Jump Rope For Heart

Today we all had a great time rotating around different skipping activities. Our skipping has improved dramatically! 

Year 3/4 Performance Notice

Wednesday 12^th August

Dear Parents/Caregivers in the Year 3/4 team,

Our whole school production “Twisted: A Magical Mix of Fairytales” is coming up. The Year 3/4 team are performing The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

For our performance to have the right look we are asking if you could please make a donation of $2 which will go towards costuming, staging and make-up. Please return this to your classroom teacher by next Tuesday 18^th August.

Also could you please look at the following list and if you have anything suitable you would be happy to give or lend we would appreciate it being brought in to school by next Tuesday also.

1. THINGS THAT YOU WOULD OTHERWISE THROW OUT 

(i.e. We won’t be giving them back)

·      Plain t-shirts (NO writing or pictures) Colours: black, white, brown or grey...they can range in size from a little bit small through to baggy.

·      Damaged thick dark tights or pantyhose (the more opaque the better) – These can be adult or kid sized.

·      Damaged dark leggings, or jeans.

·      ANY SIZED Old grey, brown or black jerseys, scarves, cardigans, beanies or socks (doesn’t matter how many holes they have)

·      Fake fur stuff

·      Kids sized old trainers / converse boots / boots – the shabbier the better

·      Any sized old belts, dressing gown ties, and pieces of rope (at least 1m long), skipping ropes

·      Any ‘had it’ tulle skirts that are not wanted any longer

·      Old pillows and pillow slips

·      Old stretched hair bands

PLEASE TURN OVER…

2. THINGS THAT YOU’RE HAPPY TO LET US USE FOR REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES (i.e. the next 6 weeks)...or let us keep permanently. We will look after them as best we can but please no precious stuff.

If you want them back: PLEASE NAME CLEARLY WITH YOUR CHILD’S NAME & ROOM NUMBER (They will not necessarily be allocated to your child).

NOTE: All the following should be in “dirty” colours – i.e. no bright or neon colours.

·      Any sized long-sleeved or short-sleeved T-shirts, or Tank-tops, Vests.

·      Sleeping bags or blankets.

·      Tea-towels and aprons

·      Any sized jerseys, scarves, cardigans, beanies or socks

·      Leggings or thermal leggings (boys or girls)

·      Baggy shorts or trousers

·      Belts – any size, please name on back

·      Hoodies, sleeveless jackets

·      Skirts, Dresses (no prints or brandnames)

Also if you are willing and able to help with costume preparation (no experience necessary) could you please contact Jenny Cunningham on circleworksdesign@gmail.com as soon as possible. Jenny is coordinating the costumes for our performance.

Kind regards,

Robyn, Andrea, Rachel and Andrew

Last Friday's Book Parade Dress-ups!

Sensational Skipping

Today we had an afternoon of skipping fun in preparation for our Jump Rope for Heart day

Term 3 news

Welcome back to Term Three.

This term we have decided to send our newsletter home via the blog rather than on paper.

A special welcome to Julia Chapman and her family. Julia joined Room 10 at the end of Term Two. Also a special thank you to the parents who have been helping with Reading groups since the beginning of the year. Your help is hugely appreciated.

Term Three is a busy one with our whole school production during Week Nine. The theme of the production is Fairy tales and to coincide with this our BookWeek theme is also Fairy tales. Next week is BookWeek and there will be a parade on Friday where the children are encouraged to dress up as their favourite fairy tale or nursery rhyme character.

What we are learning this term:

English - Reading and Writing Narratives, and Poetry recitation

(We have been using the picture above as a prompt for writing.)

Maths - Measurement, Multiplication and Division, and Fractions
Arts - Drama, Visual Art and preparing for the Production
Sports - Hockey and Basketball

What's on...

A Visit from the Christchurch Library - 27th July
Maui production - 6th August
Book Week - Week Three - 3rd - 7th August
Jump Rope for Heart - 26th August
Production Week - Week 9 - 14th- 18th September

Keep an eye on the newsletter and of course this blog.

Kind regards,
Robyn Lean

Market day movie

Click on the link below to see a great movie put together by Mr Osborn, of our market day activities. What a great term of learning about money!

"https://www.youtube.com/embed/yZUW8k49lNg" 

Netball with Room 17 super netball stars

Today we had a great session of netball with some excellent tutors and coaches from Room 17. They were superb and we had a great time learning skills.

Scarlett P's description

My mum is friendly and kind and she is my only mum. Her hair is brown as chocolate. her face is pink as roses. She is tall as a door and wears usually black and white clothes.In the past my mum has done lot's of job's like being a whatruse .She loves to talk about all storts of things .We love jumping on the trampoline.She loves makeing fun and doing fun things like a new library.My mum is graet because she loves me and I love her.You would love her too.

Room 10 are writing about instructions!

Goal/Introduction
Instructions are for helping other people know what they're going to do. We have written different instructions about lots of different things, for example - getting ready for school, how to read to self, how to brush your teeth, how to draw a body, how to make a paper dart, how to draw a dog, how to draw a cartoon character and how to make a braided bracelet.

Things you need to do
-You need a title
-You need to have a goal at the beginning saying what the aim is
-Materials/ingredients/things you need
-Steps you take.
-We have to number the steps so we know which order to go in.
-We need to write instructions with nouns, adjectives and present tense verbs.
-You need to use proper sentences with capital letters and full stops.
-You could have pictures to show what it will look like especially if you are writing instructions for drawing.
-If you are leaving instructions for a pet-sitter for example, you would need to give detailed instructions on how much food to feed them, and how many times a day, and how much water to give them, and how much time you walk them each day.
-You have to know a lot about the thing you are writing instructions about

Conclusion
Some places we use instructions or read instructions are...
-Recipe books
-Games like board games
-On signs like Hazard signs for construction sites
-Lego instructions for putting it together
-Going to put a table together - kit set
-Getting a new TV to work
-In a Craft book
-To sew something together from a pattern
-Instructions to use fishing equipment and go fishing
-How to put something together like a battery operated toy, or a bike or unicycle
-Put together a scooter
-Instructions on how to make instructions (Tomas being funny)
-How to tune a piano
-Builders need plans to make a house
-How to put a bunk bed together
-How to put a garden shed together
-How to put a chair together
-How to set something up
-How to put a dollhouse together
-Science experiments
-How to play an instrument
-How to build a netball hoop
-How to put a trampoline together
-How to grow a vege garden
-Seed packets, growing and caring for plants
-How to play mine craft
-How to tune any instrument
-How to put a fake tattoo on your arm
THERE ARE MANY PLACES WE SEE INSTRUCTIONS AND WE DON'T ALWAYS READ THEM PROPERLY!!
We all contributed to this writing today, hope you enjoy it :)