Room 4 (Miss Boyd): Hello everyone. Today we will be wearing our pedometers and counting our steps. Each day we will be recording our steps. Please ensure you bring your pedometers back to school each day. For Letterland we continue blend sounds and for maths its building our number knowledge. Enjoy your week.

Room 6 (Mrs Cox): This week we are looking at what information we can get out of reading maps. We are starting to focus on wearable arts and how to make a costume for the Production next term. We are beginning our walk around South Africa as the football (soccer) world cup looms. On top of all of this we will be trying to keep dry in what looks like a wet week ahead.

Our Spelling Chunk is un and our blend is sc.

In Maths we are looking at Geometry (2-D and 3-D shapes). Our topic work continues to be about being Firewise.

ICT: We continue to familiarise ourselves with the KnowledgeNET programme.

Room 9 (Mr Hale): The weather bomb is giving us all cabin fever in Room nine and we are all going stir crazy couped up inside. This week we are busy learning to write letters and continuing on with our paper mache monster masterpieces.

Room 10 (Mrs Brittenden): Kia ora koutou.

We continue to be working hard and making sure we meet given timeframes!

Writing – we focus this week on developing our explanation writing. We need to make sure we have proofread our work and check we have an introduction, detail in our explanation and a conclusion to round off our ideas.

Maths – we are learning to measure distance and time! Problem Solving will be a component of this

Art – we will be continuing to add layers to our paper mache masks.

My Greatest Feat – The Long Walk – we have handed out pedometers and are hoping to complete 1600km via a virtual walk through South Africa. Students need to be wearing their pedometers and taking care of them. First login will be tomorrow.

Kia kaha - Mrs B

Friday School Lunches Pies $2, Moosies $1.50, Juices $1 and Fruit Drinks $1.50. Thank you to Heather Lockington who is doing the lunches this Friday.

Everyone is Welcome.

TAPS A are playing @10:55, TAPS B are @ 10.00 and TAPS C are playing @ 11.50 this Saturday. Please make sure you are there in plenty of time for a warm up and if you are  not going to be there, you MUST let your coach know. Fun Ferns has started for any girls aged 5, 6 or 7 who want  to learn netball skills. This is free and starts at 9.15 on Saturdays before the main draw. Don't forget to visit www.sportsground.co.nz/tearohanetball. for all the latest news from Te Aroha Netball.

Special Notice

Please note that Mrs McGall is now in the

School office from 8:30 am to 3pm, everyday.