It has been lovely to get outside and enjoy the glorious weather, whilst enjoying some wonderful Wentworth sports.
Recently, we have competed in whole school cross-country and athletics days. Here are a few pictures of the events. The children had a fabulous time and all did incredibly well!
I am very pleased to have Year 5 back in class and learning with their peers again.
Take a look at what we have been doing in Science this week:
Welcome back to a fabulous start to Term 3. Year 5 have made an enthusiastic start to their return and have already enjoyed exploring evaporation during Science lessons, drama during English lessons and having fun with fractions during Mathematics lessons.
At the end of Term 2, we had a wonderful time during English week. The class answered their daily quiz questions, followed by a fabulous book character day to finish the term. Here are a few snapshots of the fabulous day.
We were SO excited to visit the Kelly Tarlton Aquarium this week. It was lovely that we were able to have the whole place to ourselves. We enjoyed exploring all of the different areas. We went through the tunnel, where we saw sharks, fish and stingrays. We also spotted pufferfish, jellyfish and seahorses. We explored the arctic area, where we saw different penguins. We even got to hold startfish and ‘rescue’ sea turtles. It was a wonderful day! Thank you to the parents who came along with us on this lovely day.
Here are a few snapshots of us in action.
In Science we observed flowers and dissected them to see the different parts.
Here we are engrossed in our reading. We love to add new words that we come across into our word books, so that we can use them in our own writing.
In Term 1, we welcomed our lovely Grandparents along to visit the school and our classrooms. We had lots of fun! We sang for the Grandparents as a whole school, then went to our classrooms, where we played a variety of games, both old and new.
During Term 1, Years 5 and 6 participated in a cycle safety programme. Children enjoyed the opportunity to bring their own bikes to school and were taught how to check that their bikes and helmets are safe to use. After this, they enjoyed cycling and playing games whilst riding. Check out a few pictures below:
Year 5 had an exciting day on March 10th. We enjoyed spending time in the college with our visitor who taught us all about the history of chess, the names of each piece and how to play the game. We even had an opportunity to play a few games:
Thank you to all of the wonderful families who came on our outing the the Beach Picnic at Shakespear Park with us in February.
All of the children from the whole school had an absolutely wonderful time. Thank you to those parents who helped out on the day.
On 26th February, Year 5 and 6 students attended Swim Sports at Northern Arena. Here, they competed in various races. It was fantastic to witness the confidence and competitiveness of the students. Below are a few snaps of the day.
Welcome all Parents, Families and Students to the Year 5 2020 Blog. Our class this year is called the Mātātā Class.
We have had a wonderful start to the year. The class have settled back into school life incredibly well. This term we welcome Sabine and Jude into the class. They have settled in nicely and had a very warm welcome from the rest of the class.
In Maths, we have started the term by looking at rather large numbers. We have been playing place value games and comparing numbers.
In Science, the students are learning all about ‘The Life Cycle of a Flowering plant’. We have discussed what plants we know and how we think plants grow. We are excited to continue or learning in this area.
In English we are reading Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. We have looked at the cover page and blurb and have started to read the text. The whole class are very excited and are already enjoying the beginning of this fabulous adventure story. We can’t wait to find out the journey it takes us on.
I look forward to meeting you at the ILP meetings next week, where your child will receive targets based on our beginning of year assessments.
In the meantime, if you need to contact me for any reason, please email me at cfielding@wentworth.school.nz
Tuatara class have had a busy start to Term 4, starting with assessments in the first few weeks. I am incredibly proud of all of our class members for having positive attitudes towards their assessments and giving it their all.
This term we welcome Ann into our classroom. As always, the children have been very welcoming, allowing Ann to settle into life at Wentworth with ease. If you see Ann around, be sure to give her a nice Wentworth welcome!
Last week the class were very lucky to have Ms Gee use her expertise to teach the class all about flax weaving. Everyone was very engaged and very much enjoyed the lesson. They particularly enjoyed the practical element of making their garlands. Thank you to Ms Gee for a lovely lesson. Please see some lovely photographs below:
We look forward to some exciting times ahead, with Volvo Learn to Sail coming up shortly, along with the Kids4Kids concert.
