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Term 2 Week 8 Monday 15th June What’s happened to most of the Kaimanawa wild horses rounded up last week? > b)They’ve been sold to zoos and circuses > c)They’ve been found homes > d) They’ve been given to racehorse trainers > > Question Two: Two hundred and thirty years ago, there were..? > a)two Moa alive in the Waikato > b)two places called ‘New Zealand’ > c)two land bridges between the North Island and the South Island > d)two massive eruptions of Mount Ruapehu > > Question Three: Next Sunday is the..? > a) start of the duck shooting season > b)beginning of Matariki celebrations > c)first day of the Chinese New Year > d) shortest day of the year **   column, solemn, technician, pneumatic, psychology, gnome, mortgage, slaughter, fraught, chemist
 * 1) Read and record in your book
 * 2) Spelling practice
 * 3) Current Events - be prepared for discussion for Tuesday morning. You can find your facts from the 6pm news on TV 1 or 3, the 5.30pm news on Prime , the Breakfast news on TV 1 or 3, from the Waikato Times , from the NZ Herald  or from these websites [|www.nzherald.co.nz] , [|www.stuff.co.nz] , [|www.tvnz.co.nz] OR listen to the Radio in the car or at home. If for some reason you can't do any of these things, you can use the computers at school in the morning before the bell to complete your homework.
 * 4) Kiwi Quiz Question One:
 * 1) a) They’ve been turned into pet food
 * Snakes Spelling - Silent Letters

Giraffes Spelling - Long E sounds chief, deceive, perceive, exceed, proceed, cheap, belief, receive,squeeze, conceive

Elephants Spelling - Words ending in Y changed to a plural fairies, pennies, countries, families, cherries, cities, laundries, navies, countries, gravies Parrots Spelling - Contractions I've, don't, that's, couldn't, they've, they're, you'll, you're, you've,mustn't

Wednesday 17th June GRASS POEM, LIBRARY COMPETITION (DUE FRI WK9), BIO POEM
 * 1) Read and record in your book
 * 2) Spelling practice
 * 3) Current Events - be prepared for discussion for Thursday morning.
 * 4) Kiwi Quiz
 * 5) I f you are behind with your class work it would be a good idea to try and catch up at home

Question Four: Which of the following cats couldn’t talk? a)The Cat in the Hat b)Puss ‘n Boots c)Mrs Norris d)The Cheshire Cat

Question Five: What has just passed the one million mark? a)The number of words in the English language b) The population of the Cook Islands c)The number of swine flu cases in Australia d) The population of tuatara on Little Barrier Island

Question Six: Which of the following claims is false? a)Leonardo Da Vinci painted the //Mona Lisa// and //The Last Supper// b) Leonardo Da Vinci designed a paddle boat, a robot, a hang-glider and water skis c)Leonardo Da Vinci painted //The Girl with a Pearl Earring// and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel d) Leonardo Da Vinci designed a bicycle, a helicopter, a projector and an underwater breathing tube

Question Seven: Which event features the tug of war, the caber toss, sword dancing and dog trials? a)The New Zealand Young Farmer of the Year b) The Highland Games of Scotland c)The Winter Olympics d) The World’s Strongest Man

Thursday 18th June GRASS POEM, LIBRARY COMPETITION (DUE FRI WK9), BIO POEM
 * 1) Read and record in your book
 * 2) Spelling practice
 * 3) Current Events - be prepared for discussion for Friday morning.
 * 4) Kiwi Quiz 1-7
 * 5) I f you are behind with your class work it would be a good idea to try and catch up at home

// Have your homework books open on your desk in the morning!

See you tomorrow!! //