Week 4 What Are We Learning About This Week?

Social Studies

Monster Manners

Behaviour above the line, below the line and at the bottom. Ask your child to tell you about the story of the Monster Who Came To School.

Two awesome examples of behaviour above the line:

You might see our Class Treaty in class with the rules we have decided on to help us learn.

Writing

Our Favorite Things

Chinese New Year

You may have visited the lantern festival in the weekend to celebrate Chinese New Year. This Year it is the Year of the Horse. This week we are learning about the Monkey King- Sun Wukong. The Monkey King is one of Josh and Fiona's favourite things to talk about. The Monkey King has special powers. He is an expert at Martial Arts and he has an amazing weapon. He is smart and funny and maybe a bit of a trickster.

Dance

Colour

We are learning to move in different ways and respond to how colour makes us feel. We read this book:

We will be learning a song by Cyndi Lauper called True Colours and creating movements to match.

Te Reo

We are learning to say who we are

Ko Au Tenei - This is me:

We are learning the names of colours in Te Reo:

Homework

Thank you for helping your child keep up with their homework. Basic Facts and Spelling are going very well. The children are reading their books every night and again in the morning which is helping their learning. Keep up the great work!