Homework Due Friday Week 5 2016 

Our focus for this term is SYSTEMS.

If you think about it, systems are EVERYWHERE!

 

With your family, talk about what a system is. Then make a list of the systems you have in your household which make everything run smoothly e.g. a list of chores that need doing regularly.

Who decided on the systems?

Who makes sure the systems run properly?

What happens when the system breaks down or doesn't work?

Why is it important to have systems in a family?

Talk to your friends and compare the systems in your family with theirs. What are the DIFFERENCES and SIMILARITIES?

Why do you think there are similarities?

What about  the differences?

Present your research in a doc or slide and save it to your INQUIRY folder in Hapara. You can also present it NEATLY on a piece of paper.

Remember to read for 20 minutes per night (it REALLY makes a huge difference to your progress in reading.)

Basic facts and tables should be practised too - remember your goals from your report last year!

Cultural Festival Dance

Hi all,

Just a reminder to be working on your cultural festival dances for next Saturday!

Here is a video for the hip hop group: https://youtu.be/OGiv2JE84F0 

Week 4 Homework 

Discovery Friday...
Successes, challenges and suggestions.
For most of you, Discovery Friday has been the highlight of your week. So for this week's homework, your assignment is to reflect upon the impact Discovery Friday has had on your learning, and how we could improve upon what we've been doing.

Think about what worked, what didn't and how you think it could be improved.

Make sure you talk about what you have learned on our Discovery Fridays e.g. how to do an inquiry/learning a new skill e.g. cooking/gardening/building/Garageband/coding etc.

Create a slide show using pictures from the Te Ako Kahikatea gallery to make your points.

You could use a PLUS MINUS INTERESTING grid to organise your thinking.

We look forward to hearing your views!

Homework Weeks 2 & 3 Term 4

Homework Weeks 2 & 3 Term 4

As part of our Global Connections Project, choose a country that you would like to learn more about.
Create a slide-show or poster about this country and include the following information:

1. Population size.
2. Main source of wealth (how the country earns money).
3. Languages.
4. What the country is famous for.
5. Type of schools/education.
6. Popular games/pastimes for children.
7. Environmental issues the country faces.
8. The biggest health issues the country faces.
9. Children's health in that country.
10. Types of public transport.
11. Your choice of topic of interest.
12. Compare and contrast New Zealand and this country on the above features.
13. Based on this comparison, which country would you choose to live in and why?

Include lots of pictures.
NO COPYING & PASTING TEXT - your OWN words. Please include the url or titles of books you have used.

Homework Week 10/Holidays

Homework Week 10 / Holidays

One more week to go! Can you believe it?

Choir students - You performed brilliantly on Friday night. Congratulations everyone!

It has been a busy term with our ERO (Education Review Officers) visitors, 'Discovery Friday', Book parade and our trip to Birkenhead Leisure Centre.

Thank you for all your hard work this term and for being such awesome students. We look forward to Term 4 which will yet be another busy term, with our multicultural festival / market day and of course farewelling our Year 6 students. It will be an emotional term for them as they say goodbye to Newmarket and hello to a new chapter of their lives.

On Friday you all joined in to our global project - Flat connections via Edmodo and made comments. Well done everyone! It will be our concept for next term. Just imagine making connections with other students around the world. 

Your task this week and over the holidays is to get on Edmodo and start watching the feed of the flat connections. Remember be patient - as other students come on you can then start saying hello to them. You can also start to investigate an area that you might be interested in to do with Health and Well Being. It could be about pollution - Did you know that nearly 1/5 of pollution in Auckland city comes from traffic? Present it any way you like and put some links in as well.

Current Event - RUGBY WORLD CUP (RWC)

Choose any 2-3 to complete (or all four if you wish).

A. Quiz - Answer the following questions.

1. How often is the Rugby World Cup held?

2. Where is the RWC held this year?

3. When and where was the last RWC held?

4. How many countries are participating in the RWC this year?

5. Who won the last RWC?

B. Research

Research any other factual information about the Rugby World Cup - eg. its history, the cup itself etc... 

