Wow look at this amazing piece by a Arya in Room 6. I love the effort for the smaller detail - Well done!

The best bedtime reading ever - stuff to dwell on… we have it all!

As you would have known or have guessed a school needs policies about everything involved with its operations. Some policy items are for parents, some for staff, some for the BoT, and some a combination of sectors.

In the next few days I will be sending a link to all parents on how to access our policies.

There will be a username and password which I will share with you all as there are reviews of some policies that require input from you. The message will be sent on the School App and Seesaw so you will be in the loop as soon as we can get you there.

Last week we had an incident where a new parent to the school did not follow expected protocol with interactions at school - the access to proper procedure will leave no uncertainty for parents who wish to be informed about any school procedures. Hence the move by management to ensure everyone has the opportunity to be fully informed. Watch out for the link later in the week!

Ka kite ano

Murray

TERM ONE DATES 2022

• 14/4/2022 Last day of Term 1

• 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.

This year, our swimming sports was smaller than usual but we are very thankful to Mrs Paul and the teachers who found a way for our school to have this amazing day!! There was awesome swimming and some close races. It was really thrilling to see students in the pool, giving their best . We hope all students who took part had a fun and exciting day at the pool. Thank you also goes to Mr Rasmussen, our swim club helpers and to the student helpers for getting things set up, and packed up, on the day.❤❤❤

There is NO Technology at Te Aroha College again this week. Our students are to come to school as per usual. We appreciate your support and understanding with this.

Our Letterland work will be e, r and f and words that start with these letters. We are having a big phonological awareness drive in our class. Phonological awareness is a skill that allows children to recognize and work with the sounds of spoken language and it is the foundation for learning to read. I have included some information about this in your child's book bag today. In Maths we are working on number knowledge to 10, and some students to 20 . We are focussing on reading and writing numbers correctly and counting and comparing sets. Shared Reading, when students join in the reading of a book while guided and supported by the teacher, is part of our programme everyday.

Room 2 has had a very busy week. In maths we worked on adding numbers to 5 and general number knowledge. In writing the children wrote about things that they liked this week. It was awesome to see the children look around the room for the things that they liked and copy the spelling. Decoding is the focus in reading. The children are really working hard on sounding out words so that they can read their books independently. I will add some information into the children’s homework books so you can help with this at home. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me via Seesaw or email mmcghie@tearohaprimary.school.nz

Have a great week.

Kia ora everyone,

A huge thank you to everyone in Room 8, and their families/whānau for showing such resilience in the last few weeks. Managing learning from home can be difficult and challenging, so I applaud the students for showing such motivation and eagerness to continue both from home and in-class. The constant smiles from students at school make the day so much brighter too. This week we are continuing the use of google slides and task boards for all students home learning, that way, they are not missing out on the day to day in-class learning as it is all interlinked and related. We do not expect students to be online all day, instead, reading, playing board games, baking/cooking and physical exercise are all important elements of learning too. We have started our Topic Inquiry and have some exciting projects planned for that. Students are expanding their reading skills through the use of questioning, predicting, visualising and inferring, and also relating our class novel to the descriptive and figurative language they are using in their writing. We are enjoying frisbee out on the field as a break from other curriculum areas. Frisbee teaches us to be team players, communicators and some skillful catching/throwing techniques. I look forward to the coming week. Messages from home are appreciated and I encourage them to be ongoing. If you want to communicate, you can message me on Seesaw; email cmckenzie@tearohaprimary.school.nz ; or at the school office on 078848803.

Keep well and have a wonderful week. Mrs McKenzie

Kia Ora Koutou,

We would like to firstly thank you for all of your support over the last week. We appreciate you all doing your bit to help manage things during this difficult time. As we had very low numbers last week we will be facilitating home learning online. Using our home learning slides, learners will be able to locate set tasks and lessons will directly relate to what we are learning within the classroom. Students will access their work through their google drive and school emails. Our main focus will be literacy and numeracy, as well as topic work. Students will have ‘must do’ activities and some suggested ‘can do’ activities if they complete their set class work. Please keep an eye out for examples of the mahi we are doing on seesaw.

We look forward to touching base with you all be it in person or online. If you want have any queries please message us over seesaw or email aarmstrong@tearohaprimary.school.nz or rhodgetts@tearohaprimary.school.nz

Stay safe whānau and have an awesome week!

Kia ora koutou. ‘Ko te tumanako me haere tahi tatou’ Let us do this together.”

Thank you for all the kind messages sent last week - this was really appreciated as we navigate this challenging time. Rm 10 is showing resilience and kindness and I am very proud of them. We have a very small class currently and so this week, learning tasks will be presented in an online format. This enables all Rm 10 students access to the tasks via their school email and google drive. There will be a literacy (comprehension strategies, class novel, report writing) and numeracy focus (number knowledge and addition and subtraction strategies) as well as topic activities for students to explore.

For students who are in class, we will continue to swim each day. Our classroom is beginning to take shape with our super cool portraits on display.

Here’s to an awesome week ahead. Keep safe and well everyone.

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 …

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.