Term 3 2013 Room 5 Newsletter
Dear
Parents,
Welcome
back to Term 3. We are now half way into the year and on our way into another busy
term.
Drink bottles-The children are
encouraged to have a bottle of water in the classroom each day to drink from during the course of the day. Please ensure
bottles are taken home to be cleaned regularly.
Brain Break- As part of the
timetable, the children will continue to have a “brain break” during the
morning. This includes a toilet stop, a drink and some brain food.
Fruit/vegetables muesli bar, part of a sandwich etc..maybe brought into the
classroom during this time. As a
suggestion please have fruit chopped into bite-sized pieces for children to
manage more easily.
Milk will also be available on
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Shoelaces - It is great that some children in Room 5 are able to tie their own
shoelaces. This is a valuable life skill
that gives the children independence and self-confidence. It would benefit your child if someone at
home could spend time assisting them to develop this skill.
Pencils- Students have been
allocated two new pencils from the pencils bought at the beginning of the year.
If these become lost, broken or sharpened too small, students are asked to
replace them during the term. Students will be again be given another two
pencils at the beginning of next term.
Please
replace glue sticks as many children have used their first one.
Room 5
Programme for Term 3:
Religious Education: This week we will spend time
exploring imaginative prayer.
We will then be studying the Church Strand and
the Sacrament Strand. We will also celebrate the Liturgical Event of the
Assumption of Our Lady on August 15.
Literacy:
Reading:. Each day the children
will bring reading home. The text that
your child brings home may be the book they have read that day in an
instructional reading session, or a book of their own choosing from their
browsing basket. Your child may also choose to read a book from home or the
public library.
This term I will be encouraging
children to write in titles of each reading book brought home with comments in
the yellow reading diary. They may require your assistance with this in the
beginning. Please sign to show indication that reading is
being done at home.
Your
child will continue to bring home a poem/song on Friday, which may sometimes be
based around phonics. You can read this together and talk about the
sounds/blends you see and hear.
It is important that your child works on their
reading skills as this develops self-confidence and ensures success in many
curriculum areas.
Writing – We will be
focusing on writing narratives and writing descriptions.
Oral Language/ Current
Events: The children may continue to bring an item/newspaper clipping/book and
present on Fridays when we have some time.
Room 5 will also investigate skills required in being able to read aloud
effectively in a class setting. A note with details will be brought home soon.
Mathematics:
For numeracy we will be focusing on
number knowledge, addition and subtraction strategies and introducing
multiplication and division . We will also explore aspects of geometry
(position) and measurement (weight and time).
Basic Fact cards will continue to
be taken home each night. These need to come back daily, as they are a part of
our numeracy rotation. Once your child is able to quickly recall these
they can then put them into the “to be tested” basket ready for me to test. Please encourage your child to take care of
these as if they are lost or damaged $2 will be charged to replace them.
Please
practice counting forwards and backwards
in 1’s and 2’s up to 50. As your child
becomes more confident and accurate, then extend this counting to include 5’s
and 10’s up to 100; basic facts to include all the addition and subtraction
sums for 5, 10 and 20.
Inquiry:
Our
topic this term focuses upon health and is centred on Keeping Ourselves Safe.
Details of an upcoming parent meeting will ne made available in a school
newsletter soon. We will also explore a science topic on Chemical Change later
in the term.
Physical Education / Health:
PE
will then continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays . Please ensure children
continue to wear their sport uniforms on these days. This term we will be
exploring ways of moving together and learning to use equipment
safely while moving in a variety of ways.
The Arts:
We
will be exploring techniques used in construction.
Homework
10-20mins
reading. Please encourage children
to write book titles into the Reading Diaries each week.
Spelling: Words are tested on Friday.
Room 5 have been successful in learning their words each week to date. We will begin the term
using the SMART words programme. Spelling words will be in family groups so the
learning may be easier once your child has learnt the rule. This
programme incorporates spelling words in context with spelling foundation
skills including phonemic awareness.
Basic facts- The children will continue to practice each set of
cards until they can instantly recall the correct answers. When this is achieved, a new set will then be
sent home. It has been appreciated that children have taken responsibility
ensuring their cards remain in their home folder.
Library- Our library day is on Friday.
Lastly,
Room 5 has a BlogSpot where children’s
activities, events, class newsletters, linkls that support classroom learning can be accessed http://rm5sacredheart.blogspot.co.nz
Communication: Before
school is always busy, especially between 8.30 and 8.55 as this time is often
used to work with individual students. Please email me and let me know when you
would like to come in and let me know if there is something in particular you
would like to discuss. This way I can be
prepared with the information you may require.
Thank you for your
support
Regards
Nicola Winders
Room
5 Term 2 2013 Newsletter.
Dear Parents,
The children have enjoyed a good break and are refreshed and ready
for another exciting term.
