28 October - 3 November
Section outline
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This week begins with a Public Holiday - Labour Day - it celebrates the 40 hour working week in NZ.

Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...
- summarise using a selection of sources including online sources
- use a variety of sentences in our sentences
- increase our vocabulary around festivals and celebrations
- critically viewed the youtube clip about "Diwali"
- used festival and celebration vocabulary in my writing
- provided details to support my answers using correct grammar and punctuation
Activities:
Tuesday S3: view the Diwali clip, read a selection on EPIC about 'The festival of Lights'
Thursday S2 : Library session - returning, browsing, selecting, issuing and reading
Friday S5: Athletics Day! You will either be at the track competing or at school doing great fun tabloid sports activities :o)EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING recognising vocabulary associated with specific festivals
- We are EXPLORING investigating the history and importance of festivals and celebrations
- We are EXPLORING connecting the structure of our writing to persuade readers of our point of view about a topic