Friday, 28 September 2012

HOLIDAYS!

Yay! Holidays!
Read lots of books over the holidays. 
All Room 7 children have some reading books 
in their book bags for holiday reading.
It is so important to keep up with your reading in the holidays. Make reading an enjoyable habit. 
It is also important to continue with learning Maths 
in the holidays as well.
Make up fun counting games when you are travelling in a car,
or walking to the shops.
Count the cracks in the pavement. 
Count the number of birds you see. 
Guestimate how many steps it will take to reach the next letterbox.
Make games of learning. 
Learning should be fun.
And, remember,
 there is always your 'Homework Folder' to work through.
See you next term.

Hi Parents

Have you checked out the link from the Reading Tips on this page?
Here is an example of an article that you may read. Maybe you could use the idea on a couple of days these holidays.
Do you want some ideas on how to help your child with Reading?
There are lots of ideas on this site.




Just click on "More tips and resources>

http://www.readingrockets.org/atoz/reading_together/


A book on every bed this holiday

December 16, 2011
We started a new tradition in our family last year. We'll do it again this year, and I hope you'll consider adding this tradition to your family holiday too! It's a simple one: put a book on every bed.
Last year, the Family Reading Partnership and Ask Amy from the Chicago Tribune launched a homegrown, grassroots literacy campaign with a goal to raise a generation of readers. The idea was inspired by the author David McCullough, who says he woke to a wrapped book at the foot of his bed every Christmas morning during his childhood.
Here's how it works:
Take a book.
Wrap it.
Place it on a child's bed so it's the first thing the child sees on Christmas morning (or the morning of the holiday you celebrate).
Thats it.
"A Book on Every Bed" is an appeal to spread the love of reading from parents to children. It also encourages families to share books by reading aloud.
I particularly like that, within this idea, the books don't have to be new. They can be books parents are handing down to their kids. Last year, I gave our younger daughter my much loved copy of The Giving Tree, and my husband handed down to our older daughter his well-worn copy of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Our girls had already read those books, but now they are the proud owners of their own worn and loved copies. I hope one morning they'll be wrapping up those books for their own growing readers.
Have fun exploring this site! I am.

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Teachers Leaving

The good news is.....
Ms McNeill is back full time at school.

The bad news is that both
Mrs Allerston and Mrs Powell
will no longer be working in Room 7 this year.

We have loved the extra activities you have brought to our class,
and we will miss you both very much.
Thank you so much for the brilliant work you have done with us.

Please drop in and visit us if you can.

Reading Recovery Sessions have finished for the year,
and next term Ms Douglas will be back full time
in the classroom.

Cross Country Fun

Yay!! Finn won the 5 year old boys' race,
Ralph came second and Max came fourth.
Matthew ran very fast too.
O'Hara ran fast and so did Grace.
O'Hara said she came first. Yippee!
Jessie and Ashlin are racing to the finish line.
Bonnie and Kittie are racing to the finish line too.
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Grass Karts in the Event Centre 3













Twizel's Amazing Wooden Flintstone Kart.
Detail of the wooden steering wheel
and the Flintstone pedals.
The Flintstone Kart's
Motor.







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Grass Karts in the Event Centre Twizel 1