Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Easter Egg Rolling
Easter Egg Rolling - a traditional Easter activity. In America the president invites children to roll their eggs on the White House lawn. The have to use wooden spoons to help their eggs along as they are rolling on the flat.
In England we roll our eggs down hill. These children decorate hard boiled eggs to roll down the hill.
But what if we wanted to roll chocolate Easter Eggs down a hill. What sort of egg would go the furthest? Think like a Scientist and investigate what sort of chocolate Easter Eggs roll the furthest. We will investigate in class over the next few days. We will take photos and videos and in groups we will make some google presentations.
Watch this space - we will post our presentations and our results as soon as we have found out which sort of Easter Egg rolls the furthest!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Week 9 News
Term
1 Week 9
Monday 26th March
Dear Parents,
Goodness this term is
just flying past! Week 9 already!
Homework – Homework
projects were brilliant, beautiful and beneficial! We learnt about blue whales,
brontosauruses, boomerangs, baboons, bees, books, butterflies, the blue macaw,
brown bears, base guitars and The Beattie Family at the beach! Once again homework
was presented on the homework wiki (using words, pictures, word documents and
vokis) as posters and booklets.
I have made a short
slideshow of our ‘A’ homework which is now on the blog and I am working on the
‘B’ slideshow. I hope you enjoy looking at it.
This week the letter is
‘C’. Again children can take any subject starting with the letter ‘C’ and find
out some facts about it. It could be a place, country, animal, instrument or a
person even! We love to learn new facts on any subject. Children can then
present their new learning in any format they choose.
Grant Hastings – Grant will be back in school
again on Friday this week. So far we have learnt elephant rolls and throws,
stop sign throws and crocodile hands to catch our balls. We have enjoyed
working with a buddy each time.
Library – Our library day is Monday
Mathletics – Passwords are in homework
books and four pieces of homework are set each week. Homework has to be
completed before children can work on other areas of Mathletics.
Chocolate Fundraising
– All money
for the chocolate sales needs to be at the office by Friday 30th
March at the latest please. If you still have chocolates at home feel free to
send them back to school.
Lucky Book Club
– Orders
need to be in to the class by Friday 30th March. Cheques to be made
payable to Havelock North Primary.
Kind Regards,
Karen Duligall
Friday, March 23, 2012
'A' Homework
For 'A' Homework we all had to choose a subject that interests us beginning with 'A'. We had to research 3 interesting facts and then we could choose how to present our project. Some of us made posters or booklets. Some of us put our homework on the wiki. We used words, pictures and voice. Have a look at our homework wiki to see William's awesome voki.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Week 8 News
Term 1 Week 8
Monday 19th March
Dear Parents,
Homework – Wow
– We had some fantastic homework projects this week. We learnt about Australia,
The Big 5 in
Africa, Astronauts, Auckland, Acorns, The Andrews Family, Alice in Wonderland,
Albatros and an Antique Plane. Homework was presented on the blog (using words,
pictures, word documents and vokis) as posters and booklets. All the children
spoke beautifully about their topic and were given great feedback and
feedforward from the rest of the class.
This week the letter is
‘B’. Again children can take any subject starting with the letter ‘B’ and find
out some facts about it. It could be a place, country, animal, instrument or a
person even! We love to learn new facts on any subject. Children can then
present their new learning in any format they choose. They may want to try a
different presentation form from that they chose last week. They can create a
poster to go on the classroom wall. They can talk about their subject, maybe
they can bring it in? They could also use the computer for the project. They can
create in word, power point, publisher, maybe even find a youtube video, create
a wordle or a voki – the sky’s the limit! If the project is electronic either
email it to me, bring it in on a memory stick or put it straight onto the Room
4 Homework Wiki. The link to the wiki is on the blog and the password and
username are exactly the same as the one for Mathletics. Remember to take a
look at the ‘How to…’ pages on the wiki.
Grant Hastings – Last week we started
softball with Grant on Friday. He will be back in school this week.
