Burnham
School
Te Kura
o Tiori
Chaytor
Ave, Burnham 7600, New Zealand
t: (03) 347-6851 f: (03) 347-6223
29 February 2013
Dear Whanau
I welcome you and your child to Ruma Whitu for 2013.
A bit about me -
I have been a teacher for the last 17 years and have
taught in various schools in Christchurch, Taranaki and in London. I live in town and I am passionate about
sport - golf, triathlon, league and the Highlanders being my main interests. I
love teaching at Burnham and look forward to having a busy and productive year
with your child.
Our inquiry for this term is IT”S ALL ABOUT ME - which
reflects investigating the multiple intelligences and how we learn best. We will be experimenting with a lot of
different learning styles and developing our skills in a number of areas.
This term is an awesome one for us with alot of events
going on.
·
Swimming is happening in Weeks 2 – 4 finishing with our school swimming
sports.
·
Math is Addition and Subtraction and Measurement
·
Writing is Recounts and Instructions
- we will be writing our autobiography and demonstrating a “how to”.
·
Reading is vocabulary and retelling / sequencing
·
PAT and STAR testing is happening along with running records and other
testing to find your child’s needs in order to provide the best learning
programme.
- Children
who are 9 yrs will have the opportunity to take part in the Lincoln Zones
Triathlon either as an individual participant or in a team. Let me know if that is something that you think
your child would be interested in.
Please make sure
that your child’s hat and vest is at school everyday.
All Year 4 and 5 children will be on camp
at Blue Skies in Kaiapoi on 26-28 March. This will be a fantastic opportunity
for the class to strengthen their co-operation and partnership skills,
challenge their boundaries and learn about the environment. More
information including cost, gear list and medical forms will be sent in the
next week, please email me with any questions after these have been received. Parent support is essential in order for our
school camps to take place. I will need
to have confirmed three parents from Ruma Whitu who can commit to coming to
camp and enough transport for the trip to and from Blue Skies by the end of
February.
Homework is part of our weekly study. Your child has a clearfile and notebook that they
will use for this work.
Basic facts, spelling and their choice of 10-15mins of
nightly reading are the basic expectations.
There will be other work sent home as it arises.
Our class
timetable
|
TIME
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
|
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9.00
10.00
|
Roll /
Karakia/ Buzz groups
Spelling/Homework
Writing
Brainfood/Serial
story
Fitness
|
Roll /
Karakia/ Buzz groups
Writing
Brainfood/Serial
story
Fitness
|
Roll /
Karakia/ Buzz groups
Writing
Brainfood/Serial
story
Fitness
|
|
10.10
|
Math
|
Math
|
Math
|
|
|
I N
T E R
V A L
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||
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11.20
|
Reading
|
Reading
|
Reading
|
|
|
L U
N C H
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||
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1.30
|
Te Reo
1.50 Tidy up
2.00 Library
|
Inquiry
|
Inquiry
|
|
2.15
|
Hui/Celebration
assembly/Kapahaka
|
Interchange
2.50 Tidy up
|
Interchange
2.50 Tidy up
|
|
TIME
|
THURSDAY
|
FRIDAY
|
|
9.00
10.00
|
Roll /
Karakia/ Buzz groups
Writing
Brainfood/Serial
story
Fitness
|
Roll /
Karakia
Basic
facts/Spelling/Homework
Canta math
Brainfood/Serial
story
Fitness
|
|
10.10
|
Math
|
Co-op
group activity
Inquiry
|
|
|
||
|
11.20
|
Reading
|
Catch up
on work/Publishing
ICT
|
|
12.00
|
|
Junior
Kapahaka
12.20 Tidy up
|
|
1.30
|
||
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2.15
|
PE
|
ICT
Golden Time
|
|
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Interchange
2.50 Tidy up
|
PE /Sport
2.30 Full
school singing
|
Please make sure you keep up to date about
what is happening at school through our newsletter, if you are not receiving it
from your child please visit our school website: www.burnham.school.nz or Facebook page.
I
look forward to chatting to all families in the next few weeks, if you would
like to come and see me in person please either email me or call the school
office. We have a Meet the Teacher/Back to School Picnic from 5pm next
Monday evening.
If you have any questions, queries or compliments,
please don’t hesitate to contact me on samwalker@burnham.school.nz and I will reply to you as soon as possible.
Hei kona
Whaea Sam
