HOLIDAY LEARNING

To keep maths up to speed over the holidays, I have signed the children up to IXL maths.

https://nz.ixl.com/signin

and here is a useful site to inspire writing

Writing Exercises

And a good way to keep track of reading along with a chance to win prizes.

Summer Reading

Tri Champs

Room 6 and Haumoana School children have an amazing attitude to giving their best and succeeding. 

A big thanks needs to go out to the parents who support their children in all their endeavours whether it is swimming lessons or attending cycling or running events. They could not succeed without your support!

Record numbers attended the event this year (660 children) and all teams and individuals performed extremely well.  25/34 Haumoana children who competed made it on to the podium and the rest were close!

Individuals

1^st Year 5 girl = Grace

1^st Year 5 boy = Garrett

2^nd Year 5 boy = Evan 

3^rd Year 5 boy = Will

Teams

1^st Year 5 boys team = Marcus, Edward and Max

2^nd Year 5 mixed team = Charlie d, Scarlett & Jacob

1st Year 5 girls team = Eden, Ana and Lucy

1^st Year 6 mixed team = Imogen, Harry and Blake

1^st Year 6 girls team = Molly, Elise and Charlie K

2^nd Year 6 boys team = Oliver, Tobias and Connor

3^rd Year 6 girls team = Jenna, Sophia and Liberty

Secret Santa

Hi Everyone

The children have requested a 'Secret Santa' for next week ($5 limit). The sharing will take place next Tuesday along with a shared lunch to farewell our Year 6 students. Names will be drawn tomorrow.  Please support your child in choosing a gift for their recipient.

Urgent Request

OPTIMIST YACHTS – PANDORA POND

25 November 2015

Dear Parents / Caregivers

All sorted - thanks for your support
Gear list and yacht rigging video below.

As part of our outdoor education and health curriculum Room 6 children will be learning to sail in Optimist Yachts at Pandora Pond on Monday 30^th from 9.00am to 3.00pm.

We still need three extra parents to transport and supervise for the day.  Without transport and supervision, the trip will not go ahead.

Please contact me ASAP if you are able to assist.

David Barclay

0276998129

david@haumoana.school.nz

Optimist Yacht Rigging

Ÿ     Morning tea	Ÿ     Drink bottle	Ÿ     Lunch
Ÿ     Sunhat	Ÿ     Towel	Ÿ     Sunscreen
Ÿ     Windproof jacket	Ÿ     Covered footwear	Ÿ     Personal medication
Ÿ     Togs/wetsuit	Ÿ     Woollen jersey or polyprop

Week 7

Lake Kaitawa viewed from dining room

Room 6 had a brilliant week at camp!  A big thanks to the parents who transported, cooked, cleaned and supervised for 4 days.

Photos/videos should be appearing on the children's Blogs shortly.

Much of the week will be spent doing follow up work from camp and preparing for next Monday's optimist yacht experience.

At this stage I only have transport and supervision for 17 children so if you can help out, please get in touch ASAP.

Check out the video below for the 'how to' of yacht rigging.

Optimist Yacht Rigging

Week 6

Welcome to Week 6 - Camp Week

A few reminders

Camp Payments - please make sure all fees are paid to the office.

Times - Aiming for a 9am departure.  We will be returning by 3pm on Friday.

Baking - please bring to school tomorrow. Remember no nuts!

Gear list - available on blog.  Please check your children s essentials.

CAMP GEAR CHECK and two extra notices

  GEAR CHECK

Tomorrow, I need all children to bring the following gear to school for a gear check (list is on class blog).  

Remember if you have extra items that you are prepared to loan, please let me know.  Likewise if you need an item, please ask!

For full gear list, click here Gear List

1 pair of covered shoes suitable for walking
1 x raincoat
2 x thermal tops
1 x beanie
1 x thermal longs

AND

Optimist Yachting notice was sent home today (for 30th November - parent help needed).
HB Triathlon Champs notice was sent home today (for 7th December - parent help needed).

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Cycle Skills Success and . . .

