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Thanks to all the families who have worked hard on the spelling lists that were brought home last week. Most students had obvously worked hard on learning their words and achieved 9 or 10 out of 10. I am hoping we can achieve success with all students this week. Please remind your child to bring home their notebook so words can be learned, and then return their notebook to scholl on Friday for the spelling test. The camp dates have now been set from 4th to 7th December at Tahuna Beach Holiday Park, We have cabins booked and will soon begin to create our itinerary. We are unsure of costs at this stage but will give an indication of likely costs in a few weeks time to give pleanty of time for individual fundraising. Lyndon and I raised some money at the cross country sauasage sizzle which we will put towards costs. At the camp meeting it was decided that fundraising will need to be done by individuals to be fair. In the past some people did a lot of wok fundraising and then had to share with the students whose families hadn't contributed. So this time everyone needs to organise their own payment of fees or their own fundraising. However, it is necessary to follow the fundraising guidelines that are as follows on our website: Fundraising by any individual or group follows our guidelines:
I was very proud of the students who have presented their speeches to the class, or to Year 4, 5, and 6, Jonny, Mrs Gray and myself in our CAS speech competition on Wednesday last week. I was just as proud of the others who wrote amaxing speeches and then presented them to me on their own or to a small group of students. This week it is the Year 7 group who have their turn to compete in our CAS Year 7-8 speech competition. I wish them all good luck. We have some very good speeches from this group as well. This week we will begin writing about Conservation as Conservation Week approaches in September. I am encouraging students to think of a conservation topic they are passionate about, do some research and then write a report. I hope you have all enjoyed the weekend. Ngā mihi nui nā, Alison and Lyndon
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Thank you to those parents who attended our camp planning meeting last week. We have made some possible decisions, and are now following up to see if we can confirm bookings for cabins at Tahuna Beach Holiday Park towards the end of November, or beginning of December with lots of exciting activities around the city. We will let you know more information when available. This week we are going to bring spelling lists home again to learn. I would like you to ask your child to write their list words at home, not just spell them out loud. By writing the words down it will help to cement them into their long term memory. Some students learn best by saying the letters out loud as they write them over and over again. Students will all need a notebook to write their 10 list words in if they haven't already got one. They will also write them in their literacy books at school and practise writing them from Tuesday to Thursday at school, then have a spelling test on Friday. A new list will come home on Monday evenings. We will record how many words they get correct on a Friday and reward those with the highest scores at the end of term with Banquer cash. We are also working hard on encouraging A1 Quality standards with written presentation in all their school work. They need a blue and red biro as well as a ruler to ensure their work is presented neatly. Please keep encouraging your child to read each night for at least 20 minutes. We are seeing great progress from those who are reading regularly. We hope you have had a great weekend. Ngā mihi nui nā, Alison and Lyndon Kia ora everyone.
Already 2 weeks gone in this term and we are starting to get back into the flow of things. Some students have been showing some wonderful respect to the class and working really hard so far which has been really neat to see. We have introduced the student of the week award that comes with a certificate and $50 banqer cash (if you don't know what banqer cash is ask your child as this could be a good conversation starter). So if you see you child getting one of these certificates make sure to give them a lot of praise and find out why they received the award. In PE over the next 3 or 4 weeks we are going to be doing some adventure based learning which involves team work, building great leaders, and learning the qualities to become an important member of a team. Im really excited about this and hope this may make our students stronger in each of these aspects. Also in Social Science we are on the subject of conservation. The students had some homework of finding out things they do well at home and to come up with some things they could do better (ie. take out plugs when not in use). If you haven't seen this have a chat with them as if you could try at least one of their recommendations it could give them a feeling that they are making a change and could share that with the class. Remember this Tuesday there will be a meeting about the end of year camp. We have collected some student voice as to what they would like so this will mostly just be a meeting with the parents to discuss how we will do things this year. Anyhow~ if you have any questions or concerns about anything please make sure to contact us so we can keep on top of things. Sincerely, Lyndon and Alison. |
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September 2018
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