Term 1 Year 7/8 Syndicate Newsletter
Dear
Parents/Caregivers,
We would like to welcome you back to Term 1, and hope you had an
enjoyable break with your child/ren. I
would like to extend a warm welcome to Mr Ryan McInnes, the Room 11 teacher. He
has come to Christ the King from St Anne’s School in Woolston.
We would like to share with you what will be
happening in our senior classes this term.
Reading: This term the children will be exploring a variety of text
chosen by the classroom teacher. We are teaching the children to not consume
the text, but to construct meaning from what they are reading – looking for
clues and inferencing. The class will begin reading exploring the SRA Boxes and
then moving on to the fictional texts of myths and legends.
Maths: The children will sit a maths placement test this week in order
to organise our Maths classes. From the results, we will identify children who
should be extended within Level 4 of the New Zealand Curriculum, and these
children will be with Mrs Abbott for Maths. Mr McInnes and Mr Atherton will
teach the remainder of the children at Level 3 and 4 of the New Zealand
Curriculum. Mr McInnes and Mr Atherton
will keep the remainder of their classes with Room 12 being split between these
two rooms.
In Term 1,
the children will be exploring Number. This will have the children working
through addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using a variety of
strategies, and involving whole numbers, decimals, integers and fractions.
Writing: The children will work within two writing genres this term.
Firstly, the children will learn the recount writing genre with a focus on retelling
a story using interesting sentences. This will be followed by the narrative
genre with a focus on the children writing to engage the audience. The
narrative writing will also be linked to our reading of myths and legends.
Topic: Belonging - The
children will explore the topic of ‘Belonging,’ initially in the context of
Maori History and then relating this to their family history. Two terms that we
will be exploring is whakapapa (genealogy and family) and turangawaewae (our
connection to the land). Many people have made New Zealand home traveling vast
distances and making connections to the people and the land. This will lead the
children to research and apply their own inquiry related to their connection to
New Zealand, and in doing so learning this mihi (Maori speech).
Health: Belonging to the World Wide Web
– Throughout this year, we will
be teaching the children about belonging to the world wide web – what it means
to be a digital citizen. With the children predominantly using Google Drive to
work on this year, it is important that we teach the children about safety and
the Internet.
Key Dates:
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Thurs 4 – Thur 11 February
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Senior
School Swimming 1:30-2:30pm
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Friday 5 February
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Waitangi
Liturgy 12pm
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Wednesday 10 February
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Ash
Wednesday Mass
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Thursday 11 February
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Technology
at Breens Intermediate begins
Meet
the Teacher
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Friday 12 February
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CTK
Swimming Sports
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Friday 19 February
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CTK
Triathlon
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Sunday 28 February
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Senior
School Mass
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Monday 14 March
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School
Photos
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If you have any questions regarding your child’s learning, please
contact their classroom teacher.
Many Thanks,
Abraham
Atherton Catherine
Abbott
Ryan
McInnes
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