Tuesday

2015 Hawke's Bay Schools Cycle Skills Championships

Yesterday a group of Room 6 children attended the inaugural Cycle Skills Champs as part of our Bike Safety fortnight.

There were 8 challenges which were a mix of theory and practical for the 100 plus children from Years 5-8.

Congratulations to the Year 5 team of Garrett, Grace, Pete, Edward, Charlie d and Lucy who won the top team Trophy.
individual podiums went to Garrett - 1st Y5, Pete 3rd Y5 and Elise 3rd Y6.

The children also got the chance to compete with 2 x NZ Road Champion - Julian Dean.

Wednesday

School Cycle Skills Day

Today the seniors put their 'instructors hats' on and shared their skills with Rooms 4 and 5.  They demonstrated superb communication skills and patience with the younger children.

Week 4

Thank you to those students and parents who helped out at Haumoana Tropicana after watching the successful ALL BLACKS.

This week or language and maths tasks will be focused on:

Bike Safety
AND
Camp preparation

REMEMBER YOUR BIKES

and check out the top 5 weirdest road bikes and the WickEd website

Top 5 Weird Bikes

WickEd - Cycling

WEEK 3

Haumoana Tropicana a few days away!

Remember to wear your TROPICANA outfit tomorrow and bring a can to support Haumoana Tropicana.

We need volunteers - children - to help out with the 'Games on the Hill' including the water slide!

Another short but busy week!

REMINDER - Camp meeting on Wednesday evening at 5.30pm.  

Notices out this week will be for . . . 

• Cycle Safety fortnight - bring your bikes next week.
• Cycle Skills Champs.
• Athletics inter-school - trials this week.

In class we will be learning . . .

• Techniques with pastels
• Addition and subtraction with decimals
• Forms of poetry

Week 2

Firstly, congratulations  to the Haumoana cyclists who took part in the 25th Tour of the Bay.  Hot and windy but well done to Elise 1st, Pete 2nd and William 3rd in the 10 km event and Evan who finished 2nd male in the 20 km event just behind ex-pupils.

This week in class we will be completing out 'Dental Health' unit and starting our 'Be Healthy' topic.

In writing we will be using recount to share holiday experiences.

In maths, after reviewing our knowledge results we will be investigating geometry and the properties of 2D shapes.

Camp notices will be out this week so please check book bags and get the medical information back to me as soon as possible.  Gear list is also available on the Camp page.  Feel free to ask if you have any queries about camp and remember the camp evening on Wednesday 28th.

Week 1 Part 2 (Waikaremoana)

Camp notices will be out next week.  Keep an eye out for them!

I have posted the 'gear list' and proposed timetable on the  CAMP page - you will still be getting a hard copy.

Week 1

Welcome back to school for Term 4.  It is another action packed term.

Check out the upcoming events section on the Blog.

Highlights for me are Camp Kaitawa in November as well as Optimist yachting.

This week we will be revisiting maths knowledge concepts and  reviewing measurement ideas from last term.

In writing we will be reviewing explanation writing.

Testing in both these areas will occur this week.

This week World Education Games are taking place.  This is a 'live' application online.

The current Room 6 Hall of Fame is below

In Room 6, currently girls rule in Year 6 and the boys are top of the ladder in Year 5.  We are 52nd and 44th in the World!

World Education Games

During Week 1, we will be challenging the World in literacy, maths and science in an online competition.  Get a head start and practice from today.

Email me for your login and password.

Email me here!

World Education Games

Speech Finalists

Congratulations to the speech finalists from Room 6.
3 Year 6 students and 2 Year 5 students will present their speeches in the final on Wednesday afternoon.

Year 6
Molly
Imogen
Renee

Year 5
Charlie
Will

Haumoana Tropicana

Haumoana Tropicana

Room 6 will be organising family games at Tropicana Day on November 1st.

If you are able to help out with ideas or on the day, please contact myself or Lee

drleeknight@icloud.com

david@haumoana.school.nz

School Cross Country 2015

Congratulations to all children who completed the School Cross Country on Wednesday afternoon.

