3 out of 3

3 out of 3 Ironkids wins for Cameron Broad.  Not a bad effort the day before camp!

Chloe had her first triathlon outing for the season and took first place in the girls section with Kateleyn taking her second podium in a row.

Congratulations Room 5 students, Harry for improving his time by almost a minute  and  Grace for an impressive 5th.

Camp Fundraising Movie

Edited and published by Kat and Jack.

The 3 Ps

Payments - still some outstanding camp payments - get these in ASAP please!

Phoebe - wont be joining us on camp but we can keep in touch with her adventures at:
http://paburns.blogspot.co.nz/

Pillows - were omitted from the gear list.  Please pack one!

TECH TASTER #1 @ HNI

Media Studies idols in action

Young scientists investigating UV light

The 'News' crew!

Food tech bread faces

Week 8

The latest camp newsletter is on the previous post.

Technology Taster @ Havelock North Intermediate trip is on this Thursday 27 March - make sure you have the permission and transport slip returned ASAP.

Last Friday, 11 Room 6 students visited the Pettigrew-Green Arena to complete their Physical Activity Leader's training  (PALs).  These children will be organising games for the junior school at lunch times.  

As well as learning a range of games, they had sessions on communication, trouble shooting and leadership and teamwork.  Congratulations to Lily N, Lila, Lily S, Zahn, Jai, Alexis, Brooke, Chloe, Hirani, Olivia and Katelyn for completing the course and proudly representing their school.


This week in Room 6:

Language:  
We will also be continuing to write and format reports correctly as we look at the life of Guthrie Smith.

Words of the week to discuss with your children are:
synonym
hyphen
hyphenate
tense (present, past and future)
italics


Maths: We are involved in 'Camp Maths' this week where we will be designing timetables and planning activities and costs for an outdoor education week.

Topic: We are familiarising ourselves with camp rules and expectations as well as organising a menu and ingredients for the camp cook-out.


Homework:
As well as reading, maths knowledge and spelling, this week the children will add the meanings of words to their personal blog.

Room 6 @ Guthrie Smith Education Centre Notice #3

Room 6 @ Guthrie Smith Education Centre

Notice #3

24 March

Dear Parents

One week to go before camp and a few reminders!

  

1.         PAYMENT

Payment is due this week.  Please forward to me ASAP ($160).

2.         GEAR CHECK

On Wednesday, I need all children to bring the following gear to school for a gear check.

·         1 pair of covered shoes suitable for walking

·         1 x raincoat

·         1 x thermal top

·         1 x beanie (or other warm hat)

Remember if you have been unable to source any of the above from friends, op shops etc.  I need to know. 

N.B.  Some children will be bringing in spare items that they are willing to share.

3.       CHILLY BINS

We need to borrow several large ‘chilly bins’ to transport food to Tutira.  Please let me know if you have one available for us to use.  (To be dropped off at school on Friday)

4.       BAKING

Each child is required to bring a small amount of baking for morning and afternoon teas.  This can be brought in on Monday (camp) morning next week.  Items that spoil quickly such as muffins are not advisable.

5.       Camp Cookout

The children have been placed in groups to organise a camp cookout on the first evening at Guthrie Smith.  This is a cooperative activity and not meant to be an expensive meal.  Please advise your children if their ideas are not practical.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for your support

Week 7

Welcome to Week 7.

This week we have:
Monday - Camp Meeting at 5.30pm in Room 6
Tuesday - parent/teacher interviews
Wednesday - parent/teacher interviews
Friday - PALs Trip (notice out Monday - transport help required)
Saturday - Quiz Night at the Fire Station

This week in the classroom:

Language:  We will be looking at personification and continuing with homographs.

Words of the week to discuss with your children are:
personification
animate
inanimate
homograph
statistics

We will also be learning to write and format reports correctly as we start a study of native birds related to camp.

Maths: We will be working on statistical investigations as well as organising an orienteering event around school.

Topic: We are continuing with Cool Schools and also starting to look at ideas related to camp.

Swimming sports

Splash! That was the sound of Haumoana’s interschool swimming representatives hitting the water.

On the 12th of March 26 children went to Onekawa Aquatic Centre to participate in 2014 interschool swimming sports. The results were very pleasing. We came first over all, mainly because of our year six relay team who came first in the relay event. Also because of Lily S.E and Max who were our champion girl and boy swimmers. Everyone else who competed won us lots of first, seconds, and thirds.

This is the first time we have won in a long time. The events were freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, medley and relays. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the experience and would like to do it again.

By Lily N & Phoebe

FUNDRAISING

Hi Parents of Room 5 & 6

School camp is nearly upon us and the teachers & kids have been doing a great job fundraising for both class camps - school shop day, book stalls and the water slide !!! The kids having been having heaps of fun. It’s now time for the adults to have some fun and the Quiz Night is your opportunity

7pm 22^nd March at the Haumoana Fire Station

At a quiz night the money is raised through door sales, raffles, spot prizes, and items for Auction, this is where we need your help

• Is there an unwanted Christmas gift that lurking in your cupboard that you just don’t know what to do with – Donate it ! 

