Testing!!!

The next few weeks at school are jam packed with standardised testing.  This testing helps form judgements on where your child fits alongside the National Standards.  It is really important that your child is getting plenty of sleep and eating a good breakfast before coming to school.

So far we have completed the STAR test (Supplementary Test of Achievement in Reading) which tests word meaning, sentence understanding, paragraph comprehension and vocabulary.  I was really pleased with most of the results.

We have also completed the Asttle reading comprehension test.  Some children showed huge improvement in this test from the beginning of the year.

This week your child will complete a writing exemplar which we will compare to the exemplar they did at the beginning of the year.

Next week we will be completing the PAT Maths test.

Week 7, Term 3

This week we are learning:

Maths
Multiplication and Division strategies such as:

• skip counting
• repeated addition
• part/whole strategies
• halving and doubling

Reading
We are working on identifying the main idea of the story and it's supporting facts.  We are also working on identifying synonyms (words that mean the same thing) and antonyms (opposites)

Jasmine: Word attack skills.
Daniel: "I think that means..."
Cats: "I think that means.." and clearing roadblocks.
Kiwis: "I think that means..." and deep five.
Lions: " I think that means..." and deep five.

Writing
We will continue working on character descriptions.

Inquiry
This week we will complete one more fizzing experiment.  We have learnt that if you mix a carbonate and an acid you will get carbon dioxide.  We will complete our first ooze and slime experiment.

Reminders:

• This week we begin our run, jump, throw athletics unit.  Please ensure your child has their sneakers on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• Soccer on Friday - remember team uniforms!
• Camp notices must come back.  We desperately need to know how many beds to book.  This is now URGENT!

Awards

MVP: Jasmine McG

Duffy: Te Ani

Assembly: Daniel

Week 6, Term 3

We are halfway through Term 3!!
This week we are learning...

Maths
Room 18 - Multiplication and Division strategies.
Room 17 and 19 - Addition and Subtraction strategies.

Reading
We are continuing our guided reading lessons.  We are focusing on retelling what we have read and identifying the main idea of the story.

Jasmine: Word attack skills.
Daniel: "I think that means..."
Cats: "I think that means..."
Kiwis: " I think that means...", clearing roadblocks.
Lions: " I think that means...", clearing roadblocks.

Topic
This week we continue our fizzing and foaming topic.  We will complete a couple of experiments, and begin making some ginger beer.

Writing
This week we are writing character descriptions of a friend.  We will brainstorm how we know them, what they look like and what they like to do before beginning to write our description.

Miss Williams, from the University of Canterbury, started working in Room 18 on Monday.  She will be with us until the end of the term.

Reminders

• Captain Cook show at Chisnallwood on Wednesday.
• Please return camp forms ASAP!!  We do not need the money to accompany the form, but we do need to urgently know how many children will be going to camp.
• Current events presentations this week from: Sage, Corban, Ariana, Daniel, Taylor, Claire, Caleb, Jasmine AB, Te Ani, Tahani and Shyloh.
• Soccer uniforms on Friday.

Award Winners:
MVP: Ariana
Assembly Award: Corban
Duffy Awards: Chloe and Matrie