Week 6

Remember to bring a drink bottle from home.

Last week 4 Year 6 boys travelled to Taupo to compete in the North Island Intermediate cycling champs.  Competing in the team time trial with Year 7's the team of Evan, Garrett, Will and Edward finished in 5th place out of the 12 teams.  Garrett also competed in the individual race where he finished in 14th place.

This week is a busy one as we try to listen to all speeches in order to choose 4 finalists for next week's competition (Tuesday 6th).  We will have a focus on listening with understanding and empathy.

We will continue with multiplicative thinking in maths.

The interschool Literary Quiz is on Wednesday and 4 Room Six students will team with 4 Year 5's to represent the school. (Charlie d, Eden, Will, Alexandra)

Week 5

Reminder - HNI open evening is this Tuesday at 6.30pm.  This is an ideal opportunity to find out more about the school, educational opportunities, and technology requirements.

Homework reminder - the children have spelling, reading and Mathletics every week.

This week at school we are completing our Olympic Bloom's tasks for language.  Ask them to share their learning at home as it is available online.

The children are currently working on their formal speech.  We will start listening to their presentations next week.

In maths we are focusing on using a range of strategies to so solve multiplication and division problems.

Postponement - HNI Open Evening

Due to the 'Havelock North water issues', the HNI Open Evening is postponed until 

Tuesday 23 August @ 6.30pm

Week 4

There were fantastic reviews of the Haumoana School choir at the Kid's Sing - a big congratulations to all those Room 6 children involved.  It takes a lot of practice to deliver such a polished performance.

This week there is coastal cluster soccer on Tuesday - good luck to the 4 teams.

Remember the school  and interschool cross country is coming up - time to do some training out of school time.

This week we are continuing our Olympic study and will begin to work on our formal speeches for the speech competition. The topic is as below and the children will have time at school to work on this but will need assistance at home to help with practice and delivery.

WALT: to prepare and present an age-appropriate speech on any aspect of the topic of ‘an Inspirational Olympic Athlete’ to an audience of peers.

The children have access to details and success criteria.

In maths we have a sports focus but we are also reviewing and enhancing multiplication strategies.

Taradale Terror Adventure Race 2016

An energetic bunch of Room 6 students took part in the Taradale Adventure Race on Friday evening - looked like lots of fun!  Click on link for photos.

Taradale Terror Photos

And see how many Haumoana children that you can spot oin the HB Today video.

HB Today video

Week 3

Welcome to Week 3

Olympics is the class focus for the next couple of weeks and language and maths tasks will incorporate this theme as well as Maths Week Challenges.  This means that in maths we will have rich problem-solving tasks that involve all operations.

The 10 session writing challenge should be completed and published by the end of the week so keep an eye on your child's blog to see the finished result.

Click on the link below
Mathsweek.org.nz

We have had Mathletics for a couple of months now and there has been a measurable difference in speed of recall and knowledge in those children who have made a concerted effort.  Well done!  Remember a little, focused learning regularly will improve learning.

Remember:
On Monday 8th August, the choir is going to Havelock North Intermediate School for a
rehearsal. All choir members need to meet in Room 9 at 9.45 am. The children will have a
singing warm-up until 10. 10am, then have a quick morning tea, before leaving for HNIS at
10.30 am. Children need to be wearing their tidy black shoes and uniform. They will not need
to take their school bags to HNI to the rehearsal.

On Wednesday the start is earlier - Room 9 @ 9.05am.

Good luck to the many talented singers in the choir for the Kid's Sing performances.

Coastal Cluster soccer takes place next Tuesday - notices will be out this week.