© MATHS
© Maths
Basic Facts
Practise
these every night. Be ready for
testing.
Come and see
Mrs. Smith if you are ready sooner.
Please do not be concerned if your child is starting
on a level lower than they finished last year. This is normal.
Click on
“Maths Basic Facts” on the class blog. Your child should know what step they
are on. If they have forgotten,
they’ll need to check the maths basic facts ladder in class.
© Visit IXL
maths online.
Google nz.ixl.com
You can answer 20 free questions every day. Some of you are signed up to this excellent
site so you can answer as many questions as you like.
Keeping you up
to date:
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Mrs. Smith is on classroom release on Wednesday for part of the
day. Mrs. Carolyn Symonds will be
teaching in room 4 during this time.
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Our team newsletter will be coming
home soon. This will let you know
what the children are learning this term.
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TIPS
and LEARNING SUPPORT
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Studyladder
can be used for reading, spelling and maths. Your own username and password
will be given to you soon.
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Memory
games help children to remember basic facts and help with recall
of facts.
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I will be testing spelling words
during this week. All students will
have spelling words for homework next week.
Spelling words for each week may come from
group spelling testing, incorrect words from children’s working books, topic
words, words that teach spelling patterns and rules, and the dictionary.
A BIG thank you to those students who brought their photos, magazine
cuttings, pictures, titles etc for their Heart Maps last week.
However, there were a
number of students who were not prepared so we were unable to do this
activity as a whole class. I have
spoken to the students and explained it is THEIR responsibility to get what
they need. Please make sure you have what you need on Friday please.
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© READING
Read for 10
minutes + your age every night.
Remember the more you read, the better you’ll get! Variety is important also.
Choose from a
range of different texts such as newspapers, fiction (make-believe),
non-fiction (true), journals and chapter books.
Students in
room 4 are welcome to take home a school journal to read. School journals are excellent because they
contain a range of different genres (writing types).
It is also helpful to develop skills in
reading aloud too.
➔ Can you
read with expression?
➔ Can you
stop and take a breath at punctuation?
➔ Can you
read at a pace that is not too fast or too slow?
Read aloud to someone once or twice a
week.
Ask your listener for feedback …
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Reminders/Notices
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Healthy Food Wednesdays continue at
St Mary’s School. On this day, we encourage the children to have healthy food
for morning tea and lunch, and discourage the use of packaged foods.
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PE Gear is essential everyday
thanks.
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Library Day = Friday..
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Meet the Teacher - Wednesday 8
February @ 7pm.
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Parish School Mass for Year 6-8
students - Thursday 9 February between 9:30-11am.
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Seaweek Roadshow for the Middle Team
- Friday 10 February.
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Please return you IXL maths form to
school, even if you are not interested in signing up. If you have returned it to school already,
thank you.
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We have had a
great start to the year in room 4. The
children are settling in very well and learning the routines. They are a wonderful group of children and
I look forward to working with them during the year.
Remember, St Mary’s
School has an open door policy so if you have any concerns, please email me
or call in to see me.
My email is:
A friendly reminder to look at the St. Mary’s School
Facebook page too. This helps to keep
you up to date with what is happening at our school.
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