Te Henga team learners...

Some Weekly Reminders...
*read every night, with or to your child
*basic facts practice via Huapai website:  http://intranet.huapaidistrict.school.nz/
*spelling practice of essential lists, very important that these essential words are being used throughout school work, not just on tests  :)
*library is on Tuesday
*class swimming is on Friday

Meet Te Henga Team
This year we are part of Te Henga team which is made up of...
Room 11:  Years 1/2:  Esther Bahg
Room 20:  Years 3/4:  Allisa Holbrow and Traci Mihaljevich; Marcelle Waugh (TA) and Erika Kuschel (LA)
Room 13:  Years 5/6:  Ben Hutchings
Room 12:  Year 7/8:  Tina Knott

On Monday afternoon we had our first team meeting and were lucky enough to have a great team photo taken.  Check us out, aren't we fabulous!!!

What type of learner are you?

This past week we looked at different learning styles.  Through Gardiners' Theory of Multiple Intelligences, we all took a little quiz to find out what learning style based on the eight intelligences we might be.  Our class results were interesting.

From our results, we all collected class data and began to present it in our own unique way. We had to collaboratively work with each other and on our own to come up with the best display for our findings.  Our next learning step will be to research about our learning style and learning intelligence to inquire about how we are all unique in our learning.

Spelling...

Many of you have been asking about spelling words.  Any word your child may struggle with when writing is a great word to start with!
Essential List spelling testing began last week and will continue this week.  From last weeks testing all students will be putting a spelling list into their spelling notebook to go home and be revised. Many students will have words which they should know and spell correctly in their everyday writing. These are words we would like reinforced and used correctly when writing, as they are the essential words and make up over 50% of the words we use daily.  If your child is worried that they are on a list lower than the end of last year, do not fret.  As previously stated, these are essential spelling words which make up the backbone for all writing and must be spelt correctly, at all times.  With a little revision and perseverance, they will be back up to where they think they were at last year.  Spelling will be an integral part of our independent learning programme.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

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