Thursday, 28 September 2017
Monday, 25 September 2017
Culture Festival Information
Tuesday - Run through in the hall for all performers
Wednesday - Full dress rehearsal; all non-performers make up the audience for this
Thursday - Matinee performance at 1 pm and evening performance at 6.30pm
We ask that if you really have to leave early that you leave at intermission.
Please deliver your performer to the classroom no later than 6 pm. They may bring snacks and something to occupy themselves with, if they wish. However, there will be movies on and drawing things in the rooms.
Drop your child off in the room of their first performance and pick them up from the room of the group they performed in last.
Rooms for drop off and pick up:
Wednesday - Full dress rehearsal; all non-performers make up the audience for this
Thursday - Matinee performance at 1 pm and evening performance at 6.30pm
We ask that if you really have to leave early that you leave at intermission.
Please deliver your performer to the classroom no later than 6 pm. They may bring snacks and something to occupy themselves with, if they wish. However, there will be movies on and drawing things in the rooms.
Drop your child off in the room of their first performance and pick them up from the room of the group they performed in last.
Rooms for drop off and pick up:
Saturday, 23 September 2017
Week 10
The clocks have changed and we are on our way to those long summer days again! I hope you all have a wonderful 2 weeks off with your families and that the weather will cooperate! Thanks for a brilliant third term. The children have grown and developed so much this term in their learning!
Next term promises to hold more adventures for M1. Our Inquiry is into Sustainability and our role in protecting the treasures of the Earth.
Looking for something for the children to do this holiday to get them thinking about Sustainability and the Earth?
Next term promises to hold more adventures for M1. Our Inquiry is into Sustainability and our role in protecting the treasures of the Earth.
Looking for something for the children to do this holiday to get them thinking about Sustainability and the Earth?
Join in and show your support of local company Boomerang Bags Hibiscus Coast
Family Event help at Orewa Library Oct 7, 10-12
https://www.facebook.com/groups/582734105250301/
http://boomerangbags.org/
Bring mum or dad to help you make your own shopping bag.
You'll need an old singlet/tshirt and a pair of scissors. ✂️✂️
Hope to see you there 🛍🛍
You'll need an old singlet/tshirt and a pair of scissors. ✂️✂️
Hope to see you there 🛍🛍
http://kawaipurapura.co.nz/school-holiday-programme/
Visit Tiritiri Matangi
http://www.tiritirimatangi.org.nz/
Get Buzzy at The Honey Centre
http://www.honeycentre.com/
Visit the Auckland Zoo for Spots and Stripes
http://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/sites/plan-your-visit/whats-on/event?event=9080
Take a nature walk
Waterfall Gully in Army Bay is a great local walk for kids.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/family-walks
Become a Junior Ranger at Shakespear Regional Park
http://www.sossi.org.nz/visit/shakespear-junior-ranger/
This week we are gearing up for our Culture Festival on Thursday at 1pm and 6:30pm. Tickets go on sale Monday-Wednesday in the Library from 8:30am. Please see the Newsletter for more information or speak to me if you are unsure of whether your child is involved in this. I will post our VLC contribution on our blog from Thursday on, so you can see the fun video we made.
Please let me know if you are leaving early for your holiday, so I can plan accordingly.
This week:
Wednesday- Jo release. Reliever Judy Holme will be in for me, though I will be in and out of class throughout the day.
Thursday- Culture Festival
Friday- Full School Assembly 2:20pm
Have a wonderful break!
Saturday, 16 September 2017
Week 9!
Week 9 already! It's hard to believe we are nearing the end of the 3rd Term. The next two weeks will be a busy time at school as we wrap up our learning for this Inquiry, publish our writing, finish our video for the Culture Festival and join in with rehearsals for the Festival if the children are in one of the performing Passion Friday groups.
For more information about the Culture Festival and how to get tickets please click here or visit the school website.
This week I will begin updating the children's reading levels in preparation for T4. To give me time to do this, the children will be working on plays in their reading time. At the end of the week we will perform the plays for the class. I will attempt to video them for your viewing pleasure. Your child may bring home the same book over several days to practise so they can be very familiar with their part and begin adding actions and expression to their part. They will have time to make masks in class if needed.
In Maths, we will be applying the addition and subtraction strategies we have been working on through problem solving tasks this week. We will also be targeting our knowledge gaps and updating our maths progressions to reflect our great progress this term. The children are all working hard to brush up their counting by 5's. They are getting good to 20 with 2's and to 100 by 10's.
Next term our Inquiry will focus around Sustainability. If you or someone you know has expertise in this area, please let me know so we can utilise them as an expert. We got so much out of our visit from Kevin Fuller from Mike Pero Real Estate and our trip to MOTAT, we hope to have the same kind of great experiences in Term 4.
In Term 4, I would like the children to begin sharing their learning themselves through the Seesaw tool. This is a simplified blogging program that allows the children to upload or record media, narrate it and share it with you. Look out for an invite in the coming weeks as I set this up.
Please encourage your child to bring their bike in to school as the weather improves. They can bring it any day.
Hannah is in Wednesday.
Mufti Day Friday- Bring a can for the Salvation Army Food Drive
No Assembly Friday
For more information about the Culture Festival and how to get tickets please click here or visit the school website.
