Homework Due Friday Week 5 2016 

Our focus for this term is SYSTEMS.

If you think about it, systems are EVERYWHERE!

 

With your family, talk about what a system is. Then make a list of the systems you have in your household which make everything run smoothly e.g. a list of chores that need doing regularly.

Who decided on the systems?

Who makes sure the systems run properly?

What happens when the system breaks down or doesn't work?

Why is it important to have systems in a family?

Talk to your friends and compare the systems in your family with theirs. What are the DIFFERENCES and SIMILARITIES?

Why do you think there are similarities?

What about  the differences?

Present your research in a doc or slide and save it to your INQUIRY folder in Hapara. You can also present it NEATLY on a piece of paper.

Remember to read for 20 minutes per night (it REALLY makes a huge difference to your progress in reading.)

Basic facts and tables should be practised too - remember your goals from your report last year!

Camp Information for Parents

Thank you to all the parents who attended the Camp Meeting on Wednesday. If you were unable to make it, have a look through the presentation below for more information.

We can't wait to get started with a full on 2016 in Te Ako Kahikatea.

This will be where you come to locate important information, such as homework tasks, updates on school events and what we have been doing in class. 

Homework:

Each week students are expected to read for at least 20 minutes each night and practice their numeracy skills. Most weeks there will be an additional task for the students to complete that will help them with our in class programme. These will always support an aspect of our class programme, such as concept. These tasks can be presented through a shared document in Google Drive, as a comment on the blog post it relates to or on paper.

Here are some great websites to remember for literacy or numeracy practice at home:

Reading Eggs - http://app.readingeggs.com/login 

Dogonews - www.dogonews.com

Kiwi Kid News - http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/

IXL Maths - https://nz.ixl.com/math/

Prototec Basic Facts - http://www.prototec.co.nz/maths.html

Coming up:

Our year 5/6 camp to Chosen Valley is coming up in week 3 (Wednesday 17th - Friday 19th February) - Please make sure you return your forms to your homeroom teacher as soon as possible. To ensure the camp programme runs smoothly, we would appreciate any parent helpers who are available. There is a parent camp meeting at 3.15 on Wednesday 3rd of February in room 1a. 

More information will follow once we have final numbers of students and helpers.

Swimming starts shortly after we get back in weeks 5 and 6. As usual we will walk down to the Olympic Pools in Newmarket. Please ensure you are bringing your togs and a towel each day. Swimming is a compulsory part of the curriculum.

Towards the end of the term our year 4's head off to Zoo camp. More information about this will be released closer to the time.

As always, if you have any questions don't hesitate to drop in to class or send your homeroom teacher an email.

- Te Ako Kahikatea Teachers