Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Term 4 in Room 5!

What a wonderful year we have had so far! With lots of exciting things to look forward to this term.

Some notices and reminders:

Swimming continues on Tuesdays. Please make sure they have a cap and goggles for swimming.

Library continues on Wednesdays.

No weekly news timetable and topics this term. We'll be doing other activities and using "talking groups" for oral language this term.

Mrs Brown and Mr Schon continue to take Room 5 in the afternoons on Friday when Ms Cleland is released to work with the Enviro Group.

Remember to bring your home learning home on Monday and back to school on Friday. We are using our writing books and language around our learning and Inquiry for our spelling words currently.




Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Term 3 News Topics

News topics for the rest of term 3

Week 5 -  Super Hero News
Which super hero or cartoon character would you most want to be? What is so special about them? Why would you want to be them?

Week 6 – It’s a beautiful world…
Why or why not? What do you think? What do you think is beautiful? You can bring something in that you think is beautiful and explain why.

Week 7 - Joke News
Tell the class a joke! Do you have a favourite joke that the class will find funny? Share it with us and explain where you first heard this joke.

Week 8 – Transport and travel
What is your favourite way to travel and why? Where have you been? Where is your favourite place to travel to? Where do you really want to go one day? Is there some transport you haven’t been on before that you would love to go on?

Week 9 – Term 3 PMI
2 positive things about the term
2 minuses (negatives) about the term
2 interesting things about the term

Thursday, 9 May 2013

NEWS TOPICS FOR TERM 2

NEWS TOPICS FOR TERM 2
Selected by Room 5 

Week 2 – Sports News
You could share about a sport you play, a sporting result from the weekend, or about your favourite sports team.

Week 3 – Favourite Music
Who is your favourite singer and why? What is your favourite music to listen to? What is your favourite song?

Week 4 - Video Games/Favourite Website
Share your favourite video games or your favourite website. Remember to share your reason why it is your favourite. 

Week 5 – Environmental news
June 5th is World Environment Day. How do you help to look after the environment? You could share a tip for helping the environment or tell us about something environmentally friendly your family does.

Week 6 – Space News
Anything to do with space... You could share facts about a planet, talk about stars, or tell the class about comets and meteors.

Week 7 - Favourite food/meal/recipe
Tell the class about your favourite food, meal or recipe. You could bring in the recipe to share!

Week 8 – Country News
Select a country and share facts and information about the country of your choice. You could talk about where it is, the flag, the language, the culture, the population.

Week 9 - Favourite friends/people and why…
Tell Room 5 about a favourite person in your life. It could be a grandparent, cousin, friend, parent... Anyone who is important to you - and why...

Week 10 – Looking backwards and looking forwards...
What will you be doing in the holidays? What was the highlight of term 2? What are you looking forward to next term?


Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Week 1 Term 2 - Some things to know! News, P.E., Hui

 News 
For the first week of term 2 we will be sharing about our holidays. A new timetable for the rest of term will come out later in week 1 after we decide together as a class on the topics/themes we will share about.

P.E. 
We are going to be training for Cross Country over the first two weeks of term. We are also going to be learning hockey skills.

Hui
Room 5 will be presenting at hui in week 2 of the term.


Wednesday, 3 April 2013

News Term 1

Here is the information for the final two weeks of news sharing this term:

Week 10 - Animal News.
Share with the class what your favourite animal is and why. Do you have  or have you had a pet? Tell the class all about your pet. You may like to share a picture of your favourite animal or pet.

Week 11 - Personal News.

Share some personal news with the class. Share with the class something interesting that you think they would really like to hear.  What are you planning for the holidays? What did you do in the weekend? What's been the best thing about term one? What are you looking forward to?