Term 3 Flyer!

Hi All,

Term 3 has started off with a hiss and a roar with the Museum Sleepover, the children had an awesome time with the butterflies and the Animal Attic night walk which seemed to be the favourite. They LOVED sleeping in discovery world and enjoyed the chatter before bed time (as you do)! Thank you very much to all those who attended as well, it was great getting to know you all better, and seeing the children sparkle around you all.

We are doing an Inquiry this term called 'We all fit together'. It is an inquiry based on the Olympics but we a specifically looking at team work, perseverance, reliability, self motivation, different cultures that are in the Olympics, history of the Olympics and asking the question "Is the spirit of Olympics still alive?"

Our Key Understandings are:

1. The making of new friendships and the sharing of different cultures are more important than the medals won.
2. Success comes through effort – you only get back what you put in.
3. Fairplay is universal and crucial for harmony in everyday life.

These are the understandings that the children and I will be looking at and I will be assessing the children on these during our Inquiry.

We are also involved in the Greatest Feat challenge and we are working together as a team to get from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island in 3 weeks. As we go we are unlocking information on past Olympians and also Olympic people who are competing this year.

We have a website http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=5741
where we are going into and looking at Olympic athletes blogs, the children even want to blog them and comment on how well they are doing. They have lots of questions to ask as you can imagine.

We have taken 866 356 steps altogether which is 333.2 kilometres. The children are loving it and rising to the challenge and responsibility.


















We have also been involved in Maori language week where we have been learning some Waiata and Maori Language for the classroom. We have been doing Whanui Hui with Room 5 most mornings. The children are enjoying the Haka and they are learning a little bit more about our culture.

Our Cross Country is going to be on the 18th of August so all of our Greatest Feat training and fitness will be a great way to build our fitness for this. We are also going to be learning some basic first aid on the 19 of August. On the 23rd of September we are having the Fairfield Athletics as well.

We still have Debbie Garth our third year teacher and we will be getting a second year student soon. We also are VERY lucky to have Nikki Williams in our class volunteering some Teacher Aid hours as she is doing a course at Teachers College.

The children are a credit to you all and I am loving teaching them, our class routines are the same as the previous term. I enjoyed the interviews and it was great to set new goals for the children to continue on their positive learning progress. Please don't hesitate to come and see me if you are having any problems.

Thanks Jo C-B