Library – Our library day is Monday
Mathletics – Passwords are in homework
books and four pieces of homework are set each week. Homework has to be
completed before children can work on other areas of Mathletics.
Chocolate Fundraising
– Chocolates
will continue to be issued to children this week. Please let me know if you
don’t want any more chocolates to sell. The children are very keen to keep
bringing home more and more! If you have chocolates at home that you no longer
wish to sell please send them back in to school with any money for chocolates
already sold. There were 30 chocolates in each box.
Spelling City –Spelling City can be
accessed through the class blog or by going to http://www.spellingcity.com/
Once there choose the tab
‘Find a List’ and type ‘Mrs Duligall’ onto the search box with ‘Teacher Name’
as the criteria. Click on my name in the search result below and you will get to
the spelling lists.
Lucky Book Club
– booklets
come home today. Please send orders to the class by Friday 30th
March. Cheques to be made payable to Havelock North Primary. Due to sales on
the last issue we were given two new chapter books for the classroom, both
about a kitten called Snowball.
Kahurangi NZ Maori Dance Theatre –
This group
will be in school on Wednesday with an amazing show to share with the whole
school. Their talent has been enjoyed throughout the world and we are most
fortunate to have them at HNP.
Our History – This is our new topic,
taking us to the end of this term and then into the first 5 weeks of next term.
We are planning a visit to the CHB Museum in Waipawa and Oruawharo Homestead in
Week 2 of next term, Tuesday 1st May. A letter with all the details
regarding the trip will follow shortly.
Kind Regards,
Karen Duligall kduligall@hnps.school.nz
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Ordering Numbers
For our maths starters this week we will be ordering numbers.
This activity helps us to learn about ordering numbers.
This activity helps us to learn about ordering numbers.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Maths Thinking
In class we have been learning how to work out word problems in maths. We have discovered if we draw pictures, use counters and other materials, make tables, write sentences and use the computer it helps us to think about the problem more clearly.
We had a problem about frogs. There were ten frogs in a pond. Some of them were sitting on a rock. We had to work out how many of the frogs were hiding in the water.
Some of us wrote sentences on the computer. Some of us made a table and some drew pictures. Some of us used counters. We had to glue them onto the poster so they wouldn't fall off.
All of us worked with buddies. We worked together and talked about our thinking.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Week 7 News
Term
1 Week 7
Monday 12th March
Dear Parents,
Blog – Thanks to all of you who have been
checking out our class blog. At the time of writing this newsletter we have had
over 700 views. One day last week we had over 50 views for just that one day! This
week three other classes in school will be looking at our blog and learning how
to make appropriate comments on other peoples work. We will be looking at three
other class blogs over the following few weeks to learn about commenting
ourselves. It’s exciting to see our audience grow for our work.
Discovery Learning – Sadly last week was our
last Discovery Learning session for this term. Children have loved the
experience, the choice of activities and the chance to work with their peers.
We will return to Discovery Learning next term.
Homework – This week I am introducing a new element into the
weekly homework. Projects! We will run projects weekly until Discovery Learning
returns. This week the letter is ‘A’. Children can take any subject starting
with the letter ‘A’ and find out some facts about it. It could be a place,
country, animal, instrument or a person even! We love to learn new facts on any
subject. Children can then present their new learning in any format they
choose. They can create a poster to go on the classroom wall. They can talk
about their subject, maybe they can bring it in? They could also use the
computer for the project. They can create in word, power point, publisher,
maybe even find a youtube video, create a wordle or a voki – the sky’s the
limit! If the project is electronic either email it to me, bring it in on a
memory stick or put it straight onto the Room 4 Homework Wiki. The link to the
wiki is on the blog and the password and username are exactly the same as the
one for Mathletics. I am very exciting and looking forward to Friday when everyone
will get to present their projects to the class.
Grant Hastings – We will welcome Grant
back on Friday when he will be in school taking classes for softball skills.
Library – Our library day is a Monday
Mathletics – Passwords are in homework
books and homework will be set each week.
