.nz
Sam Boriboun Room 18 sboriboun@torbay.school.nz
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Term 1, 2017
Welcome back to another school year. We hope you enjoyed the summer break (even though the weather hasn’t been magnificent!), it is great to have some time off from normal routines and of course the beautiful weather comes once we come back to school. For the next few weeks, we will be establishing class routines. We have lots of great learning experiences planned and are looking forward to getting to know your child/children. For the first two weeks, swimming will be on Friday. Once we have assessed and grouped children we will inform you of swimming days. Homework will begin in week 3. Please come to our Meet the Teacher Evening on Friday 10th February.
Each class will have a blog. Please check these regularly as they are the way we share what is happening inside the classroom. These can be found on our school website.
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Our big idea this term is Heroes. This will help support the idea of How can I become a Super Learner? The curriculum areas covered this term are as follows:
Maths Addition and Subtraction
Statistics.
Measurement - Volume
Writing Focus - Recounts & Poetry
Spelling Smart Words
Inquiry Social Studies, Health and
Literacy.
Heroes Why do we call people
heroes?
How can I be a Super Learner?
Kia Kaha (be strong, get stuck
in, keep going). C.A.R.E.
values, Learning Powers and
our school Identity.
Visual Art Pop Art
P.E. Swimming and Ball Skills
Science Flight
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We are learning to show C.A.R.E.
Commitment
Aroha
Respect/Responsibility
Excellence
USE YOUR WITS
Walk away
Ignore them
Tell someone
Say how you feel
Learning Powers
Curious Reflective Innovative
Resilience Collaborative
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Don’t forget brainfood and water bottles.
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Please label everything clearly!
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Dates that are important to us...
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February 6th Waitangi Day - Public Holiday
February 10th Meet the Teachers picnic 5pm -7pm
Session 1 6.00pm & Session 2 6.30-7pm
March 16th Kawau Team Lead assembly 2.15pm
Come along and watch your child on stage
March 27th Kawau Team Outdoor Education Week
Activities to be confirmed
March 31st Kawau Team Sleepover in the school hall
April 13th Last day of Term 1
April 14th Good Friday
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Reading is essential!
We all read everyday whether it is road signs, emails or a good book.
We read for work, to find information or to take time out and relax. Your child is learning to read. To become a fluent and accurate reader, your child needs to spend time practising reading. As children become confident readers, they build a wider vocabulary which is transferred into their writing.
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We understand that life is busy! If you can’t do homework, please try to read with and or to your child.
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Let’s talk about …
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Learning basic facts is a key Maths skill in Year 3. Children are at varying abilities with these like everything else they learn. Basic Facts need to be instant! As soon as children repeat the question or pause when answering, they are using a strategy to work it out. With your help we are aiming to improve children’s basic facts. The quickest way to do this is by practising. We will be focusing Maths homework this term on this and giving you ideas to help support this at your child’s current level and beyond.
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Brain Food - Children need to eat regularly. Brain food snacks include small bite size pieces of pre-cut fruit and vegetables, nuts, dried fruit, plain unsalted popcorn. Brain food needs to be in named small sealed containers or re-sealable plastic bags and in the classroom before the 8.55am bell each morning. Each teacher will organise this to fit in with their morning programme.
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Great blog. Lots of helpful and useful information. Thank you
ReplyDeleteLooks great and I'm so excited for Nash this year thank you
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