Maryanne Christie, our Third Year College student will continue to
teach in Room 5 for most Mondays of the term. During her 3 week posting (May
27-June 14), Maryanne will take control in running the classroom programme.
Brain Break- As part of the
timetable, the children will continue to have a “brain break” during the
morning. This includes a toilet stop, a drink and some brain food. Fruit/vegetables
muesli bar, part of a sandwich… maybe brought into the classroom during this
time. As a suggestion please have fruit chopped into bite-sized pieces for
children to manage more easily.
Drink bottles-The children are
encouraged to have a bottle of water in the classroom each day to drink from during the course of the day. Please ensure
the bottles are taken home to be cleaned regularly.
Shoelaces - It is great that some children in Room 5 are able to tie their own
shoelaces. This is a valuable life skill
that gives the children independence and self-confidence. It would benefit your child if someone at
home could spend time assisting them to develop this skill.
Slippers may be worn
inside the classroom, as the weather gets colder.
Pencils- Students have been
allocated two new pencils from the pencils bought at the beginning of the year.
If these become lost, broken or sharpened too small, students are asked to
replace them during the term. Students will be again be given another two
pencils at the beginning of each term.
Term 2 Programme
Maths: For numeracy we will be focusing on
number knowledge and strategies for addition and subtraction. We will also
explore aspects of Statistics (Probability) and measurement (length).
Basic Fact cards will continue to be
taken home each night. These need to come back daily, as they are a part of our
numeracy rotation. Once your child is able to quickly recall these
they can then put them into the “to be tested” basket ready for me to test. Please encourage your child to take care of
these as if they are lost or damaged $2 will be charged to replace them.
Please
practice counting forwards and backwards
in 1’s and 2’s up to 50. As your child
becomes more confident and accurate, then extend this counting to include 5’s
and 10’s up to 100; basic facts to include all the addition and subtraction
sums for 5, 10 and 20.
Religious Education: We begin the
term we will be continuing with the Holy Spirit Strand and then exploring the
God Strand towards the end of Term. We will also celebrate the Liturgical
Events of the Ascension and Pentecost.
The children have an exercise book which will have pages glued into
it. The children will continue to be
asked to complete home activities weekly and return their book to school ready
to be used for the next day please.
Literacy:
Writing: We will continue to focus
on writing personal recounts and expressive writing. We will also be writing
instructions. Near the end of the term the children will bring a story home and
practice reading out loud.
Reading: Instructional reading
lessons are Monday through to Thursday. Each day the children will bring
reading home. The text that your child
brings home may be the book they have read that day in an instructional reading
session, or a book of their own choosing from their browsing basket. Your child
may also choose to read a book from home or the public library. Generally it is
desired that the book be reasonably easy in order to encourage “smooth reading”
but your child may need assistance with new vocabulary. Smooth reading is when the reading is fluent,
an i.e. sound like normal talking and has some expression. Your child will bring home a poem on Friday,
which may sometimes be based around phonics. You can read this together and
talk about the sounds/blends you see and hear.
It is important that your child works on their reading skills as this
develops self-confidence and ensures success in many curriculum areas. They will bring a yellow reading log home
each night too. Please sign this to
provide me with an indication that reading is being done at home.
Spelling: We will continue using
words form the Essential Word Lists for children to learn each week. Later in
the term we will begin the SMART words programme. Spelling words will be in
family groups so the learning may be easier once your child has learnt the
rule. This programme incorporates spelling words in context with
spelling foundation skills including phonemic awareness.
Our Library time is on Friday
afternoons. Books maybe returned in the library slot during the week.
Physical
Education/Health:
– Please ensure that your child wears their sports uniform each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for each PE session.
On
Friday we will be participating in a Sport Southland initiative ‘Move2mprove’
that focuses on gymnastic skills. We will also be learning how to play
different games that can be adapted to play at home.
Inquiry: Our Unit for
the term will be centred around our School Production based on stories from the
Old Testament. Room 5 will be preforming ‘Daniel and the Lions.’ Our big questions are: Why do people tell
stories? What makes a great production? Notices will be brought home regarding
this later in the term.
The Arts: We will continue
exploring shape and colour using different mediums including paint and pastel.
A reminder that Room 5 has a BlogSpot where children’s home
activities, events and class newsletters, can be
accessed at http://rm5sacredheart.blogspot.co.nz
Communication: Before
school is always busy, especially between 8.30 and 8.55 as this time is often
used to work with individual students. Please email me and let me know when you
would like to come in and let me know if there is something in particular you
would like to discuss. This way I can be
prepared with the information you may require.
