Notes+from+Mrs+Cameron

Hi everyone and welcome to our wiki. This page will have up to date information about what is happening at class and at school. If you want to look at our latest newsletter follow the links from [|www.paihia.school.nz]

Please also check our "Inquiry topic" page for some homework. Homework: Reading- Monday to Friday the children should have an instructional book or story to read. On Friday they can choose from their book box for the weekend. Spelling - The children have either spelling lists or groups of words to learn. When they are ready for a new list, they come and show me. I will try to keep on top of this. Basic facts - same system as for the spelling.

Occasionally the children will come home with a question or problem to discuss. This may be about a word we have come across, or just something to do with our topic.

28th March 2012 Next week is our last week for the term. We will be finishing on Thursday.

17th April Hi everyone, hope you are all having a great holiday. I have sent some emails which will hopefully let you join our wiki. Good luck.

17th April Loving this already. I can see how great it could become. Great job so far Anne Marie. By the way holidays are fab. We are off to see ' How to train a dragon ' on Saturday in Auckland so Tyler will have lots to tell everyone.

22 July 2012 Dear Parents and Caregivers, It is hard to believe that we are already half way through the year, and beginning Term 3. This will be another busy term, with reports due out at the end of week 3. If you would like to have a parent/teacher interview after the reports are sent home, please just let me know. We are very fortunate to have Danielle Raddue with us for the term. She is currently a fourth year student at the University of Pretoria, and has come here to visit family, and spend time in a New Zealand school, as she completes her teacher training. We are all getting very excited about the Olympic Games. As a class, we will be following the games, and focussing our study on some of the sports and athletes involved. With so many students, and our visiting young teacher having ties to other countries, we will also be looking at different countries and cultures around the world. The children have a class buddy that they work with occasionally. As a pair, they will be choosing to look closely at a sport or athlete, and complete a project on their chosen topic. More information on that as the games get under way. Our homework programme continues as for previous terms. The children will have reading every night, and spelling lists. Many thanks to the parents who have been coming in and helping me with the spelling programme. We will again be cross grouping the class for maths on Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays. This means that the children are in a group who are all working at a similar level. If you have any questions about this, please come and see me. Winter is still upon us, and there seem to be lots of bugs about. If you are able to donate any tissues to the class, that would be most appreciated. As always, please do not hesitate to call or come and see me if there is anything at all that is worrying you or your child. Thank you, Anne-Maree Cameron