Chocolate Fundraising
– Chocolates
will continue to be issued to children this week. Please let me know if you
don’t want any more chocolates to sell. The children are very keen to keep
bringing home more and more! If you have chocolates at home that you no longer
wish to sell please send them back in to school with any money for chocolates
already sold. There were 30 chocolates in each box.
Spelling City – As well as the
essential work lists I have now also put on number words. Children should know
how to spell numbers for their number knowledge ladder. Spelling City can be
accessed through the class blog or by going to http://www.spellingcity.com/
Once there choose the tab
‘Find a List’ and type ‘Mrs Duligall’ onto the search box with ‘Teacher Name’
as the criteria. Click on my name in the search result below and you will get to
the spelling lists.
Kind Regards,
Karen Duligall
Discovery Learning
Room 4 love all the different activities during Discovery Learning.
We love making things, crafts, toast, popcorn, arty things. We love using our imagination as well as our Key Competencies of Managing Ourselves, Relating to Others and Participating and Contributing.
Mrs Duligall is experimenting with different ways of putting photos onto our class blog. This time she has used animoto. Teachers can get a free educators account.
The Shopping Basket
The other week we used The Shopping Basket by John Burningham as our shared reader. We enjoyed the story and made a map of Steven's journey as well as stick puppets of the characters. The story is one we like to read over and over again. John Burningham is a very clever author as he tells the story through pictures as well as through words.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Maths
In Maths we have been practising counting forwards and backwards to 100 in 1s, 2s and 5s. Here we are filling in the missing numbers in the hundreds square.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Writing
Thank you Phoebe for sharing your writing with us and letting us help you edit it and share it on our blog.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Editing writing
Thank you Greta for letting us help you edit your writing. We read the writing out loud and listened for the breaks. Then we knew where the sentences were and Greta could put her full stops in.
Interpreting Graphs
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Ball Skills on the Turf on Fridays
I have been experimenting with photos in Picasa, trying to find different quick and easy ways to get our photos onto our blog. This collage is a fun way to put on multiple photos.
Friday, March 9, 2012
The Elephant Song
We were talking about the projects that start for homework next week and watched this one that was used last year for E homework. We love the Elephant Song!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Week 6 Newsletter
Term
1 Week 6
Monday 5th March
Dear Parents,
It was lovely to see so many of you last week.
Firstly at the parent teacher interviews which I found very useful, and
secondly at the school picnic which was very well attended and the weather turned
out to be lovely.
Library – We missed out on our library time last week due to the interviews
so children will have had their books for two weeks. Please remember to send
them in and we will get new books for this week.
Mathletics – Passwords are in homework
books and homework will be set this week. Mathletics directs children to
complete their homework before they can compete in Mathletics Live.
Chocolate Fundraising
– Chocolates
will continue to be issued to children this week. Sales are to take place over
a five week period with Friday 30th March being the close off day.
Boxes are selling for $30 with $10.50 from each box going directly to the
school. It has been suggested that the profits from this year’s chocolate sales
goes on supporting the new property development, possible on the landscaping of
the new rooms.
Spelling City – I have put all the
spelling lists from the back of the homework books onto a programme called
Spelling City. This can be accessed through the class blog or by going to http://www.spellingcity.com/
Once there choose the tab
‘Find a List’ and type ‘Mrs Duligall’ onto the search box with ‘Teacher Name’
as the criteria. Click on my name in the search result below and you will get
the Essential Spelling Lists 1 to 5. (The big lists are split into smaller
parts.) Children can use this site to learn the spelling of the words, practise
through ‘games’ and they can also test themselves. The programme reinforces
words they already know as well as those they need to know.
I will be out of the
classroom on Tuesday and Wednesday this week with CRT (Curriculum Release
Time). I will still be in school. On Tuesday the Junior Team meet to plan our
next unit of work. On Wednesday I will be around preparing resources and having
some one-to-one time with children.
Kind Regards,
Karen Duligall
Friday, March 2, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
School Picnic
Last night was our school picnic. Lots of families came and had a picnic on the school field. The children had a big game of cricket.
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