Week 7 Term 3

Today is the first day of Spring-Yippee! Let's hope the warm sunny weather is not too far away.
It will be a busy week for our Junior school this week and we are looking forward to seeing their Production.
I was really impressed with the high standard of your calendar art Room 4 and I know your families will want to order them. They will make great gifts to give to people at Xmas. I have handed these in to the office if any of your families want to preview them, just ask Mrs Bayer or Mrs Taylor. Please remind them to be careful with them though so the pastel doesn't get smudged.
The Art exhibition is next week so make sure your families pencil it in on their calendars.

HOMELEARNING
Our main focus is on writing a BOOK REVIEW this week. I want you to have a look at our school LIC wikispaces site. Click here https://bbpslibrary.wikispaces.com/Reviews .On the Reviews page you can visit Room 2's book reviews. There are also two other places you can look at. One of them is very helpful at explaining how to write a book review and the other site is a school in England where children have written their own reviews. First of all choose a Fiction book and read it thoroughly or it may be one you have already read. We really want to know your opinion of the book so others can decide whether or not it would be suitable for them to read. I will be getting you to add your reviews to our Library Wikispaces site later on.
You will also have some pages to do from your Dragon Maths book. The other thing I would like you to do is to add to your own blog and make a positive comment on someone else's blog. If you haven't yet made a blog have a look at the ideas on the others. Ask at school if you need help with something.
We do not have PHYS.ED with Mr Whatman until Thursday this week so remember your Whanau gear then.
Have a super sunny week everyone :)

Homelearning week 6.

Hello Room 4 I have decided to post your home learning on our blog this week. Well done those of you who have written comments on the blog!
Your home learning is web-based this week and it ties in with our study of Matariki, our Bookweek activities, and for Maths you need to spend some time on Mathletics and an activity on the Wick-Ed site called "Flitting with Fractions".
I know you will have lots of fun having a go at these activities. This a is a new way of getting you to do home learning so we will talk about the pros and cons during the week. It means your parents need to be able to let you access your home computer. I hope this is possible for everyone.
Okay-here is what you need to do. Go to www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/multi_choice/archive.php#
Go to 'New Zealand' and click on "Matariki". Follow the instructions, answer the questions as best you can then see how you scored.
Click on the 'Interactives' button, find "Matariki" and follow the instructions in English.
Have a look at the 'Books' (also on the Interactive button-go to the bottom of the page) and click on the 'Harry Potter' activities. You might want to do the 'Lord of the Rings' activity as well if you have time.
Click on the 'Maths' button and click on "Flitting with Fractions". You will need to watch the Demo first.
Click on the 'Cool Kiwis' button. Go to 'More Cool Kiwis' and find "Janice Marriott-Author". Read the interview with her and answer these questions by writing them in your Homelearning book.
1. Name 4 books written by Janice Marriott.
2.Who are her favourite authors?
3.According to Janice what does it take to be an author?
4.What does she think is the best thing about being an author?
5.How old was she when she wrote her first chapter book?
6.What does she most admire in people?
7. Who is Arlo?
I will put a link to the site on the right of the blog in our Favourite sites spot.
That's it for this week but remember you also need to have your spelling tested on Thursday and read each night. Keas group-you don't have much time left to read your NZ Author books so persevere with them.
Our exciting news is that our Interactive Whiteboard is being fitted on Tuesday so we will be able to use it when we share and discuss your answers to your homelearning on Friday.
We are off to the museum on Tuesday so remember to bring a suitable lunch in a named plastic bag with a named drink bottle and something for morning tea that is easy to eat.
On Thursday our awesome SCHOLASTIC BOOKFAIR opens in the LIC. There will be lots of books for you to have a look at and buy.
Have a great week everyone:) Mrs Mac.