Term 4 events

Room 18 has had a busy start to Term 4:

• We have completed most of our assessment for end-of-year milestone reports (in reading, writing and Mathematics)
• We attended 6 sessions of athletics practice during Week 1 and 2
• 16 of our 26 students ran in the 1200m race, Friday of Week 2
• All of our students presented their first round of debates (WOW!  What a great job!)
• Students completed 2 weeks of Outdoor Education - tramping Mt Somers and kayaking at the Groynes
• We participated strongly in the school Athletics Day - taking out 5 age champions and regaining the Class Eagle for the most number of class placings.  

Upcoming class events/curriculum topics:

• Ice-cream party to celebrate being awarded the Class Eagle for Athletics Day, Monday Week 4
• Te Reo Māori myths and legends unit, beginning Week 4
• Shape post-test, Wednesday Week 4
• Statistics unit, Week 5 through to Week 9
• Second round of debates are scheduled for Tuesday of Week 5 
• Movie Study literacy unit beginning Week 6
• Third round of debates (vs Room 19) scheduled for Week 7

Upcoming Year 7/8 events:

• Year 7/8 Cyber Safety Seminar for students, Thursday 6th November, 9-10:30am
• Zone Athletics, Wednesday 12th November
• Fiesta, Saturday 22nd November
• Canterbury Athletics, Wednesday 3rd December
• Year 8 Graduation Night, Friday 5th December at the Cashmere Club
• Jellie Park Year 7/8 Pool Day, Monday 15th December
• Final assembly, Wednesday 17th December

Top Team, Term 3

Mt Hutt Ski Trip, Term 3

End of Term Shared Lunch

This Friday we are planning to have a shared lunch in Room 18 at 12:30pm.  As it's the end of term and Tim Hope's last day (Teacher's College student), this is the perfect opportunity to reflect on another successful term and farewell Tim.  Students are asked to bring along a plate of food.  Thanks so much for your support and contribution!

Koru Games Update

Dear Parents and Caregivers

There have been some changes to the Koru Games times.  We received the team draws on Friday afternoon (after the letter was already sent home to parents). 

Each student now has a copy of their team draw.  Please read through the information with your child to ensure that they are familiar with their team draw and fair play requirements.

For a couple of the teams, their first game begins at 9:00am and their last game begins at 2:40pm.  Because of this, our new departure time is 8:30am and our expected time of arrival back is now closer to 3:30pm.

Please ensure that your child is ready on the court by 8:20am, ready to leave at 8:30am sharp. 

On the first day, students will need to come in their full school uniform and senior jacket for the opening ceremony/parade.  On Wednesday and Thursday, it is fine for students to come to school in their sports uniform.  Each day, students will need to bring their senior jacket, plenty of food and water, sunscreen, hat and wet weather gear (e.g. something to cover their bag with).

Please feel free to come along to the event as a spectator.  The students will love having you there!

Any questions or concerns please email jaradp@stmartins.school.nz

Many thanks
The Year 7/8 Team

Mathletics Update

We are so close to the end!  Our class has jumped into 36th spot. :)  We are edging closer and closer to the NZ top 25.  If we can crack the top 25, our class receives a trophy.

Jonas, Emma and Amelia have been collecting HEAPS of points since Friday.  I'd love to see those who haven't yet been on Mathletics jumping online to collect as many points as they can.  The competition closes in just over 21 hours (it's 9am Sunday right now).

You can watch our progress on the homepage of Mathletics.  Over the past two days, I've seen Jonas climb as high as 9th in NZ, and Emma grace the top 15 also.   Great work guys!

Mathletics Maths Week

This week is Mathletics Maths Week in New Zealand.  Students have been challenged to complete as many Mathletics activities as possible over the week.  According to my calculations, we are on sitting on roughly 90,000 class participation points - this places us within arms reach of the current NZ Top 50.  50th place is sitting on 116,333 points.  There are prizes for the NZ Top 25.  Competition closes on Sunday.

To add spice to the competition, Mr P and I are offering a $10 New World voucher to the top scoring student from Room 18 and 19.  In addition to this, the Maths group with the most points will earn a wee sweet treat also. 

Looking at tonight's participation points, there is someone in Room 19 who is currently challenging Jonas for top spot.  Keep going guys!