Homework Week 6 - 7

It has been a busy few weeks in Te Ako Kahikatea with sports exchanges, our trip to the Stardome and the Speech competition. A big congratulations to our finalists: Finalists Micayla, Bianca, Ferguson, Jonathan, Danielle, Scarlett and Ojaswin. Ferguson will be representing Newmarket School at the Remuera Lions Speech Competition with his speech: 'Being Yourself'.





Coming up at school is the book week parade on Thursday 1st September where you can dress up as your favourite book character!

For homework this week:

As always you should be reading each night for at least 15 minutes and working on your basic facts.

Lets get your creative literacy juices flowing!

1. Follow this link to get a story starter: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/writing-prompts/ . Write a short story (one paragraph) in the comments below.

2. Enjoy someones story? Add your own paragraph on to theirs or comment on their work telling them why!

3. Create a Diorama: For those of you who love arts and crafts, this activity is for you. Create a diorama of your favourite scene from your favourite book. Make sure you include a description of what is happening in the scene and why you consider it your favourite.

4. Did you favourite book end too soon? Wish there was more? Why not write it yourself! write your own version of 'what happens next' to the characters in a book of your choice. Present this as a document, comic strip, picture book or scratch animation.

Good luck!

APPA Choir Folder Update

Mrs Barry has asked me to update the folder for choir.

Please follow this link for the songs you need to be learning

APPA Choir

Thanks!

Homework: Term 3 Week 2 - 4

Welcome back to school and another exciting term!

We have dived in head first, starting with our trip to the film festival last week. We were lucky enough to be invited along to Shorts for Schools for the second year in a row which definitely did not disappoint. That brings us to our first homework task:

Movie Review

Choose your favourite short movie from our Film Festival trip and write a review for it. Check these links out for some handy tips:

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/m/moviereviewl.cfm

http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/how-write-a-movie-review

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/writing-movie-reviews-lights-camera-publish

You can present this in a written format or as a filmed review.

This term we continue our focus on SYSTEMS as we look at SOLAR SYSTEMS.

For your homework this week, we would like you to think about the following scenario...

There is a world wide housing crisis. Too many humans, and not enough space. Scientists have recently discovered a vast amount of running water on Mars and are confident that humans will be able to exist on mars if they were to live in specific housing conditions. YOU have been entrusted to design a large structure that could house an entire community and allow them to live comfortably on Mars. If you are successful, many more of these structures will be built.

Things to consider:
- What do we use every day of our lives? eg: kitchens, bed, food...
- What would the design need to include to ensure humans can survive their safely?
- Will there be a school/places for adults to work?
- What will we do for entertainment?

Here are some sites where you can find more information
http://mars.nasa.gov/
http://www.space.com/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html

You can present this any way you like! For example: Make a model, create a poster, use google draw...

Please remember to also do at least 15 minutes of reading each night and 15 minutes of basic facts practice!