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.

AIA Healthy Kids Challenge - Please join us!!!

Dear Parents

You may know that our class is participating in the AIA Healthy Kids Challenge in Term 4. It's a fun virtual adventure around the globe, led by rugby star Cory Jane and his special guests. We all create our own little avatars and each child will receive a free pedometer to count steps in the real world that will move our team around the online race track. As our steps move us to a new destination, we see a video of our class of avatars exploring with Cory and getting some healthy tips too.

We need your help too! We'd love you to get involved so you can support and encourage your child to get moving more often and help us get more entries into the draw to win one of 20 $1000 AIA sporting grants for our school and one of 50 Huawei tablets for our classrooms. Simply join the Parents Class Team and count your steps to help move your team around the same course as the kids. Race against other parents teams, get active with your child and have some fun along the way.

Click this link: https://register.healthykids.kiwi/SetupParent1.aspx?team_id=8694&checksum=431025C6A368351E032BC6B55B55C303

You will get an email confirming your place and letting you know what to do next. To find out more go to https://www.healthykids.kiwi and read the Parents section of the website.

Kind regards,

Ingrid Cooper

Term 4 Oral Language

Oral Language…...…. Room 18……….…. News Groups

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Tessa Caitlin Stephen Cole Liam T.	Julia Codi Madison Liam C. Jayden Charlie	Natalia Imogen Kale Monty Max	Kyla Olivia Taya Nick Andrew	Emily Ella Todd Sean Jamie

Weeks  1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5
Topic Share your holiday news.	Topic Share a book from or about another culture.	Topic Practise and present a poem	Topic Practise and present a poem	Topic Share a non-fiction book. Retell some information in your own words.
Goals I am learning to project my voice to an audience.	Goals I am learning to project my voice to an audience.	Goals Read in a clear steady voice to show that you have practised. Make you voice interesting,by using expression. Project your voice to the audience, so everyone can hear you.	Goals Read in a clear steady voice to show that you have practised. Make you voice interesting,by using expression. Project your voice to the audience, so everyone can hear you.	Goals I am learning to explain why I think this is interesting.
Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Topic Share an event or  tradition that is special to your family culture.	Topic Share a physical activity you do with your family. Explain why it is important.	Topic Share something from current events that you are interested in. Tell us the 5 w’s	Topic Share information about your family Christmas or plans for the Summer holidays.	No news this week Remember School finishes on Thursday 15th December
Goals I am learning to listen to other people’s ideas.	Goals I am learning to speak at a steady pace.	Goals I am learning to project my voice to an audience.	Goals I am learning to speak in a clear and steady voice.