The inter-school cross country takes place next Wednesday.  We will be travelling to the event by bus.  The event notice is due home Friday.

Week 8

This week is Book Week, Speech Week and Cross Country Week.

There are a number of Book Week events with daily activities in the library, the Book Fair in Room 9.  In the class we will be writing book reviews to share with others as well as adding these to our blogs.  Book Week finishes with a dress up day so come dressed as your favourite story character for our Friday parade.

The children will be finishing and fine tuning their speeches with the first ones being delivered on Thursday/Friday.

The school cross country starts at 1.30pm on Wednesday and the weather looks like it will be fine.

In maths we are learning about volume and capacity.  To start with we need small boxes such as toothpaste cartons for measuring.  So please send these to school if you have any handy.

MUD - the x/c course as dried up and we need to apply more water and bikes to sort it out. by tomorrow.  Bring your mountain bike, towel and a change of clothes to help out.

NEXT WEEK
Speech finals
Inter-school Cross Country.

North Island Cycling Champs

Six Room 6 children attended the North Island Intermediate Road cycling Champs last Friday at the Taupo Race Circuit.

Competing against Year 7's, Harry finished 6th in the Boys event and Molly finished 16th in the Girls competition.

Congratulations on a job well done!

 

Strike Percussion

Last Wednesday the school had the 'Strike Percussion' experience.  First a a display of their talents, followed by a hour long music lesson.

Speech 2015

Speech topic this year is

"How a person's technological idea has changed society."

Discuss the topic with your child and assist them to make a wise choice in topic.  Year 5 expectation is 3 minutes and Year 6 is 4 minutes.

The final is in Week 9 - dates and times to be confirmed.

Week 6

Week 5 in review. . .
Well done Room 6 children (and parents) for your efforts in tackling the "Taradale Terror" adventure race on Friday evening.  It looked like a lot of fun.

Thanks to Andrea and Paula for their help with the sausage sizzle at School on Sunday.

This week:

• Mid Term assembly this week takes place on Wednesday along with 'Strike Percussion' workshops.
• North Island Cycling Champs take place in Taupo on Friday  and 6 children from the class will be competing.
• The Book Fair is set up at school  - children will have the opportunity to check out the latest in children's books.
• The Literary Challenge has been postponed due to the Principals Conference.
• Selected children will be sharing their origami skills with Room 3 children on Monday afternoon.

In maths we will be working on multiplication and division skills. Remember to check out e-ako and the 'basic facts pathway' to help with your understanding.

In language we will be investigating 'root' words and looking at Latin and Greek derivatives as well as continuing with procedural writing. We will also be using www.mindmup.com to share our understanding of new vocabulary.

Room 6's Artwork

The "Grow, Harvest, Prepare, Share" art is now on display in the hall.

From HB Orienteering

We'd like to thank you all for organising your kids to run in HB Schools Relay event yesterday. 

Please can you pass on this thanks to the kids and parents who came along and made it a successful finale to our 2015 HB Schools Orienteering events. The results are on the HBOC website and we will finalise school points and the certificates for the winners over the next few weeks and get these sent to your schools. If anyone missed out on their ribbons for the podium for any of the events please let us know and we'll get these sent out with the certificates.

Please share the HBOC facebook page where there are numerous photos of the relay, at www.facebook.com/hborienteering

and there is a google photos link: Hikanui Map:  315 photos in this album

We'd love to hear your feedback about the events - please send to  schools@hborienteering.com 

HBOC runs more events through the remaining year and so if your kids are keen we would love to see them at the events, events calendar is on the HBOC website, with a sprint scheduled for next Sunday 23 August at Napier Central. 

Thanks

Karen and Cryn

Week 5

Congratulations to the Year 6 Girl's Orienteering team for winning the relay event on Sunday.

Renee, Molly and Pearl - Great job girls!

Week 5 - another busy one

Sunday 23rd

 I need a couple of volunteers to help with the sausage sizzle for the last duathlon of the season (approx 10.00am - 12.30pm)

Monday

Mrs Cannon will be teaching in Room 6 on Monday - I have asked her to share her artistic teaching skills with the class.

