Wairau room tamariki have been busy working hard to learn new concepts, from knowing the alphabets and their sounds to knowing abstract concepts of motion. Working with one another asking questions like our Think Crews (Ida Ideas, Beanie sunshine, Judge critical, and Caring Carie) at each step of their learning.

They have been working on writing instructions. So far they have written how to make fairy bread, popcorn, and wash hands. Here are some instructions for you to try at home.

Students had to give instructions to make their construction using the vocabulary with a buddy for Maths. (Sorry I cannot incorporate videos in G doc) Do ask your child where things are looking specifically for vocabulary and most importantly left and right direction because not many have understood which is their left and right. A little reinforcement will be great.

For the first time, Wairau Room tamariki have hosted an assembly recently. Mae and George have done an amazing job.

Well done guys!

Nga Mihi

Nimmi

A big thanks to Ivy and Mia for organising the Dress Up Day, and PTA for the Sausage Sizzle. The day raised $142 for the PTA and was a lot of fun.

Writing: The focus this term is how to write a persuasive piece of writing, being able to introduce our topic, use rhetorical questions and hooking the audience.

Math: We are exploring basic facts and data collection and how to use the data we collect.

Reading: Our focus is on reading comprehension, so we can really understand what we are reading.

Topic: Exploration- we are going to design a toy with one moving part. Currently we are in the investigation stage of this, with lots of fantastic ideas, and a challenge not to rush ahead to ensure that it will meet the success criteria that the class has set.

Homework:

As of this week, Chalice Room students will bring a homework book to and from school each day. This will include spelling words, x tables and a community question. Their homework book needs to be ticked and signed by an adult each day. Students gain points for completing homework each day. We appreciate your support with this.

Lisa McDonald and Rachel

We sadly farewelled the Mita Family last week and we wish them all the very best for their new adventure down South. We will miss you all very much.

Kia Ora, Friends and Whānau

Recently in the Fishtail Room, we have been focusing on biographies. We picked a person that interests or inspires us. In exploration we have been learning about extreme weather events, and now we are producing Safety Management plans for families. For Maths we have been learning multiplication, division and financial literacy.

Have a read below of this piece of writing by Kodee Cook.

Ngā mihi

Kodee and Ari

Johnny Depp

On the 9th of June 1963, actor, Johnny Depp was born in Owensboro Kentucky United States. Depp had three siblings and lived with both parents Betty Sue Palmer and John Christopher Depp. Depp dropped out of Miramar highschool at 16 in 1976, to pursue his dream of becoming a Rock musician.

In 1984 Johnny Depp, released his first horror film, A Nightmare on Elm Street playing the role as Glen Lantz,” the kid who gets eaten alive by his own bed”.It was a huge box Office hit the movie has made over $57 million US dollars.

While Depp was living in his hometown he frequently talked about his obsession for Pork, KFC and Mexican food. While Depp was acting in one of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean he found British food wasn’t as good as he thought.

In 1999 Johnny Depp had his first child Lily-Rose Depp the daughter of Vanessa Paradis a French singer, actor and model. Lily-Rose Depp was born on the 27th of May 1999 in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France. She is a French-American Actress. In 2002 Johnny Depp had his second child, Jack Depp the son of Vanessa Paradis. Jack Depp was born on the 9th of april 2002 in Neuilly-Sur-Seine.

To this day Johnny Depp is one of the best actors out there he plays in lots of famous movies like Pirates Of The Caribbean.

Recently Johnny Deep has been in court for suing Amber Heard for reporting that he was abusive to her and announcing things that were not true. In the past week, he has won $15 million dollars because he won the court case.

I hope that Johnny Depp makes another Pirates Of The Caribbean movie so the fans can enjoy his movies again.

Biography By Kodee.

Important Dates

First bell 8:50 a.m.

Finish time 2:45 p.m.

Last Day of Term 2 - 8 July

First Day of Term 3 - 25 July

Reminders

Please remember to call or message the school office if your child is sick

(telling the bus driver is not an appropriate method of informing the school).

Please inform the school if you are removing your child from class early.

Buzz & Lauren Burrell saw an opportunity to support people in their community. With the fantastic support of the Wairau Valley School it has been possible to provide quality healthcare right here in the valley. With the high petrol/diesel costs it makes sense to stay as local as you can. We are here to support Wairau Valley every Wednesday morning and have a GP & nurse available to look after you. We are taking enrolments, call us on 03-5728838.