Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Homework Week 4 Term 1
Homework Sheet Due Date: Friday 1st
March
Remember to:
My day for
presenting news is _____________
I will be
presenting__________________
Remember to...
- Practice doing your maths certificate in 5
minutes
- Read and fill in your reading log – bring a book
to share at Friday bookclub time – Read your favourite part to an adult/sibling
- Spelling task – Highlight consonants and circle
vowels
- Learn _____ tables
Homework Learning
Activity
River Research
Continue the research your group started
at school last week on the Motueka Valley, finding the answers to any
unanswered questions, adding to what you’ve already found out and finding out
any other interesting information.
Take down what you find out as notes and
bring them in to help your group find out more about the history, industries,
activities and iconic places in the Motueka Valley, as part of our study into
our sense of place.
Have you talked to your
whanau yet about what Ngatimoti School’s new symbol is and means?
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Homework Week 3 Term 1
Homework Sheet Due
Date: Friday 22nd February
My day for presenting news is
___________________________
I will be
presenting_________________________
Remember
to ...
-
Learn your spelling words using the flowchart in the front of your homework
book and by showing the syllables in them, using hyphens e.g. com-fort-a-ble
-
Practice doing your math.s certificate in 5 minutes
- Read
each night for 20 minutes, get your reading log signed, (4 times) and give your
book a rating out of 10 and why you gave it that.
-
Learn ________ tables
Title Pages
One of
your goals this year is to improve the visual presentation of your written
work, so we’re learning about lettering, borders and use of colour, and layout
to capture the eye, by making title pages for schoolbooks.
You
need to finish some of your title pages this week. They will be started and
worked on at school, but then need to be a taken home, finished and handed in
by Friday.
Title Pages are: Spelling,
Homework, Draft Writing & Spelling, Maths Strand, Maths Numeracy, Reading,
Handwriting
Chocolate Courgette Cake
Chocolate Courgette Cake
Ingredients
- 120g softened unsalted butter
- 125ml sunflower oil
- 100g caster sugar
- 200g soft brown sugar
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 130ml milk
- 350g plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 tablespoons cocoa powder, (more if Cadburys)
- 450g courgettes, peeled and finely grated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Method
1. Put the
butter, sunflower oil and both sugars in a bowl and beat them together until
light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs and then the milk.
2. Sift the
dry ingredients together and fold them into the mixture. Stir in the courgettes
and vanilla, then spoon the mixture into a 20 x 35cm baking tin lined with
baking parchment. Place in an oven preheated to 190°C/Gas Mark 5 and bake for
35–45 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cut into
squares whilst still warm.
Monday, 4 February 2013
Homework Term 1 Week 1 2013
Homework Sheet Week
2 Due Date: Friday 15th February
Remember
to:
My day for presenting news is
_____________
I will be
presenting__________________
(the
timetable and explanation for this term’s news presentation is in the back of
your homework book)
Remember to...
- Practice doing your maths
certificate in 3/5 minutes
- Read Friday Bookclub book and
fill in your reading log. Share
your favourite part of a text with someone or write it down in your homework
book.
- Learn your spelling words – show
the syllables in your words, using hyphens, (-).
Activity:Me Mural
This
week’s homework focuses on finding out more about each other, to help us
develop our class culture.
Using
your Mural/Quilt Piece, please think carefully about and plan what you will
draw to show each of the following:
1. Your favourite
things.
2. Your
interests.
3. Your family/whanau/pets.
4. Your
achievements, skills and talents.
5. Your future
goals.
Your name will go
in bold, eye-catching lettering in the small rectangular box in the middle.
Pencil your drawings first,
then outline in black pen/pencil to make it stand out. Colour in
with colouring pencils – thinking
about colour use, background and neatness.
Remember the RIVER values of excellence, respect and being innovative
in all your work presentation this year.
