Looking Forward to a Great Term

After two weeks of holidays, we were straight back into 'it' on Monday. It was lovely to see everyone and hear stories about what they did during the holidays.

For the first few weeks of the term we are looking at the Olympics: events, countries, traditions, competitors, history, etc. We are also trying to integrate our measurement and statistics into our work. What a great opportunity to talk about distance events in swimming, cycling and athletics! We will also be looking at recording time, reading the time, calendars, weights, which countries are winning medals, etc. Next week I am planning a special surprise that has something 'connected' (expect to see some different spellings of this word) to the Olympics! Hmm!

In week three we start our swimming at Huia Pool. After that we focus on our Science topic.

This term in maths there is also a big focus on basic facts. Several groups of children will have more intensive work and I'm hoping to see some big improvements. The pictures of apps below was just a visual guide for parents wanting to load them onto devices. Sorry Harry - it wasn't a live connection.

Thanks for the feedback about this week's Home Learning. Again, our focus will be on measurement and basic facts, with spelling. The children know that reading regularly is also an expectation.

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I look forward to see in you all during the term.