version of Room 1! 

More photos on the Gallery page.

Finally the year 7's and year 8's unite as one!

We are studying South Africa and the

Commonwealth Games for the 2nd half of term 3.

We are looking at many aspects of the culture and history of

South Africa. 

Here is a short video from the National Geographic Website -

you may learn something new about the fascinating countries 

in Southern Africa.  

HOMEWORK TERM 3:

 HOMEWORK GRID - Many of the activities suggested on the grid are a way of encouraging your child to increase their key competencies.  There is a focus on self-managing, participating and contributing, relating to others and physical exercise.  The spelling and research aspects will be followed up at school and oral language often links to current events - so watching the news and discussing main items will help you child in this area. 

Year 7 & 8 Students need to think about balance when it comes to extra-curricular activities - that way they will be better prepared to handle the work load of year 9 and onwards. 

The main purpose is to develop your childs time management and

self-managing skills.

Each week I will monitor spelling homework and for a part of this term students are working on country studies which they can spend time researching and collecting information for as a part of their homework.  There is alot of class time allowed for these projects also.

Whats Going On For Us This Term?

First we are taking a trip Around the World.  We will be looking at other countries and cultures and taking an up close and personal look at the Countries in the African Continent. 

Miss Gee will be teaching and testing us on our geography knowledge, map and atlas skills and research abilities. 

To see what will will be getting better at pop in and take a look at our Term 3 Learning Journeys...

Get a Voki now!

MAORI LANGUAGE WEEK:

Instructions:

Move forward = Haere ki mua

Move back = Haere ki muri

Turn left = Huri maui

Turn right = Huri matau

WAIATA:

 (Tune:  Kookaburra song.  Song written by Warrant Officer Doug Wallace - Ohakea) - Thanks Papa Doug!

Tui Tui ko ki te rakau ra

Hariharikoa te manawa

Ka katakata Ka katakata

Pai to waiata.

AFRICAN COUNTRY STUDIES:

We have been completing independent country studies.  Some of the countries we have become experts on are:

• Botswana
• Sudan
• Chad
• Ethiopia
• Benin
• Egypt
• Mali
• Ghana
• Seychelles
• Congo
• Zimbabwe
• Libya
• Nigeria
• Togo
• Tanzania
• Kenya
• Morocco
• Cameron
• Esotho
• Swaziland
• Madacascar
• Democratic Republic of Congo

 Miss G is going to test us on where in Africa these countries actually are - she might also ask us their capital cities! 

 AWESOME WEBSITES TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD ON THEIR

LEARNING JOURNEY!

http://www.nzmaths.co.nz

http://www.coolmath-games.com/

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/maths/interactives.php

COMING UP...

Choice Is Yours - health topic focus.

• Healthy body healthy mind
• Healthy choices
• Thinking about the consequences of our choices
• Warrant of Fitness (for our bodies)
• How the body works - muscles, skeleton & organs
• Key Competencies: Managing Self & Relating to Others.

LIFE EDUCATION TRAVELLING CLASSROOM

Room 1 and Room 8 went through the Life Education Bus together.  We were able to partner up and

have awesome discussions about health and nutrition.  The main focus for our sessions was WOF!

It compared our bodies to a car and a car needing a Warrant Of Fitness to be able to function well

and safely).

Here is a link for you to find out more about the Life Education Trust Travelling Classroom.

DARE TO MAKE A CHOICE!

Wow - we have learnt an enormous amount thanks to Constable Hayden!  From answering a huge number of questions we had about Drugs, Alcohol and The Law.  Most lessons focused around the temptations and choices we will be presented with in the future.  The next 3-4 years will be full of opportunities for us to grow as people and take steps towards our future goals.  The main messages have been:

EVERY CHOICE WE MAKE HAS A CONSEQUENCE - ITS UP TO US WHETHER OR NOT THESE CHOICES KEEP US ON A PATH TOWARDS OUR GOALS OR TAKE US AWAY FROM THEM.   

THE FRIENDS WE CHOOSE TO HANG OUT WITH CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO REACH OUR LIFE LONG GOALS.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHOICES WE MAKE INVOLVING LEGAL ACTIONS AND THE ONES WE MAKE INVOLVING ILLEGAL ACTIONS.  IF WE TOOK 10 SECONDS TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT THE NEXT ACTION WE MAY JUST CHANGE OUR MINDS. 

At home you can try out our ability to use either a Passive, Assertive or Aggressive response to peer pressure.  

If you give us a scenario we can act out appropriate responses - this might help us deal with tough choices in the future. 

 

MATHS/NUMERACY:

Maths Strands for Term 2 are:

Measurement - Time and Temperature

Some of the things we will be focusing on is using measuring tools accurately eg: stopwatches, thermometres, rulers, protractors.

Try out this website and play "The Ruler Game"

bit.ly/rulergame

Geometry - Position and Orientation

For this we will focus on map reading, using scale maps, calculating distance, using an atlas and grid work.

The following link has many fun maths games which will support new learning and help students practice loads of maths skills.  They are interactive and some of them can be set up as challenges against other people.  How do you fancy your chances in a maths challenge against your child?  A great way to pass a few hours on a grotty Sunday afternoon! 

Shodor Maths Games and Activities

We also have 4 weeks where we will be studying Number and Algebra and this will include revising and extending our knowledge of number strategies.  We will be cross grouped for this and that means one teacher will teach a specific level and we will move to work with students on a similar level to us so we can problem solve together. 

 Homework Grids for you to go straight to:

Term 2:

Week 1 & 2

Week: 3 & 4

Week: 6 & 7

This is an excellent Website for students to get homework help and ideas. It has heaps of fun activities too!

www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/