Author Archives: Amy Buick

Geometry

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We are learning to sort items into groups and explaining our groups using mathematical words like colours, groups, size, shape etc. We need to be able to work as a team with our sorting and listen to each other's ideas respectfully.
"We were stacking them and counting how many there were. We sorted them into size and colours."

"We put them into our own pictures sorting them into colours." 

"First we did our idea of sorting them into groups of animals then we tried out sorting them into colours."

"We put them into their piles of shapes. This is the triangles, hexagons and long ones. We put them into size as well." 

"We sorted into a line in the same colours as every one. Green had the most then blue then yellow then red."

"First we decided to sort them into colours. We decided to put them into shapes too."




Kahikatea Newsetter Term 3 Week 10

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Term 3
We are at the end of an extremely fun-filled and busy term. A huge thank you to the children for their hard work and great attitude. Also, thank you to the parent helpers who help out in a variety of ways. We couldn't do it without you! Have a well-deserved break and we look forward to Term 4.

Centenary
The children have been working hard on learning their dance routine for our Beckenham School Centenary. This will be held at school on Saturday 24th October from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Your child will have received a letter outlining their dance in more detail. If they have not received this, please let your child's teacher know.

Statistics
These last two weeks have been focussed around statistics in our maths programme. We have been discussing how to collect, collate and make a statement about data. We have also been discussing probability. Here are the children hard at work figuring out the likelihood of pairs in a pack of cat and dog cards:



Plays
Hub 3&4 have been focussing on plays for reading this week and have been performing them over the last two days. The children were learning how to use their voice, facial expressions and body to perform effectively. They also focussed on how to be a great team member and audience member. Here are some photos of two performances:



Home Learning
Home Learning books will stay at school over the holidays and spelling will resume on Friday in the first week of term.

Rugby World Cup
We have been starting our investigations into our RWC teams and even had a delicious treat from South Africa in Hub 3&4:





Term 3 Week 4 Newsletter

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Christchurch City Library Visit
We had a visit from the Christchurch City Library Outreach representative this afternoon and he read us a selection of favourites from the library. What a fun afternoon activity!

Learning Conferences 
We have learning conferences coming up on Tuesday 25th and Thursday 27th August. These learning conferences are for your child to share their learning goals and progress. Booking details will be coming out soon. If you need to discuss anything extra with your child's teacher please book a separate time to do this. 

Reading
As the children are preparing to lead their learning conferences throughout next week, they will be focussing on books they have had recently or plays. Our reading sessions will return to normal the following week. 

Printmaking
We are creating some amazing print templates for printmaking. We will be sharing where we are up to in our process at learning conferences. Here is the planning taking place...


Gymnastics
Our final gymnastics session is in Week 6 (Monday 24th August). Thank you for ensuring your child is wearing the correct clothing. 

Clothing
Please name all clothing clearly. Throughout each day we are returning clothing to children and this makes it a lot easier to find the owner. 

Supplies
A huge thank you for the extra plastic bags, newspaper, pencils and glue sticks that have been coming in! 

Spellathon
Please return spellathon cards to your child's teacher next Monday 17th August as testing will be happening on Friday 21st August. It is a good idea to note down your child's words so they can continue to practise throughout the week. 



Sammy

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My Holidays

I went to a scary house and I saw two ghosts coming out of the walls. I watched a movie on T.V. 

Ella

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Snow Flakes

This is an information report about snow. Snow is really soft and fluffy. When it’s cold the paddocks are frozen. The snow is like a cloudy pillow. Last year me and Dad made a snowman. We had a snow ball fight. Snow is fun.