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Pōhutukawa Team Newsletter – Term 3, Week 4, 2017
This term, the students in Team Pōhutukawa are involved in a Science/Technology/Drama/Social Studies interchange. One of the topics that the students are learning about is chemistry.
In chemistry, the students are exploring the difference between physical and chemical change by conducting a variety of exciting science experiments.
Here are some photos of their experiments:
In chemistry, the students are exploring the difference between physical and chemical change by conducting a variety of exciting science experiments.
Here are some photos of their experiments:
These students are learning how soap makes things clean.
These students are studying super-absorbent polymers that can absorb over 200 times their mass in water.
These students are conducting tests to determine which substances are acids and bases.
These students are conducting a colour change experiment.
These students are learning how chemistry applies in the kitchen.
Egg Cartons
If you have any spare egg containers, please send them in for one of our up and coming challenges.
Stationery
It's getting to that time of the year where pens, pencils and glue sticks generally start to deplete. Can you please talk with your child about which items they might need to stock up on and send them to school. Thank you very much.
Te Whanau Koru Highlights Weeks 3 and 4
Kia ora whanau,
Spring is in the air, and the children are loving being out at break times in the glorious sunshine!
New Entrants:
A very warm welcome to our new children and their families. The children have all settled beautifully, and have made a great start to the next phase of their learning.
Parents of new children, if you feel that your child is feeling extremely tired at the end of the day/week, touch base with Gail Turner to make a temporary arrangement - you know your children and their needs best of all!
Spellathon:
Spellathon testing took place last Friday, and now comes the business of collecting all of the sponsorship money back in. No pressure, but...! There is a prize for the whole class which has all of its sponsorship money back into the office FIRST!
Congratulations to the children who have worked so hard to learn their Spellathon words.
Baby photos:
Many thanks to you for hunting out all of those very cute baby photos. They have proven to be highly valuable as we focus on our topic, Change. Check out some of the Youtube clips relating to babies and their first experiences!
Film Festival:
What a wonderful outing - the 13 short films we saw were each, both fascinating and entertaining. The fact that we were able to view them in the most splendid of venues, was the icing on the cake.
Discovery Stations:
Hub 10 have been focusing on fairy tales, as a motivation for both Discovery Stations and writing. There was a lot of hilarity and creativity displayed as children put time, thought and effort into setting up the Three Billy Goats Gruff 'small world'. We love seeing the children follow their passions and take the lead, as they feel able. The Key Competencies exhibited throughout these sessions are wonderful, including: Thinking, Relating to Others, Managing Self and Participating and Contributing! Have a browse through the photos below. Many thanks to the parents who help to support these activities, and particularly by recording the children's discussions and contributions at the time.
We Love Numbers!!
Michelle loves dropping in to visit, and the children take great delight in explaining to her, their learning and how it relates to numbers.
As we look around the room, we are always amazed at the levels of self-management, engagement, and enjoyment that the children are showing. It's gorgeous to see even the very young children so highly engaged and motivated, and at the same time, directing their own learning. Well done, Hub 10 children! Every day, you display the Beckenham value of We Love Learning.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Have a wonderful Week 5, everyone!
Spring is in the air, and the children are loving being out at break times in the glorious sunshine!
New Entrants:
A very warm welcome to our new children and their families. The children have all settled beautifully, and have made a great start to the next phase of their learning.
Parents of new children, if you feel that your child is feeling extremely tired at the end of the day/week, touch base with Gail Turner to make a temporary arrangement - you know your children and their needs best of all!
Spellathon:
Spellathon testing took place last Friday, and now comes the business of collecting all of the sponsorship money back in. No pressure, but...! There is a prize for the whole class which has all of its sponsorship money back into the office FIRST!
Congratulations to the children who have worked so hard to learn their Spellathon words.
Baby photos:
Many thanks to you for hunting out all of those very cute baby photos. They have proven to be highly valuable as we focus on our topic, Change. Check out some of the Youtube clips relating to babies and their first experiences!
Film Festival:
What a wonderful outing - the 13 short films we saw were each, both fascinating and entertaining. The fact that we were able to view them in the most splendid of venues, was the icing on the cake.
Excited anticipation... |
Discovery Stations:
Hub 10 have been focusing on fairy tales, as a motivation for both Discovery Stations and writing. There was a lot of hilarity and creativity displayed as children put time, thought and effort into setting up the Three Billy Goats Gruff 'small world'. We love seeing the children follow their passions and take the lead, as they feel able. The Key Competencies exhibited throughout these sessions are wonderful, including: Thinking, Relating to Others, Managing Self and Participating and Contributing! Have a browse through the photos below. Many thanks to the parents who help to support these activities, and particularly by recording the children's discussions and contributions at the time.
