igh sounds

We are learning the sound 'igh' 

Swimming

Please don't forget we start swimming this week! Please ensure that you have your swimming togs EVERY day this week! 

Congratulations Matin, Sofea and Umar for receiving awards in our Junior School assembly

Week 5

Welcome to week 5!

Mrs Hong will be teaching on Monday and Tuesday.

On Monday we have a Tennis coaching session so please wear appropriate footwear.

I will see you all on Wednesday!

Mrs Wylie

                         Room 14’s Fridge Facts

 Week 5 Term 4 2014

Monday the 10th of November I Hope you all have had a lovely weekend. Can you believe we are almost half way through the term??! Mrs Hong will be here on Monday and Tuesday. She will continue to teach our usual daily program with a little bit of her own fun planned for the afternoons. I look forward to hearing and seeing what children have done with her. Our Week Ahead: Our Value this week is:  Being safe in the classroom and on the playground. Mrs Hong is Teaching Monday and Tuesday. Our Sound is: ol at the start of a word, in the word and at the end of a word. Monday- we have a coaching session on Tennis skills Wednesday- Library day Wednesday and Thursday-Athletics Practice. Please ensure that your child wears appropriate footwear. Thursday- Junior School Assembly Remember that this is a short week and there is no School on Friday as it is Canterbury Anniversary day. Hats Please ensure that your child has a hat at school each day. I encourage children to leave hats at school. Please reinforce that they are responsible for looking after their own hat.

In writing we have been learning to write an explanation. Please come and have a look at our published explanations to the question: How do we take turns? Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday to Noah who Turns 6 on Friday- how lucky Noah! You get to have the day off on your birthday! Parent/Teacher interviews in Week 7 Please Remember to book your parent teacher interview with me. This is for ALL children. Go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz Enter school code HD3VU Then you will be guided through the next steps.

Fridge Facts week 4

Monday the 3rd of November Welcome to week 4. Each week as I sit down to write fridge facts, I find it hard to believe that another week has flown by and now we are in November. We are well into the swing of things and children are getting prepared for athletics in Week 6. In week 7 we will start our first week of swim fortnight. More information will follow soon- to assist with swim fortnight you can help have your child prepared by ensuring that they can undress and dress themselves without assistance. Our Week Ahead: Our Value this week is:  Being Respectful and taking turns. Our Sound is: the magic ‘e’ Wednesday- Library day Wednesday and Thursday-Athletics Practice. Please ensure that your child wears appropriate footwear. Thursday- Mrs Voller will be teaching while I am on classroom release. Whole school assembly Week 5 Next week I will be on leave for Monday the 10th and Tuesday the 11th. Unfortunately Mrs Voller is unavailable but we are very lucky to have Mrs Hong to take care of Room 14. She is familiar with the junior school children and she is looking forward to spending time with Room 14.  I know she has some exciting activities planned. Week 7- Parent interviews. These are for All children- please see attached sheet for information and booking interview times.

Inquiry Topic Our inquiry topic this term is ‘What does it take to make?’  Thank you to parents that have donated craft materials, if you do find that you have some hiding away- please drop it in the purple bucket in Room 14. We are also looking for old picture frames- plain wooden ones. So if you have any around home and do not need them anymore, please send them in! Congratulations to Uzma for receiving our values award at Junior Assembly last week.

Athletics Day Remember that Athletics day is Wednesday November the 19th in week 6 Mark this date in your Diary!

Fridge Facts

Room 14’s Fridge Facts

 Week 2, Term 4, 2014

Monday the 20th of October Welcome to term 4. I hope you all had a restful break. We enter a very busy and exciting term- I hope you have all had a read of our long term plan that was attached to our junior newsletter (sent out last Monday). This will keep you up to date with what we are learning about in the classroom and important upcoming events. Our Week Ahead: Our Value this week is: Being Positive Our Sound is: Bl at the start of a word, in the word and at the end of a word. PMP starts today (Monday) Tuesday- Please bring along a gold coin to support our endangered Kiwi. Children can wear Mufti  (they do not need to wear school uniform) Wednesday- Library day Wednesday and Thursday-Athletics Practice. Please ensure that your child wears appropriate footwear. Remember that Athletics day is November the 19th in week 6. Thursday- I will be attending a literacy workshop with the Junior Teachers from 1.30-3pm.   Mrs Briscoe will be teaching Room 14 during this slot. Thursday- There will be a whole School Assembly. We continue to have ‘Brain food’ each day so please could you ensure that your child has a healthy snack that they can eat during this time. Hats Please ensure that your child has a hat at school each day. I encourage children to leave hats at school. Please reinforce that they are responsible for looking after their own hat.

