25th June 2018 Dear Parents/Caregivers

The Tread Lightly Caravan (TLC) has been booked to visit us over two weeks in Term 3,
Wednesday 25th July to Wednesday 1st August. The Tread Lightly Caravan (TLC) is
Auckland’s only mobile environmental classroom that visits primary and intermediate
schools in the Auckland region. The TLC shows students how everyday choices
(what we buy, how we travel, what we eat, how we use energy in our homes) can make
a huge difference to our natural environment. The TLC is filled with fun and interactive
displays and exhibits, designed to graphically demonstrate the environmental consequences
of our everyday lifestyle choices. Since the TLC became operational in December 2010,
the caravan has visited over 130 schools and more than 23,000 school children have
experienced the TLC programme All students will participate in a session, facilitated by
our qualified teacher and assistant, participating in different interactive and hands-on
activities in the Caravan. The Tread Lightly Caravan is proudly supported in 2018 by
Foundation North, with added support from Auckland Council Local Boards, Asaleo Care,
Packaging Forum, Auckland Airport and Lion Foundation, Auckland Towing and Benefitz.

Visit www.tread-lightly.org or www.facebook.com/tread-lightly-caravan,
or email akendall@treadlightly.org if you would like further information.

To allow this student learning to take place, we require five parent helpers for each
room to be assistants on the activity stations during the time that classes are there.
You will be given full instruction on the day by the lead teacher.
If you are able to be involved please fill out the form below and return to your child’s
teacher. The cost of the visit is $5.00 per child. This has been added to your child/
children’s KINDO account. Thank you to those families that have already gone onto their
account and paid for this in advance. To check that you have made a payment, you go onto
your Kindo account and under ‘Orders’ it lists all that you have paid for, also if it doesn’t
appear on your account you can assume that you have already paid.

Kind Regards
Senior School Teachers


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Friday Rm 7 9-10.30am

Music

         

Music

In the music room the whole class is doing a project

on how companies have different slogans and jingles,

Mrs Dowden divided us up into groups and gave us

all the company name Malafada. Each group was given

a jingle tune (mostly nursery rhymes) and we were given

a product. We all were given a piece of paper to write

down any ideas we have, and we created our own jingle.

Then we had to practice them until we knew them

off by heart. We are going to present to the whole

class, and Mrs Dowden will choose the best

performances and show them at the next whole

school assembly.

Different groups will have turns to perform

and they will all have different jingles,
there are currently four different groups,
sunblock, sandwich spread, deodorant
and toothpaste.

Every group has to sing to the tune of the rhyme

and they have to make it about forty-five seconds

to a minute, and usually they have to sing the

chorus twice. At the end you have to say your

slogan again and you say the company's name.

Room 7 has been working hard to

make a jingle and a slogan for their companies.

By Jacob and Jake

ARTS WEEK

Last week, it was week 7 and…. ARTS WEEK! In week 7 we did multiple

things that got to do with art. This included, Dance, Drama, Music and

Visual Arts. We had an art rotation where the year 6 teachers covered an

area of art and each class would do fun activities with that specific teacher.

Mrs Swan and Mrs Cometti did Dance whilst Mr Mac and Mrs Lewis

covered Drama. Each teacher did different activities with us, children.

Mrs Swan did Sport related 8 beat dances, by making sport actions into

dance movements.

Mrs Cometti taught how to make a verb/noun into a dance movement.

She also taught us not to touch other people whilst dancing. We learned

this by playing a fun game called ‘City Square.’

With Mr Mac we played Family Portraits and made short plays to share

with the class.

Mrs Lewis’s activities included, how to act like an object, A fun short

little red riding hood play and making funny advertisements and

performing them in front of the class.

And to make it even better, on Friday we had mufti day. We could dress up

as anyone who had something to do with art. People dressed up as the

Mona Lisa, Painters, Mimes, Dancers, Fashion Designers and more!

Mrs Swan dressed up as her favourite singer named Madonna.

Overall, Room 7 absolutely enjoyed arts week. We can’t wait for the

art exhibition coming up! We will be presenting…. Wonderful Wired Critters………………

From the best class in the school ! :)

BY: Karthiga + Jasmine