Term 1 Newsletter - hard copy out today.

Room 6 Newsletter Term 1 2013

Dear Parents and Caregivers
Welcome back to Room 6 for 2013.  The children have quickly settled back into Room 6 and many have volunteered for some of the extra responsibilities that they have as seniors.  Unfortunately, the e-learning component has not been set up yet but the process is underway.

The school theme for Term 1 is “Our Place – Our Way’ where we will be looking at what makes our school, our community and parts of the Hawke’s Bay environment such a special place.  

We start the year with Skills for Growing and move on to learning about our area.  There will be a strong focus on literacy and numeracy this term as well as formal testing such as PATs and Probe.

The ‘Habits’ that we will be focusing on this term are Thinking Interdependently, Listening with Empathy and Taking Responsible Risks.

Dates of upcoming events will be posted on the class blog - rm6haumoana.blogspot.co.nz - and/or via class newsletter.  A new re-vitalised blog - child designed should be online in the first few weeks.

Camp
I have been investigating options for the class camp but have not finalised details yet.  It will take place towards the end of the year.  As soon as I have dates I will advise you so you can plan ahead.

Homework
Homework will consist of:

Reading – daily – to be recorded in the Reading Log.

Spelling – weekly – 10 words either topic or level based or from their writing.

Maths – number knowledge from the School Number Ladder.

There will be additional activities at times throughout the year.  At this stage the class is involved with a free online site – www.studyladder.co.nz - where I have set activities at 3 levels.  The children have been encouraged to ask for different levels or activities if they do not meet their needs.  This site also has a ‘pay component’ that we will not be using.

Communication is important to me and if you have any concerns or queries, email me or pop into class to arrange a time for discussion.

Regards

David Barclay
david@haumoana.school.nz