Inquiry Topic Our inquiry topic this term is ‘What does it take to make?’  This is a technology unit where children will take part in the process of designing and making a gift to give to someone else. We need material, shells, colored ribbon, glitter, colored paper, stones so if you have Any of these to offer/donate it would be greatly appreciated. Christmas Crafts As we come into the festive season, Room 14 will be taking part in some Christmas crafts and Christmas songs. Activities/crafts and songs will not contain any religious content. However, if you do not wish your child to participate in these activities please let me know. Numeracy We are learning all about ‘Time’ Please ask your child to help you tell the time using an analogue clock if you have one. We have learnt: Hours, o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to.

Congratulations Well done to Reva and Brianna who received awards in last week’s Junior Assembly.

Welcome back

Welcome to Term 4.

Lovely to see such bright and happy refreshed faces ready for a very busy term.

Class photos went well on Tuesday- What a stunning bunch we have in Room 14!

We have created our own version of Room 14's class photo.......

Fridge Facts Monday the 22nd of September

Monday the 22nd of September Another brilliant term is coming to an end. We have managed to fit so much into a such a short time, Book week, Science Inquiry, Cultural Crusade and WOW celebrations to name a few.  It is hard to believe that we have so many children starting to turn 6, very exciting times for both parents and children. Thank you so much again for your amazing support in your child’s learning. I wish you a safe and happy holiday and look forward to seeing you all again in term 4. CanTeen Fundraising As a School we managed to raise over $600 for CanTeen. Well done, what an amazing effort. Thank you for your support.        Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday to Oliver who turned 6 last Thursday and Happy Birthday to Harsh who Turns 6 on Wednesday. Blake and Taane, we wish you a very Happy Birthday over the School Holidays. Our Week Ahead: Tuesdays House Challenge has been CANCELLED

On Wednesday the junior teachers have a planning day- Mrs Vivienne Turner will be teaching Room 14 for the day.

On Thursday we have a Whole School Assembly.

Numeracy Problem of the Week

This Weeks Math’s Problem……..

Party Balloons

I have 30 balloons and I have 10 people coming to my party. How many will each person have if I share them out equally?

How many would they get if I have 40 Balloons? 60 Balloons?

Congratulations Blake and Crystal for receiving awards in our Junior School Assembly

Science Alive

Last week Anna from Science Alive came to Ilam School. We participated in some experiments as part of

 ‘Fairytale Forensics’ Thank you to Sonya, Hamidah and Sarah for your help.

Here is Matisse taking part in an acid/alkaline experiment…

Hats

Next term children will need to have a hat at school every day as part of the Sun Safe initiative.

Please start thinking about organizing this for your child. 

SCIENCE ALIVE

 Science Alive.
We became real scientists!
we wore lab coats and protective glasses and we made some fabulous predictions before we conducted our experiments.
Have a look at us in action.....

Congratulations/Happy Birthday

Congratulations to Blake and Crystal for receiving awards at our Junior Assembly today

Happy Birthday to Oliver who turned 6 years old today!

Monday 1stst September

Dear parents,
I will be away on Monday as my son is sick (chicken pox!) Miss Garden will be teaching room 14. I will be back on Tuesday as I have arranged care for him the rest of the week.
Thank you for your understanding and sorry about my absence again.
Anna Wylie

Stop! Drop and Read!

During the day a bell would be rung by Mrs Dudley. When this bell rang we would stop everything and READ!

Teddy Bears Picnic

Book Week

Thursday the 14th August

Dear parents,
I will be back teaching on Thursday but just to let you know that Mrs Ward will be teaching in room 14 from 9am till 10.30 while I attend  professional development with the junior teachers. I am sorry but this was not written in this weeks fridge facts.

Dear parents,

Please feel free to comment on this blogg, Room 14 and I would love to have some comments about all of the wonderful work and achievements they have been up to.

Book Week

Ilam School BOOK WEEK August 18th to 22nd. 

Book Character DRESS UP DAY Thursday, August 21st. 

Parade at 11am.

Children can choose if they would like to dress up on this day or not.

