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 * //During Term 2 Motueka will be learning://**


 * //Newsboard/current events//** – each day we will examine the news and will do so in a variety of ways. On a Wednesday, each student will need to have knowledge of a current event to share with their group.


 * //Reading//**– Students will be engaged in a guided reading session with a teacher, focusing on becoming more skilled at using the strategies that aid comprehension, or at reading a novel and completing activities around the story. Year 6's will be reading Sitting on the fence by Bill Nagelkerke and is about the 1981 Springbok Tour to New Zealand. The Year 5's will be reading Finding Father by Pauline Cartwright and is about a girl who dresses as a boy in at attempt to find her father on the Dunstan Diggings 1862.


 * //Fitness//**– Motueka will be completing aerobic exercises in the classroom. On a Tuesday afternoon the whole Rivers Base will do Jump Jam in the hall.


 * //Maths//**– Motueka is still continuing a big focus on Basic Facts. All students are learning and attempting to gain speed at recalling times tables to 10. The Rivers Base has started an interchange for Numeracy and all classes are focussing on the place value of numbers.


 * //Writing//** – We are focussing on narrative writing this term with all students starting by writing their own mixed up fairytale. Our stories will be shared with our Buddy Class.


 * //Topic/Inquiry//** – We have been investigating Fundraising and how to go about raising money for a cause. We hope to conduct our own fundraising event to raise money for Gareth Morgan's Million Dollar Mouse project. This is a cause that means a lot to the students in Rivers Base as we followed the Our Far South Journey and met the crew. This project continues on from the journey and is something that the students feel personally involved in now.


 * //P.E//** – Swimming was the main focus for the first two weeks of term. They are two 'messy' weeks, but are enjoyable and worthwhile for the students. Winter Ball sports such as soccer, hockey and basketball will be the focus for the rest of the term.


 * //Arts//**– On a Tuesday, the Rivers Base will join together and have fun with music. We will have opportunities to play the ukulele, percussion instruments and to learn some fun new songs. We also have syndicate singing every second Friday. For Visual Art we will be working with clay.


 * //Te Reo//** – We have been creating our very own visual mihimihi's which we hope to show you on the wiki at a later date. On our visual mihimihi the students need to have a photo of themselves, a picture of a special place and something that shows their culture. We will also be using Maori myths and legends as inspiration during our work with clay.