The Santa Claus Show

We enjoyed going to see the show at The Pumphouse.

Corban Estate Art Centre

We had a great time and all loved the Pasifica Experience at Corban Estate Art Centre.

Shared Lunch - Monday 12 December

Don't forget our shared lunch on Monday!

Boys, please bring a plate of something savoury. Girls, please bring a plate of something sweet.

Fine Motors Group

Well done Liam, Stephen and Monty on all your great work with Mrs Verner in Fine Motor this year. You have all made excellent improvements!

Awards Assembly 2016

Well done Olivia, Codi and Sean for receiving awards at out end of year assembly. Olivia received the Academic award, Codi received the C.A.R.E award and Sean received the Effort award.

Week 8 certificates

Well done Todd for getting a certificate this week! Keep up the hard work!

The Rainbow Serpent

On Friday 2nd December Room 18 had Jacqui come visit and read the Aboriginal Dreamtime story The Rainbow Serpent to us.

After we created some art...

Week 7 Certificates

Week done Cole and Jayden for receiving certificates this week. Keep up the great work in maths!

Week 5 Certificates

Congratulations Natalia and Nick on receiving certificates! You have both been excellent mathematicians this week!

AIA Healthy Kids Challenge

Don't forget to log on to the AIA Healthy Kids Challenge and see how we are doing.... Add your steps too...

http://www.healthykids.kiwi/

Week 4 Certificates

Well done Sean and Taya on your great work this week! Keep it up!

Haiku Poems

Today we learnt about Haiku poems. Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry.
They have 3 lines. The first line has 5 syllables. The second line has 7 syllables and the third line has 5 syllables.

We read some examples...

What Am I?

Soaring through the air.

Wind pushing wings spinning down.

Down, down, down it goes.

Butterflies

Flutter in the sky

On wings of many colours

Land upon flowers

Chocolate Haiku

Crunchy, Chewy, Brown

Heavenly sweetness taste

No more once eaten.


Then we had a go at writing our own...


Rushing through the air
Fly plane as fast as thunder
Waiting to come down.
By Caitlin

Volcanoes sitting
Waiting, waiting to erupt
Lava destruction.
By Olivia

Rushing through the air
Doing loop de loops real fast
Speeding through the air.
By Liam T

Spots as black as night
Wings as fast as motorbikes
Eyes as small as beads.
By Taya



Buzzing through the air
Making honey in their hive
Yummy honey Mmmm.
By Madison

Week 3 certificates

Week done Max and Kale on your certificates this week. Keep up the great work in maths!

Term 4 Week 2 certificates

Well done to Todd and Tessa on their great work so far this term!!

