Term 4

Wow- where has the year gone!
Last term and it is going to be a busy 10 weeks of fun, exploring and connecting to everything around us!
Remember to chick on the above pages for numeracy and literacy strategies and ideas for help at home and practice. Also our newsletter and talking topics.

Have a great term everyone!

Term 3

This term is only 9 weeks and we have a lot of learning planned.

Keep checking our class face book page and commenting on your child's seesaw account.
If any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me on

jo@solway.school.nz


Have a great term
Jo Miller

Week 9

This week we are going over using adjectives and similes in our writing to make it more interesting for the reading. The following link will help explain what they are and how to use them.

similes-and-metaphors

using-adjectives

Week 8

WOW - Week 8. 

This week we are going over how to use full stops, commas and capital letters correctly. We are starting to forget to use these in our writing and it's really important. Below is a link to different clips and sites to help understand how they are used.

We are also learning to write acrostic poems.

acrostic-poems

Full Stops, Commas And Capital Letters - Lessons - TES

Capital letters.Full Stops.Teaching 4/5's how to use full stops and commas.Comma story - Terisa Folaron

TES.COM

week 7

We are looking a paragraphs this week in literacy. The following link has some examples of what needs to be in a paragraph and how to write one.

Basic paragraph writing

enjoy watching with your child, get them to write a paragraph about their bridge challenge or the weekend. Remind them to drop two lines between the paragraphs. (ideas)

We are still working on fractions. looking at 1/2 and 1/4 of  numbers. See if your child can explain how to find a 1/4 of a number? If they are unsure, have a look at the following link.

fractions

Have a great weekend!

Ko Wairarapa Challenge

We are learning 'Ko Wairarapa' to be apart of the world record challenge.
Below is a link that will show you the actions and teach you the the song.

Enjoy!

Ko Wairarapa

week 6

This week we are continuing to learn about writing explanations, apostrophes and fractions. The following link has some video clips your child could watch to help develop their understanding better.

explanations

apostrophes

 fractions is our focus but continue to practice basic facts to 20, halves and doubles.

fractions

Have a great week! :) 

Week 5

This week we are learning about how using connectives in our writing can make our sentences more interesting.
Click on the following link to watch some tutorials  about adding and using 'connectives'.

https://www.tes.com/lessons/_VPWtziQALIGzA/connectives

Maths

Independent activites

End of term celebration

Pajama day with a movie and popcorn!

Well earnt Matai. Have a relaxing holiday.

last week of term

The holidays are near, one week to go!

Matai have been work on some autumn art that we are going to show at the reflection assembly on Friday, so pop down and watch. It starts at 9:15am.

 We have been practicing writing our letters and numbers correctly on a mirror.

We are going to have a shared lunch on Friday and pyjama/ movie afternoon. Please send some finger food along to school to share.
Have a great week!

April fools day

We had a fun day dressing up, dancing and  laughing together.

The room was in a muddle!

Exciting changes

We have been learning about managing ourselves and monitoring what we are meant to be doing during our morning sessions. We have a task board with five areas of learning to be completed and an effort board to show how much effort we are putting into our learning. We are practicing this new routine on Thursdays, it is exciting and fun.

Jayden is working quietly on publishing his writing.

This is Mikaela ticking off what she has completed and Kyus is looking at what he could do next.

Awesome children reading sunshine classic books

week 8

We have been finding information to answer our water questions. We had to complete a water project about it.

We are very proud of ourselves and so is Mrs Miller. :)

In maths we have been watching teaching tool videos explaining strategies then Mrs Miller works with us to see if we took it in and can understand it.

We are learning not to give up when new learning gets a little harder, we just have to practice a bit more until we understand it.  

 These are our plastic bottle fish. We have talked about why it's important not to pollute our waters. Sea life is dying because humans keep throwing rubbish into the rivers and streams.

Where has the term going? We are busy having fun learning about numbers, words and water. This week we looked deeper into the water cycle.  We found out what each stage means.  We think it is cool that clouds are made out of water and when they get to full it rains.

This week for oral language it is free choice - children are welcome to bring things along to show.

water fun

FUN, FUN, FUN!

Remember this week is the children's triathlon at school.  Swim, bike and run!There will be food and drink for sale.  Bring a blanket and enjoy the evening.

Another week of fun learning.

 

 We drew the water cycle on the iPads using 'explain everything'

We learnt about a school in Uganda - Awere Primary School, and how we helped by providing them with a water-bore so they can drink clean water.

We started making our plastic bottle fish. We have to look after our water and stop polluting so the sea life can live for many years to come.

Golden time was fun -exploring new games, dress ups, hot wheel tracks....

when I get older I want to be....

We made a iMovie about what we want to be when we grow up.
Click the link below to watch our movie:

http://youtu.be/noWQIFJT0yM

ENJOY!

Wow, this term is flying by. Matai is working really well, we are developing a safe, happy, learning environment where we can all challenge ourselves to achieve more.

Please keep listening and reading to your child at home, asking lots of questions that get them to think deeper about what they have read.

We need lots of practice with basic facts to 10 and 20, doubling and  halving numbers. This year maths is a focus. Take any opportunity to encourage your child to count backwards, skip count, name shapes or talk about fractions, it will help them make connections and develop their understanding.

This is a good website which covers all areas of maths:

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/math.html

Also go onto Studyladder, I have set basic fact tasks which the children will enjoy completing.

Have fun!

Week 3

Another week has flown by.
The beach trip was fantastic, I put heaps of photos onto the solway school facebook pages because I had so many! Go and have a look if you haven't already!

We have been getting into our maths, reading and writing programmes.
Please read with your children every night, as this will help develop their fluency and through discussions,develop their understanding. Also this week I will send home a sheet to show you what your child needs to work on with their basic facts. Quick basic facts knowledge is the foundation on which your child will build strategies and develop further.
Remember learning needs to be FUN!

making ten - maths game

We have been working on our Waitangi Art

Every friday we glue our kindness notes into our books - we love getting notes!

Riversdale trip

Riversdade trip is still on today! Please come prepared and ready to leave on the bus by 830!
It's going to be a great day
Cheers
Jo Miller

Week two

wow, fun, busy week!

We shared four special things about ourselves and learnt a lot about each other.

We are learning to reflect on our week and make a comment on our reflection board.

It has been so hot! Swimming has been a must to cool down. We are learning to glide, float, kick across the pool.

Look at us go!

Remember we are off to Riversdale on Thursday the 18th. $5 needs to be paid to the office. We need parents for a ratio of 1 to 5. ( you will also need to go in the sea)

It will be a great day!