Monday, January 25, 2016

Welcome to 2016

Dear Parents and Caregivers
Welcome to Room 6 for 2016.  
In Room 6 we start 2016 with a focus on Cybersafety where we will be learning to be responsible digital citizens.  We currently have 20 windows based devices in the classroom as well as 12 Chromebooks that are utilised on a daily basis.  The children will shortly have access to their own Google Drive account including email and their own Blog so they are able to complete and share learning tasks from home and school.
There will be a strong focus on literacy and numeracy this term as well as developing ‘positive Mindsets’
The ‘Habits’ that we will be focusing on this term are Thinking Interdependently and Taking Responsible Risks.
Dates of upcoming events and children’s learning will be posted on the class blog room06haumoana2016.blogspot.co.nz
Make sure you ‘FOLLOW BY EMAIL’ so you can get the regular updates (gadget at bottom of this page).
Camp
Camp is taking place in Week 9 of Term 1 at Guthrie Smith Outdoor Education Centre near  Lake Tutira  Cost is still being finalised but will be around $150 per child.  In the past some parents have arranged automatic payments from the beginning of the year.  More detailed newsletters and requests for parent help will be out shortly.
Homework
Homework will consist of:
Reading – daily – to be recorded in the Reading Log.
Spelling – weekly – 10 words either topic or level based or from their writing.
Maths – number knowledge from the School Number Ladder and or IXL Maths online.
There may be additional activities at times throughout the year which will be itemised in their homework book.  Please check and sign this daily.
Communication is important to me and if you have any concerns or queries, email me or pop into class to arrange a time for discussion.

Regards
David Barclay

david@haumoana.school.nz

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