Glacier Camp Itinerary

GLACIER CAMP ITINERARY 2016

	Thursday 15 September	Friday 16th September
Breakfast	Have breakfast at home	7am Breakfast /Make Lunches
Morning Activities	7.45am - Briefing Meeting with Parents 8am  Leave from school 8.45am Arrive at Ross - Rest Stop (15 minutes) 10.15 Okarito Walk Pakihi Look out 30 minutes Return.	8am - 9am  Clean up and Pack bags 9am - 9.30am Drive to Gillespies Beach 9.30 - 10.15  walk to Gold Dredge and back to car park. (30 minute walk return)
Morning Tea	10.45am - 11am  Morning Tea @ Okarito	Morning tea 10.15-10.30 On the beach
Mid Morning	11.30am arrive in Franz Josef Franz Josef Valley Walk (3hrs) Have lunch on the walk	10.30am- 11 am  drive back to Fox 11am - 11.30am Drive over to Franz 11.45am - 12.45pm Kiwi Centre (1 hour guided tour with a Kiwi Ranger
Lunch	12.45 -1.15pm Lunch On the walk	Lunch after Kiwi Centre
Arvo Activities	3pm - Arrive at Fox Glacier Accommodation Set up camp/rules/orientation of property/upack allocate rooms, set up gear and explore 4pm Dinner Preparation/Showers	1pm - Hot Pools 2pm  Make our way back to school 3.15pm Stop in Ross for Rest Stop. Arrive back at school at Approx 4pm
Dinner	5pm- 6pm Dinner and
Evening Activities	6- 7pm Dinner Clean/ Showers 7pm DISCO
Bed	8pm Bed 8.30pm  Lights out: Sleep.

Paroa School Mini Olympics

Next Thursday is the Paroa school Mini Olympics from 12 - 2.45pm
Your child has been placed into a country to compete in.  They can dress up or wear the countries colours to school on the day!

Australia
Jayden, Rhys and Tulsi

Brazil
Cameron, Eva, Cooper, Jacob

China
Aamaria, Liam

France
Max, Jemma

India
Carter, Reed, Abbie

Jamaica
Zoe, Holly, Archie, Nikau, Estella

NZ
Payton, Antonia

Russia
Reid, Brayden

Week 3 Home Learning

Great to see two people have completed the home learning already for this week! Well done guys, your DLO's explain your goal and your learning clearly :)

Glacier Camp Gear List 2016

For those of you that haven't received the the Glacier Camp Gear list, here is a copy of it.

Room 5 Glacier Camp 2016  Gear list

YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO CARRY YOUR OWN LUGGAGE OVER SHORT DISTANCES. PLEASE PACK EVERYTHING INTO A SUITABLE PACK/LUGGAGE BAG. PLEASE LABEL ALL GEAR/CLOTHING.

optional *

Clothing for the Glacier Walk (First Day of Camp)

3- 4 warm layers for your upper body - polyprops and woolen layers, preferably not cotton layers

Track Pants (no jeans)

Sunglasses

Warm thermal socks

Completely waterproof Rain Jacket essential Puffer Jackets are not waterproof and are only suitable for dry conditions.

Walking Shoes (preferably sneakers)

General Clothing

1 x t-shirts

3 x Polypro tops

1 x Long Johns

3 x undies

2 x track pants/similar

4 x pairs socks

Swimming Togs

1 pair of good walking sneakers

1 pair of closed in shoes

X2 Sweater/warm jersey/hoodie

Waterproof jacket

PJ’s

Beanie/warm hat

Gear:

Packed lunch (for travel on Thursday)

Drink bottle

Lunch box (we will make a packed lunch on Friday)

Toiletries

Towel x1 (for showers and swimming)

Sleeping bag and Pillow

X1 Tea Towel

Daypack

Reading book (for at night)

Teddy*

Camera*

Playing cards*

Torch

Sunnies

Personal medication *

1 ice-cream container of baking or fruit  (to be packed in with luggage) this will be given out at morning/afternoon tea, lunch and supper.

The woollen clothing and waterproof jacket are essential

The students will be walking and will need comfortable sensible clothing and footwear for this (gumboots are NOT suitable for walking).  They will also need the changes of clothes so the wet ones can be dried out.

Quality Blog Comments

Madeline has been into Room 5 today to talk about how to write a Quality Blog Comment. You can find the work they have completed today in their CYBER SAFETY folder - DRIVE

When posting online there are some important tips to remember:

1. Think with your head
2. Feel with your heart
3. Balance - time off and online
4. Listen to your gut, it helps our mind make good decisions. 
5. Stand Tall and be proud of what you share online. 

Here is the link to the song we got this information from. 

Home Learning DLOs

Well done to some of you who have created some awesome learning videos to show your parents and other family members how to get to our class learning site and blog!

Learning Video - Round off to the nearest 10

Week 4 Home Learning

Kia ora,

It has been great seeing the students working on their Blog Content Poster over the last few days for Home Learning. Understanding what they can find on blogs and what blogs are used for is a valuable exercise and will prepare them for when they get their own blog later in the year.

MATHS
This term I have introduced the Maths Buddy Action plan. You can find your child's action plan in their  Maths folder in their Drive.  It would be great if you could have a chat to your child about this and encourage them to complete at least 1 - 2 tasks at home over the week.  Once they have completed their task they can sign it off.

We have also started a Speeds Skills challenge, every morning the class complete 3 speed skills tests, where they get to challenge themselves and others in the class to be BTB.  This can be found as a link at the bottom of the Maths Buddy Site.  I suggest your child completes one of these tests each night from either Level 1 or Level 2 so they can get better at their basic facts.   I am keeping a record of each child's progress daily to monitor their improvement.  We are looking for over 20 facts answered correctly in the 60 second timed test.

READING
We encourage every child to be reading every night.  If your child has Reading Eggs it would be beneficial for them to sit down at least once a week at home to complete a level. This reading programme gives the children an opportunity to have fun while practicing their reading strategies from class.

Remember to check out our Class Blog which we are using as a platform for sharing the students work until they get their own blog.  http://room5paroa.blogspot.co.nz/

AND

Remember to check out the Room 5 classroom site to check out what is happening in our class and what your child is learning.  https://sites.google.com/a/paroagrey.school.nz/misscurragh/

Have a great week, if you have any questions please feel free to pop in.

Miss C

Cyber Smart Footprints

Hello all, We have a great start to the term learning how to be cyber smart users. The Toki Pounamu facilitator; Madeline, will be visiting our classroom weekly to help prepare us for blogging and to be cyber smart when using our chrome books. We have had a number of conversations about what information is appropriate to share online and you can view the DOC that your child has made in their cyber smart folder regarding public and private information. We have also started looking at blogs and what content we can find on a blog. For example learning goals, videos, web links, and online traffic. I would suggest having a chat to your child about what they are learning in regards to the cyber smart curriculum and if you have any questions please come and see me. Miss C

Tuakana Teina- The Bucket Experiment

Room 1 and Room 5 observed an AMAZING science experiment today. They got to talk about what they thought was happening and draw pictures of what they thought might happen next!
I was very impressed with the team work going on at tables and how the Tuakana were helping out their little buddies. 

Ka Pai Room 5!