EOTC even closer now!

Thank you to all the families who are sorting gear etc with children for next week. It will certainly help the week flow better. Just a wee reminder to those few that haven't yet paid. It would be great if this could be paid by the end of the week. Many thanks. Also please ensure children have a drink bottle and plenty of healthy food next week. We won't be here for Friday Treat lunch. Lets hope the weather is kind to us - it is looking good on the long range forecast. Kind regards

EOTC YAchting

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EOTC Week

This is going to be a great week but you all have to be super organised to make it all happen. Monday will be biking to Clive.

 Some reminders for the week. 
Have you got someone to check your bike with you and also to fit your helmet correctly? 
Sort out your rain jacket and your thermal (polypro) gear. 
Other days activities.
 Do you have a wetsuit organised? Or do you need to see me to help you organise one.
 Are your clothes named? 
Do you have a fishing rod organised. bait? 
 Have you talked at home about healthy food, morning tea and lunch packed separately? Do you have water bottle sorted? 
A Hat? 
Sunscreen? 

 Make a start on organising some of this before the weekend please. And while you are doing this hum and sing our powhiri songs!

Action Song

Boating Safety

We were privileged to have Janine and Captain Phil (harbour master) to talk to us about boating safety. They showed us how to correctly wear life jackets, and the things we need to do to be safe when boating. 

Thank you to the HB Regional Council for organising this for us

Tyler at Chess.

Tyler was our only class representative at the Hastings District Chess Tournament on Friday. Te Mata did very well - we hope you had a good day Tyler.

Well Done ABs

EOTC week is Coming!

Thank you to all those parents who attended the meeting last week. The information pack will be in bags on Monday night. We would really appreciate these coming back to school as soon as possible so we can continue our planning. It is also a good idea to start thinking about bikes, wetsuits warm clothing, raincoats etc. In the past the weather has ranged from35 degree days to bitterly cold and pouring with rain. It is a fun week.

Wow! Our Mural

JWe were so incredibly fortunate to have Shiloh's grandmother ( a very well known and amazing NZ artist) work with the school council to complete the mural on the back of Room 22.

Thank you so much Jill. it is incredible and we all love it.

The Skipathon!

We were sitting around the netball courts and outside room 10, 11, 12 and 13 on the concrete. One at a time each syndicate was invited to 'skip their hearts out'. It was incredibly hot so we were puffing by the end of our segment.

Thank you to our class groups - very impressive double Dutch and tricky moves. Huge thank you to Mrs Barbosa for being the MC

HNI Technology Taster.

Sixes

Good luck to all our Hastings Sixes participants. I know you will participate well, giving it your best effort and being champion sports people by displaying wonderful fair play.

Enjoy and have fun!

Language Features

This week we have been learning about language features.There are five,personification wich is when you give a none human thing human qualities to make it seem alive,simile when you use the word like to compare two things,hyperbole to exaggerate about something,metaphor is when you compare two things but you don't use the word like or as,onomatopoeia is when you write the sound as it sounds eg. Bang.

By Rosa,Fleur and Shiloh!

Writing in the Chromebooks

Our buddy class has been teaching us to write on the Chromebooks using google docs. Today we are all doing our writing on them and are loving having a computer each! We will post some of our stories when we have finished them tomorrow. 

Vocabuletics Winners!

Well done to this week's winners. Aston, Finn and Amelia have won two weeks in a row. Well done. You certainly are becoming accustomed to winning!

Volunteer Posters.

Room 22 have started their term 3 inquiry about volunteering. We have researched about volunteering and created some absolutely amazing posters that are to encourage the community to volunteer. We made slogans, drawings and put a lot of work into them. These are two posters that Ryan F and Daniel made.

Written by Daniel

Skipping with Emily

Thank you Emily for helping us develop our skipping skills. We enjoyed learning and trying to improve our long rope routine.

Myspace Fun Flash Comments

Welcome Back!

I hope you all had lovely holidays. We certainly had some chilly days - did any of you get to play in the snow around Havelock North or somewhere else? We have a busy and very exciting term ahead - starting with our Swimming lessons at Clive on Monday. Please remember togs towel goggles if you have them - don't worry if you don't. Clive Pool have some you can use. It is really important to have all your clothes named. Please get this done over the weekend.

Another photo from our dress rehearsal today.

Our Show

Maths Reminder!

Remember to go to Studyladder this weekend. The tables tasks look like a fun way to learn. Share your tasks with someone at home. You could challenge someone to The Space Race Game on the blog. Have fun with your learning!

