PARENT INTERVIEWS

Remember that Tuesday is parent/teacher goal setting and time to discuss school reports. Please make sure everyone has a time to come and meet with me. In the hall again as in Term 1.

Week 2 -

 Hi all...this time next week (Sunday) we will be getting very excited about leaving to go to Turangi. This week there are a few camp related tasks to complete for homework.

Perhaps the most important one is the gear list that we wrote is all sorted by you...it isnt ok to not come with something - whatever you don't bring someone else will have to share. It is much better that you sort out your gear early and then if you need something we can ask around for you.

The little things you may forget - TORCHES, Plates/mugs/cutlery etc, LUNCH and snacks for day one and 2 PACKETS baking/biscuits for us to use at morning tea/afternoon tea times.

You will need to have the activities specified in your topic book done on time - the aim is that you have a fair bit of knowledge about the area that we are going so that when we see things you will understand what etc they are...

Welcome back to TERM 3

Firstly we are back to the quiz questions this week, and on Friday Mrs Warren will be checking that they are done...(not done equals one demerit point!).

Please remember that in order to secure your place on camp, you cant have 15 demerits and payment MUST be received by Friday this week (which is also when the current raffle is due).

A really big push on spelling this week, so make sure that you have your blog sorted for you to write/record on it your spelling topic related words which will be used in the spelling bee at the end of the term. 

KIWI KWIZ 2009    
      QUIZ 21

Question One: How did the ancestors of the Little Spotted Kiwi get to New Zealand?
a)   They flew here from Australia
b)   They were brought here by Maori as a food source
c)   They sneaked aboard Captain Cook’s ship when he was in Tahiti
d)   They walked across an ice bridge from Asia
 
Question Two: What did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin bring back from the moon?
a)   Souvenir T-Shirts
b)   22 kilograms of moon rocks
c)   Six test-tubes full of a strange yellowish substance
d)   A virus that killed ten thousand people
 
Question Three: Why was there a tsunami alert in the Pacific last week?
a)    A fisherman in the Bay of Islands claimed to have seen a huge wave
b)    There was a massive earthquake in the South Island
c)    France conducted a nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
d)    Hurricane Bruno formed in the Tasman Sea
 
Question Four: What was Rumpelstiltskin’s special skill?
a)   He could solve the hardest riddles in the Kingdom
b)   He could speak to animals
c)   He could turn water into wine
d)   He could spin straw into gold
 
Question Five: In the Tour de France, what colour jersey does the ‘King of the Mountains’ wear?
a)    The yellow jersey
b)    The green jersey
c)    The yellow and green striped jersey
d)    The white jersey with red polka dots
 
Question Six: How many people are living in New Zealand unlawfully?
a)   None
b)   about 17,000
c)   about 1,700
d)   about 170
 
Question Seven: The Australian town of Bundanoon has become the first town in the world to..?
a)    elect a goat as Mayor
b)    erect a statue in honour of Michael Jackson
c)    make it illegal to wear bikinis in public
d)    ban the sale of bottled water
 
Question Eight: About one third of the Earth’s land surface is covered by..?
a)    desert
b)    concrete
c)    the Amazon Rainforest
d)    industrial waste
 
Question Nine: What do tourists do to Ireland’s Blarney Stone?
a)    Throw coins at it
b)    Write their names on it
c)    Kiss it
d)    Swear at it
 
Question Ten: Complete this famous sentence “That’s one small step for man,..?
a)    two steps backwards for women”
b)    and now we shall be free”
c)    one giant leap for mankind”
d)    one thousand years of progress”