Many of our students are reaching unacceptable levels of absence. Some parents are saying while there is COVID about that their child will be kept at home. The reality is that COVID is here for good and we can do nothing about that except minimise the opportunity for it to spread and be vigilant where needed - sanitisation, masks and physical distancing. None of us wanted the virus but it is here. Our school remains open. We teach from the school.

Some are talking Homeschooling - you need to contact the ministry about that on 07 850 8880.

Our policy that we follow is that 10 days per term (2/10) school weeks is unacceptable. This is the general rule set out by the Ministry of Education.

Here is a link you can explore:

https://www.education.govt.nz/school/managing-and-supporting-students/managing-student-attendance/attendance-services/

The Public Health Nurse is ready to collect the permission slips. If you choose not to have it done at school you will need to organise it yourself with a GP or not, as is the case.

Just return the slip to Lucy in the office. Should you need another slip, please get in contact.

TERM ONE DATES 2022

• 14/4/2022 Last day of Term 1

• 17/3/2022 St Patrick's Day - Dress Up Day (Green, Green, Green!)

• 13/4/2022 Wednesday 3pm - Students last day for Term 1.

• 14/4/2022 Thursday - Teacher Only Day (TOD)

• 15/4/2022 Good Friday / Easter Break / School Holidays start

TERM TWO DATES 2022

• 2/5/2022 First day of Term 2 / Our new principal, Mr Justin Bertrand, starts with us.

Other term dates to be advised.

We are excited to begin Tech classes again THIS Friday. Year 7/8 students need to be at school at 8.30am for roll call outside Room 10. Please make sure your child is wearing shoes that cover their feet (eg. sneakers - NO SLIDES) and that long hair is tied up. Students will need to be wearing a mask on the bus and in their Tech class at the College.

Elisabella, Jasmine and Bella have been doing Library duty, while Miss Entwisle is training the new librarians for this year. The librarian's jobs might not seem hard to other students but they have to be able to understand the letters and numbers on the book cover in order to shelve or put the books back where they belong. The librarians also must keep the issuing desk area clean, the display racks up to date and the library quiet.

This year, Taariq has been given the role of being our school Flag Bearer. This is a really important job. Taariq has to raise the flag each morning and take it down before he goes home each day.

Last week was a rather different week with Room 1 and 2 combining. The children can be very proud of how they are adapting to change. Well done boys and girls, you did some great learning. Thank you to whanau for the effort that went into our Green Day and for your ongoing support with the children’s learning.

Who knows what this week might bring but we are ready for it. We hope to focus on the following:

Writing- using a word card and alphabet card to help us when we attempt to write our stories. At this early stage of learning to write a sentence children are encouraged to use their word card to find heart words they might need in their story and to record the initial sound for other words they need. So “The dog ran down the street” might be written as - The d r d the s. Our goal is for children to become independent writers as early as possible and not adult dependent because they think every word must be spelt correctly.

Letterland - Revisiting the letters we have learnt to date and to blend the sounds together in 3 letter words.

Maths - Working on correct number formation and joining sets together to record how many altogether.

Weather permitting, we hope to venture down to the stream to release our frogs and froglets this week too.

Hi everyone. Thank you so much Mrs Johnson for looking after Room 2 last week. I am looking forward to returning to school on Tuesday and getting back into some great learning with the children. We will look at the life cycle of the frog and our shared reading is 'The mice in the kitchen'. In maths we will continue with number knowledge and groups to 5. Have a great week.

Kia ora koutou,

Last week we really enjoyed dressing up in green for St Patrick’s Day!

Room 3 is coping incredibly well with school life being a little bit different over the past few weeks. A big thank you to whānau and caregivers for being so supportive too.

