Welcome to Week 6 :)
Meet Up
Meet up on Tuesday this week.
Classroom Release Time
Room 18 have Art and Room 19 have PE on Tuesday afternoon following Kapa Haka.
Reading Returns Roster
We would love some volunteers to add their name to the roster for returning class reading books. This job can be done anytime that suits during the week and involves putting the books away in our reading room. If you can help, please add your name to the list outside Kohara (in the bag area by the classroom door).
Poetry Folders
We have been having a big blitz on bringing our Poetry folders to school each week. Mrs Campbell kindly gave some children new clear files if they still couldn't find theirs at home. We often enjoy re-reading our poems from previous weeks so it makes our reading much easier when all the children have their folders at school.
PTA News
A huge thank you to our Kohara helpers (teachers and parents) who gave up their Sunday morning to help out with the PTA fundraiser at the Chch Marathon. The weather was awful but it didn't dampen our spirits - a neat way to build our sense of community at Waimairi and come together to support the children. Plus it was lovely to cheer on Johnny's dad Andrew as he raced past us at the 21km water station.
Next up is Cheese Rolls... order forms went home with the oldest in the family on Friday. Please see us if you didn't receive an order form or your child was away as we have some spare order forms.
The PTA have their next meeting on Tuesday 20th June at 7pm which is an earlier starting time for the winter meetings. We meet in the library at school and new faces are always welcome. We'd love to see you there.
Science
Today Isaac shared his science project with the class and we enjoyed watching Isaac's balloon rocket. The first few attempts weren't very successful but there was lots of great suggestions as the children shared their science thinking about how to improve it. Isaac thought to make sure that the balloon end wasn't pinched and when we adjusted some variables Isaac was able to launch the balloon from one chair across to the other (stay tuned for project photos coming soon!) We found out that the force of the air escaping the balloon helped to push the balloon rocket along. We are really enjoying finding out How Things Move.
Maths
Game of the Week - Number Skittles
Last week some of our mathematicians played Number Skittles. We stuck the numbers 1-6 on skittles and took turns at bowling the skittles with a ball. We found out we could use lots of maths with this game but our favourite part was adding up our score by adding the numbers up on the skittles that we bowled over. You could try this at home. you could use any empty bottles (milk bottles or water bottles) and write numbers on the front or stick a piece of paper with numbers on to them. Find a ball or even roll a scrunched up ball of newspaper at them and have fun adding up scores for your family. Make the numbers as high or as low as you like. We used numbers less than 6 but you could use teen numbers, multiples of 10 or even bigger 2 digit numbers! If you have a go at home, please email us a photo as we'd love to see your family enjoying maths together.
This is a great game for:
* adding numbers
* finding the highest and lowest numbers
* exploring odd and even numbers/scores
* ordering the numbers you bowl from smallest to highest
* using doubles and known facts to add the scores e.g. 2+1 = 3 and another 3 = 6 (double 3)
* finding out what is the biggest score you could possibly get
Lunchtime Clubs
Tuesday - Craft Club
Thursday - Art Club
No French Club this week due to Queen's Birthday.
Kapa Haka Tuesday
Library Day Friday
Have a great week!
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