Room 3 News

 

Hello and welcome to room 3. This newsletter has just a few things to keep you up to date with what is happening in the super room 3.

So far we have been very busy and I am impressed at how well all the room three children have settled into life in room 3. What a bunch of hard workers we have with a range of great skills.

Swimming, Fitness and P.E.

Our swimming days are over now as the pool is ready for a big clean. We were lucky to have many great swimming sessions.  Now that swimming is over we will be working on catching and throwing as well as doing the school PMP programme.

Stationery:

Thank you for sending the stationery so promptly. This has been helpful for us to get our work underway smoothly.

Library:

We go to the school library on Wednesday afternoons and the children can issue two books and may borrow them for up to 2 weeks. The books can be returned and swapped each week if desired, or kept for 2 weeks.

Assemblies:

We have school assembly every 2^nd Monday Afternoon from 1.30-2pm

Our junior assembly is on a Friday morning each week.

Inquiry:

This term our inquiry focus is based around our school values. We will be unpacking the school values and looking at what they mean to us and how we show them.  Come and visit us during the term and you will see what we have been up to. I will also keep you updated on seesaw.

Homework:

There will be a weekly homework update in your child’s Homework book. The focus of homework will be literacy- reading, spelling; and numeracy practice. Homework books must be brought to school each Friday morning for marking and discussion and for sharing of any special work.

 

 

 

Literacy:

Reading

Books will be taken home each day. The “guided reading” book is at your child’s reading level and will have been read by your child in class with teaching guidance from me. Please fill in your child’s reading log and return it to school each day.

Spelling:

In year 1, 3 words are taken from the essential spelling lists for your child to practise for the week. Spelling words are tested every Friday and new words are then given. Word building, spelling and phonics are taught and reinforced at literacy time in class.

Writing:

This term we will be writing recount stories, concentrating on developing a plan for our writing and talking about the setting and adding in detail where we can to make our stories interesting and exciting for the readers.

News:

Each child has a talk buddy in which they share news with and chat with every morning. Children then get to share something them and their buddy talked about to the whole class. Buddies will be changed around every now and then.

Numeracy:

We are focusing on number knowledge and strategy. We do this five days a week through small teaching groups, games, practical activities and work tasks. Maths homework will be related to what we have been doing in class.

 

It has been a super start to 2017 in room 3. We have our self-portraits up on display and we are already producing some fantastic work!

 

Kind Regards,

Hannah Brodie. Class Teacher   Room 3  Arthur Miller School

Email: hbrodie@ams.school.nz

Blog: https://amsbrodie.edublogs.org

Events for your calendar

Family movie night to see Zootopia. Saturday 11^th March