Term 4

Welcome back to Term 4. We have a busy term ahead of us beginning with Lamb & Calf day this Thursday. Therefore we will be busy preparing for the displays for our classroom over the next 3 days. We will also be working on our end of year concert item and we hope to have our idea organised by the end of week 2, which will give everyone a chance to sort costumes and practice lines. 

Homework will be a little different for this term. All children will continue their reading and spelling as per normal. For maths children will be given a strategy/knowledge sheet that will be completed throughout the week. If you have any questions regarding homework, or you are wanting your child to receive extra homework please come in and see me.

Over the next 5 weeks Room 4 will be completing their final assessments for the year which will assist with completing their end of year report.

If you have any questions regarding the upcoming term please feel free to come in and see me.

Taranaki X-Country

It was a great pleasure to take our school runners to the annual Taranaki X-Country in Hawera yesterday. All our runners performed really well with special mentions to Emily Forsyth who was our schools top finisher with a 6th placing in the 13year old girls race. A big congratulations to Kyah, Caro, Tiani, and Bethany who won the 9 year girls relay race. 

X-Country 2014

Thanks again to Mr Bloor for another fantastic video on our School Cross-country. The weather even managed to hold off for us.

Market Day Video

Market Day Fun Day from Kolynn Tai on Vimeo.

We had a fantastic market day last Thursday. Room 4 managed to sell all their products they made and the children really enjoyed learning about repurposing. Here is an iMovie made by Quade which shows our Market Day.

Argument Writing

Over the past month Room 4 have been look at persuasive writing. Children have been learning about the structure of this genre and also how to provide quality reasons that support their standpoint. Our last topic was 'iPads in Classrooms. Students have put their finished arguments on their blog and we will be using this topic to learn about debates. We will be posting video clips of our classroom debates on the blog when we have finished.

Maths in Room 4

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Mackenna, Ebony from Kolynn Tai on Vimeo.

Quads from Kolynn Tai on Vimeo.

In maths the squares group have been working on adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators. Children are learning to use factors of numbers to help find the lowest common denominator. Here are a couple of our students showing how they add and subtract fractions with different denominators.

Repurposing in Room 4

Room 4 creating from Kolynn Tai on Vimeo.

Our group have been creating recycled cards for our repurposed item. Here is our video of how we create recycled cards. These colour cards we are doing are purple.

One of Room 4's groups are making recycled cards for their repurposed item. This is their video they made about how to make purple recycled cards.