This week I will begin updating the children's reading levels in preparation for T4. To give me time to do this, the children will be working on plays in their reading time. At the end of the week we will perform the plays for the class. I will attempt to video them for your viewing pleasure. Your child may bring home the same book over several days to practise so they can be very familiar with their part and begin adding actions and expression to their part. They will have time to make masks in class if needed.
In Maths, we will be applying the addition and subtraction strategies we have been working on through problem solving tasks this week. We will also be targeting our knowledge gaps and updating our maths progressions to reflect our great progress this term. The children are all working hard to brush up their counting by 5's. They are getting good to 20 with 2's and to 100 by 10's.
Next term our Inquiry will focus around Sustainability. If you or someone you know has expertise in this area, please let me know so we can utilise them as an expert. We got so much out of our visit from Kevin Fuller from Mike Pero Real Estate and our trip to MOTAT, we hope to have the same kind of great experiences in Term 4.
In Term 4, I would like the children to begin sharing their learning themselves through the Seesaw tool. This is a simplified blogging program that allows the children to upload or record media, narrate it and share it with you. Look out for an invite in the coming weeks as I set this up.
Please encourage your child to bring their bike in to school as the weather improves. They can bring it any day.
Hannah is in Wednesday.
Mufti Day Friday- Bring a can for the Salvation Army Food Drive
No Assembly Friday
Thursday, 14 September 2017
Book Day
A few pictures from the fun VLC Book Day Rotations . M1 hosted a STEM activity (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) based on the Seuss Book 'If I Ran the Zoo'. The children had to design a zoo cage that could hold the most weight.
Saturday, 9 September 2017
Week 8
It's Maori Language week this week. You could try out some of these words and phrases with your family at home.
This week in M1 we are revising, editing and publishing our narrative stories. We can't wait to share them with you when they are finished! We are going to learn to revise and edit using the ARMS and CUPS method:
It is Books and Reading Day on Wednesday this week. We will be rotating between our VLC classrooms engaging in activities to do with Dr Seuss books. It will be a FUN day!
The children are getting bigger now and are enjoying the challenge of listening to a chapter or two of longer stories. To help support this we have been talking a lot about visualising the story in their minds ( we use this same strategy when writing our own stories). We have started the 13-Storey Treehouse in class and the children LOVE it! If you are looking for an engaging series that has short chapters and is as funny to adults as it is to the kids, then this series ticks all the boxes!
Hopefully you have had the chance to take a peek at the photos from our MOTAT trip following the link emailed out on Friday. If you did not receive an email, please let me know on jkember@wgp.school.nz and I will resend it. Due to the volume of photos, I won't be adding them all to the blog.
In Maths, The children working hard on their addition and subtraction strategies. They are also working on their number knowledge. The children are getting strong at counting up from any number to 100. They find find it much trickier to count back from any number up to 100! Practising counting back helps support their subtraction skills, so challenge you child to do some counting backwards on car trips!
This Week:
Monday: Byron's visiting lecturer will be here Monday morning to observe Byron teaching Writing.
Tuesday: Please bring your bike if the weather is fine
Wednesday: Books and Reading Day
Thursday: Hannah in for Jo
Friday: Assembly
This week in M1 we are revising, editing and publishing our narrative stories. We can't wait to share them with you when they are finished! We are going to learn to revise and edit using the ARMS and CUPS method:
It is Books and Reading Day on Wednesday this week. We will be rotating between our VLC classrooms engaging in activities to do with Dr Seuss books. It will be a FUN day!
The children are getting bigger now and are enjoying the challenge of listening to a chapter or two of longer stories. To help support this we have been talking a lot about visualising the story in their minds ( we use this same strategy when writing our own stories). We have started the 13-Storey Treehouse in class and the children LOVE it! If you are looking for an engaging series that has short chapters and is as funny to adults as it is to the kids, then this series ticks all the boxes!
MOTAT
Hopefully you have had the chance to take a peek at the photos from our MOTAT trip following the link emailed out on Friday. If you did not receive an email, please let me know on jkember@wgp.school.nz and I will resend it. Due to the volume of photos, I won't be adding them all to the blog.
In Maths, The children working hard on their addition and subtraction strategies. They are also working on their number knowledge. The children are getting strong at counting up from any number to 100. They find find it much trickier to count back from any number up to 100! Practising counting back helps support their subtraction skills, so challenge you child to do some counting backwards on car trips!
This Week:
Monday: Byron's visiting lecturer will be here Monday morning to observe Byron teaching Writing.
Tuesday: Please bring your bike if the weather is fine
Wednesday: Books and Reading Day
Thursday: Hannah in for Jo
Friday: Assembly
Friday, 1 September 2017
Week 7
We are off to MOTAT this week! On Wednesday please ensure your child is to school by 8:50am with a big packed lunch, raincoat and full school uniform. We will leave school shortly after 9am and as there are 4 classes going and a very full schedule for the day, will be unable to wait for late arrivals. Please do not place a lunch order for this day. Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to come along for this trip. Our focus for the trip will be on learning about how life and housing has changed in Auckland over time. The children will participate in an education session, guided walk and tram ride as part of the day. Please discuss behavioural expectations ahead of the trip and remind your child to stay close to their lead adult.
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