Notices for kids and parents Term 3: April - July 2016
This page will hold any information or notices that should be coming home for parents to know about.
Our 5B classroom door is open to parents at any time, so feel free to stop by. Perhaps come and watch your child do some amazing work.
Week 1: Kids return on Sunday 10th April 2016 for Term 3.
Week 2:
Week 3: Wednesday 27th will be the start of ECA. The last week for ECA will be week 8.
Parent information session with regards to your child moving from Grade 5 to Grade 6. Date to follow.
Week 4: No school on Thursday 5th May.
Week 5: Naplan test take place this week. Tuesday 10th, Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th May.
Week 6:
Week 7: Swimming Carnival for Grade 5 along with 'Arts Spectacular' being held this week.
Week 8: Graduation for our kids will be held on Wednesday 1st of June.
Last week of ECA.
Week 9: Transition week for Grade 5 kids.
Week 10: Ramadan starts this week.
Week 11: Thursday 23rd is the last official day for our Grade 5 kids in Junior school. School finishes for kids at 12:35.
Week 12: Only us poor teacher come to school this week..........why I ask myself? ....why? ...why?
Week 13: Mr Blair heads back to New Zealand.
Week 14:
Week 15:
Week 16:
Kids, please remember to write your homework in to your diaries, whether it is paper or electronic, and to use them daily.
PE is lesson six on a Monday and lesson 4 on Thursday so wear your PE gear. No swimming this term.
Mums and Dads, please remember to pack healthy lunch boxes with plenty of tasty snacks such as vegetables, fruits and yummy healthy sandwiches. The kids are encouraged to keep a water bottle in class, but please do not fill it with anything except water.
Please remember to put your homework or things you need for school in your bag yourself. Kids.....don't blame your Mums, Dads, Nannies, Care givers, cats, penguins or turtles for not packing YOUR belongings. YOU are responsible for you!!!
Home readers need to be returned on Thursday morning and library books need to be returned back to the library on Mondays ....don't forget them.
If you want our AIS school website, please click here:To check out what Mr Blairs 2011-2012 Maths Class have been up to, click here:
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This page will hold any information or notices that should be coming home for parents to know about.
Our 5B classroom door is open to parents at any time, so feel free to stop by. Perhaps come and watch your child do some amazing work.
Week 1: Kids return on Sunday 10th April 2016 for Term 3.
Week 2:
Week 3: Wednesday 27th will be the start of ECA. The last week for ECA will be week 8.
Parent information session with regards to your child moving from Grade 5 to Grade 6. Date to follow.
Week 4: No school on Thursday 5th May.
Week 5: Naplan test take place this week. Tuesday 10th, Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th May.
Week 6:
Week 7: Swimming Carnival for Grade 5 along with 'Arts Spectacular' being held this week.
Week 8: Graduation for our kids will be held on Wednesday 1st of June.
Last week of ECA.
Week 9: Transition week for Grade 5 kids.
Week 10: Ramadan starts this week.
Week 11: Thursday 23rd is the last official day for our Grade 5 kids in Junior school. School finishes for kids at 12:35.
Week 12: Only us poor teacher come to school this week..........why I ask myself? ....why? ...why?
Week 13: Mr Blair heads back to New Zealand.
Week 14:
Week 15:
Week 16:
Kids, please remember to write your homework in to your diaries, whether it is paper or electronic, and to use them daily.
PE is lesson six on a Monday and lesson 4 on Thursday so wear your PE gear. No swimming this term.
Mums and Dads, please remember to pack healthy lunch boxes with plenty of tasty snacks such as vegetables, fruits and yummy healthy sandwiches. The kids are encouraged to keep a water bottle in class, but please do not fill it with anything except water.
Please remember to put your homework or things you need for school in your bag yourself. Kids.....don't blame your Mums, Dads, Nannies, Care givers, cats, penguins or turtles for not packing YOUR belongings. YOU are responsible for you!!!
Home readers need to be returned on Thursday morning and library books need to be returned back to the library on Mondays ....don't forget them.