Thank You Grandparents

We loved having so many grandparents visit our classroom and our school. It was very very special to share our learning and our school with you. Thank you for coming to see us. 

Winter Snow Card Comments

The Rhythm of Life

The choir have been working really hard to prepare for our amazing extravaganza! Between singing practices we have been creating posters to hang up around the school to advertise our show, and learning about storyboards. We are so excited to perform in one weeks time! 

Maths Knowledge Home Learning

Well done to all those children who are taking responsibility for their Maths Knowledge learning. I have seen some amazing efforts - you are fantastic! It has also been really awesome to see so many parents helping and encouraging as well. Thank you!

Go Girls- Good Luck

Go Girls - Good Luck!

Good luck at the Dance Festival today!

Well Done Eli! Our Winning Dancer!

Well Done Eli!

We are so proud of you. Winning group at Hawke's Bay Dance Festival! What an amazing effort.

Buddy Class War Photographers

Today we did some drama based on the Simpson and the Donkey story. Rm 16 told us the story then we acted scenes. One of us pretended to be the photographer and when we 'froze' the frame - the image was 'taken'. Thank you Room 16 - you are great buddies.

Introducing Miss Fisher!

We interviewed Miss Fisher, our new student teacher, to find out more information about her.

Miss Fisher studies at Waikato University which is in Hamilton. She has enjoyed her first few days at Te Mata because everyone has been very welcoming. 

What Miss Fisher enjoys most about teaching is working with students and watching them grow and learn. She hopes to get to know each of us more and start teaching next week.

Miss Fisher has always dreamt of being a teacher, especially since she was a student at Te Mata.

Her favourite subject to teach is Literacy and she enjoys running and playing Netball. 

We hope you now know a bit more about Miss Fisher!

Interviewed by Amelia, Brooke and Arianna.

Learning to Write Exciting Titles and Beginning Paragraphs.

Today we went and played in the leaves and then had to write a title and the opening paragragh. How could we 'hook' our readers in so they would want to continue reading our work?

These are great examples and we decided we would want to continue reading these two great pieces. Well done!

Five Minutes of Autumn

We sprinted down the path with excitement among us. We smashed into the  piles of sharp crispy brown leaves, and sprung from side to side until we collapsed into the dirt underneath our dirty trainers and bare feet. As soon as we fell, our friends started to cover us in the dusty leaves and laugh tremendously loud using all the energy they had left in their fuel tank. The leaves rustled upon us, dancing around in the autumn wind. It felt like they were tickling us.

By Fletcher and Aston.

The Beauty of Autumn

We were shuffling towards the brightly coloured autumn leaves. We heard the rustling of the leaves as our feet sank into them. We felt the sharp corners and rough edges on the leaves as we delightfully  picked them up. Harrison was slowly getting buried under a mountain of leaves. Laughter floated up into the morning air.

By Daniel and Toby

Maths Ideas to Help You Learn at Home

There are some great games on this website. Have a go - they are fun.

http://creatingalearningenvironment.com/20-great-ways-to-learn-multiplication-facts-times-tables/

Week Two Spelling and Vocabulary Words

hymn

solemn

autumn

achieve

diesel.         REMEMBER  - CHOOSE TO LEARN!

fierce

grieve

retrieve

shriek

yield

priest

besiege

pier

Look at the ending of hymn, solemn and autumn. What do you notice?

The other words all have a pattern or 'rule'. What is it? Does it always work?

Do you know any exceptions to this 'rule'? 

Think about your own learning! 

Project Huia

Amelia stopped in the Manawatu Gorge over the weekend and found this sign. Good spotting Amelia and thank you for sharing it with us.

Does it make any connections with what we have found out since reading the book 'Project Huia' by Des Hunt?

ANZAC Poem written by Sophia

This is a very well written poem. What do you think makes it well written?

Thank you Sophia!

Footnote Dance

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THE ANZAC SERVICE

Some of the children in year 6 represented Te Mata School by reading this poem at the Havelock North schools ANZAC service.By Rosa

ANZAC Assembly

Room 22 put on a very moving Assembly yesterday. It was showing that we can remember the past in different ways - through books, services such as the Dawn Parade and also through song. We asked the school to think about questions they might have and to make connections with what they already know.

These are the links to the video and songs

Last Post and War Memorials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgTFXfcGI3s

The Poppy Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doalcouBKwc 

The Last ANZAC Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdH9fvfxdE4

ANZAC Assembly