Room 3 Newsletter
Week 2, Term 2, 2015
Dear Parents/Caregivers
Welcome to Term 2. It is good to see that you have all had an enjoyable break with
your children. The children have arrived back at school motivated to continue on their
learning journey.
The junior school theme for this term is ‘Once Upon a Time’… The children will be
learning about fairy tales and Maori legends. This will also involve the children
learning about narrative writing criteria and/or expectations when retelling and
constructing their own narratives. Matariki, the Maori New Year, will form part of the
fairy tales and Maori legends study.
Another underlying theme for the term will be Respect, what this actually means and
ways in which we show respect and why this is important.
For the mathematics curriculum area, the children will be learning about
Measurement: Time and Money at the beginning of the term. Number knowledge and
addition and subtraction strategies, as well as basic facts will continue to be taught
this term. Multiplication and division will be the main focus mid term, with fractions
being taught at the latter part of the term.
This term the children will be involved in the School Production, and the theme for
this will be ‘Dances from around the World.’ Our class is presently deciding which
dance/s we will present for our part in the production.
As part of the homework programme, the children have a selected book to read
Monday to Friday. The book that they bring home will be selected from their fluency
box, and will be easier reading for them to enjoy while at the same time practising
skills that they have been taught. Sometimes though, they will be given an
instructional reader that will present more of a challenge and the children will be able
to practise the skills that they learnt during instructional reading that day.
The children are often tested on the Essential Spelling Lists, Commonly Misspelt
Words, as well as extension lists, depending on which stage your child is at. The
words that the children do not know form part of the spelling homework programme.
Spelling homework is therefore individualised and the children independently write
new words from their spelling lists into their home books at the beginning of the
week. Parents are encouraged to sign their child’s daily reading and spelling to show that they have completed it.
If you would like to discuss any concerns about your child, or if you have any queries,
please do not hesitate to see me before school, or alternatively at a mutually agreed
time.
Warm Regards
Urma Ghuman