Manākitanga

Korero pai i ngā wā katoa. Whakaaro pai ki ngā tangata katoa.

Speak good things all the time.

We will achieve this by:

Thank others for helping us
Help others whenever we can
Complimenting people on their work, their behaviour, their good sportsmanship
Talking positively about everything to everyone and keeping moans to ourselves
Knowing that not everyone thinks the way we do and that is ok
Respecting others and the way they are feeling
Using kind words that make people feel great - kōrero pai
Keeping bad words out of our mouths and our discussions
Keep our hands and feet to ourselves

Success Indicator:

We will better know ourselves and what we can do to help ourselves and others
Our class will be calmer and more controlled helping us to learn better
We will feel respected and cared for when people speak to us using kind words
We can continue to improve and develop our reputation in a positive way
When you help someone, you will feel proud of yourself and they will feel proud of you
We will be thanked for our thoughtfulness
We will feel safe and happy in our personal space

Secret Santa

$5 limit
If you are a boy you buy a boy's present
If you are a girl you buy a girl's present
Bring in by Thursday 15th of December when we will hand them out
Pop them under the Christmas Tree

2023 - New tamariki coming into our class!

Next year we will have 10 new students. 5 of them will be year 4! We will need to realise that these kids are younger and need more awhi from us.

We are going to create a slideshow to show them how great it is to be in the seniors in Kōtare so they aren't scared to come up and visit us.

We need to include:

What is cool about being in the senior block
A bit about the teachers in the seniors (not all scary!)
Some of the rules we have in the seniors (which are actually the SAME as the ones the middles have, but they just don't know that)
Where they can't go around the senior block (our planted area)
That we go to the BIG pools for swimming
We have jobs to do for the rest of the school - fruit, sports shed etc
Anything else fun you can think of!
Our job is to make them feel welcome and not scared to come up and join us! Teach them about the seniors!

We will also have them up for an afternoon to have some fun with us. What will we do in our class with them? Can you think of ideas? Come up with a plan of activities we could do to help them settle in with us.

Copy of Computational Thinking Xmas Activities

Have some computational thinking fun.

Reading Groups

Kokako

Amiria, Abby, Kahlia, Nevaeh, Becca, Maurice, DeAndre, Jakeh, Erina, Victoria.

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Kiwi

Kruze, Jackson, Aryah, Dontay

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Kereru

Catiele, Jakob, Hudson, Rawiri, Tikalasi, Zane

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Kea

Cassius, Charlotte, William, Saxtyn

Magō Digital Activities

We are learning to read a text and find information in the text.

Magō - the whale shark! Here's a story about a visit by a whale shark.

Copy the slide show on Magō and save it to your Literacy Folder. Remember to rename it with your initials.
Complete page 1 - what do you already know?
Then read the article and answer the questions about the story. All the answers are in the story. Go back and re-read it to find the answers. Do not google the answers, they are only from the text. Write the answers in your own words. Don't guess the answers, they are in the text. All the questions are about the text.

Sharks Digital Activities

We are learning to read a text and find information in the text.

Sharks!

Copy the slide show on Sharks and save it to your Literacy Folder. Remember to rename it with your initials.
Complete page 1 - what do you already know?
Then read the article and answer the questions about sharks. All the answers are in the article. Go back and re-read it to find the answers. Do not google the answers, they are only from the text. Write the answers in your own words. Don't guess the answers, they are in the text. All the questions are about the text.

Independent Work - in any order this week

TIMES TABLE ONLINE - complete all the activities (before you practice using the games) for the 7 times table. Get your certificate for ALL of the times tables.
PROTOTEC - Start at level 3. Try to get at least 90% correct, keep on trying!
MATHS BUDDY - MUST FINISH ALL the lessons. If it says continue to next lesson - you continue. There is MORE THAN ONE lesson!
WORKSHEETS - will be given to you by Whaene Vicki when you come up to her. These are to be done STRAIGHT AWAY if you get one.
MATHS BUDDY - Weekly Review. Use Google and your friends to work out the answers!

Whaene Vicki will call your group up to work with her during this time.

Persuasive writing

Can you convince someone that you are right about something? Do you have evidence to back it up? Do you sound knowledgeable so that people listen to you? How persuasive can you be? Will people believe you? How do you get people to see your point of view?

We are learning to write persuasively.

Copy of Persuasive Writing

Spelling Practice

Click on the picture to access Spelling Shed.

PRACTICE EVERY DAY.

When you earn enough honeypots, you can change your Avatar on FRIDAYS ONLY, not during the week.

Week 6 - Challenge words

Week 7, 8, 9 & 10 - Revision

Learning to Type

Using our chromebooks, we need to practice our typing. Whaene Vicki can type WITHOUT looking! This is called touch typing. You have to practice a lot to get to that stage, but you can get better and USE MORE THAN ONE FINGER if you practice just a little bit!

Click HERE for the Typing Club!

Your username is your first name and 22. For example: vicki22

Your password is: waitaraeast