Week 11 - Last week of Term 2

Phew! We've made it to the end of a very long term. If you haven't already noticed, your children are tired and ready for the holidays. This week we are going to have a Matariki & Maori Legends week in class. Our normal programmes will not be running. We have a variety of activities that will hopefully keep the tears & tales from creeping in. Fingers crossed!

CONGRATULATIONS CHLOE. She received our principal shield award this week for "A fantastic effort and attitude to all learning". This is a big award as each class gets two opportunities each year to nominate someone for the award. Well done Chloe!

 

CONGRATULATIONS - 100 Nights Reading. These children have also completed their blue reading logs which means they have read for 100 nights this year. They are Daya, Dominic, Connor & Luke. Well done boys - keep up the fantastic work. I wonder who will be next?

Special Guest - Monday. With the help of Mr. Beckham, we have organised a special guest to visit us on Monday after morning tea. Mum's the word in the meantime.

Special Guests - Wednesday. In among our Matariki and Maori legends we will also be learning about being firewise. On Wednesday some firemen (with their truck) will be visiting the junior children at school. In preparation for this, please make sure your child knows - their first & last name, their home phone number (or mum/dads mobile) and their address. These are very important pieces of information to know in an emergency.

Special Guest - Friday. Bishop Stephen is visiting our school on Friday. He will be coming into each classroom to say hi. We will be able to show him some of the fantastic art work we have done during our God strand this term and some of the amazing work that has gone into your children's RE books. We will be welcoming Bishop Stephen with a powhiri at 10am on Friday in the school hall. You are most welcome to attend.

FAREWELL - to Aleena and her family. Aleena's last day with us will be on Friday. She is moving to Perth (Australia) with her family. On Friday (instead of sausage sizzle) we will be having a shared lunch for Aleena. Please bring a plate of healthy food for this. Please name all food containers you wish to have returned to you. 

RE Books & Name Pages - A huge THANK YOU to those children who have brought back their books to class and to the parents for completing the name pages. I have shared your reasons/meanings behind their names with the children & class - they were absolutely beautiful. We are waiting on one or two books to come back. 

Library - Wednesday. Please bring your book back from last week so you can get a new one.

Singing Practice - Wednesday. Please be at school early on Wednesday. Singing practice starts promptly at 8:45am and the bell will be ringing at least 5 minutes earlier for us to head to the hall.

Kapa Haka - Thursday. This week every child will be attending Kapa Haka for a whole school session. We will be learning some songs to sing during the powhiri to welcome Bishop Stephen on Friday.

Reading this week - will consist of some poems and your children retelling the different legend/s we have been reading about that day. Please continue to read books from home to your child and record this in their reading logs. Children of all ages love being read to by mum/dad/brothers/sisters.

Holiday Reading Logs - These will be coming home this week for you to complete during the holidays. You can also fill in the class reading logs with the same books. The public library has a huge range of books available for loan. Also on Reading Eggs their is a library with thousands of books/ levels/ genre. To access this click into Reading Eggspress (the blue side after you log in), when the floating island comes up click the part to the right until the library appears, click library and enter, choose reading age and type of book you want. I would start with 5-7 and see how you go. The children can read the books themselves or have the computer read it too them. Last term 80% (16/20 children) completed their reading logs and handed them in. This term we are aiming for 100%.

DATES TO REMEMBER FOR TERM 3
Monday 20th July = Teacher Only Day
Tuesday 21st July = Term 3 starts
Wednesday 22nd July = Reports and Portfolios go home

Golden Time - last Friday. The children voted for playing with the PE Gear. It was awesome to see what they chose to play with and who they chose to play with. After an initial mad rush and trying at least everything, they settled on one or two things. It was really neat just to watch them interact and try new things. Here are some photos - I think I've managed to get everyone (some are very good at evading the camera).