twentytwo: July 2012

Room 22 Newsletter 2 Term Three 23rd July 2012

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Welcome to term three from me… I know you are a week ahead of me, but I hope you all had a refreshing break as I did. I enjoyed my second visit back to Guangzhou and now look forward to the next ten weeks of this term. There are eleven weeks this term, so the children will get very tired by the end and the weather will not be great many inside lunches, so patience and tolerance will be practiced.

School photos will be this Wednesday so make sure the children are in full clean winter uniform, this does not including a polar fleece, so a jersey or cardigan please. Hair brushed off the face will be great or include a brush in the bag.

Topic: The whole school is focusing on Community. Room 22 will look at Communities in different countries comparing them to our own. We will use the diverse cultures within our classroom to lead our inquiry unit. The class reading and writing programme will also centre around different cultures. This is a great opportunity to learn about different countries foods, lifestyles, art, beliefs and land etc. We can make comparisons and also discuss our values, what is important to us as an individual and us as a New Zealand community.

Math: We will stay together in class this week and focus on temperature activities and knowledge. This is a good time to talk about temperature in our everyday lives around the home.

Dates to Check…

Mufti-day Olympics Opening Friday 27^th July

Fun raising’ to celebrate the Olympics. Come as an athlete, country of choice, black for NZ

School Photos 25^th July. Tidy winter uniform

School Assembly Monday 30^th July 2:30

Poetry final for Room 22 3^rd August –weekend to practise

Court Theatre 8^th August production called Antarctica

Poetry Competitions Thursday 9^th August 11am

School Assembly Monday 20^th August 2:30

School Assembly Monday 9^th September 2:30

Big Day Out: Action Sports 11^th September

Year 4-6 Awards Assembly Monday 24^th September 9:30