On Monday we had the 'Science in a Van' people visit the school. The Year 6's were treated to a fun science afternoon. The school also had various science experiments happening at lunchtime and I gather that most children took part in them and had a great time.
On Monday and Tuesday Naomi the nutritionist came in to talk to the children about nutrition and how to avoid food and drink with too much sugar and salt. On Wednesday, we went to Eastridge New World where the children did an activity that forced them to read food labels. Many, many thanks to those parents who came and helped with this trip despite the short notice :-)
Apart the above, we continued work in Maths on division and we looked at aaawwubbis in writing (ask your children to explain). Reading took a back seat as I used that time as the time we had with the nutritionist.. we did, however, do plays on Friday..
We also continued the dictation and spelling work and in te reo, the children demonstrated the initial basics of a conversation. We also had some fun during te reo singing a couple of Maori classics:
On Friday, while I was busy with the Maths Gloss testing, the children created Mother's Day cards. I hope all you Mums had a relaxing Sunday and enjoyed the cards.
Next week, I will continue with the Gloss testing (10 children to go) and the children will also be doing their Reading assessments.
BTW. So far, most of the children seem to have found the mult./div part of the test easiest and the fractions part the most difficult. So I shall do a lot more work on the latter this term.
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