Term four Update

He panui

This is to keep you informed with a few changes that will be happening from today onwards.

1.  ALL TERM THREE WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED TO YOUR MENTOR TEACHER BY THIS WEDNESDAY!  

So that means that you have until Wednesday the 2nd of November to submit any work that you have done for you Brave New World, Literacy, Numeracy, Social Science and Science assessments.

This will mean that all students will have their grades with comments loaded onto KAMAR by the end of this week:  FRIDAY 4TH NOVEMBER

2.  We have changed the schedule for our timetable - see the table below:

FFL Timetable Term Four

	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6
1		Numeracy(HL)		Inquiry(HL)	Antarctica(MA)	Antarctica(MA) Virtual Field Trip
2	Literacy (MO)			Inquiry(VR)		Antarctica (VR) Virtual Field Trip
3	Inquiry (MA)	Numeracy (HL)			Antarctica (VR)	Antarctica (VR) Virtual Field Trip
4	Literacy (MO)		Current Events (HL)			Antarctica(MO) Virtual Field Trip
5		Library (MA)	Inquiry(MO)	Inquiry (MA)		Antarctica (MO) Virtual Field Trip

3.  Current EVENTS quiz - just a reminder to revise for this by keeping up to date with what is happening in the world!  Watch the news, read the NZ Herald ('like' on Facebook to get notifications straight to your FB newsfeed!)

Numeracy Task 6

The link below will give you the instructions of where to find the work for the next two cycles.

I will upload references for the Alpha textbook and video lessons later in the week.

Inquiry Planning - Term 4

This term you will be working on an inquiry project of your own choice!  Yay!  We will be following the same structure as our previous projects, Click here to see the format for your inquiry project.  You will be able to work on this in your own time and on a Day 1 and Day 6 in class.  

To do list:

1.  Submit your Inquiry Brainstorming document through the Google classroom
2.  By the end of today you must have emailed your mentor with your driving question and you four key questions. 
3.  Have created a folder in your google drive called TERM FOUR INQUIRY
4.  Started researching your inquiry.

Research planning

Think about different ways that you can collect information - the internet is not the only source!

a)  Library time - find books, magazines that will support you understanding more information about your inquiry topic
b) Create a survey that you can send out to different groups of people - YOU MUST ENSURE THAT THIS IS CHECKED BY A TEACHER BEFORE YOU SEND IT!

c)  Plan an interview and contact an expert - it can sometimes take a while for people to get back to you - so the earlier you can send your questions to someone the better!

d)  Conduct an interview

e)  Continue to gather secondary sources

TERM 4 LITERACY TASK 1

TERM 4    LITERACY TASK 1   

INSTRUCTIONS: this activity is designed to help you understand how newspaper articles work to inform, educate, persuade and entertain readers.  Complete page one and then use that information to complete the template.  

Create your own newspaper front page

  Instructions for Newspaper Task 1 TERM 4 

Newspaper Page Template

9AKO Notices

Important notices from today

Marking
Over the next few days your mentors will be meeting with you all to finalise any of your mahi (work) that you may not have submitted through the classroom.  Remember that your mentors are not Mind readers - and if you have not shared your Document, we can't actually read it or know where to find it!

Incomplete or Not submitted work
This will result in your mentors contacting home to 'invite' you to come to Homework club to complete.  Homework club is Tuesday and Thursday from 3 - 5.00pm

Resubmissions
If you are not happy with your grade and want to improve it - you have one week to update and re-submit to your mentor for marking.  

Attendance
This will be our arotahi (focus) for this term.  I need to have notes/emails from your parents to confirm any absences.  Last term we had 3 days where EVERY student was in class.  Lets work on that and 'raise the bar' ladies.  We have 10 weeks of term to prove that we are the BEST whanau class in the school for fabulous attendance!  Lets do this!

Term 4: Numeracy Task (4)

NUMERACY TASK 4

Complete the numeracy tasks in the powerpoint.  Use the website to assist you and complete the answers in your exercise book.

Complete the following activities from the textbooks at the front of the classroom.  If you want to practice more at home use the activities on the website or take a photo of the textbook activities.

Keep all work and book in your red file.

Inquiry Research - Task one

Term 4 Inquiry

This term you will be doing an inquiry on a topic of your choice. 

You will be working by yourself on a topic that interests and inspires you!

Go to google classroom, you will find a document called "Brainstorming inquiry ideas".

Your task for today is to complete this document. This activity is to help you look at a range of possible inquiry topics so that you choose the BEST one for you.

You have the choice to do your inquiry planning in a printed workbook.

This term you will co-construct the due dates for different sections of your inquiry process. Make sure you have a look at your calendar to ensure that you know what you have on this term!