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Term 3 Newsletter

 Room Six Newsletter

Term Three 2021

Welcome back to school, all students and whanau. This term is going to be a busy one. We will be exploring immigrants and refugees with a focus on our own families, where our ancestors are from, and how they came to be in Aotearoa. We will also be learning about the gum diggers from Ahipara, visiting the museum in town and possibly visiting the Gum diggers Park in Waiharara. Each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we will be doing cross country training practice in order to get ready for a cross-country fun run at Pukepoto School. This term will also see us working on and presenting speeches, and enjoying another Ahipara School Agricultural & Pastoral Day (Pet Day).

Term 3 events: (Some of the dates are still to be confirmed)

• Book week- Mufti day come as a book character-  Thursday 5th August

• Agricultural & Pastoral Day (Pet Day) 24th September

• Junior syndicate speech finals

• Junior cross country

• Teacher Only Day (no school for children on this day) Monday 23rd August

• Visit Te Ahu Museum and the Te Ahu Library

• Possible visit to Gumdiggers Park in Waiharara

Homework in Room Six:

Reading

Every day your child will bring home something to read. It may be a school reader or their poem book. *It is very important that you ensure your child reads to you every day. The more opportunities that children have to read, the easier it is for them, and the better they get at reading and writing. Please make sure your child brings their book bag to school every day. Some groups will also have an activity to complete around their book or a chosen book.

Word of the week

Every week children will be encouraged to bring an interesting word to school. We will choose the most interesting to investigate and use in our writing.

Current News

Children will be encouraged to bring a current news item to share with the class for us to explore and dissect. 

If you have any questions or queries about your child’s learning please come and talk to me or email me at mandy@ahipara.school.nz.

Kind regards       

Mandy MacCarthy Morrogh

Weekend recounts- Week 5 Term2

Today we are writing about our weekend. We are trying to remember to use varied sentence starters such as First, Then, Next, Later, After and finally. We are also trying to use doing words so our writing is interesting. 

 On Sunday I went to the Dinosaur Show. Me and my brother went. First I rode the Diplosaurus. It moved up and down, side to side. After that we went home. By Luca.

                                                 

In the weekend me and Lachlan went up the hill. Lachlan hit the llama. Next the Llama spat at Lachlan. Lachlan killed the Llama with his sword. We were playing Minecraft. It was fun. By Toby. 

On the weekend I went to the Dinosaur show with my mum and sister. First we slid down the slide. Then we went to dig for fossils. It was scary because we went in the air bubble. By Kyrah.

 First I went to my mum and I went to MacDonalds. I got a happy meal. Then I went home and I went to play with my cousins. We played with my fidgets. Next I was going to get my moon rings. Finally I had a sleep. After my sleep I had popcorn. By Sonja. 

The show

 On Tuesday we were lucky enough to see a show. Below are some of the students writing around this experience. We are focusing on using varied sentence starters such as First, Next Then,  using appropriate vocabulary, punctuation and approximate spelling. Below are some of our work.

The Mahuika Show

On Tuesday the whole school went over to the Rarawa Clubrooms to watch a show. First the fantail got stuck in the mud and Sissy helped the fantail out of the mud. Next Pukeko came back. Then the Pukeko took the Fireman to it’s nest. I liked it. My favourite part was Sissy saving the Fantail.

By Kahoroa

On Tuesday the whole school went over to the Rarawa Clubrooms to watch a show. The show was funny. My favourite part was the pukeko because it put his beak in the water. Next they sang a song. I loved it. It was fun. By Charlotte

topic

 Topic- Bird Feeders

This term for technology we are making bird feeders. We have chosen two designs to chose from. If possible can you send any of the following materials:

milk or juice carton

googly eyes

string

cans wooden dowels

craft sticks

       https://www.redtedart.com/juice-carton-crafts-owl-bird-feeder/                                                                     https://www.pinterest.nz/pin/781444972833925502/

Thankyou

Room 6 and Mrs Morrogh

sports

We are very fortunate to have Paolo doing sport with us on a Monday. The children enjoyed playing chain where they had to try to cooperate together to catch the others.

Wednesday's

On Wednesdays for the next 7 weeks I am attending a Digital Fluency Intensive course so Mrs Karen Meyer is taking the class. If they haven't already could students bring a white t-shirt to school on Wednesday as they are doing fabric painting.  Thank you.