Room 21
Welcome back to the final term of 2023! This year has flown by and it is hard to believe we are so close to the end.
During the term we have a range of different events such as Japanese students visiting in Week 2 and 3, Syndicate Athletics and Interschool Athletics, School Camp, Big Day In, Book Fair and Book Day and our Learning Programme which includes Science as our Inquiry focus.
During the term we have a range of different events such as Japanese students visiting in Week 2 and 3, Syndicate Athletics and Interschool Athletics, School Camp, Big Day In, Book Fair and Book Day and our Learning Programme which includes Science as our Inquiry focus.
Year 7 & 8 Camp
This term we have our Syndicate Camp to look forward too.
Venue: Camp Raglan
When: Monday 4th December to Friday 8th December.
We are looking forward to an action packed week of camp activities, kayaking and Beach Ed.
Athletics
This term we have our Syndicate Athletics on Wednesday 8th November.
Children are all training hard for this during PE time and can be doing additional training at home too.
Term 4 Learning
This term we have many different focuses across the curriculum.
In Literacy our focus will be Explanation Writing which links in with our Inquiry as well as some Narrative and Poetry (descriptive writing).
This terms Inquiry is focused on Science (Climate Change). We will begin this in Week 2.
In Mathematics, our focus will be in Measurement and Geometry while maintaining number skills.
P.E. - Athletics training then moving into Aquatics if the weather allows.
Tech
Students travel to Hamilton Junior High School on a Thursday for Tech Arts.
Students rotate around four classes across the school year - Visual Arts, Innovation, Hard Materials and Food Tech.
Year 7's leave school at 8.45am and return at 11.45am for Term 3 and 4.
Year 8's leave school at 12pm and return before the 3pm bell for Term 3 and 4.
Term 4 Events
Important Dates for Term 4
Week 1- Wednesday 11 October: Cricket Awareness, Tech - Year 7 (8.30am -11.45am) and Year 8 (12.10pm - 2.50pm)
Week 2 - Wednesday 18 October: Japanese Students arrive / Looking to Lead, Thursday 19 October: WFPA Kapa Haka / New Zealand Shake Out / Tech
Week 3 - Monday 23 October: Labour Day - School Closed, Wednesday 25 October: Year 5-8 Amazing Race, Thursday 26 October: NO TECH, Friday 27 October: Amazing Race postponement day
Week 4 - Wednesday 1 November: Looking to Lead, Thursday 2nd November: NO TECH
Week 5 - Tuesday 7 November: Leavers Photo, Wednesday 8 November: Year 7/8 Athletics, Thursday 9 October: Tech, Friday 10 November: Full School Assembly
Week 6 - Book Week, Tuesday 14 November: Book Day, Wednesday 15 November: Year 8 Immunisations, Thursday 16 November: Tech, Friday 17 November: Road Patrol Big Day Out / Student Council morning tea
Week 7 - Wednesday 22 November: Whaanau Performance Evening, Thursday 23 November: Tech / Senior Syndicate Disco, Friday 24 November: Teacher Only Day
Week 8 - Wednesday 29 November: Whaanau Performance postponement day / Interschool Athletics, Thursday 30 November Tech, Friday 1 December: Student Council morning tea
Week 9 - Monday 4 - Friday 8 December: Camp Raglan, Friday 15 December: Return from camp and celebrate our Big Day In
Week 10 - Wednesday 13 December: Year 8 Leavers Dinner, Friday 15 December: Full School Assembly
Week 11 - Monday 18 December: Prize Giving, Tuesday 19 December: Reports go home, Wednesday 20 December: Last Day of school year
Room 21 Students out and abouts