Basic Facts Homework

Week 10

Hi Parents....

Brace yourselves, the holidays are nearly here! 

*FINAL ASSEMBLY:  9am Friday.

*ART WORK is still for sale. Many thanks to the parents who have supported us so far!

We have just completed a round of basic facts testing, and you will be pleased to know that the majority of the class have had varying degrees of success in their basic facts - let's keep up the good work!
If you are curious as to what your little darling achieved, I would be happy to discuss it with you in our next round of interviews next term.

To help the children experience even more success, I'd like to let you know that the basic facts homework will have a change in format next term.

Instead of your child writing down their basic facts, they can practice using the tables below, all of which relate to what they are working towards in the Maths Curriculum. 

(It may be advantageous to have a few "trial runs" to keep those brain cells fresh over the holidays!)

Have a safe, happy holiday break, Room 8 and families...

Mrs deJong  :)

Basic Facts Homework

Every second week, students will be tested on their basic facts knowledge in class.  The goal for each student is to successfully complete each basic fact within the allocated time frame, whereby moving up to the next basic facts list.

Please note there are 3 different home learning lists for each stage.  These teach the skills required for the student to be successful with their basic facts in class.  In class, students keep track of their progress and successes on a graph that is glued in their maths book as indicated by their fortnightly test.

Please note that for the E and CA lists, they must obtain at least 85% within the time limit to pass.

All other lists must obtain at least 96% within the time limit to pass.

If you click on the lists, you can choose your degrees of enlargement, for ease of use.

  

 

Hi everyone!

2 of our students, Tarapatiki and AJ, go to a Pasifika Literacy Group run by Mr Moncur in the first block.
This is a fantastic group, because it helps students with their reading, and they do all sorts of interesting activities to get them thinking about the different ways they learn to read and write.

A couple of weeks ago, they made siapo (tapa) patterns on a visit to Kelston Boys High School, and Mr Moncur made a fotobabble of their creations - they are so cool!!

Here is a link to Tarapatiki and AJ's fotobabbles:

http://www.fotobabble.com/m/M1Nnc0hHN1Y5WjA9

http://www.fotobabble.com/m/czNra29HcEl3OWM9


The group also made a slideshow about a story they read, called "The Tree Of Life".  Have a look and see what you think about the learning they may have done.  Here is the link:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15Q1TNvIXRwGHw0G6svSS0MjDASatzD--H25R8KDU380/edit#slide=id.g66a3a3d72_0_5


SPEECHES
Congratulations to Angel Churchward-White, who achieved 2nd place in the Ara Pakeke Speech Finals this week, with her persuasive speech on why you should buy dogs, not cats. Well done to Leila Claypole, who did her best as well, with an interesting speech on palm oil.

Bye for now!

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that you can view Room 8's art work for sale via the "Arahoe Art Attack" section of the Arahoe School webpage.

Have a look, then perhaps you may like to support your child and school by purchasing their piece of art.

The link to view Room 8's pictures is:

https://sites.google.com/a/arahoe.school.nz/arahoe-art-attack/room-8

You can either directly purchase the art from Room 8, or pay at the office and bring the receipt to show me. Both options are cash only. The pieces are $10 each, but if you feel you would like to donate a little more, it would be hugely appreciated by the Arahoe Community Group.

They have already been backed, and would make lovely Christmas or birthday presents!

Looking forward to seeing you....

Christina de Jong

Hi everyone!

Here we are in Week 9 already... not long until the holidays!  There has been, and still is to come, a lot of things happening for Room 8 students.... we are really going to need a holiday soon!!


Oral Language/Writing:
Last week we capped off our persuasive writing focus with our class speech competition. Mrs de Jong is so proud of the hard work that Room 8 students have put into this. She has been really excited to see how we worked through the Writing Process in a persuasive style, and produced great speeches at the end of it.

There were so many fantastic speeches, and poor Mrs de Jong had a very difficult decision to make as to who would represent Room 8 in the Ara Pakeke Speech Finals on Tuesday 15th September at 9am. 
We are proud to announce that Angel Churchward-White will go forward as the Year 4 finalist and Leila Claypole will be our Year 3 finalist. Congratulations to you both, and we wish you luck!


Reports/Parent Interviews:
Reports will go home at the end of Week 9 to students who are due them, and to follow there will be another round of parent interviews in Week 10. Please book interviews through the booking system on the Arahoe School webpage.

Arahoe's Got Talent:
The finals will be on Thursday 17th September at 10.30am. Good luck to everyone - parents welcome!

Syndicate Assembly:
This will be held on Friday 18th September at 1pm - parents come along again... we're keeping you busy this week!

Spring Fair:
This will be held on Saturday 31st October. Room 8's stall will be selling Jolly Jars! Mrs de Jong will post further information on these in the near future... let's hope for good weather on that day!

Topic:
This is drawing to an end, and we have had a brilliant time creating our various video games, board games and marble runs, while learning to follow a technology process. The only trouble the teachers have had is finding space in the classrooms to store everyone's work! Here are some photos Mrs de Jong took of the different groups at various stages in their product creations...

Mrs de Jong would have loved to have got around everyone to photograph their work, but she also needed to keep an eye on how her group (board games) were doing!
Well done everyone on some fantastic creations...
In Week 9 we will be reflecting on how well we followed the technology process, looking at what went well and what design changes we might make if we did it again.

Wet days...
Spring is here, so that means there have been plenty of wet days lately. It might be a good idea if we made sure we had a change of clothes in our bags, just in case we slip over in all of the mud that's around.
 Room 8 sure know how to keep busy in those wet lunchtimes...we have mature people in our room who read, draw, write and BUILD.  Look at our neat breaktime creations!!!

With more wet days to come, it might be a nice idea to bring some games from home to share with our friends. We will be responsible for looking after them, although Mrs de Jong is happy to lock them in the cupboard if we wish.

Thank yous...

• A big thank you to Sarina for her continued help in putting books away in the resource room
• Thanks very much to Whaea Leanne for donating a lovely big bag of aprons, which came in very handy during painting sessions at topic time!

Bye for now....