Kia ora Room 20,

My name is Whaea Shayala and I am absolutely thrilled to be your teacher this year. 

This term I am excited to explore the world of possibilities with you, letting that curiosity flow and take shape into questions.. WHO, WHY, HOW, WHEN, WHAT???

This term let's continue to celebrate curiosity with many thought provoking questions. I am looking forward to an amazing year with you all.

Kia ora whanau

We are learning more about the reasons WHY New Zealand native birds are getting extinct ?

Tamariki watched a short documentary on the topic and shared their views to build up their own vocabulary wall for  writing.

Tamariki in Room 20 had lots of fun writing their own subtraction story problems and getting their buddies solve them.

Room 20 learnt various reasons why “ Is planet Earth Unique”

Tamariki had lots of fun explaining the reasons while publishing their writing on these templates.

TITLE : THE VOID

BY: OG fortnite gamers’

ROOM 20 Home Learning

Kia ora whanau

Every week your child will be given some spellings. The focus is on a particular list from Peter’s Essential List of spellings. It is a good idea to look at the spelling words several times in the week, concentrating on those words that he/she finds most difficult.

  • Learn & practise weekly 10 spelling words from Peter’s Essential List of words

  • Read every night for 15-20 minutes

  • Practise maths basic facts

  • Spelling Extension

  • Look up the definition of words

  • Put spelling words into sentences

    How to Learn Your Words

  • Say the word to yourself.Stretch it out as you say so that you can say it in chunks.

  • Write the word five times on scrap paper.

  • Cover the word in your notebook and then spell it out aloud.

  • Ask someone at home to test you on all your words.

  • For the words that you don’t get right, keep practising until you get them all correct.

  • Maths Extension

  • Learning addition, subtraction, multiplication & division facts for instant recall

  • Reading

  • Record books/ chapters/ pages read in weekly reading log

No words, just a big paki paki for the budding authors from Room -20!!!

We are MORE THAN

We are all different yet same: we echoed this message through equivalent fractions.

Tamariki in Room 20 designed their own equivalent fractions pink day T-shirts.