This Weeks Newsletter
Te Aroha Primary School
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Classroom Round Ups Room 1 (Mrs Johnson): Our letterland work for this week is Bouncy Ben and words that rhyme with big. In Maths we are working on our number knowledge and adding and taking away small numbers. Our language and art unit this week is about birds. Many children need a new glue stick please. They will have a note in their homework book. Thank you. Room 4 (Miss Boyd): Hello Everyone. We are gaining lots of steps in our Greatest Feat. We have stepped over 180km so far. Dont forget to bring your pedometer to school each day so your steps can be recorded. In Letterland and Maths we continue with Blends and number knowledge. For explanation writing we have been writing about the life cycle of a butterfly. Enjoy your week. Room 6 (Mrs Cox): We are carrying on with our mapping and investigating our characters for the production. The pedometers are still clicking over and we are all looking forward to the soccer world cup after the All Whites fantastic win over the weekend. Room 7 (Miss Entwisle): Our Spelling Chunk is ack and our digraph is sh. In Maths we are looking at Geometry (2-D and 3-D shapes). Our topic work has us starting to plan for our school production (Term 3). We will be allocating roles and designing our own costumes. ICT: We continue to familiarise ourselves with the KnowledgeNET programme. Homework Reminders: Spelling words Reading Books Homework Pages (Week 7) Room 9 (Mr Hale): Week Seven already! We are busy writing formal letters, adding and subtracting money and continuing with the "dreaded" paper mache. Our plants have finally started to grow, no thanks to RM 10s attempts to sabotage our crop! Room 10 (Mrs Brittenden): Kia ora from Mrs B. We have a busy week so it is important that we plan what we have to do and manage our time so that we do it! Literacy we develop our skills with graphic organisers to demonstrate our understanding of a variety of texts - we will be publishing our explanatory writing and begin a new piece. Numeracy Mrs B has no sense of direction but we will be leading her the right way as we discover the points on a compass (all students need a protractor for degrees of rotation). Topic what invention could you not do without? We investigate this and present our findings on an A4 (*this is the homework task for this week) Big smiles and correct uniform for our class photos on Wednesday. Year 8 cooking at Tech need to have cheese for macaroni and any other "extras" you wish to have in your recipe. Kia kaha - Mrs B Help We have our BP Technology Challenge on the 9th June and for this we need clean Waikato times or Herald papers plus 1.5 Litre Coca cola or Lemonade bottles. If you could just drop them off at the school office that would be most appreciated, Thanks PTA News Friday School Lunches American Hot Dog $2, Cookies $1,Moosies $1.50, Juices $1 and Fruit Drinks $1.50. Thank you to Kath Workman and Jane Dowd who are doing the lunches this Friday.Netball "There is no netball this weekend due to Queen's Birthday weekend.... enjoy the break" Junior Basketball Calling on all Year 5 & 6 Children in Te Aroha, also any 9 year olds who are in Year 4, this is your opportunity to play Basketball. We will be playing In Morrinsville at the Events Centre starting the first week back at school in Term 3 on a Wednesday night. We will be running some practise sessions before the competition starts so don't worry if you have not played before as it is all about participation and having fun. This is a great opportunity to further your Basketball skills. To find out more or to register please contact: Kristen Rigter 884 9612 or 027 2363706 Wednesday 16th June last day for registering. Elstow Playschool Open Day On Monday 14th June 10am, Eastport Road, Elstow. Welcoming New Families to the area. Come along, join us for morning tea and see what we have to offer for 0 to 5 year olds. For enquires phone Chantelle Murphy 07 887 5720 or Allison Ward 07 8849705 Exhibition of Art Te Aroha Arts Centre, Rewi Street, Te Aroha Queens Birthday Weekend from Friday 4th to Monday 7th June from 10am to 4pm. Free Entry but gold coin donation appreciated. Guest Exhibitors Paul Coney (prints) and Marette (orginals) Totara Springs Christian Centre Holiday Camps Information available from the School office. Westpac Chopper Appeal Raffle Tickets $2 or 3 for $5 Prize: Netball signed by the 2010 Magic Team See the Team at Wespac Te Aroha for a ticket
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