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Photo: Conor and Aiden share their ideas as the work on a joint story for their blog.
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SHARING
LOTS OF laughter , LIFE AND LOVE OF
LEARNING.
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In This Issue - Earthquakes,
absences, winter tournament, homework & photos
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Last week was one of the
most unusual ones I have experienced for quite some time. I was off sick for a couple of days, having a
very sore throat over the weekend.
However I wasn’t the only one, and as the week progressed the numbers of
children in the school rapidly decreased. On Wednesday the school had over 60 pupils
away, and on Thursday over 80 with many others needing to go home during the
day. On Friday our normal class of 26
was down to 12. Today we still only have 18 children, so it
may be a day or two before we are all back to full strength.
But that wasn’t the end of
the disruptions to our week, as there was the earthquake. The children realized what was happening
before I did. We all followed our “Drop,
cover, hold”, got under our desks and acted like turtles. We then evacuated the
classroom in case of aftershocks, and headed to the top field for a head count,
quick when most of the class is absent.
It seems fortuitous that we
did our Natural Disasters unit last term and it adds some practical
understanding, experience, and increased relevance to what we learnt.
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Photo below: Aidan shows the model Ethan and he made last
week to show their ideas about what the future will be like next century.
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This week we continue further work on our Celebration
of the Arts, Statistics, and adding to our blogs. Also you check out the regular Thursday
school newsletters if your child was absent and you missed out on receiving
it. Just go to the school website and
click on the newsletter tab. The latest
newsletter is the top one.
WINTER TOURNAMENT – Our
class photos of some of our players taking part in their chosen sport.
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James and George, two of our Waikanae School hockey players
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Jasmine makes a run but gets ripped by a Paraparaumu Beach player.
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Netball action with Maddie and Liezel
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Duncan makes a tackle on a Kena Kena player in the hockey tournament.
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SPELLING
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Learn the spelling words
for your group.
Write at least 5 of your words into sentences to show that
you understand the meanings of your words. Underline each spelling word in your sentences.
Doing 5 is
good, doing 8 is great, and doing 10 is best! J
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2013 Term 3 Wk 4
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GROUP A
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GROUP B
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1
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assign
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sign
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2
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foreign
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through
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3
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consign
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high
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4
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gnome
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Sight
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5
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reign
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align
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6
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gnat
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design
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7
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gnaw
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straight
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8
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gnash
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Light
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9
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gnarly
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eight
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10
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resign
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weight
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Extension Group
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champagne diaphragm reassignment
consignment campaign feign benign
cologne foreign diaphragm
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The rule: G is silent before m and n, and
sometimes before h ; as in sign, high
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Online game
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For a silent letter crossword try out
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MATHS
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Practice your time
tables. Learn them in this order so
you learn the easiest ones first. 1x
2x 10x 5x
3x 4x 9x
6x 7x 8x
Work on Mathletics or
Sumdog at least 10 minutes per night.
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The Rule. G is silent before m and n,
and sometimes before l; as
in, diaphragm; gnat, feign, consign
READING
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Read for 10 – 15 minutes
each night.
Make sure you record your comments in your reading log.
If you need a
School Journal get one from the green box under the tote trays.
Bring your
library book to school on Thursday.
Ask Mum or Dad
to sign your homework book. Hand it in
for checking on Friday
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Thursday is library day. Please remember to return your library book
so you can get out a new one.
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Hannah teaches Teneka
how to play the Probability Game that her,Jasmine and Drenna created. The game will be added to the other games in
our Maths corner for the class to play.
Classroom
Move
Every
day I am asked “Is today the day for the big shift?
We are very
fortunate to be moving classroom from our current prefab, probably later this
week. Our new classroom that we will be
shifting into is Room 6. The actual
building work is completed and it looks GREAT!
We are waiting
for the finishing touches such as the new ultra short-throw projector, and
sound system. Room 12 and 13 will be
moving into the other two refurbished rooms.
I am hoping that
we will still have access to the old classrooms for any “messy” activities we
do. :-)
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