8/3/2019 Room 7 Newsletter T2 Issue2

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Hello there to our Room 7 Classroom community.

Welcome to our second class newsletter for the year.

In our first Newsletter it was mentioned that we hoped

that we would be able to share students work through thisnotice but since then our class Blog has really taken over as

the main sharing point for information and examples of

student thoughts and opinions as well as an electronic diary

of some of our adventures.

I would really encourage you to use this Blog to keep up to

date with weekly events as found on the “Whats Hot” page.

Our class awards recipients are listed on the “Class Awards”

page with reference on each award to the Key Competencies.

The Home Learning page is being used to provide links to

appropriate online references and in some cases provide

explanations on how these types of activities can support

 your childs learning.

The Thinking Games page provides entertainment with

specifically selected activities that work the brain.

Our Forest Lakes page is a text and video diary of the Year

7/8 EOTC trip to camp and Wellington city with helpful

contributions from our Room 7 students.

Keep visiting as we work to use this Blog as a starting

reference point to other class material and programmes.

CLASSROOM BLOG AND LINKS WITH OUR CLASS COMMUNITY 

FOREST LAKES CAMP YEAR 7/8Wow, this week away was an important experience for our

class Year 7 students. They were tested in all sorts of ways

through our acknowledged Key Competencies and responded

really well. It was fantastic to watch them interacting with

so many others in such diverse situations while facing

personal challenges of their own.

The “Forest Lakes” page on our Blog tells their stories

and I urge you all to take a look. What it is unable to

show is how well they treated each other and the adults

that came along to support them.

Mangorei School

Mr Andrew McAllisterhttp://mangoreischool-rm7-2011.blogspot.com/

ROOM 7: Year 6 / 7

A big thanks to our Room 7 parent Jason (Logan’s Dad) wh

was able to attend and who did a special job of encouragin

all the students that he had the opportunity to work with

A personal highlight for me was standing in the vault atArchives NZ looking at the original Waitangi Treaty

document signed by Governor William Hobson and the

Northern Chiefs including Hone Heke.

Monday 16 May 2011

Term 2, Issue 2

The children have all been registered to use

Studyladder mathematics and literacy activities

online at home. There is an explanation about this

website on our Blog “Home Learning” page with a

copy of the generic letter to parents. IndividualUsernames and Passwords were emailed directly to

each student via their Superclubsplus email

address. Please refer to our Blog Home Learning

page to get an understanding on how these

mathematics and literacy activities can assist in

supporting learning at home if you wish your child to

use them. Weekly activities are selected and

applied to each group by the teacher (me).

Advanced apologies as some tasks are a little

Australian !

8/3/2019 Room 7 Newsletter T2 Issue2

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Classroom programmes.

As term 2 has moved into full swing we

have been working to complete theindividual brochures on The Treaty of

Waitangi in order to demonstrate personal

levels of understanding following last

terms Study Group research.

The class have all just worked through a

Reading assessment using the STAR test.

(Supplementary Test of Achievement in

Reading) This is a levelled standardised

test used throughout NZ schools.

Mathematics studies are due to move into

Multiplication and Division strategies while

The Science Award Trust of NZ promote an

individual award scheme for primary aged

students based on personal inquiry and

managing self.

This year Room 7 and 8 students are being

offered the opportunity to participate in

the Year 5 Science and Year 6/7 Advanced

Science Certificate.

Details on this home based science activity

opportunity are outlined on the “Home

Learning” page on our Blog with a link

supplied to take you directly to the

relevant Science Award Trust page.

Students will be asked to contribute a small

Page 2 of 2

Check out the Wasp nest

excavation report and slide

show on our class Blog

"...since we can't know

what knowledge will bemost needed in the future

it is senseless to try to teach it in advance.

Instead, we should try to

turn out  people who love

learning so much and

learn so well that they

will be able to learn

whatever needs to be

learned."

John Holt.

US Educator and Author.

1923 - 1985

maintenance work on Number Knowledge

and Basic Facts continues on a daily basis

Team Inquiry work scheduled for this term

will concentrate on a health focus.

Written work has been based around our

class focus recently and this has continued

as we now look to finalise our own authentic

Class Treaty of promises based on Values

as outlined in the NZ Curriculum. This

treaty will be published on our Blog.

We would love to find an old sheep or goat 

skin to publish our class display copy on !?? 

fee to participate, then work at their own

pace to complete the required number of

tasks from the 4 Science strands in the NZ

Curriculum. They are able to choose which

activities they do within guidelines and if

they complete 8 or more they receive the

embossed certificate.

Some parent support will be required tocomplete a selection of tasks. Children are

encouraged to work through the contracts

because it is something they want to do and

it provides opportunities to apply different

learning styles and skills.

Registration notices will be distributed this

week.

SPELLINGCITY for practise of Essential

Lists and Room 7s Vocab Builders

Wed 25 May Mr McA Release day , Mrs Poulgrain Rm7.

Thu 26 May Yr 5/6 Sport vs Vogeltown @ Vogeltown.

Fri 27 May Parent Lunch day.

Fri 10 Jun Yr 5/6 Sport vs Oakura @ Mangorei.

Thu 23 Jun Yr 5/6 Sport vs Central @ Central.

Fri 24 Jun Parents Lunch day.

27 – 28 Jun Parent Interviews.

Thu 30 Jun Mr McA at Maths PD

6 – 7 Jun School Wide Art Swap

This newsletter has been emailed directly to those of

you that supplied email addresses and confirmed receip

of our test “mailing”. Please confirm via email when you

have received this Newsletter so that, with your

consent, your child can be given a one off

congratulations of 1 Starburst Sucks lollipop. Children

who received a printed copy rather than email are also

eligible for a Starburst Sucks on acknowledgement of

the newsletter reaching home.