Newsletter

NEWSLETTER  Each term you are given a newsletter to outline what we will cover. 21st April 2010 Dear Parents and Caregivers Welcome back to our second term for the year. We hope your family have enjoyed the break. Like always, your child will be engaged in a range of exciting learning experiences and opportunities that are constantly preparing them for the future. We begin our term with KOS, which is a Health focus about Keeping Ourselves Safe. Children will be learning about how to keep safe in different situations, about being confident & assertive, knowing safety rules at home and knowing who to turn to for help. Your child will have homework tasks that are related to our learning at school. We continue with our school-wide theme of ‘Building’. The emphasis this term is science-based looking at the living world, Animal Habitats. For this, children will follow an inquiry process as part of their learning journey. There will be discovery opportunities, questioning, researching and presenting. As part of the finding out stage, children will visit the Canterbury Museum to learn about the Antarctic. Each class will require approximately 6 adults and a further notice will be sent home requesting for this. The dates for each class are below: Room 12 Monday 31st May Room 11 Monday 31st May Room 10 Monday 31st May Room 9 Tuesday 1st June Room 8 Tuesday 1st June We will integrate Technology into our major topic of habitats, with children following a design process in order to plan and make a habitat. This is a great opportunity for those children who love to construct and who are tactual learners. Our major physical activity for this term involves children travelling by bus to Action Indoor Sports. This is a real hit! Children love the opportunity to release energy over the cold and wet days of Term 2. Your child will be involved in a range of winter sports that will develop their fitness, hand-eye co ordination and motor skills. Dates for this are: 28th May, 4th June, 11th June, 18th June and 25th June. Further details about this will be sent home later in the term. As it is an eleven week term your child may result in feeling a little tired or run down. They may need extra sleep at night or more physical activity during the day. Please inform us if your child is experiencing difficulties, so that we can help support your child at school. Dates to pop into your diaries are: Parent teacher interviews Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd June Queen’s birthday Monday 7th June End of term treat Thursday 1st July (school based, no cost) End of term Friday 2nd July We hope this letter helps to keep you informed of up and coming events and gives you an insight into your child’s learning for the term. If you have any queries, please feel free to come and chat with us. Kind regards Team 3/4 Teachers Amanda Rose, Stephen Simpson, Elizabeth Biddick, Amberley Harding and Celia Sheerin
 * Team 3/4 Newsletter for Term 2 **