Room 19 Year 7/8

2014

Miss Justine Milne

Goals for 2014

• Continue to provide the students with challenging, engaging and exciting educational learning experiences.

• Ensure we are providing the necessary support for the students to progress and achieve

• Continue to expect high standards of learning.

• Ensure our students are aware of their strengths and growth areas by setting learning goals and getting them further involved in what they are learning.

• Continue the drive to implement SOLO thinking.

• Continue developing strong partnership teacher / student / parent

• E-Learning which means electronic learning. We will integrate devices within the classroom to support teaching and learning.

Being in Year 7/8

• Level 3/4 Writing/Reading/Numeracy

• Homework 5 nights per week

• Camps for both year 7/8- Year 7 camp 14th-17th April

• Specialisation

• Streamed Numeracy classes

• Swimming sports- Tuesday 25th Feb

• Health-Understanding changes/Puberty

• Leadership opportunities - Leadership Council / Peer Mediation / Enviro team / House Captains / different Specialisation (careers)

• - continued differentiation from Year 6- Year 8

• - Further jobs and responsibility – staffroom / flag / bell

• - Exciting camp opportunities

• - Preparation for high school

Weekly Timetable Timetable Snell Term One

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Roll/Admin/Fitness

Roll/Admin/Fitness

Roll/Admin/Fitness

Roll/Admin/Fitness

Roll/Admin/Fitness

Oral/Language/Reading

 

Oral/Language/Reading

 

Oral/Language/Reading

 

Oral/Language/Reading

 

Oral/Language/Reading

 

BREAK

 Writing/Spelling

  

Writing 

Writing/Spelling 

Writing 

Writing/Homework/Spelling

 

BREAK

 Maths

(Cross Grouping)Strategy/NK

 

Maths(Cross Grouping)

Strategy/NK

Maths(Cross Grouping)

Strategy/NK

Maths(Cross Grouping)

Strategy/NK

Maths(Cross Grouping)

Strand

BREAK

Topic 

Specialisation Topic Specialisation 

School Assembly 

Team Sport 

Senior School Assembly

P.E-WILL NEED TO BE COVERED ONCE PER WEEK. THIS WILL EITHER BE CRT OR ROTATED AROUND THE CORE TEACHING BLOCKS ONCE PER WEEK.SPELLING-THREE TIMES PER WEEK FOR 10 MINUTESTHE KOHI WAY- FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY TERM FOR 30 MINUTES THEN ONCE A WEEK FOR 10 MINUTES. TE REO- AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK

Class expectations/Routines

• Still important work is set out correct / neatly and within the school

• Students expected to help with jobs around the room

• Working together in collaborative groups

• Working individually

• Peers

• Weekly Homework/Oral language

• Using devices sensibly/responsibly

Curriculum

• Year 7/8: Curriculum Level 4

• Main Focus – Reading / Writing / Mathematics

• Term 1: Communication: Social Sciences: Formal groups and how you communicate.

• Term 2: Communication: Life processes-recognise that there are life processes common to all living things and that these occur in different ways.

• Term 3: Communication: Social Sciences

• Term 4: Science

• Health: Term 2 Understanding Change/Puberty

• School wide assessments 2-3 times a year- Probe reading / Number Knowledge tests IKAN/ Gloss Math's – 2 times a year / Personal Experience Writing –twice a year

• P.A.Ts Weeks 5/6

Gate / Reading & Math's Interventions

• These will be happening this year- Math’s intervention and Literacy interventions will start week 2.

• Gate programme- Parents will be notified when their children have been selected for this programmes.

Snell’s Positive Reward System

• Mini certificates

• House Points

• Greenies

• Other in- class rewards

School Behaviour Management Plan

• Teacher Gives student verbal warning/Redirection

• Name on the board after first warning

• Child sent with a consequence form to buddy class

• Child to fill in form and take home for parents to sign

• Parents notified and work with teacher to best support students learning/behaviour

• Zero tolerance to violence- Sent straight to management

Homework • Year 7: 45 minutes Year 8: 50 minutes

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• This daily time is expected to include the following:

• Year 6, 7, 8

• Spelling: At least 5 minutes practising their weekly spelling words either by being tested, writing the words out or by completing a short

activity

• Reading: At least 15 minutes independent reading or reading to someone. Year 6- to write comments each night in their reading log.

• Year 7/8- to record books read in a chart in their homework book.

• Mathematics: At least 10 minutes on Mathletics

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• Year 7 (All year)

• As above as well as 15 minutes per night working on their mini learning tasks.

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• Year 8 (All year)

• As above as well as 20 minutes per night working on their mini learning tasks.

Specialisation

• Been a Snell team programme since 2008

• There are 5 cycles throughout the year including blocks for the production.

• Happens in 4 week blocks happens 2 x per week on Tuesday & Thursdays.

• At the beginning of each cycle a blurb will go home.

• Year 6: Robotics, elite P.E, Visual Arts, Productions & Processes and Media Studies

• Year 7 & 8 Careers, Food Technology, structures and Mechanisms, Visual Arts and Mandarin.

• Everyone: Performing Arts- During term 3 when the production is on.

Communication / Parent involvement

• When it’s a good time to meet- after school is usually best (Wednesdays/Thursdays)

• Class blog-Friday-Sunday

• Newsletters (Tuesdays) / email mainly for information / major issues to be sorted by phone or in person

• School works on a policy of ‘no surprises’ so parents will be told early if there are any concerns with behaviour or learning.

• PTA coordinators

Camp-EOTC

• Yr. 6/7 Term 1 – Week 11- April 15th-18th

• 4 days 3 nights- Carey Park Camp Henderson Valley

 

• Yr. 7- Mountain biking / Tree Adventures / different activities from Year 6

• Cost – Year 6/7 $230

• Yr. 8 /Term 4 – Week 5/6 12-23rd November

• 1 week’s excursion to Tongariro National Park

• Cost – Year 8 – 480-$500

Absentees

• Being onto time to school is really important otherwise marked Late on the electronic roll

• Please remember to the inform office when going away so it can be signed off by the Principal so the absentee is recorded correctly

• If you are going away on holiday please send me/Diane Manners a email/Letter stating when and where you will be going and for how long.

Other Information

• Uniform- wearing black shoes, P.E gear

• Cell Phones- All students must have permission from Diane Manners

• Any other questions?