If you want our AIS school website, please click here:To check out what Mr Blairs 2011-2012 Maths Class have been up to, click here:
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Our Topics for Term Two
Science
This term finds 5B looking at Matter as our Science focus.
Students broaden their classification of matter and begin to see how matter structures the world around them. They test predictions relating to the behaviour of solids, liquids and gases by conducting investigations focused on the observable properties and behaviours of solid, liquids and gases.
We will discuss how scientists use observations and evidence to prove or disprove an idea. Along with this, we will also look at how scientist work when they have an idea, think up a test or experiment, make observations, record evidence, make conclusions from evidence, and share what they found out.
To go to our Science page, click on the word Science.
Kids can go on to Brainpop as well as other websites and find interesting information from many of the Scientific videos on display.
English
This term, we will be focusing upon Persuasive writing.
Another super Genre website the kids can access is by clicking on this link: Writing is fun.
Here is a Kiwi website that shows different examples of kids' writing across all levels from grade 1 and up. It is always good to look at other kids examples to get ideas of what makes a story good, along with seeing the things they could improve upon.
Click on the links to show the examples: They are levelled from 1 - 5. One being a simple story and five being at the higher end of the scale with more detail. Exposition (Persuasive writing)
Exposition (Persuasion)
Remember Organisational skills and Time Management. When is it due? How can I best do this? What do I need to do and what is expected of me?
Reflect: Did I do a great job? Have I done what I need to have done? What could I do to make it even better? What changes would I make?
Home Readers
Each Wednesday the children will be given new homereaders to bring home and continue to read. It is the children's responsibility to make sure the books are returned in their folder and placed on the shelf ready to be exchanged for new ones. Please return all your library books Wednesday, plus home readers put in the tray before 8:00 to gain points for your team.
Maths
Mathletics is always encouraged in Mr Blair's class. Tasks will be set every now and then to help the children consolidate with what they are learning at school. Basic Facts is an integral part of mathletics and one that must be learnt to help children move on more confidently in maths. Please practise doubles, compliments, times tables and telling of time with your children. Below at the bottom of this page are some examples of what we mean by doubles and compliments. In Mr Blair's home class and Maths class, we will do a weekly basic facts test to help speed up the instant recall of smaller Mathmatical numbers. You can view the basic facts sheets at the bottom of this page.
Spelling
Spelling words are given to the children each week by their literacy teacher. In grade 5, we use the website spellingcity that has your child's spelling words for that week. If kids are away on the day their spelling words are given out, you can easily access their words via this website along with other fun activites to practise their words. Just as, if not more important for the kids to be learning their words, is the understanding of what these words mean. Please test your kid's understanding of their words they are given each week. Later on in the term, our Literacy class will have a Spelling Bee using the words from Term 2. The kids will have a couple of weeks to recap the spelling words that we have covered this term to help them for the Spelling Bee. Kids can also access Spellodrome through their Mathletics username and password. To view this website, please click here. Another friendly spelling competition we have in our Literacy class can be found by clicking here at BiqIQKids.
WORLD MATHS DAY CAMP is over. The final results will be out in the next few days. What a busy camp crammed with Maths, Storm the Fort, Movies, Food, Spotlight, Tents, Sleeping....for some, Jumping Castle, A celebration song and dance by the Junior school as they thrashed the Middle School in STF, and a cake to finish off our 2012 WMD Camp. To check out the score board, click here: WMD Scoreboard.
Many thanks to all the parents who chipped in and made this WMD Camp come together. 150 kids involved in this camp...the numbers and pictures will be up shortly. Stay tuned.
Well done to Miss Nicole and the super amazing kids who joined in the first ever AIS World Spelling Day at school on Monday 5th of March. To look at some of the pics or to see the results, click here: Pictures Results
Tuesday 7th March was the Grade 3, 4 & 5 Athletics Carnival. To see some of the pictures from last year, click here. (Some pics below too).
This is a super camp with many activities for the kids to learn some new skills, along with making new friends. Highly recommended. Click here to see some of the pictures from last year.
Click here to see our very own Ali Khalifa representing AIS as 1 of only 3 Ambassadors chosen from the Middle East for the World Education Games coming up in March 2012.