Kia ora everyone.
Welcome to week 8 of term 2 which means there are only 2 weeks left till the half way point of the year. It's getting really busy coming to the close of this term so pleas make sure to keep up with what is happening at school. First of all I would like to thank al of those who came to Matariki and were involved in some way to help making it happen. It's a great opportunity to come together as a community and we were blessed with a beautiful night with a clear sky (albeit very cold). The students all did fantastic with their singing and other Matariki responsibilities. We were also lucky last Friday to have a drama group perform in front of our junior school. If your child hasn't talked about this to you already it is a good chance to start a conversation about this enjoyable performance (to start the conversation: it involved a king having an archery challenge with Little Red Riding Hood, as well as Red joining allegiances with the wolf) . This week brings the time of three way interviews with our student's being able to talk about learning that they have been doing throughout the year already. We are looking forward to meeting most of you for this occasion. In the final week we will also be having our inter school cross country event. Our students have been training hard for this event and are hopefully looking forward to participate in this fun activity. Year 7's will be running with the senior school so on this day they will be running the sausage sizzle so that they can fundraise towards the end of the year camp. Here are some talking topics from our students current learning: - Social Science: They are currently learning about famous people who demonstrated traits of Courage, Inventiveness, Charisma, Creativity, and Kindness. At home you could discuss some famous people (world famous and New Zealand famous) and how they showed these traits. ie. Sir Edmund was very courageous because he climbed the biggest mountain in the world before anyone else where others had even died trying before him. - Technology: We are solving a world (Golden Bay) problem of getting supplies to our area for if the Takaka hill were to shut down again, by designing, making, and evaluating boats. At home you could talk about some other world problems and how your child would try to solve the problem. We hope the remainder of this term runs smoothly for everyone at school and home, and look forward to seeing you within the next few days. Ngā mihi nui nā, Alison Menary and Lyndon Clark
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We hope you are all keeping warm with all this cold weather and we hope you had a lovely Queen's Birthday weekend with your children. We have had another busy week in the classroom. Most children seem to be enjoying the start of our day with singing, which is a great way to get warm and ready for learning. We are very lucky to have been given some extra Learning Assistant time for our class, so we have had Helen Mead coming into our room lately as well as Liv Scott for several periods a week. Liv and her son Caleb are departing for an overseas trip for 3 months, so next week we have Ian Brown replacing Liv in our room. This is very helpful as it means more adults to help with math, reading and writing and more individual or small group learning time for your children. John Parsons held a workshop with our students today, so do please ask them about what they learnt. We have Cross Country coming up in the last week of term so please encourage your child to get out and run. We had one student run to school this morning! The Library Quiz is coming up on 28th June. If your child is going, please encourage them to read the books and get thinking about possible questions. I have asked Diane, one of our librarians to assist our group. The reports are being written at the moment and will come home about 18 June, with parent Teacher Interviews the following week. You should have received your form requesting an interview time by now, and have hopefully returned it to Kate in the office. We are preparing for our Matariki celebration on 21 June and look forward to seeing you all there. Ngā mihi nui nā, Alison Menary and Lyndon Clark |
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