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Athletics Tomorrow

Athletics tomorrow!!

Remember to bring sunhat, sunscreen, water bottles and lunch.
Suitable clothing to compete in: Shorts, running shoes, tshirt and a warm top.
Saftey Pins!

Get Well Charlie!

Where in the World are you from?

Ok Kids, this term we want to find out all about YOU! Where you are from and about your culture. We have started this unit by looking at the Commonwealth Games. These were held in Deli, India. Here are two videos from the games:


We have some questions we talked about and would like to find the answers too. If you know the answer please add an answer into the comment area below:

• What is the Commonwealth?
• What is the population of India?
• What is the population of the Commonwealth?
• What are the buildings made of in India?
• Why does each country have a different song?
  

Cross-country

You were all amazing and did so well. You should be proud of your efforts. See if you can find yourself in the photos. I tried to get you all but you were so fast the camera had trouble keeping up!


Sophie's Dad thought this was fantastic!

Term 4 Newsletter

Room 23 Home Learning Term 4 2010

Have you checked out our class blog yet? There was a lot of fun learning that happen as you will see on the blog and expect more again this term!
Our Year 4 team Inquiry is ‘Where in the World?’. That is finding out about the different cultures we have within our classroom. The children will present about themselves and their culture. Watch the class blog as the term develops.

Term 4 events are:
• Cross country this Wednesday afternoon.
• Athletics Thurs Week 3, 28nd October.
• Outdoor Education Week 9
Watch the school website for updates.

Weekly Home Learning:
Reading: No changes there! EVERY night read the book you bring home. If you do not bring home a book, read a book of your choice for at least 10 minutes. Remember to fill in the back of your homework book and get Mum or Dad to sign it.

Spelling: This term we will use the ‘STEPS’ computer programme. The children will have a list of spelling words to practice and learn that has been identified and generated by the programme. They will work on this programme during our literacy block during the day between 11-12.30. Please pop in if you would like your child to share this programme with you.

Maths: At times you will have basic facts worksheets. Time yourself and try to do them faster each time. Do some maths on the class blog.

Online Learning: More home learning activities are on our class blog: http://qps-room23.blogspot.com This also links in with what we are learning in class.

Korero: See programme attached

Mrs Kruijer ☺

Korero

Week 2 Introducer Prepared talk Mime Joke Poem Current Events	Tues Ruby Ella Luca Alex Olly Briar	Thurs Sophie Cougar Savannah Adam Michelangelo Katie	Fri Charlie Thomas Jenna Tasmin Aaliyah Anyone
Week 3 Introducer Prepared talk Mime Joke Poem Current Events	Ella Luca Alex Olly Briar Ruby	Cougar Savannah Adam Michelangelo Katie Sophie	Thomas Jenna Tasmin Aaliyah Anyone Charlie
Week 4 Introducer Prepared talk Mime Joke Poem Current Events	Luca Alex Olly Briar Ruby Ella	Savannah Adam Michelangelo Katie Sophie Cougar	Jenna Tasmin Aaliyah Anyone Charlie Thomas
Week 5 Introducer Prepared talk Mime Joke Poem Current Events	Alex Olly Briar Ruby Ella Luca	Adam Michelangelo Katie Sophie Cougar Savannah	Tasmin Aaliyah Anyone Charlie Thomas Jenna
Week 6 Introducer Prepared talk Mime Joke Poem Current Events	Olly Briar Ruby Ella Luca Alex	Michelangelo Katie Sophie Cougar Savannah Adam	Aaliyah Anyone Charlie Thomas Jenna Tasmin
Week 7 Introducer Prepared talk Mime Joke Poem Current Events	Briar Ruby Ella Luca Alex Olly	Katie Sophie Cougar Savannah Adam Micelangelo	Anyone Charlie Thomas Jenna Tasmin Aaliyah
Week 8 Introducer Prepared talk Mime Joke Poem Current Events	Ruby Ella Luca Alex Olly Briar	Sophie Cougar Savannah Adam Micelangelo Katie	Charlie Thomas Jenna Tasmin Aaliyah Anyone

Korero

This programme is a daily activity where children can practice their oral language skills of presenting and listening. This programme will run on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Children have a timetable so they will have to be organized. They may need help in finding, organizing and practicing for their day, especially at the beginning.

If you have any questions please come and ask Mrs Kruijer.

Introducer – The introducer stands up and introduces the day’s programme, asks for questions and then comments and thanks the speaker.

Prepared Talk – Present a topic that interests you i.e. birds, ballet, cubs, fishing, an interesting person …, Write some key points on cardboard and if possible show pictures or items to do with the talk. Email cyndik@queenstown.school.nz if you need to, or bring a memory stick with the information on it. Keep it to 1 – 2 minutes.

Mime – Choose a simple topic to mime to the class for them to guess. E.g. A child in the swimming pool playing a game, a person walking up Mt Everest.

Joke – Find two jokes that you like and try to memorise them, if you can’t write them on a piece of card.

Poem – Present a favourite poem that you have practiced reading with expression. (It has to sound fantastic), use your poem book for some ideas.

Current Events – Present newspaper, radio, or T.V. news. Prepared it at home and comment on it.

How to – Present a short talk on how to do something that is of interest to you. It may be how to tie knots, how to get around an internet site, how to play a card game, etc.

Can’t wait to see what the children bring to share.

Cyndi Kruijer