Week 8

Remember

• to check gear list for Optimist yachting (previous post)
• return HB Triathlon Champ notice
• return Interschool softball notice

Well done to the Room 6 children who supervised the Safe Cycling day in 33 degree heat last Wednesday.  You did a wonderful job explaining and modelling the learning for the day. Photos of the day and a PMI should be on the individual children's Blogs.

This week we have:

• Optimist Yachting on Tuesday
• Inter-school softball on Wednesday

In language we will be working on designing and publishing our own 'School Journals'.

In maths we will be continuing with Geometry.  Vocabulary related to the topic is as follows:

reflection

translation

rotation (rotational art should be published on individual blogs)

enlargement

tessellation

We will also be creating yachts out of recycled material so please send bottles, bags etc to school to support this technology challenge,

Coming up next week we have the triathlon champs on Tuesday (28 children involved from Rooms 5 & 6) and a surf trip to Waimarama on Thursday.

Optimist Trip

Reminder: essential items list for Optimist yachting on Tuesday

Setting up the optimist video link Setting up the optimist

Ÿ     Morning tea	Ÿ     Drink bottle	Ÿ     Lunch
Ÿ     Sunhat	Ÿ     Towel	Ÿ     Sunscreen
Ÿ     Windproof jacket	Ÿ     Covered footwear	Ÿ     Personal medication
Ÿ     Togs/wetsuit	Ÿ     Woollen jersey or polyprop

Week 7

This week we are continuing with bike safety.  Room 6 children will be organising and instructing younger children in a range of activities designed to improve skills.


All children need to bring shoes (and helmets if possible) as some will share bikes for these activities.

We are also working on water safety prior to using the optimist yachts in Napier next Tuesday.   thank you to those parents who have offered transport and supervision.  Check out the video on setting up the yachts.

Optimist Video

Notices are out for the HB Triathlon champs - please return these by next Monday at the latest.

Week 6

This week and the week following, we will be having a focus on bike safety.  As advised last week, the children will need to bring their bikes which will be used for fitness and bike skills and safety.

We will also be completing the work book with learning from the Life Education lessons from last week.

In mathematics, we are learning to use standard form (vertical algorithms) to add and subtract numbers.

Food for Thought

This week we have had Andy from Foodstuff helping us to understand for labels so we can make healthy choices.  We also have a voucher in order to purchase healthy food to make lunch.  This will take place on Monday.

Which drink contains the most sugar?

Week 4

The two short busy weeks have flown by with lots of testing and excursions.  Next week should see everyone back in class.

During week 4 we have a 'Food for Thought' educator visiting for lessons on Monday and a 4 Square visit on Tuesday.

There has been a change of plan for our walk to Cape View 4 Square.  As Elephant Hill is spraying on Tuesday, we will be walking via Parkhill and East Roads.

The children will be in their Tropicana gear but will need hats and sensible shoes for the visit.

We will also be preparing our healthy lunch for later in the week.  In groups, the children will plan, budget and assemble their lunch for Friday.

Interschool hockey takes place on Wednesday and there are still a few return slips outstanding. Please get these in as soon as possible.

Upcoming events are:

Tropicana - Week 4 (Sun 6 Nov)
Life Education (body changes) - Week 5
HNI Tech visit & Bike Safety - Week 6

The Cycle Skills competition has unfortunately been cancelled.

Term 4

Welcome back to school for Term 4 2016.  

For most of Room 6, this is the final 10 weeks of life at Haumoana Primary and it should be a busy and exciting term.

This term we have a focus on Hauora where we will be looking at ways of keeping ourselves safe and healthy in a range of contexts.

Topics
What's the Plan Stan?
Food for Thought
Life Education Trust
Cycle Safety
Optimist Yachting

We will need parent support for a number of these events so make sure that you add the important class/school events to your calendar.