Congratulations

Well done to Taane and Charlotte who received awards in our Junior Assembly on Thursday

Taniwha

                           As part of Maori language week we have been making 'Taniwha'

                                                           

Week 2

Important information for week 2

This week please look out for Room 14 Fridge Facts in your child's reading folder as it contains important information for the week and the term ahead.

On Thursday we have a whole school assembly where we will be celebrating what our whole school has been doing over Maori language week.

On Friday we have our junior WOW day, please come and celebrate with us........

​Who:​Parents, grandparents and families

​              ​of Year 0/1 children

​When:​Friday 1st August​11.45am  – 12.45pm

 ​Where:​Year 1 classrooms (9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) then in the hall for lunch

 ​What:​Celebrate our cultural crusade and enjoy a shared picnic lunch

   ​Bring:​A plate of food that represents your cultural heritage and a plate to eat from with fork, spoon or chopsticks. Picnic blanket (optional) 

​Bring:​A plate of food that represents your cultural heritage and a plate to eat from with fork, spoon or chopsticks. Picnic blanket (optional)

Values award

Congratulations Tristan Daw for receiving an award in our junior school assembly on Thursday

Welcome to term 3

I hope you have all had a wonderful holiday and I look forward to hearing about all of your adventures!

Life Education

Life Education

Children were given a wonderful booklet that they can work through over the holidays.

Please work through with your child and discuss some of the activities that support the lessons taught in term 2.

Click on the link below to find out more about the Life Education Trust- there is lots of information and fun interactive games
http://www.lifeeducation.org.nz/

Looking back over Term Two

We have had another amazing term- have a look back over some of our memories

Trip to Willow Bank as part of our Cultural

Crusade

Monday

Just to let you know that I will be leaving school slightly early today (Monday the 30th of June) as I have an appointment to attend. This will mean I will spread Room 14 children between the year one classes for the last 20 minutes of the day (Rooms 9, 13,15,16)- please see the note on classroom door as to which classroom you will need to pick your child up from.

Thank you for your understanding
Mrs Wylie

Golden Shoe Award

Well done Matin!

Matin was presented the Golden Shoe Award in our last whole school assembly, he was awarded this for always trying his best and maintaining a positive attitude.

 

 

Shape pictures

Today we have been making shape pictures

 

 

 

 

 

Shapes Shapes Shapes

This week we have started our Geometry Unit for Maths.

We have been amazed at all of the  different shapes that we have discovered.

 

We have used this video clip to explore and find out the names of new shapes

 

                  Room 14’s Fridge Facts

 Week 4, Term 2, 2014

Monday the 26th of May Welcome to week 4, we are almost half way through the term already. Thank you for supporting the senior school with the purchase of their Sherbet Lollipops; they were a huge hit with the children.   Our Week Ahead:   Pizza Orders to be in Today!! (Monday) as pizza day is this Thursday   Cross Country Practice on Tuesday and Thursday- Whole School Cross Country is next week.   On Wednesday I have an appointment to attend so Miss Talai Courdes will be teaching Room 14 from 9am till 11am.   Miss Courdes will be back in Room 14 on Thursday teaching from 1.30 till 3pm while I attend a Professional Development session.   Remember to return Willowbank permission slips as our trip is in week 6.   Our last Monarch Butterfly has finally hatched, as a class we took her outside and said our farewells.   Remember…….   Library Day on Wednesday PMP is on Monday and Wednesday Poetry Books go home on a Friday

What we are focusing on this week…          Our focus this week is  “Being Safe” We will be discussing ways in which we can be Safe. Please help to enforce this value by talking with your child about ways in which they can be safe.   Our Big Book is: The Hissing Bush Our focus sound is: Sh Our words this week are: that, were, looked We are also focusing on word endings such as ing, ed, er,s          This Thursday is Matariki             What is Matariki?   Matariki is the Maori name for the group of stars also known as the Pleiades star cluster or ‘The Seven Sisters’ and what is referred to as the traditional Maori New Year. Matariki has two meanings, both referring to a tiny constellation of stars; Mata Riki and Mata Ariki.   Traditionally, depending on the visibility of Matariki, the coming season's crop was thought to be determined. The brighter the stars indicated the warmer the season would be and thus a more productive crop. It was also seen as an important time for family to gather and reflect on the past and the future.   Room 14 will look at how Matariki is celebrated and participate activities to do with Matariki.

Have you bought your tickets to the Ilam School Fashion Show? This is a fun fundraising event where proceeds go towards new sports uniforms. You can find out more information and purchase your tickets from the school office.