Rangitoto Term 4 Newsletter

	Rangitoto Team   Term 4, 2016  (9 1/2 weeks) Joanne Northover (Team Leader)   - Room 15, Year 2         jnorthover@torbay.school.nz Jenny Southward - Room 16, Year 2                                  jsouthward@torbay.school.nz Sarah Kilkolly - Room 17, Year 2 & 3                                 skilkolly@torbay.school.nz Ingrid Cooper – Room 18, Year 2                                       icooper@torbay.school.nz
Optimising Learning Brain Food - Children enjoy and need to eat regular snacks. Reminder, brain food snacks include small bite size pieces of pre-cut fruit and vegetables, dried fruit, plain unsalted popcorn.  It should be able to popped into mouths straight away so children can continue working.  Brain food needs to be in named small sealed containers or re-sealable plastic bags in the classroom before the 8.55am bell each morning.   Water - Water is very important.  Please ensure your child has a named water bottle.     Uniform and personal belongings - Please check and rename everything clearly. Please ensure that your child has a Torbay School hat and sunblock in their bag this term.
We are learning to show C.A.R.E. Commitment Aroha Respect/Responsibility Excellence               Commit to learning – at school and at home Aroha – caring for ourselves, others and the environment. Respect – showing respect to myself, others and the environment. Responsibility – being responsible for myself, my actions, my belongings and my environment. Excellence – always aim for excellence in learning, achieving and behaviour. USE YOUR WITS Walk away Ignore them Tell someone Say how you feel		Welcome to Term 4, After such a wet and stormy couple of weeks we are back at school and ready for the warm sunny weather to begin.   Thank you for supporting our Art Exhibition.  We had a lot of positive feedback and the children thoroughly enjoyed the process of creating art to exhibit.   Special welcome to Allee Overmyer, a student teacher from the U.S.A. who is joining our team this term and will be based in Room 17. Remember that school begins at 8.55am.  Please ensure your child is there at least 5-10  minutes before this so they can prepare for the day and chat with their friends.   Homework on class blogs – Fortnightly Please check our class blogs for notices, information and what is happening in classrooms. We have loads of lovely photos.   Oral Language Reporting - Term timetable and topic on class blogs Learning in Rangitoto Team for Term 4 This term, the big idea behind all our learning is Reading Around the World.  What are the similarities or differences between books/stories from around the world?   Mathematics    -  Addition, Subtraction, multiplication, division (as                           Appropriate for child’s level)                           Proportions and ratio                           Measurement (mass and capacity)                           Reviewing fractions, length and Geometry.                                 Writing            -  Recounts and Instructional writing Reading          -   Reading skills, fluency, retelling and understanding Oral Language -  Presenting poems and News reporting (see class blog). Inquiry Topic     -  Reading Around the world.  Children will be exposed to Social Science  - Stories from a wide range of cultures and complete & Literacy            Activities based on these.         P.E.                     -  Gymnastics and athletics.  Fitness skipping and running. IMPORTANT DATES… October 10th            Term 4 begins October 17th            Reports for children with Term 4 birthdays October 24th            Public Holiday - Labour Day, School Closed November 2nd        Year 3 - zoo trip November 16th       Corban’s Art Centre - Theme - Pasifika       December 1st          Cultural Festival December 5th        Year 2 Pumphouse Theatre - The Santa Claus Show December 15th        Last day of school 2016

Supporting your child in a BIG way. If you want to give you child extra learning support for Term 4.  Here are our suggestions and the order that children learn.   Maths (Children need to know the following instantly) Basic addition facts up to ten. Basic addition facts up to twenty. Basic subtraction facts up to ten. Basic subtraction facts up to twenty. Learning about fractions and equal sharing - this is great fun when you are cooking or sharing between siblings. Learning to measure things.  First choose a type of measure ie. footsteps,  Estimate and then measure.     Talk about, shapes, sort them into groups and give reasons for your decisions.

When you ask your child “What did you do at school today?” Do they answer “I played with my friends or I ate my lunch”. Try asking another type of question… What did you learn in reading today? What important things did you learn from this? How did you learn this? What was your goal in …………...? What did you need help with? What really made you think? What did you find easy?  Why was it easy? Explain how you could improve this? What did you find difficult? Why did you choose these as your next learning goals? What other things would you like to learn about?

Spelling Spelling words will come home each week Say the word Sound the word Spell the word aloud Cover the word Write the word without looking Check the word ***repeat for next word If you get it wrong write it five times and try again.	Reading Read a wide range of texts from home, school, second hand shops, libraries. Read fiction and non-fiction. Read to your child so that they can listen and see you reading.   Share the reading of a book. IMPORTANT Ask your child to retell the text in their own words. Encourage your child to retell in sequence. Ask questions that need to be answered with information from the book. If unsure, encourage them to find the answer in the book. Ask questions that involve them giving personal opinions, e.g. Why do you think…..     How do you know ……. What would you do if this happened to you?
Ball skills - throwing and catching.	Keeping fit - Practise coordination by skipping.
TeReo -    Te huarere (The weather) http://hereoora.tki.org.nz/Unit-plans/Unit-4-Te-huarere	Climbing, balancing, hitting balls, jumping and landing.