Extra: Finish any unfinished title pages. Due this
week: homework, reading, maths strand, draft writing
News Presentation Term 1
A ~ Personal News -
Prepare some personal news to share with the class. It could be
about something you did over your Summer holidays, that your family or you are
doing or have done recently. Have it typed or written and attractively
presented on a piece of paper that can be put on the class newsboard.
B ~ Mihi -
Using the sheet from Mrs M to help you, find out more about
your family heritage and fill in your mihi, (introducing yourself). If you get
stuck ask for help, especially with pronunciation.
C ~ Local, School or Community News -
Have neatly typed
or written out, news that has happened or will be happening in the
Nelson/Marlborough Region, Motueka, at school or in the Ngatimoti community.
The school newsletter and the local newsletters and newspapers will be good
sources. Share your opinion. Think about neat presentation: borders, lettering,
correct spelling, illustrations.
D ~ My Sense of Place –
Tell us
about your favourite place in the valley or the local Tasman area: where it is,
why it is special to you, any interesting information about it, stories you
have or know or history associated with it. Be prepared to show us on a map
where it is and how to get there.
E ~ National News –
Tell the
class about something that has happened in the rest of New Zealand. Have it written out and attractively
presented on piece of paper that can be put on the class newsboard.
Remember to tell us where, why, how, when, what and who. Share your opinion.
Think about neat presentation: borders, lettering, correct spelling,
illustrations.
F ~ The Deep Blue Sea –
Give us 5
or more interesting facts, (neatly typed or written out and with an
illustration) about something amazing that lives in our oceans, something that
proves why our oceans need to be protected and cared for. Think about
attractive presentation, borders and being eye-catching as this will go on
display in Room 2.
G ~ International News –
The same as
for National News but this news has happened somewhere in the rest of the world
not in New Zealand. Share
your opinion. Think about neat presentation: borders, lettering, correct
spelling, illustrations.
H ~ Where in NZ? –
Research
and write out neatly five or more fascinating facts, (including a
picture something to do with the place) about a place in NZ. Read the facts out
to your classmates as clues and they are to try to work out where it is. Show
them the picture if
I ~ Jokes and
Riddles
Prepare 3 jokes or riddles to share with the class. Make sure they
are written out neatly so they can be put into the class joke book so
others can enjoy them.
J ~ Favourite Book
Bring
your favourite book to school and share it with the class. Tell us the title,
author, characters and what you like about it including the rating you'd give
it and why.
Monday
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Pagan C D E# F* G H I J A B
Rowena D* E F G# H* I J A B# C*
Kyle E# F* G H I# J* A B C D#
Jade
H.K F G H I J A# B* C D E
Joelle G H I J A B C# D* E F
Kai H I J A B C D E# F* G
Tuesday
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Bryn B* C# D E F G H I J A
Kea C D* E# F G H I* J# A B
Tui D E F* G# H I J A* B# C
Tiah E F G H* I# J A B C* D#
Leigh F G H I J* A# B C D E
Fraser G H I J A B* C# D E F
Wednesday
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Kahu A# B* C D E F G H# I J
Knightly B C# D* E F G H I J A*
Corbin C D E# F* G H I J A* B
Zeb D* E F G# H* I J A B# C
Isabel E F G H I# J* A B C D#
Phoenix F G H I J A# B* C D E
Seth G H I J A B C# D* E F
Thursday
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M. A# B* C D E F G# H I J
Amy B C# D* E F G H I* J A
Hannah C D E# F* G H I J# A* B
Jasmine D E F G# H* I J A B# C*
Kaydn E* F G H I# J* A B C D#
Oakley F G H I J A# B* C D E
G H I J A B C D E F
Key: *
Leader
# Questions
*Group Leader
It is your job in the morning to check
that everyone in the group has their news organised and ready to present, if
they don’t you will need to help them.
When it is time for news you will present each group member and their
type of news. You will be running
the class news for that day. Everyone in the class will have turn at
being Group Leader. Check the list to see when it is your turn. It is a
responsible job and I expect everyone to go a good job.
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