Term 3 Newsletter

Western Heights Middle School

Term 3 Week 1 - 2007 

Dear Parents / Caregivers,  Welcome back to Term 3 and a special welcome to new students, and their families. The children are looking refreshed and motivated, and are ready for an exciting term’s programme, despite the winter holiday weather. 

Term 3 Programme:

• Oral Language – Speeches
• Written Language – Diary Writing and Memoirs
• Spelling –Ten words weekly, taken from “chunk of the week”, personal writing, topic/maths strand
• Mathematics – Geometry/Algebra, Number Operations (on going)
• Topics –   Health: Food for Life/Energy, Life Education Caravan, Keeping Ourselves Safe – Police Unit, Social Studies: Cultural Diversity & Science: Growing Bulbs 
• Art – Printing
• Fitness – Aerobics / Jump Jam
• Physical Education and Sport – Gymnastics and Te Reo Kori
• Music – Sing and Play, Recorders/Glockenspeil
• Computer Skills – Microsoft Word / Paint – Topic related
• Homework focus – New Zealandathon & healthy food

• Health Issues – Children with coughs, headaches or a general ‘unwell’ feeling need time to recover at home. Please ensure all children wear warm clothes and shoes during winter. If you could contribute one box of tissues for class use it would be appreciated.
• Lunches – Please continue to provide healthy food including fruit and water drinks. Children often need more during these colder days.
• Before and after school – Children arriving before 8.30am need to be at ‘Before School Care’. This is preparation time for teachers as well as attending various meetings.
• Homework – Quality work is expected and all activities completed unless a note is sent to the teacher. Spelling practise and reading is a daily activity.
• Instructional readers to be returned daily and library books on child’s set library day.
• Clothing and footwear – please label all items so that lost property is easily identified and claimed. If your child borrows some clothes from the Sick Bay please wash and return them. Children who play on the field need to have a change of clothes in a plastic bag kept in school bag.
• Gymnastics – Appropriate clothes to be worn e.g. track pants and t-shirt.

Dates to note:

Weeks 1 & 2 - Life Education Caravan.

Wednesday22^nd August – School photos

 Friday 24^th August – Cultural Dress Up Day & Middle School shared cultural lunch.

Monday 10^th September – Friday 14^th September- Keep NZ Beautiful, Clean up Rubbish Week.

Trip to Henderson High School Marae to be arranged.