Thank you to all the parents and relations who attended our first student led learning conference last week. I thought it was a great evening and the children certainly enjoyed sharing their learning.
Good luck to all the choir children as they perform in the Kidsing event this week. There have been lots of practises and they are sounding fantastic.
The 2 interschool hockey teams are playing on Wednesday afternoon and have shown a big improvement in skills at practice over the last few weeks.
This week is New Zealand Maths week and the children will be involved in a range of online and book challenges both at home and in class. Ask them to show some of the activities that are available at
www.nzmathsweek.org.nz
We will have a visit from HNI students this Thursday. They will be sharing their thoughts on transitioning to intermediate with the class.
Next week there is the Open Evening at HNI on Tuesday night and we have the final 'tech taster' on Wednesday morning. Newsletters out soon.
Haave a great week.
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Monday, 28 July 2014
Term 3 & Week 2
Welcome back to school for Term 3
Make sure that you check the upcoming events section of the blog and add them to your calendar.
The children began the term with measurable improvements in their maths knowledge and I plan to integrate maths into our topic studies to maximise these gains.
This term our health focus is Life Education with a focus on how the brain works. The sessions with Ann from Life Ed were informative and the children were totally engaged for both sessions.
In topic studies we are making the most of the Commonwealth Games success of our athletes and we are learning to estimate distances, weights and times and to compare these to our own abilities. Mrs Foley is leading the school in 'Enviroschools' and the class will be developing a class 'Care Code' along with assisting in developing a school wide 'Vison Map'.
In maths, along with measurement and knowledge skills, we will be working on addition and subtraction strategies as well as re-visiting fractions and ratios.
Our reading focus will be on inference. The children will be able to discuss this concept and share examples for some of their home reading.
In writing we are learning to use complex sentences across a range of genre as well as how to use apostrophes correctly.
The speech competiton takes place in week 9 but the children will be preparing speeches at school and at home prior to the finals. The topic is:
How a person, culture or creature can be influenced by its environment.
As we have a strong E- Learning focus, we will continue to be producing, practising and sharing our work using Google Drive, Mathletics, Studyladder and E-Ako.
Thank you for your continued support
David Barclay
Make sure that you check the upcoming events section of the blog and add them to your calendar.
The children began the term with measurable improvements in their maths knowledge and I plan to integrate maths into our topic studies to maximise these gains.
This term our health focus is Life Education with a focus on how the brain works. The sessions with Ann from Life Ed were informative and the children were totally engaged for both sessions.
In topic studies we are making the most of the Commonwealth Games success of our athletes and we are learning to estimate distances, weights and times and to compare these to our own abilities. Mrs Foley is leading the school in 'Enviroschools' and the class will be developing a class 'Care Code' along with assisting in developing a school wide 'Vison Map'.
In maths, along with measurement and knowledge skills, we will be working on addition and subtraction strategies as well as re-visiting fractions and ratios.
Our reading focus will be on inference. The children will be able to discuss this concept and share examples for some of their home reading.
In writing we are learning to use complex sentences across a range of genre as well as how to use apostrophes correctly.
The speech competiton takes place in week 9 but the children will be preparing speeches at school and at home prior to the finals. The topic is:
How a person, culture or creature can be influenced by its environment.
As we have a strong E- Learning focus, we will continue to be producing, practising and sharing our work using Google Drive, Mathletics, Studyladder and E-Ako.
Thank you for your continued support
David Barclay
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Cycling Success - Room 6 Girls take out Year7/8 Team Time Trial Championship
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| Girls Y7/8 TTT Trophy |
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| The Victorious Team |
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| The boys finished in 6th place in the Year 7/8 competition |
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| The girls in action |
Thursday, 19 June 2014
More Orienteering Success
The Haumoana Orienteering team continued its success last weekend in the relays, managing to fight their way through the mud.
The girls teams finished first and second while the boys team finished second.
These results along with full Haumoana podiums in the girls individual events meant we took out the Inter-school competition in both the girls and boys Primary School divisions.
Thursday, 12 June 2014
Table Tennis
Wet Wednesday sport took on a new look yesterday as we developed new skills and made the most of our new table tennis tables in the hall.
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| Indoor Action |
Sunday, 8 June 2014
Week 6
Personification, multiplication and an Italian presentation are topics covered this week! To top it off, we have a hangi on Friday.
We also start our inter-school netball practice, where we need 4 teams. It's a great game and it would be good to see most of Room 6 giving it a go!
There will also be some children attending a Mathletics evening at Hastings Intermediate on Thursday evening.
HNI Tech Tasters new date is the 24th June.
We also start our inter-school netball practice, where we need 4 teams. It's a great game and it would be good to see most of Room 6 giving it a go!
There will also be some children attending a Mathletics evening at Hastings Intermediate on Thursday evening.
HNI Tech Tasters new date is the 24th June.
The week that was. . .
A short week but a very busy one as children were in and out of class attending a range of events - extra performance and choir practices, rugby, instrumental and ICAS exams.
In class, we have been focussing on our "around the world" learning as well as utilising our new devices and on-line software. The children have been patient as we have worked around the power and internet interruptions during our SNUPS upgrade.
