HELLO THERE EVERYBODY ....

Well, the weather has definitely taken a turn for the worse...maybe it has something to do with Roisin returning from her big Swiss adventure???? (I'm joking Roisin. It's great to have you back)


The term is flying by, it's hard to believe it's Week 3 already! We've been busy in class, starting learning some new multiplication and division strategies, writing narratives, planning our iMovies, planning our Habits of Mind posters for the school, enjoying the Olympics, getting stuck into some Football Literacy (with Tim Bush from Mainland Football every Thursday) and are about to start thinking like frogs...


Speaking of the Olympics, Mrs. Warren has our own STA Games planned for Week 11. Also, I plan to have our own wee inter-class 'fun' Olympic Games with Room 23 and Mrs. Ford's class next week. 


CLASS LEADERS
Congratulations to Cullen and Ben. Cullen has been elected the new Class Chair and Ben our Deputy Chair. They're getting the hang of running our 'vocal' weekly class meetings! Class Meetings are held every Thursday and it's a chance for the Room 27 to discuss a number of things. Have a read of our Class Minutes. 


CAMP
A big thank you to those parents who put their name's forward to be camp helpers this year. Once again, we had a great response. Mr. McKenzie has notified those parents who were both successful and unsuccessful in the ballot. Speaking of camp, now could be a good time to get your kids to help 'raise' the fund for our camp at Hanmer Springs. The costs haven't been confirmed yet, but will be in the vicinity of $130. The activities at Hanmer include; walking, cycling, orienteering and others that use the local area. There's not long to go now - Week 3 of Term 4!


B.D.O
We have booked Ten Pin Bowling for the last week of the term and the cost for this, and buses, will be taken from the Term 3 Activity Costs. Any money that is left over will go towards camp costs.


HOME LEARNING
Expectations of spelling, reading and basic facts are still in place. Please make sure that your child completes this each night (Monday to Thursday), without doing the work for them. Please record their success with a tick () or a cross () in the space provided. For those who would like more work for their children, the Team Up website is what I'd recommend - teamup.co.nz. Also, the class blog has lots of links to fun educational sites.


WEEKLY QUIZ
Each week we'll be doing a quiz. You'll be able to view the quiz by clicking on the link at the top of the blog. See if you can beat the your child's score!


IMPORTANT DATES
Week 5:   Zone Winter Tournament
Week 6:   School Assembly
Week 7:   Central Winter Tournament
Week 8:   Class Poetry Competition
Week 9:   School Assembly
               Syndicate Poetry Competition
Week 10: Talent Quest 'prelims'
Week 11: Talent Quest Finals
               B.D.O
               STA Games


As always, please contact me if you have any queries about our class programme or your child's learning or behaviour. Speaking of behaviour, check out what Flynn's latest trick is...

Ka kite ano,
Mr. Isherwood