Thank you for your
support
Regards
Nicola Winders
Room
5 Term 1 2013 Newsletter.
I
hope you all enjoyed a wonderful and rewarding holiday together with your
family. I look forward to meeting and working with you this year. This year
Room 5 consists of Years 2 and 3, and is made up of 24 marvellous males. With
this in mind, the programme will be adapted in continuing to engage the boys in
their learning.
We
welcome a final year student, Maryanne Christie from the College of Education
who will be working with the boys during the first three weeks of this term and
at times throughout the year.
I will be encouraging children to be more
independent in their routines. I hope
that the information on this handout will help so that you can encourage them
whenever possible.
Brain Break- As part of the new timetable,
the children will have a “brain break” during the morning. This will include a toilet
stop, a drink and some brain food. Fruit/vegetables and/or part of a sandwich
maybe brought into the classroom during this time. As a suggestion please have
fruit chopped into bite-sized pieces for children to manage more easily.
Drink bottles-The children are
encouraged to have a plastic bottle of water in the classroom to drink from
during the course of the day.
Shoelaces - It
is great that some children in Room 5 are able to tie their own shoelaces. This is a valuable life skill that gives the
children independence and self-confidence.
It would benefit your child if someone at home could spend time
assisting them to develop this skill.
I would
appreciate please, if you would email your address to nwinders@shsinv.school.nz
as I would like to be able to communicate as needed with parents via e-mail.
This
term we will be concentrating on establishing classroom routines, literacy and
numeracy, and setting our personal goals.
Maths: For numeracy
we will be focusing on number knowledge and strategies for addition and
subtraction. We will also explore aspects of statistics, (graphing and
interpreting results), geometry (shapes) and measurement (capacity).
Basic
Facts cards will be taken home each night. These need to come back daily, as
they are a part of our numeracy rotation. Once your child is able to quickly
recall these they can then put them into the “to be tested” basket
ready for me to test. Please encourage
your child to take care of these as if they are lost or damaged $2 will be
charged to replace them.
Please
practice counting forwards and backwards
in 1’s and 2’s up to 20. As your child
becomes more confident and accurate, then extend this counting to include 5’s
and 10’s up to 100; basic facts to include all the addition and subtraction
sums for 5, 10 and 20.
Religious
Education: We begin the
year exploring the Charism (special character) of Sacred Heart School. We will
then focus on the Jesus Strand and later the Holy Spirit. We will also
celebrate the Liturgical Events of Lent and Holy Week.
The children have an exercise book which will have pages glued
into it. The children will be asked to
complete home activities weekly and return their book to school ready to be used
for the next day please.
Literacy:
Writing: We will be
writing personal recounts and writing that is connected with our Inquiry Unit.
Reading: Instructional reading
lessons are Monday through to Thursday. Each day the children will bring
reading home. The text that your child
brings home may be the book they have read that day in an instructional reading
session, or a book of their own choosing from their browsing basket. Your child
may also choose to read a book from home or the public library. Generally it is
desired that the book be reasonably easy in order to encourage “smooth reading”
but your child may need assistance with new vocabulary. Smooth reading is when the reading is fluent,i.e
sounds like normal talking and has some expression. Your child will bring home a poem on Friday,
which may sometimes be based around phonics. You can read this together and
talk about the sounds/blends you see and hear.
It is important that your child works on their reading skills as this
develops self-confidence and ensures success in many curriculum areas. They will bring a yellow reading log home
each night too. Please sign this to
provide me with an indication that reading is being done at home.
Spelling
Children
in Room 5 will be given spelling words to learn from a list of Essential words
that they need to know. These words are
frequently used words that the children will use in their own writing and will
see when they are reading. A new
spelling list is given to the children each Monday and tested on Friday. A
guide to the teaching of spelling will be glued into the back of your child’s
spelling notebook. Later in the year we will begin using the SMART words
spelling programme. Words from the
SMART words programme will be in family groups so the learning may be easier
once your child has learnt the rule.
Our Library time is on Fridays.
Books maybe returned in the library slot during the week.
Physical
Education/Health:–
Please ensure that your child wears their sports uniform each Tuesday and Thursday for each PE session. (These are the only two days they are
to wear sports uniform unless they have a note or there is a special event.)
We will be swimming at Splash Palace during weeks 6-8. Details
will be put into the school newsletter. It is appreciated that children wear sports
uniform during the two weeks of swimming.
Inquiry : Science- Our
first Unit for the year explores the life cycle of a frog. Any help in providing a tank and tadpoles would be appreciated.
The Arts:
We will be working on sketching techniques that will be connected
to our Inquiry unit.
Before school is
always busy, especially between 8.30 and 8.55 as this time is often used to
work with individual students. Please email me and let me know when you would
like to come in and let me know if there is something in particular you would
like to discuss. This way I can be well
prepared with the information you may require.
Thank
you for your support
Nicola Winders
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