Expect to see and share more of your children's work on-line in the next few weeks. The blogs are taking shape and the Google Drive component is enabling children to share or finish work in their own time. Take time to check out all the children's work. The links are on this blog.
IXL Maths has been a success with a total of 15,000 questions answered in the last 3 weeks! Well done Room 6.
Congratulations to the inter-school touch rugby teams who represented the school well this week. And a big thank you to parents who spent their Sunday monitoring their children's success at the Sprint Orienteering Champs at EIT this morning. Room 6 and Haumoana dominated the podium for the 4th year in a row!
Sunday, 18 May 2014
Week 3
Hi all
I hope you had a great weekend following children around the winter sporting codes - it's amazing to see how many of the children are involved in winter sport.
At school, we are in for a busy couple of weeks.
The Barefoot 7's are on Thursday.
This Friday, it is the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge - half of Room 6 are going to give it a go so look out for the photos!
The Hawke's Bay Individual Orienteering Championships take place on Sunday.
Next week I will be out of the class Monday (Interface IT conference - Taupo) and Tuesday (National Young Leaders Conference - Palmerston North).
The HNI Tech Tasters trip has been postponed - new dates will be advised later.
In the classroom, we are now 1 to 1 with electronic devices. We have a mix of chromebooks, netbooks, pcs and ipads to assist our learning.
The children now have their own email address and will be creating their own blogs using blogger rather than kidsblog. I have a more user friendly interface - Teacher Dashboard - where I can monitor all documents, emails and blogs from my desktop.
In Language we are continuing to learn to write expositions and reviewing our learning about adjectives.
In maths we are learning to use multiplication strategies to solves problems. Children need to be regularly working on their Maths Knowledge steps and getting these assessed. All children have access to a 30 day trial of IXL maths to improve their maths skills.
Our country study is under way and children's work should be available for you to peruse on-line this week.
If parents want to see IT in action or have any queries- feel free to drop in and ask.
Have a great week!
I hope you had a great weekend following children around the winter sporting codes - it's amazing to see how many of the children are involved in winter sport.
At school, we are in for a busy couple of weeks.
The Barefoot 7's are on Thursday.
This Friday, it is the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge - half of Room 6 are going to give it a go so look out for the photos!
The Hawke's Bay Individual Orienteering Championships take place on Sunday.
Next week I will be out of the class Monday (Interface IT conference - Taupo) and Tuesday (National Young Leaders Conference - Palmerston North).
The HNI Tech Tasters trip has been postponed - new dates will be advised later.
In the classroom, we are now 1 to 1 with electronic devices. We have a mix of chromebooks, netbooks, pcs and ipads to assist our learning.
The children now have their own email address and will be creating their own blogs using blogger rather than kidsblog. I have a more user friendly interface - Teacher Dashboard - where I can monitor all documents, emails and blogs from my desktop.
In Language we are continuing to learn to write expositions and reviewing our learning about adjectives.
In maths we are learning to use multiplication strategies to solves problems. Children need to be regularly working on their Maths Knowledge steps and getting these assessed. All children have access to a 30 day trial of IXL maths to improve their maths skills.
Our country study is under way and children's work should be available for you to peruse on-line this week.
If parents want to see IT in action or have any queries- feel free to drop in and ask.
Have a great week!
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Term 2
Welcome back to school for Term 2. This term is a short one - 9 weeks - and already looking very busy. Check out the dates on 'Upcoming Class Events'. One event not yet added to the calendar is the National Young Leaders Conference in Palmerston North on the 27th May. Applications will be open for this event shortly.
Using the Habits of Mind, we will be aiming to be 'continuous learners' and to 'question and pose problems'.
The focus for the term is 'Going Global and Local' where we will be exploring different cultures. The class has chosen their main topic but will be coming up with ways to demonstrate their learning in the next week. We will also be celebrating Matariki and visiting Matahiwi Marae.
Room 6 has been allocated 12 Chromebooks to add to the Netbooks already installed in the class. We are in the process of improving our skills to make the most of this technology. Expect to see more work shared on-line.
WEEK 1
This week in Maths we will be revising last terms topics and checking progress in Maths Knowledge so check out the stages on the maths pages and get in some knowledge practice.
In Language we are learning to use 'hyperbole' to entertain in our writing. Finished samples should be on Kidsblog shortly.
Using the Habits of Mind, we will be aiming to be 'continuous learners' and to 'question and pose problems'.
The focus for the term is 'Going Global and Local' where we will be exploring different cultures. The class has chosen their main topic but will be coming up with ways to demonstrate their learning in the next week. We will also be celebrating Matariki and visiting Matahiwi Marae.
Room 6 has been allocated 12 Chromebooks to add to the Netbooks already installed in the class. We are in the process of improving our skills to make the most of this technology. Expect to see more work shared on-line.
WEEK 1
This week in Maths we will be revising last terms topics and checking progress in Maths Knowledge so check out the stages on the maths pages and get in some knowledge practice.
In Language we are learning to use 'hyperbole' to entertain in our writing. Finished samples should be on Kidsblog shortly.
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