Week 8 Term 1

Coming up for breath after a very busy start to this week.  It has been fantastic to meet with parents and students to set goals for the first part of the year and to address any concerns. Thank you for the positive comments about how the blog keeps you informed - not so this week though! I wonder what time it will say this was written.
We had an amazing celebration last Friday - thank you for the wonderful food.  Check out the photos on a separate post.
Wednesday lunchtimes Mr Dyson is taking miniball skills on the school courts at 1pm.  This year we can include Year 4 people in the Year 4-6 grade. Year 4's - if you want to try this game, go and join the fun. The competition games are held each Friday night at the Molyneux Stadium starting at 3:30. The first competition night is Friday 19th May.
Fantastic sentences: I will continue to add a sentence from each child to the post started earlier today - keep checking this out.  It is exciting to see how we are all thinking about how we can use "wow words" to describe, and some people are becoming more independent at using the writing WALTs.
Assembly: 2:10 in the hall. Several classes will share in this with Room 5 as the organisers. We will share some of our art and writing - if we get 2 spots in the proceedings. Our Kowhaiwhai patterns to represent our families are looking stunning - too good for placemats I think.

Homework

1. Reading: remember your log.  Lots of excited people reaching their 25 nights.
2. Spelling: tool, listen and record your words each night. Test Friday.
3. Inquiry: finding out about our families. Using a KWL to organise our questions and what we have found out. Thank you for helping with the writing.  This task may take several weeks - we will share as we each complete this
4. Eisteddfod: the information about this is posted separately.  Remember to ask Ms Bennett or myself if you need help to choose your story/reading. Don't leave this till the last minute.
5. Reading Eggs: the free sample will end this week. I know some people have enjoyed using this site.