Room 4 Newsletter: Term 1, Week 1
Wednesday 1st
February, 2017
Welcome to Room 4
and our new-look Year 4 & Year 5 class. I look forward to us all getting to
know each other over the next days and weeks.
Important dates
coming up:
*Monday
6th February - Waitangi Day. School closed.
*Tuesday
7th February – Swimming Programme begins.
*Wednesday
8th February – 5.30 pm: Meet the Teachers Evening.
*School
Mass – at this stage we are looking at Sunday 19th February, 9 am.
Please mark this date on your calendar.
*Tuesday
28th February – Swimming Sports (morning).
*Ash
Wednesday – 1st March.
*Thursday
2nd March, 1.30 pm – NZ Playhouse Performance.
Homework:
Our homework
programme will begin next week, with Monday normally the day that a homework task
(or tasks) will come home. Homework will be due in on Fridays.
Technology:
This term we will be learning to design and build a wooden structure
suitable for use in our school’s outdoor garden.
If you know of someone with carpentry skills who would like to assist us
to work with one small group of children at a time, especially to use tools
like a hammer, nails and a saw, please let me know as soon as possible. We are
aiming to do our Technology and Garden Project on a Monday afternoon throughout
Term 1.
Room 4 Curriculum
Links for our Technology Project:
Enviro: Contribute to
the growth, maintainance, and enhancement of our School Garden.
Health: Use fresh garden produce to make our own
soup.
R.E: Exercise our duty to care for creation through small daily actions and
changes in lifestyle.
Writing: Write a Procedure. Plan, record and write up a
process.
ICT: Use digital technology to report on our
group’s Technology process.
I trust that you
have all had a safe and relaxing break, and I look forward
to working with
you and your child in Room 4 this year. J
Regards, Markelle
Ward