Tuesday

Open Evening at HNI - 6.30pm

Wednesday 

Tech visit to HNI for those attending next year.

Thursday

Orchestra play in for 8 children from Room 6.

Friday

Taradale Terror at 4.30pm.

In language, we will be writing procedures - this week the focus will be on a Treasure Hunt.  Our spelling this week is based on vocabulary from the book (Hatchet) being read in class.

In maths, we will finish off algebra and revisit multiplication and division strategies.  Have a look at the e-ako website and click on the basic facts pathway!

Room 5 Visit

While some of Room 5 and 6 were at choir and soccer, the rest had a technology challenge!

TARADALE TERROR

Taradale High School has organised and adventure race for primary aged children.  This takes place on 21st August from 4.30pm-6.30pm.

Entries need to be back at school along with payment by this Friday 14th.



I will collate entries but the children/parents need to confirm teams.

Week 4 & Camp Info

Welcome to Week 4.

• CAMP FUNDRAISER - Sausage Sizzle at school on Friday - parent helpers needed!

• Maths Week - http://www.mathsweek.org.nz/

• Sentence of the week: - Kua oho mai koe = You're awake.

This is a busy week with the "Kids Sing" festival and associated practices on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  This involves 18 of the children from Room 6.

On Wednesday afternoon 23/27 Room 6 students are involved in inter-school soccer. Make sure that the notices are returned.

Great attitudes!  Great participation!

We will be continuing to learn about patterns and relationships (algebra) for maths and reading and writing procedures in Language.

CAMP - new legislation means that all parents attending camp will need to have a police check prior to acceptance for camp duty. Forms are available from the office.

Next Wednesday (19th) there is a HNI Tech visit for those Year 6 students intending to go to Havelock North Intermediate.

Haiku Poem and Number Cruncher

Work out the rule of this number cruncher to win a prize!

and check out Imogen's haiku poem below.

and remember click below to give e-ako a go.
e-ako

Haiku by Imogen

Pearl update - good news!

Hi all

Pearl had an accident in the playground today and was taken to hospital in the ambulance.  The good news is that she has been discharged and is now at home!

Week 3

Welcome to Week 3

This week we are learning to write Haiku poems in Language and learning about algebra - patterns and relationships in maths.

Look out for choir notices for 'kid sing' next week and a soccer notice for inter-school soccer - also in week 4.

The children are using the 'e-ako' website to assist their learning in algebra.  Ask them to demonstrate this website at home.

e-ako

Week 2

Congratulations to those children who took on the Tough Guy and Girl Challenge!  It looked like a lot of fun (and pain).  Make sure that you check out the Haumoana School Facebook page for photos.

Camp - thank you to those parents who have offered to assist at camp next term.  I will be contacting you shortly with more information. 

 Remember camp payments can be paid to the office for those who want to get a head start. 

Thanks to Jo, Jane and Dennis for helping out at the the sausage sizzle fundraiser on Sunday.

Kowhai will be running the assemblies this week.

This week we will be learning:

In Language

• How to write procedures 
• Re-visiting personification.
• Hatchet is the novel that I am sharing with the class and 
• 'Word of the Week; is "turbulence".

In Maths

• We still have to complete the knowledge tests and
• Continue to investigate 3D shapes and nets.

We will also finalize goal setting for the rest of the term.  These should be popping up on their Blogs within the week.

Parent/Teacher interviews take place this week.  Remember to book a time if you wish to discuss your child's progress or reports
.

Interviews

Parent/Teacher Interviews are taking place Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week.

Book online at schoolinterviews.co.nz

The school interview code for bookings is: TP42E.

Term 3 Week 1

Welcome back to Room 6 for Term 3.  

We start the term with a powhiri for our new staff.  This replaces the Monday morning assembly.  We also have Candidate Teacher, Ms Burgess, joining us for 3 weeks.

