Homework

= Week 9 = __ Football World Cup __ You are to research your selected World Cup Team. Find out the following: Where in the world does you team come from? Locate and label on the world map in the classroom. What is the population of the country? What is their official language? What are their cultural traditions? What is their religion? What else is this country famous for ie: agriculture, exports, etc etc? Is this team from a rich/poor/average country? Who are the players in this team? Are they world famous? Where else do they play their football? Any other relevant information.

__ You must have by Friday the following: __ 1. Your flag coloured in with the correct colours very NEATLY! (if you want to paint them you can at school). 2. An A4 poster with the relevant information plus anything else you can find out about the country. (make sure you follow the A4 poster criteria - Maths Homework will be given out on Tuesday and will be in a booklet form and I will tell you which pages you are to complete. - Make sure you play the basic facts activity below week 8 homework.
 * a border - 1 cm or 10 mm
 * colour must have outstanding or relevant colours to the appropriate country
 * layout - this is very important, plan your information before you start your poster, otherwise it looks messy.

= = = = = Week 8 = 1. Maths worksheet 2. World Cup 2010 3. Basic Facts - do you know all your basic multiplication facts to 10 x 10? If not please identify in you homework book which basic facts trip you up.

Mrs S has drawn Ghana in the staff sweepstake. You will need to find out for homework where Ghana is in the world, the flag, the population, interesting facts about this country. What can you find out about their Football team? What are my chances of winning in the sweepstake? Make a banner for display on our window with a flag - must be no bigger than A4 size. You can get some paper from me.

Click on the link below to participate in World Cup 2010 Activities - test your knowledge and skills

http://www.tes.co.uk/download.aspx?storycode=6039632&type=W&id=3033911

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= = = = =Term 2 Week 4 Due Thursday= **__Homework__** **__What If and Combination Keys__** A street gang is trying to sell drugs to a group of children. Convince them to go away by using a pair of old running shoes and a broken cassette player.
 * __What if__** tomorrow there were no adults in the world?
 * __Use the combination Key__**

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Reflect on how you are going so far this term Do you know what your goals are? Do you know how you will achieve them?

= = =Term 2 Week 3 & 4 - completed Friday week 4.= You are to write a summary in your own words about what you have learnt about the Wairau Incident and Parihaka. You will be able to use this for your voicethread.

Voicethread - you can work on your voicethread - make sure that you have completed the Anzac information first.

= = = = =Term 2 Week 2= Research about the Colonisation of New Zealand and the Treaty of Waitangi.

[|New Zealand History]

Look at Culture and Society and Politics and Government in particular.

You have Tuesday and Wednesday night to do this - have some information by Thursday to share in class.

= = =Term 2 Week 1.= 1. What ANZAC Day means to me? Why remember? The purpose of ANZAC Day!

//Points to consider, think about these points and record it down. You will use these thoughts and information to put into your VoiceThread later on.//

From our discussions as a class, and from what you think personally, write down all the points about what ANZAC Day means to you. - record in your homework book - why it is important for us to remember ANZAC Day and the reasons for this. You may like to discuss this with your parents.

2. Record the following passage into your homework book and explain what you think each line means:

They shall grow not old As we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun And in the morning We will remember them Lest We Forget

3. ANZAC also stands for .... Sort out what these words mean then write the sentence into your homework books. B_ _ _ _ _ _, (they were for going to war) L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (for doing if for our country //and// C _- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (working together with other countries) //between// N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (middle part of the word ANZAC) //and// _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a (First part of the above word)

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= = = = = = = "Pathways to Life-Long Learning" =

your Inquiry books at home.
= Homework Week 6 = 1. Write a recount of the Ashley River Challenge using the student checklist for guidance. 2. Read every night this week and record what and how much you are reading. 3. Write a book review of one of the books that you have read. Look on the whiteboard for guidance. 4. Bring swimming lesson money. = Homework due Friday 12 March 2010 =

=Homework in S5=


 * 1) ===Read - at least four nights each week.===
 * 2) ===Maths - this may be simply practising identified basic facts.===
 * 3) ===Spelling/vocabulary - some children will have spelling others will have vocabulary extension.===
 * 4) ===Inquiry - will be to research an aspect about our Inquiry or complete some work at home.===