Writing: We are learning to write events that have happened in order and remember where to put in those fullstops!
Reading: We are still revisiting letter sounds with some reading groups this week. Your child can practise their letter sounds with their flashcards, revisit previous pages in their homework books (segment and blend words) and practice writing these down.
Maths: We are focussing on ordering numbers from 0-100 and refining our skills when recalling addition and subtraction facts to 10.
Reminders for the week:

• Please remember your school sunhat and drink bottle everyday.

• Homework books and book bags are to be at school everyday too please.

You can contact me via Seesaw or email mswan@tearohaprimary.school.nz

Kia ora koutou. We are delighted to be back on board again! This week we will explore our fine and gross motor skills by making playdough, cooking, and play outside on the playground equipment. Welcome back to our classroom whanau! Kia kaha everyone!

I am hoping that Room 6 will be getting back to a full class this week. Welcome back to those returning and we are looking forward to see those who are isolating return to school fit and well in the near future. We will be continuing to learn about open and closed syllables in spelling. Last week we were learning to use book creator to make our own books. This week we will be looking at creating books on a range of plant and animal life cycles. Our maths we will continue to learn about comparing fractions and solving problems using our fraction knowledge, we will also be learning about reading a compass for directions.

It is hard to know exactly what this week will look like. We have had such a mixed up last few weeks. This week we are hoping to be back to a full class but in these uncertain times it is hard to tell. Most children at home did not engage in our online learning so we may as well go back to doing it the old way.

Reading: this week we will try to get instructional groups off the ground- looking to understand the indepth messages in the text, using Journal stories.

Maths: we will continue on with Fractions and looking at the ordering and comparing of these.

Writing: should see us reporting on the Life cycles of chosen living things- which is also our topic.

Kia ora whānau,

Loved having almost a full class last week and it was so great seeing all students with smiles once again. I am proud of how they show continuous resilience.

This week we are continuing on with our online learning with a mix of traditional class learning.

Maths - We are continuing on with addition and subtraction, and the learning of different strategies.

Reading - We are working our way through our class novel ‘Gangsta Granny’ and using our comprehension strategies to work through some activities. We are also reading through some factual information linked to our topic inquiry.

Writing - Report writing was our focus last week, and again this week linked to plant life cycles.

Topic - We are creating brochures online to showcase our plant facts. We are tying this in with our new knowledge we have been learning in life cycles. The tasks set need to be completed this week.

Language - Mrs G is teaching French culture and language. Soon the students will be able to say simple sentences! I may also introduce students to some sign language too.

Looking forward to the coming week and hope we get to enjoy the sunshine a little longer. We will be swimming daily. Last week, many students did not participate. It is expected that all students swim, unless a message or note is sent to me.

Have a great week! Nga mihi. Mrs McKenzie and Mrs Ginever.

Kia Ora Koutou,

We were happy to see an increase in numbers this week. Mrs B only had good things to say about Room 19 on Monday and Tuesday. We are proud of everyone's resilience and perseverance over the last few weeks. It was fantastic to see how many tamariki took part in our dress up day. A special mention to Room 9 for taking out the hub cup for the first time. We are looking forward to another fun week of learning with you guys!

This week we will once again be working online.

Maths - Last week we started to build our knowledge of subtraction strategies. We will you this week to get in a little more practice and consolidate our learning.

Reading - this week we will have a mix of journal readings supported by reading comprehension activities.

Writing - report writing is a key focus this week as we dive in to our learning ‘Life Cycles’

Topic - The Green Gremlin - Learn all about Frogs with another task board relating to our life cycle studies.

Kei ōu ringaringa te ao - The world is yours.

Ngā Mihi,

Whaea Armstrong and Mrs H

School Lunches

We need these firms to keep our school cashflow and community relations going strong. They are generous to us which enables us to benefit your children so I would ask you look at the team of sponsors and where possible, use them as we all gain.

Please use these tools we provide - we use them to alert, inform and effectively communicate with parents.

Check it out - there is plenty for you to find out.

If in doubt please ask your child’s teacher as we will be using these platforms on a regular basis to keep our parent community informed and up to date.