I always acknowledge the extras that many student do to enrich “their school’s” culture. It is great to know that the additional effort many put in to the extra asks I have of them - small but vital leadership roles - are taken up with pride and commitment. I give out badges that students earn - they are theirs to keep - a token, small but enduring of their part in the journey of the school and their participation with the school endeavours.

You will see these badges worn by some students- some may have more than one - true, very true.

Here's the badge:

Dylan in R8 has created this amazing drawing. It is great to see artists sign their own works. Can you see Dylan’s name??

TERM ONE DATES 2022

Easter Break starts Thursday 14th April and we return on Monday 2nd May 2022. Our new principal, Mr Justin Bertrand starts with us on that date.

Other term dates to be advised.

Please make sure your child is wearing shoes that cover their whole foot when they go to Tech (sneakers are a great idea) Slides / scuffs are not a suitable option in order to meet health and safety requirements of the Tech Programme. Long hair also needs to be tied up. Thank you for our support with this.

A big welcome to Ryan who joined our class today. In Letterland this week, we are working on forming the letters we have learnt correctly and we are listening to the sound we hear in words so we can blend the sounds together to make sat, pat, mat, sat and Nat. Our new sound is d. Each day we focus on developing our number knowledge by counting, saying and writing numbers and making sets. We have started learning our basic pepeha and we are practicing this daily. We are creating a photo wall in the class THEN...NOW and would appreciate it if you could please send a baby photo or share it on Seesaw so I can make a copy to add to this wall. Thank you.

Kia ora koutou.

Week 4 already!! We are focusing on self management this week and that includes tasks such as unpacking bookbags and accounting for belongings after swimming. We can do it!

Writing: Our writing is being inspired by adventures we will have on school grounds this week. We are looking at what we notice and recounting what, where, who, when and how, to give detail to our writing.

Maths: We are beginning our Number unit and start our smaller group work this week.

Reading: Reading books and phonic work continue to come home this week. Thank you to whānau for supporting reading at home.

Reminders for the week:

A water bottle and swimming togs everyday

Library day is Friday

Please remember you can contact me via Seesaw and email mswan@tearohaprimary.school.nz

Have a wonderful week!

Welcome to Week 4!

In Room 6 this week we are continuing to learn more about managing ourselves and our choices in class. We will be focusing on answering questions about what we have been reading with others.

In our writing we are learning about adding detail to our writing, describing using our senses and feelings in our writing.

We are setting goals to improve our basic facts over the term, this is mostly in addition and subtraction with a step into multiplication also.

Mrs Bartram will be in on Wednesday for my CRT day to do Reading testing.

We will be beginning to learn our Pepeha this week.

Next week we will be beginning to look at a timeline of ourselves, could you please send some photos of your child's life so far (I will copy them and return photos) or please send them via email or seesaw so I can print them out.

Have a great week,

Trina Bankier kbankier@tearohaprimary.school.nz

This week we will be focusing on Self Management- getting ourselves ready everyday and making sure we are doing what we need to be doing. This is a key competency that takes a lot of work for some people. Following on from testing last week. In Reading we will be focusing on comprehension. It is one thing to be able to read a text, but being able to understand and take information from it, is another thing all together!! Over the next few weeks we will look at the different types of comprehension. In writing we will be finishing off our Poetry work looking at Colour Poems and List Poems. We will put these up on Seesaw for you. In Maths, we are all looking at place value in one form or another. If your child is away sick, we have plenty of online Maths websites thaey can be working on- if they can remember their codes! I have signed them into a number of online platforms- just in case!!! Last week we had a very depleted class due to illness of one sort or another. Thank you to all the parents who noted that it was best for their

children to be at home during this time.

This week we are focusing in on descriptive writing and figurative language. We are enjoying reading our classroom novel "Gansta Granny" using questioning and predicting before, during and after reading. Maths groups are forming and we are looking forward to setting some great goals there. Swimming is continuous leading up to our swimming sports day so please remember those togs, and hats for breaktime.

Nga mihi, Mrs M

Week 4

Week 3 was a week full of testing. Proud of everyone’s efforts and their positive attitude! Just a reminder, swimming sports are coming up really quickly. Please make sure that tamariki have togs so we can continue to develop our abilities in the water.

Literacy- we will begin to look at character descriptions. We are working on comprehension strategies in reading.

Mathematics - This week we will be diving into our mathematics learning by developing our knowledge around mental strategies for addition.

Seesaw: please keep an eye out for your child’s work. We love to see some of the feedback you guys are giving!

Reminders: Hats and Togs.

Homework - once again we encourage our tamariki to read 20 minutes each night, and to complete their weekly quiz as found in their home learning folders online. Remember that hard copies can also be found in the classroom.

Kia ora koutou - He aha te kai a te rangatira? He kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero. What is the food of the leader? It is knowledge. It is communication.

I am super proud of the students who are putting themselves forward for a leadership role this year. Awesome to see students develop their confidence, share their expertise and aiming high to reach their potential.

Maths- the power of numbers (squares, cubes, exponents and primes)

Literacy - we have a special piece of writing to develop this week, which we will share on Seesaw. We will also continue with our class novel. We wonder what Davin will do next!

All about Me Taskboard - Rm 10 is busy at work on our movies/google slide presentation, which needs to be completed by next Monday. Help from home maybe required (eg. photos) and all students have a question to ask about their name! Be sure to ask how Mrs B got her first name.

Topic -we begin our work on the CYCLE OF LIFE. We will be activating our prior knowledge and sharing what we know before exploring the different life cycles of living things.

We welcome Mrs Gamble to Rm 10 on Wednesday.

Please let me know if your child is unable to swim.

Looking forward to an epic week.

Arohanui - Mrs B dp@tearohaprimary.school.nz

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….

Each week we will highlight 3 sponsors and provide a bit more detail …