Remember to present your work neatly.

C.   -  A-Z

Fill in the gaps to make up sensible sentences. (Clue: The answers we are thinking of are in alphabetical order).

1.  The ball was kicked high in the  _________________.

2.  She tried to catch the ball  ..........................

3.  The  ....................... watched the game between the Chiefs and the Blues.

4.  He  ........................... to tackle the player with the ball.

5.  Players have to  ....................... lots of healthy food to be strong.

6.  Line-umpires carry  .......................... and they put them up when the ball goes out.

7.  The  ........................... was very green and slippery.

8.  The player was  ............................ up short of the line.

9.  The player got  ............................ when he hit his head on the ground.

10.  The player  ............................ up high to catch the ball.

11.  The player  ............................. the ball into the ground.

12.  The ball was thrown down the middle of the  ..............................

13.  Whenever you play rugby, you should wear a -----------------------

14.  The player's position on the field was  ............................... eight.

15.  The ball went  .............................. the posts.

16.  A try in rugby is worth five ...............................

17.  The winger was a very  ............................ runner.

18.  She  ............................ around all the players and scored a great try.

19.  His ............................ got ripped and he had to get new ones.

20.  The crowd stood and cheered for their  ..................................

21.  The long kick landed  ........................... the crossbar.

22.  The game ended in a  ........................... for all the All Blacks.

23.  The  ................................. went to start the game of rugby.

24.  You may need an  .................................. to see if your arm is broken.

25.  .............................. we played and today we will play it again.

26.  The halfback  ................................ through everyone to score a try.

D. - Flag

Choose a country that you support (or would like to support) playing in the RWC, draw their flag and colour it in with the correct colours.

• Name the capital city of that country.
• What is the approximate population?
• What language do they speak?
• What currency do they use?
• If your country is not New Zealand, find two ways in which that country is similar to N.Z and two ways in which that country is different from N.Z.

REMINDERS

• Mufti week this week ($5).
• School finishes this Friday (26th Sept.) at 2pm. No lunch orders that day.
• Don't forget to read every night.
• Don't forget to practise memorising your times tables and the strategies you have learnt over the year.

TERM 3 MEMORIES

Have a safe and fun holiday Te Ako Kahikatea.

Week 8 - Homework

Three more weeks to go!

Keep working hard Kahikatea. We are all very proud of you!

Homework this week will be short and sweet.

A. Make sure you have completed your book review from last week. (Well done those who have finished).

B. Create a wanted poster of a character (of your choice).

Don't forget:

• to name your character
• describe your character
• where was your character last seen
• any reward if found.

You can use google draw to create your character or on an A3 paper if you wish (ask Mr J for an A3 paper). Present your work neatly.

Reminders

• Don't forget to read every night and discuss what you have read with your parents.
• Practise and memorise your times tables / basic facts.
• Wear mufti this Thursday for our trip.
• Remember our values: - Respect, Kindness and Perseverance 

What are you dressing up as for the 'International Literacy Day' 

Maybe:

Week 7

We are already in week 7 - can you believe it!

We have had such an amazing term so far learning about Adaptation, working hard on our own inquiries and exploring how machines work... Check out these photos:

For homework this week:
Next week (Week 8) is an exciting week for Te Ako Kahikatea and Newmarket School.
Firstly - It's Literacy week! To celebrate this, we want you to write, film, draw, or create a slideshow to review your favourite book. Tell us what you enjoyed about it and why we should read it. Remember: Don't give too much of the story away!

On Thursday we have our long awaited trip to the Birkenhead Leisure Center where we are going to rough it in the outdoors and learn how to survive in the wild. Here are some things to remember for Thursday 10th September
- Be at school by 8.15am
- Wear Mufti - but remember, this isn't a fashion show. Wear something that is comfortable and that you don't mind getting a bit grubby
- No lunch orders!

Have a great week

- Te Ako Kahikatea Teachers