Term 4 Week 3

- MADE awards ceremony Tuesday night at the Ascot. Good luck to everyone representing our class.

- Good luck golfers for Tuesday!
- Homework holiday - Charlotte and James

Activity 1: Reading

- You are expected to read for at least 15 mins each night.
- Record your nightly reading in the back of your book.
- Remember to read a variety of genre (novels, newspapers, newsletters, internet articles etc)

Activity 2: Spelling

- You only have to learn the words you got wrong in your essential list spelling test this week
- Learn your words for Friday's test.

- Practice them each night for success!

Activity 3: Dragon Maths

Book 4 102 Experiments

Book 5 page 103 Experiments

Activity 4: Personal blog activities:

Update your blog with some of the following items:

- Armistice Day speech (written or recorded)

- BBC - KS2 English - Punctuation - read, play and quiz. Record your score on your blog.

- Place the You tube clip -'Eye of the Tiger' from our class blog - onto our blog (this is our class production song) read through and practice the lyrics!

Activity 5: Calendar Art - Optional!

IF YOU WANT TO, you can create a photo collage for your calendar art.

All the information you need is on your Calendar order form that went home in Week 1.

'Eye of the Tiger' - Production song

Term 4 Week 2

A short week this week! 

- Please remember PE gear on Mondays (change of day) and Thursdays please 

- Good luck to the pupils competing in Putangitangi on Friday. I know you will do yourselves, your families and Winton School proud.
- Good luck to SMAC maths people competing on Wednesday night.
- Golfers - keep practicing when and where you can (no broken windows please!)

MAIN ACTIVITY:

Complete your Armistice Day essay by THURSDAY. Look back on last weeks post for the criteria etc. This is are ONLY Homework this week. See Miss Brown BEFORE today (Tuesday) if there is a problem.

I look forward to reading your essay! 

Term 4 Week 1

- Welcome back to Term 4! I hope you all had a fabulous holiday and are set for the last 9 weeks as a Year 7!
- PE gear - Tuesdays  and Thursdays 

- Homework holidays: Adam, Cheyann T

Activity 1: Reading

- You are expected to read for at least 10 mins each night.
- Record your nightly reading in the back of your book.
- Remember to read a variety of genre (novels, newspapers, newsletters, internet articles etc)

Activity 2: Spelling

- You only have to learn the words you got wrong in your essential list spelling test this week
- Learn your words for Friday's test.

- Practice them each night for success!

Activity 3: Dragon Maths

Book 4 - page 103 'Chance'

Book 5 - page 102 'Chance'

Activity 4: RSA Armistice Day research

Why Is Armistice Day Important to New Zealand? 

- On the 11^th of November 2012,  it will be 94 years since the end of World War 1 and the first celebration of Armistice Day.

- Complete research for your Armistice Day essay. We will be working on this is class as our writing focus also so most of your planning will be done in class.
www.army.mil.nz/culture-and-history/nz-army-history/armistice-day is a good place to start or Google search 'Armistice Day NZ'
www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/armisticeday

- Essay Length: 750 words min - 1500 words max. Due Friday 26th October (end of week 2)

Activity 5: Golf practice!
- If you are playing in the Otautau tournament on the 30th...be sure to get some practice in over the next 2 weeks! Putting in the backyard or at the golf course!