Room 17 - Mr Joshua Louden (Co-teamleader)
Room 18 - Mr Ross Trafford
Room 19 - Miss Paula McMullen (Co-teamleader)
Room 20 - Mr Isacc Hunia
Room 21- Mrs Cynthia Lickfold
Release Teacher - Sarah Hoskin
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Term 3 Focuses:
Oral Language: Our main aim will be the students preparing and delivering an oral presentation like a speech and reading texts fluently.
Reading: Our goals are to continue techniques like asking questions, activating prior knowledge, creating a reading habit, inferring, critically analysing text and developing library skills. Ultimately, we want our students to be skilled at selecting and gaining information from fiction and non-fiction texts.
Writing: Persuasive writing will be focused on and the integration of the writing craft. Teaching various spelling rules based on the Structured Literacy approach and handwriting will continue.
Mathematics: Algebra and Number will be taught this term.
Physical Education: The priority will be training for our school cross country.
Digital Technology: Using Google as a tool for learning will continue. Typing skills will be practised.
Inquiry: Our topic will be visual arts.
Homework: This continues this term, and runs on a fortnightly basis starting in week 2. Maths homework will be sent home each week and will differ from class to class; in order to focus on the needs of the students. A separate sheet will be sent home every two weeks with other areas for students to focus on.
Tech Arts - Thursday
Year 8’s continue to attend Tech this term at 8.30am on a Thursday morning. Our year 7's will start classes at school at the normal time of 9am with their tech group and go off to tech at around 12pm. Classes change to new rotations over the course of the year. While back at school, children participate in a variety of subjects such as Dance, Music, Science, Spanish, Speechcraft and Digital Technology.
Key Dates for Term 3
Thursday, 23rd July and every Thursday to Week 9: Tech.
Friday, 24th July: Teacher Only Day.
Wednesday, 29th July and Thursday, 30th July. Parent/caregiver/student/teacher Conferences.
Tuesday, 4th August: Sports photos.
Wednesday, 5th August: Sports photos continued.
Tuesday, 18th August: Hamilton West Sports Exchange.
Friday, 21st August: Full school assembly. School Cross Country.
Monday, 24th August, 9.10: Year 8 speech finals.
Wednesday, 26th August 9.10: Year 7 speech finals.
Friday, 28th August: Battle of the books
Week 8: WFPA Speech Finals. (Date TBC)
Tuesday, 9th September: 6 pm: A meeting for those parents/caregivers helping with our school camp at Motutapu Isaland in Week 10.
Thursday, 17th September: WFPA Cross Country.
Friday, 18th September: Full school assembly.
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