Term 1, Week 4

What wonderful weather we had for Friday’s BBQ! I do hope that everyone enjoyed a yummy dinner and a great time playing – or chatting! – with friends :) Thanks also to all of those families who attended a goal-setting interview last Monday, we are all very excited about the amount of learning going on in Room 3 this term! One common thread that came from these interviews was the importance of being able to count both forwards and backwards before beginning to add and subtract – if you’ve been problem solving for years it’s easy to forget how important it is to be able to put all of the numbers in the right order :) Thanks to all families who are working hard at counting forwards and backwards at home – it really will make such a big difference when it comes to solving problems in our heads (instead of on our fingers :)).

And, once again, thank you to those parents who came with us to swimming last Thursday – do come again!

This week in Room 3 we shift our maths focus onto sequencing numbers, and we’re really going to be digging deep to get as much understanding as possible from our reading. We’ll be writing plot, character and personal book reports, and once again we’ll get stuck in with some new waiata and poetry. We’re looking forward to illustrating our published personal profiles! We’re thrilled to get our library time back on Monday, and of course we’ve got our third swimming session on Thursday. Here’s to another awesome week in Room 3!