• Do you work for a business or a business owner that could donate something – A bag of apples, a bottle of wine, a haircut – Use your imagination ! 

• Let’s get our local business people on board Wineries and Café’s – Do you have a contact person that we can approach for their support ?  

It’s just over a week away, remember use your imagination and don’t be shy a bag of apples, a hat, a plant, a jar of your home made conserve it all helps our kids so please get in contact

Thanks for your support

Can each parent supply their child with a non-perishable item for the grocery raffle to give to their class teacher by Thursday 20^th March

Thanks J

Interschool Swimming Sports and Hector's World

Congratulations to our team of swimmers!

1st Place in the Coastal Cluster Swimming Sports

Hector's World

Room 6 are learning to be responsible digital citizens.  Check out the information and videos below.

Hector's World

Reminders

Parent/teacher interviews and camp meeting next week.

Studyladder-the children have logins and passwords in their homework books.

Camp parent/transporter newsletter and forms went home today.

Maths Ladder checkups - children need to see me before school starts for a quick test.

Week 6

Week 6

Hi all
The term is flying by and there are only 3 weeks until camp.  I spent Sunday in the Tutira area, checking out the venue and its surrounds.  I am really looking forward to our 4 days of outdoor education.  It will create many positive memories! The notice for parents attending camp will be out today.

The swimming sports were a success as was the water slide. Due to popular demand the water slide will be repeated on Thursday.  The inter-school swimming sports will be held at Onekawa pools this year and notices should be out on Monday for those selected to compete. 

There are 6 children from Room 6 representing the school in Beach Fives on Thursday at Ocean Beach.  Good luck children!

Not all testing was completed last week due to delays in receiving the test so we will finish them this week.

Remember to book a time for parent/teacher interviews.  Click here to go straight to the website schoolinterviews.co.nz

This week in the classroom:

Language:  We will be investigating homographs and trying to eliminate the confusion they can cause.  I will be starting the Literacy Evolution programme which has been designed to improve spelling and writing skills.  Spelling this week will be words relevant to this programme.

Maths: We will continue to focus on addition and subtraction.

Topic: Cools Schools.  We will be looking at characteristics of conflict resolution techniques.  Check out the Cool Schools page and discuss with your children.

WALT think about how we deal with conflict!

Room 6 Fundraiser - Water Slide

There were long queues of children eager for a go on the Room 6 fundraising water slide.  

We will look at holding another day shortly.  

Congratulations Miro

The annual swimming sports were dominated by MIRO.  Congratulations for a well deserved victory. 

There was lots of support from the very vocal teams.

Parent/Teacher Interviews and Reminder

Reminder - swimming sports tomorrow at 1.30pm for the seniors

AND 

a copy of Today's Notice below.

I hope to see you all there for the interviews.

Haumoana School

Parent-Teacher Interviews

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

The first interviews for the year will be held in the week starting 18^th March.  This interview is an important one as this is where we get to learn more about your child, share information on how they are settling in to their new classroom and also answer any questions you may have about their learning.  We would love to have as many parents and caregivers attend as possible. 

Interviews will be 10 minutes long and we will be using an on-line booking service again.  The beauty of this system is that you can book your own times right away and receive confirmation of times.

The process is outlined below and you can go on-line and book immediately.  If you do not have internet access then we are happy to book a time for you.  Simply complete the form below and return it to school as soon as possible.

Booking interviews is as easy as 1 - 2 – 3

Visit the website:     www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

The event code for our upcoming interviews:   2G57H

	Enter your details:   First enter  your name, your child's name(s),      and your email address.
	Choose teachers On the next page, pick the teachers you want to meet. First select the subject or year, then choose from the list of   teachers.
	Choose times Then you'll see a timetable showing when your chosen teachers  are available. Simply click on the times that suit you.

When you have finished, your interview timetable will be emailed to you. And if something comes up, you can return to the site and change your interviews whenever you want. You can start right now - just enter the school code 2G57H and press "Go".

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Week 5

Hi all
Last week the children thoroughly enjoyed Shop Day and the Triathlon.  If you have any photos worth posting, please forward them to me.

It has been great to see all the positive comments generated by the children on their own writing and their peers writing on Kidsblog. If you have not had a look yet, click on kidblog.Room6Haumoana

Congratulations to Kat and Lily for winning the Kiwikidsnews weekly quiz.

This week will be another busy one.  Along with regular lessons, we will be doing several PATs (progressive achievement tests) during the week - Tuesday and Wednesday.  If you have any queries about these tests, feel free to contact me.

We also have the annual school swimming sports on Friday (time to be advised) which always draws a big crowd and the forecast is looking perfect!

Week 5
This week in the classroom:

Language:  We will be continuing with homophones. Now we have identified so many, we will be defining chosen words and using them in context.

Maths: We will be focusing on turning subtraction problems into addition problems to make them easier to solve.