Y7&8 Syndicate Newsletter

Term 3 2024

Welcome to Term 3 for 2024. I hope that everyone enjoyed their break.

             Term Three Learning:

• Reading  Improving comprehension strategies and skimming and scanning texts for information. Extending vocabulary. Also continue to encourage reading independence.

• Writing  Developing cursive writing skills. Write to inform, entertain and persuade. Draft speeches to deliver to the class.

• Oral Language  Focus on reading fluency, using speeches, pepeha, poems and text excerpts.

• Māori   Incorporating daily te reo Māori into the classroom, including delivering a simple pepeha. Teaching of te reo, tikanga and history throughout the term.

• Mathematics   Measurement will continue. Number knowledge and strategies will also continue to be taught and revised throughout the term.

• Inquiry  This term we focus on Visual Art. As part of the school focus on The Arts, there are three performance groups visiting. 

• ICT and Digital Technologies  Use Google Applications like Google docs and Google slides. 

• Health and P.E.  The students will be training for our cross country event. “Navigating the Journey: Relationships and Sexuality Education” will be taught by each teacher, unless you emailed Mr Franklin to exempt your child.

• Te Rapa HEART

The emphasis is on the development of personal skills and attitudes. HEART represents the values of Honesty -Pono, Excellence - Hiranga, Aroha- Kindness, Respect- Manaaki and Teamwork - Kotahitanga.

Tech Arts Continues at Te Au O Tamatea - St Andrews Middle School

Tech Arts will still be on each Thursday. If your child is absent on a Tech Arts day, please ring the school office before 8:30am. 

Make sure that your child wears covered shoes for Tech Arts, thanks. This is a health and safety requirement.

Homework

Expect your child to have homework from Week 1.  

Parent/Teacher/ Student Conferences

These are on in week two. Thank you to those who have already booked times. Do go to the booking site to book a time as soon as possible.

Important Dates for Term 3

• Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences - Wednesday, 31st July and Thursday, 1st of August

• ICAS Digital Technology – Monday 5th, August

• Sports Photos - Tuesday, 6th August and the afternoon of Wednesday, 7th August

• ICAS Writing – Wednesday, 7th August 

• NZ Playhouse Performance - Tuesday, 13th August

• ICAS English - Wednesday, 14th August

• Waimaths - Wednesday, 14th August, after school

• Year 8 Speech Finals - Monday, 19th August 

• ICAS Science - Monday, 19th August

• Hamilton West Sports Exchange - Tuesday, 20th August 

• ICAS Spelling –  Wednesday, 21st August

• Year 7 Speech Finals - Wednesday, 21st August 

• Full School Assembly - Friday, 23rd August

• Full School Cross Country - Friday, 23rd August

• ICAS Maths - Wednesday, 28th August

• Cross Country Postponement Day - Wednesday, 28th August

• WFPSA Speech Finals - 2nd to 6 September (exact date to be confirmed) 

• Rhythm Interactive Performance - Tuesday, 3rd September

• Looking to Lead - Wednesday, 4th September

• Netball Prizegiving - Wednesday, 4th September

• Interschool Cross Country - Tuesday, 10th September

• Brett Fairweather Visits the Jump Jam Teams (TBC) - Wednesday, 11th September

• Interschool Cross Country Postponement Day - Thursday, 12th September

• Jump Jam at Boys’ High School - Saturday, 14th September

• Battle off the Books - Saturday, 14th September

• Instrument Making Workshop - Tuesday, 17th September

• PCT, (Police Challenge Training) - Tuesday, 17th September

• WFPSA Cross Country - Wednesday, 18th September

• WFPSA Regional Speech Finals - Wednesday, 18th September

• Yr 7/8 Parents Attending Camp Meeting - Thursday, 19th September

• Sports Dabble Day - Friday, 20th September

• Full School Assembly - Friday, 27th September

• Last Day of the term - Friday, 27th September

Ngā mihi

Yr 7 & 8 Teaching Team