5th February 2013
Dear Parents and
Caregivers,
I trust you all had a
restful break over the recent holidays. My family and I made the most of the
great weather and have recently been spending more time down at the beach. In
fact we have run into a number of Parkview people down there which has been
great. This is just a note to let you know how things are progressing in class
and some organisational reminders.
General
The class has settled
very well into the various routines of class life and there is a happy and
contented feel to the place.
Camp
Camp this year will be held at
Blue Skies in Kaiapoi. We will be going with Room 14. The dates are 13-15 of March. Because we use
our own transport to get there the cost will be $90, sounds expensive I know
but many school camps these days cost well over $100. If you wish to “drip-feed” some of this
amount off that’s fine. If you wish to
come on camp please make yourself known to me or Miss Brady in the next couple
of weeks.
Homework
Please
check and sign your child’s homework
notebook sometime during the week.
This book also has reminders and general class information in it, so it
is important that you sight it. Chores
and activities after school also count as homework e.g. swimming or music
lessons or even helping with the evening’s meal. These you can list on the “homework and
reminders” page.
Your child will have a
list of spelling words and a family of number facts to learn by Friday. These lists are issued on Monday and
re-tested on Friday. Your child will also be expected to read for 20 minutes
each evening and watch at least 3 news broadcasts during the week.
In addition to this the
children will have various activities to complete which involves the web-site -
www.studyladder.co.nz. There will
also be information and class happenings on the class blog at http://room15parkview.blogspot.co.nz/
(this of course can also be found at the school website). It is not my
intention for homework to be an onerous activity for families but something
that extends learning which is already happening in the classroom. More
information will be given on this at the three-way conferences later this
month. Don’t hesitate to seek me out if you have any concerns or queries. My
e-mail is gary.pinker@parkview.school.nz
Best Regards
Gary Pinker
Classroom
Teacher
Room 15
