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[] || Term 4 18th November - Financial Literacy - see page for task - DUE THURSDAY 8th DECEMBER 14th November
 * Hobbit review - this is due on Friday, as a Google doc (saved into the writing file).- this will have a minimum of 3 paragraphs, 1 is a overview of the story, 2nd your opinion of the story, remember to talk about why, giving evidence, and finally who you would recommend the story to.
 * Maori presentation - needs to be uploaded into Google Doc or on to your wiki page.

7th November Things to be working on: __ This term we are focusing on Financial Literacy - please find time (either at school or home) to visit the sorted.org website and look at the games on the wiki page. As you look at these pages, think about how they apply to you now, and in the future.
 * Letter to France must be saved or emailed to Mrs C by Wednesday
 * Maths presentations on Friday
 * Letters, in your own handwriting, due FRIDAY morning
 * Reading activities - The Hobbit
 * Visit sorted.org and the FL page to try the online activities. There is an assessment on Friday

Please finish your email to the French school - I thought we might send them a NZ Christmas parcel - any suggestions for what we put in it? Think about small and cheap to post items! i want to send our first email on Friday of athletics day, so please publish your email.

I have talked today about 'thinking' = please think seriously about the gaps in your maths knowledge and work on the wiki games and the green books if you need to practise a particular task.

- Term 3 - 26th Sept Things I need to be working on:
 * Science Fair - Due Monday week 10
 * Maori Language Tasks - PPF sheet due Friday Week 9
 * Time Toast needs to be updated - I will check next Monday
 * Mapping study
 * Looking up gaps from IKAN - maths knowledge test, and practising using ICT links from Maths page.
 * Reading tasks - in class activity, specific focus on inference (reading between the lines)
 * Maths Town Planning project - presentation date - term 4

Science Investigation Assessment - Due FRIDAY Over the last 6 weeks we have been learning how to set up a correct Science investigation write up and have learnt about what we need to do to carry out a successful investigation. It is now time to assess what you have learnt. I will give you the study question and you will be required to set up an investigation and carry it out. You may use your science book and follow the other experiments, to help you get the lay out correct. You will need to think about each section of the write up as well as what variables there might be. This study question does not easily lead to collecting measurable data, so your results will be very observational, but need to remain factual. You will need to research the ‘science’ behind what your results have shown, so that you can include it in your details conclusion. Remember to explain scientific ideas and words within your conclusion, so show your level of understanding. Have fun!!

Study Question: **How does light reflect on Rough and Smooth Surfaces?**

Week 1 Just a reminder you need to hand in your Science Fair topic and 10wk plan to Mrs C on Friday

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// Students will be able to… // · Explain what it means to be a **living thing.** · Understand what **mutually exclusive** categories are. · Explain why animals develop **adaptations**. · Understand that many adaptations which animals developed will be dependent on where they are on the food chain. · Explain that animals live in niches to suit their particular lifestyle. · Explain that animals avoid competition by adapting to certain niches, in order to better survive. ||
 *  Looking After Our World - Tm 2011@M.I.S   ||
 * Key Concept: All living things need to adapt in order to survive in different environments. ||
 * Purpose: To use our inquiry model to develop and apply Scientific Concepts from the Living World. ||
 * Specific Learning Outcome:

[|Link to our school website] - this contains the lastest school news letters and updates. MATHS - I have just uploaded our Maths project, so you can see what the criteria is for this task - it is due week 10.
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