There is another opportunity to fund raise fro camp this weekend (Sunday 26th). Haumoana School is once again hosting a TriHB Duathlon.  I am organising a sausage sizzle.  Volunteers for cooking and serving, please contact me at school.

This term learning will focus around Garden to Table and Technology.

New website and challenges - try Typing Club on Monday (see me for individual logins and passwords).

Habits of Mind focus will be Thinking Interdependently and Gathering Data.

We have another busy term ahead.  Make sure that you check the 'Upcoming Events' and add them to your calendar.

• Junior Tough Guy & Girl
• Kid Sing
• Inter-school soccer
• HNI Tech visit
• Inter-school Lit Challenge
• School X/C
• Learning Conferences
• Inter-school X/C
• Speech Competition

End of Term Assembly & Mr Chittenden's Farewell

REMINDER

End of Term assembly starts at 1.30pm on Friday.  There will be a last chance to see the school production items and we farewell Mr Chittenden after 25 years at Haumoana School.

Week 11

A busy weekend for some and a busy week ahead.

Lots of production practice, a bit of poetry writing and tidying up of loose ends!

Remember  - Dress rehearsal for school production tomorrow!

Last week in review

Camp Kaitawa notice #1 went out (copy on 'Camp Page') - if you would like to help out on camp, please complete brief survey to me by Wednesday.

Room 6 cyclists excel!
Congratulations to Elise, Grace, Molly and Imogen who won the Year 7/8 Girls Team Time Trial Trophy at the HB Cycling Champs on Saturday.  Fantastic effort from the Boys team to finish 3rd in an extremely competitive event.

It is always difficult competing against older students but the task is even harder when they happen to be ex-pupils.

Congratulations to Harry for a 3rd place in the individual road race (won by Year 8 Will T) An amazing effort by  Molly (4th behind Lily and Katelyn) and Marcus who rode competitively for 42km over the 2 days!

Camp Notice # 1

Room 6 @ CAMP KAITAWA 2015

Notice #1

UPDATE – 24^th June

Dear Parent/Caregivers

I have had a few queries about camp recently plus I need to collect a bit of information from parents to help with my planning so here is the official update.

Room 6 will be visiting Camp Kaitawa near Lake Waikaremoana in November.  It is a fantastic area for an outdoor education experience as it provides a range of activities to suit all abilities and it will be a wonderful venue to celebrate a year’s learning.

·         Dates booked are 17^{th -} 20^th November (3 nights, 4 days). 

·         The camp is approximately 185km from Haumoana.

·         Transport will be by minivan and/or private vehicle depending on parent numbers and support.

·         Activities may include:  kayaking, swimming, caving, confidence course, cooking and team challenges and bush walks.

·         Pupil Contribution - preliminary estimate $190 per child.  This does not include any fundraising.  Automatic payments can now be arranged with the office to ensure full payment before camp.

·         Early feedback from parents has shown a lot of interest in attending therefore a ballot may be required.

·         Any parent wanting to be involved in menu/food organisation, please contact me.

Fundraising

·         Fundraising activities started last weekend and there will be more events planned for the next term.

·         Funds raised from these weekend activities will be allocated proportionally to reduce the costs of those students/parents directly involved.

·         If you have any ideas for fundraising please contact me at school.

Please complete this brief survey and return this form to me by 30^th June.

(This survey is to indicate expressions of interest only and is to assist me with planning)

Thanks for your support

David Barclay

Room 6 @ CAMP KAITAWA 2015 Survey

Name of Parent: ______________________  Phone: ______________  Email: _____________________

Ÿ       I would like to and am able to attend Camp Kaitawa 17^th-20^th November 2015

Ÿ       I can transport ____ children to and from Camp Kaitawa.

Ÿ       I can supply and tow a covered trailer to and from Camp Kaitawa.

Ÿ       I have first aid certification.

Ÿ       I have outdoor education qualifications.

Ÿ       I would like to help organise fundraising activities to help subsidise camp costs.

Ÿ       I am physically able to participate in ALL activities.

Ÿ      
Other relevant information.