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Quote: " Children are like popcorn, some pop early, some pop later. We cannot expect everyone to perform the same way because they are a certain age, we grow differently, we come from different families."

Photo's from our Japanese students' visit - Tuesday 7 August 2012



Ukulele sessions with Paul Hayes

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Olympics Inquiry:

Kia Ora this week Matua Dylan starts with Room 10 for the next 7 weeks. Matua Dylan comes with many skills which we will be utilising. Matua Dylan has experience teaching students of all ages. Today we will be having visitors from Japan.Thank you for the many parents who have volunteered to come to camp in September. Decision will be made by Tuesday, if you miss out you are more than welcome to come and help out during the day.

Thank you again to Paul Hayes who has been working really hard with our Ukulele group we are looking forward to the workshops and festival in September.

Our study on the Olympics continue with students concentrating on writing quality questions and using keywords to search for information.

This term is important for students to develop skills which help them become more independent. Our curriculum calls this Key Competency: **Managing Self**. Task are often given out in the class and the students ability to organise themselves is important for completion of their work to ensure they do not miss out. You can help by giving them opportunities at home to complete task by themselves.

We have open accounts with Studyladder, Reading Eggs, Zoomerang and Twiducate. All these programmes are to support students in their learning. If your child wants extra work during the weekend Studyladder and Reading Eggs are ideal. Students also have their spelling words to learn during the week.


 * Basic facts knowledge is vital for students in Year 4/5 please spend time with your child learning their basic facts as this will help them solve more complex problems. **

[|www.tutpup.com] is an awesome site for students to learn their times tables.


 * Student engagement ** continues to be a focus at Levin North. This term students in the middle school have been responsible for selecting class readers and these have been purchased to ensure students are enjoying reading. (These readers can be taken home.)

Curiosity, imagination and creativity are key areas of development in Room 10. //Our **Key C**//**ompetencies** continue to contribute to our learning, relating to others, participating and managing self are important for student learning. These competencies occur in reading, writing, maths, physical education and the arts. In room 10 risk taking and trying our best (giving things a go) is very important.

//If you are looking for ideas to help you child with maths check out maths ideas to use at home. Don't forget the junk mail we get in the mail is great for rounding and adding. Cards and dice are awesome to use, especially adding and multiplying//

Maths is about having a range of different strategies to solve problems.

Click Site Below giving information about the Ukulele Festival on 1 Saturday September.


 * Don't forget to listen to your child read. It is important to do this to help develop there reading skills especially their vocabulary. **
 * Spelling list:Click on spelling for spelling lists. **



This weeks Research Question?

// Homework : Spelling Basic Facts Reading//

[] [] [] [] [] [] [] [|http://history-nz.org/maori9.html#creation]
 * //Sites of the week://**

[] [] [] [|http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/timet...] [] Place Value [] [] [] Maths:Skippers [] [] []

//**Events**// //**Monday:**// //**Tuesday: Japanese visitors pm**// //**Wednesday:**// //**Thursday**://
 * Friday**

//**WALTs**// Learn new kupu for classroom objects. Tell the time in minutes and hours. Retell a legend. Write level 4/4 research question. Recap Success criteria for Recount. Complete Success criteria for Wiki Page

//http://mathslevinnorth.wikispaces.com/Basic+fact+Game//





My email address: hoani@levinnorth.school.nz