Setting up the 'goats' with their horns |
Creating the river... |
...and a bridge which would hold the three goats |
More work on the river |
Ta da!! Horns for one of the goats |
And finally, a stable bridge, complete with festive tinsel! |
Michelle loves dropping in to visit, and the children take great delight in explaining to her, their learning and how it relates to numbers.
As we look around the room, we are always amazed at the levels of self-management, engagement, and enjoyment that the children are showing. It's gorgeous to see even the very young children so highly engaged and motivated, and at the same time, directing their own learning. Well done, Hub 10 children! Every day, you display the Beckenham value of We Love Learning.
Guess how many teddies will fit on the sofa and in the bed! |
And how many teddies will fit in this big bed? |
Can you count? |
Ollie the Orca and his little penguin friend need to learn their tens frame patterns! |
8 + 3 = ? |
Making up equations using dominoes, number tiles and unifix cubes |
Dots plus spaces equals ten |
More equations to show our learning about addition |
The apple tree playdough mats |
Writing addition equations by throwing the 'dice within the dice' (each large dice has a smaller dice within) |
More dots plus spaces |
Skip counting in twos |
Let's make the tallest tower we can |
Wow - how many gems are there sitting on this big octopus? |
'The animals went in two by two...' |
Skip count in twos to work out how many animals altogether on these blocks |
Practising writing addition equations |
I know the groupings with numbers up to 10 |
Addition equations using the dominoes, the number tiles and the unifix cubes |
...and more! |
Addition equations up to 10 and doubles up to 20 |
Give Your Friend a Massage!
At the end of the day ... |
... aaaahhhhh! |
Click on this link - we love it!
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Have a wonderful Week 5, everyone!
Ski Day Rescheduled
We have rebooked our ski day for Wednesday August 30th. Many thanks to the parents who have quickly made themselves available to help with transport and support on the ski-field.
Unfortunately Mt Hutt did not have any days left this term with lessons at 10:30am. Therefore our lesson time will be 9am. This means we will need to depart school by 6:30am! (... and the kids were complaining about 7am) Set the alarms early that day, as we will need everyone on Eastern Tce by 6:20am.
If you have any questions, please flick us an email.
Unfortunately Mt Hutt did not have any days left this term with lessons at 10:30am. Therefore our lesson time will be 9am. This means we will need to depart school by 6:30am! (... and the kids were complaining about 7am) Set the alarms early that day, as we will need everyone on Eastern Tce by 6:20am.
If you have any questions, please flick us an email.
Kauri Whānau Update: Term 3 Week 4
Ski Day, this Thursday:
While the heavens opened and dumped lots of lovely snow on Mt Hutt over the last couple of days, unfortunately the forecast for Thursday is for strong winds. Please check https://www.nzski.com/mt-hutt/mt-hutt-weather-report after 6am on Thursday to check if the ski field is open. If open, we will be going, if not, it will be a normal school day. In the case of a closed day, we will reschedule the trip.Key reminders:
- Be at school, Eastern Tce, by 7am
- Come dressed is: thermal top and long-johns, long woollen socks, warm top, weather-proof pants and ski jacket. We can take off layers in the bus / car.
- In a day pack: gloves, goggles or glasses, large bottle or water, large lunch and inhaler / medication as required.
- In jacket pocket: some energy food for snacking on the slopes.
- Optional: activity for bus / car trip, camera, $5 to spend at cafe.
- All children will be provided with a helmet, skis, boots and poles.
- We will return to Eastern Tce by 6pm.
Cantamath, next Wednesday:
Next Wednesday, August 23rd, we will be taking all of Year 7 & 8 to Horncastle Arena at 8:40, to view the Cantamath project display. We will be back at Champion Street by 10am. A $3.50 transportation contribution will be added to your next account.We were blown away by the high standard of work that the children produced for their Cantamath projects. Many thanks to the parents who helped with ideas, encouragement and support. Congratulations to the following people whose work has been selected to go through to the Cantamath competition:
- Publicity Motif: Jessie, Caleb, Joel
- Games and Puzzles: Alex
- Static Model: Georgie, Tilly, Rosie, Fynn, Santiago, Saraya, Constantin, Marlonique, Isla, Miriélle
- Dynamic Model: Kaia
- Written Project: Sadie, Adam, Daisy, Isaac, George, Gabriel, Hannah W, Luke, Christopher, Bonnie
- Photography: Juliette
Next Wednesday our Cantamath teams will compete against the best mathematical talent in Canterbury, in the problem solving competition. Best of luck to:
Year 7: Santi, Adam, Gabriel and Tom, with Hannah as reserve.
Year 8: Isaac, Rosie, Alex and Kaia, with Amelia as reserve.