Year 4, 5 & 6 2025 - Week 9

Week 9

Aroha

Being a role model for our teina

(younger students)

We will achieve this by:

Knowing and following the school rules at all times
Knowing that our younger students follow what we do, so make sure we do good things
Using kōrero pai all the time - especially when playing games, put ups only
Helping our teina make good choices in the playground by giving them good advice
Congratulating people when they do well, even when you don't
Doing what is right even when teachers or adults aren't around and especially in front of our teina
Listen to your heart, and be true to yourself, ignore friends that are trying to make you do the wrong thing - they aren't true friends if they go against what you KNOW is right

Success Indicator:

Our teina will learn the right way to behave at Waitara East
They won't have so many fights or arguments

Here's our cleaning list for the end of term. Many hands make light work!

This will be completed over ONE block.

End of Term 2 jobs to do in the classroom:

Each morning we will get our brains moving by learning and practicing small things. It will make us smarter!

This week's Maths Vocabulary

Dec - This is a morpheme that means ten. Decimal - a number system based on 10s.

Decimal Numbers - Decimal numbers are also called decimal fractions. For example: 3.14 This is read as Three POINT one four. (Not three point fourteen).

Decimal Point - A decimal point separates whole numbers from decimal fractions. Everything after the point is LESS THAN ONE WHOLE. So 0.5 is only half of one. 0.75 is 3/4 of one whole.

Independent Work

If you have done ALL your mahi, then you can do these activities (not when doing "can do" sessions).

PROTOTEC - Start at a lower level to get your brains going, then go up to the next level to push yourself. Try to get at least 90% correct, keep on trying!
PRACTICE CHAMPS CARDS - Do one card for the day. Don't do the same card twice. Note: The QR codes do NOT work on these.
MATHS BUDDY - When you have finished your ACTIVE TASKS (must be done first) then try the Weekly Revision.
POLYMATH - Play by yourself! Choose home if the option comes up.

Ako/Learn: We are learning to:

Identify the key points in non-fiction articles
Summarise the key points in our own words in the correct order
Locate and summarise ideas by skimming or scanning, by identifying key words, topic sentences and key questions, or by using subheadings
Identify parts of a newspaper article (like headline, byline)

Hanga/Create:

Pick the correct day and go into the slide deck
Choose your article - what type?
Write up your key points and summarise on the Kiwi Kids News Sheets
Who is your audience? Remember, they have not read this article and need to know all the key points about what happened.