1. YEAR 4 PROGRAMME

2. Introductions  Mrs. Dale - syndicate leader/teacher in 5D and teacher in charge of the Library.  Mrs. Langford - 5E  Mrs. Samuel - 5F  Mrs. Kaur - 5B

3. CHANGES  In many cases students choose their own home reading material. However, some students will still be given specific home reading.  No spelling diaries, the spelling list will be recorded in the back of the homework book.  Spelling levels are not the same as Year 3, it is an entirely new spelling programme.

4. Spelling:  New programme with new levels this year.  Students are grouped according to their Schonnel spelling test results.  Re-tested in June and groups readjusted accordingly. Retested again in October  List words for homework are written in the back of homework books.  List words are tested on a Thursday.

5. HOMEWORK:  Goes home on Friday  Comes back on Thursday  A Homework Guideline Sheet will be pasted into the front of Homework books  Consequences - Friday homework club  A Dragon Maths 2 workbook will also be part of the homework and required pages will be listed in the homework sheet for the week.  Spelling is tested on Thursdays  Importance of having books at school on Thursday.

6. LANDSCAPE LEARNING PROGRAMME 2013 Summer Health Native Trees Early Maori An Eco Friendly Society PoliceAntarctica Moove and Groove Forces

7. MATHS Term 1 NUMBER ADDITION,SUBTRACTION,MULTIPLICATION,SIMPLE DIVISION,NUMBERS TO 1000 MEASUREMENT MONEY,MEASUREMENT OF LENGTH,CAPACITY,WEIGHT Term 2 NUMBER FRACTIONS MORE ADDING/SUBTRACTING,CALCULATING GEOMETRYDIRECTION,SLIDES,FLIPS,TURNS 3 DIMENSIONAL SHAPES REVISION Term 3 NUMBER PATTERNS,PROBLEM SOLVING ALGEBRA REVISION, RELATIONS AND EQUATIONS MEASUREMENT TIME AND MEASUREMENT REVIEW Term 4 STATISTICS REVISION, COLLECTING AND DISPLAYING DATA, PROBABILITY NUMBER REVISION AND NUMBER PROCESSES

8. ASSESSMENT  PAT testing Week 4  Benchmark Testing-Week 6 Term 2  Benchmark Testing –Week 3 Term 4  ASTTLE Testing – provides valuable information about individual students.

9. Cultural/ Sports Rotation: Mrs. Langford  Mrs. Dale –Drama  Mrs. Kaur- Art  Mrs. Langford-Dance  Mrs. Samuel- Music  45 minute rotation each week on a Friday

10. EOTC  Auckland Botanical Gardens : TERM 1  PACKING A DAY PACK  Problem solving team skills  MAPPING SKILLS  Marae Trip Term 2:  Possible Trip to Kelly Tarlton’s Term 3.

11. Library:  Book bags must be used to take books home  Students are able to withdraw three books at a time.  Two week borrowing period  Encourage prompt returns and caring for books at home.  Overdue slips are to remind parents to look for the books.

12. Library Times  Mrs Dale 1.30pm Tuesday  Mrs Langford 9am Wednesday  Mrs Kaur 2pm Tuesday  Mrs Samuel 11am Thursday

13. Class Wikis  Your child’s class wiki will be active from the beginning of the year  Each student has a wiki page where samples of class work will be shown.  Sometimes these written samples will be works in progress. Please assist your child with any unedited class work from home.  Access to the class wiki is via the school website www.wakaaranga.school.nz

14. Class Wikis continued  Click on your child’s class name for 2013  5D Mrs Dale, 5E Mrs Langford, 5B Mrs Kaur and 5F Mrs Samuel  A homework page will be included on the wiki each week beginning Week 2 Term 1  There will be a home page outlining any upcoming events or news.  Each class will have their own format for their wikis.

15. OPEN DOOR POLICY  Talk to class teacher personally  Syndicate leader- Mrs. Dale  Associate Principal –Mr. Wilson

16. How Can You Help?  Support your child with their homework, encourage him/her to read each night and test spelling each week. Make this a positive experience for your child.  PTA: Each class requires a parent representative to be a liaison person- these people do not necessarily have to attend PTA meetings. You may want to join the PTA, it is a great group to belong to and they are always looking for enthusiastic members!!!

17. Personal time with teacher  Feel free, if you haven’t already, to introduce yourself to your child’s teacher.  No personal details will be given about individual children at this public forum, but feel free to make an appointment with the class teacher if you need to.

18. Thank you for coming