Morning,

The following teams I have a coach for:

Year 5/6 Netball team (need a ref here)

Year 5/6 Football team (I can ref this team if needed)

I still need coaches/ref's for:

Year 5/6 Hockey

Year 7/8 Hockey

I need to know these by the end of Wednesday at the very latest please so I can get the teams entered. Tournament date is: Friday 21st August

Thanks,

Ross - ross@wakanui.school.nz

Hi Kauri Families

I hope you and your families had a lovely weekend.

Your child has been learning their poems at school and at home. Please continue practising these each night. If I have contacted you about your child saying lines in the 150th production, these lines have also come home, so please practise them too.

Mrs Watt will visit Kauri tomorrow to help us with our production song and movements.

In Phonics, some children are learning the sounds x, tch, qu, wh and dge. Others are learning about beginning and ending blends, as well as the oo sound in book and the oo sound in moon.

In Writing, we are continuing our George’s Marvellous Medicine unit. We are also learning where to use full stops and capital letters. Our handwriting letters are Ii and Jj.

In Maths, both Year 1 and Year 2 are working on problem-solving, volume and capacity, as well as revising earlier topics.

We will continue our Food and Nutrition unit. Last week we learnt about what it means to eat a balanced diet and why. We also focused on the importance of drinking lots of water. 

There will be a school assembly on Wednesday at 2.30 pm, and you are all welcome to attend.

I have CRT release time on Thursday, so Mrs Livingstone will be teaching in Kauri until lunchtime.

Have a great week.

Karen
 
 

I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.

The week ahead:

I will be off site on Wednesday and Friday this week. The class will have Mrs Livingstone on both of these days.
Reading will continue to come home.
Maths: We are learning about the numbers before and after.
Poems: Please keep practising these at home with your child.
If your child has a speaking role in the upcoming production, please also practise this at home. The class has made a fantastic start learning the song Learning to Fly.
Wednesday: We have our full school assembly at 2.30 pm in the hall. Everyone is welcome to attend. New children will be welcomed to the school, and value certificates will also be presented.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Many thanks,

Gayle (Mrs Busch)

Kia ora Kawakawa whanau and welcome to Week 3 of the term,

We have received our part of the schools 150 Year Celebration.  Some of the class have a speaking part and they have taken home a script to practice their lines.  We are also going to be learning a dance to Rock Around the Clock. I have my CRT release on Tuesday morning and Mrs Livingstone will be in Kawakawa.  On Wednesday we have a whole school assembly in the Hall, this starts at 2.30pm and is hosted by Kahikatea. Everyone is welcome to come along to this.

In maths both Year 3 and Year 4 are learning about fractions.  Year 3 are learning about equivalent fractions and Year 4 improper and mixed number fractions.  In writing we are continuing to work on our speeches, In phonics both Year 3 and Year 4 are learning about words that are homophonces (words that sound the same but  have different meanings and are spelt differently).   Over the week for topic we are having the "Kawakawa Games". 

Have a fabulous week,

Ngā mihi nui,

Julia Begg

Kia ora Koutou,

We will be holding our Term 3 Parent/ Student/Teacher interviews earlier in the term than we would normally.

With such a change to the written reporting at the end of term 2, this interview will give us all the opportunity to cover the aspects we didn’t get to include in the written report.

The 10-minute interviews with the teachers are timetabled to take place on Monday August 10th (between 3:15 and 7:30 and Tuesday August 11th (between 3:25 and 5:50) bookings will be availiable early next week with a link sent on Skool Loop.

As was explained before you received your children’s reports last term, we were using a completely different format and system than previously; to align with curriculum and assessment changes. We are wanting to make further adjustments to the reports as a lot was learned by writing them.

Your feedback is valuable, so we will be asking some questions at the start of each interview about the written report. We deliberatly want this to be brief, so the usual interview can proceed.

If you have any other feedback regarding the written report that you would like to give, please email Trena- trena@wakanui.school.nz

For the questions you will be asked to give a number score1,2,3,4,5 

              1 being the lowest and 5 the highest

1)   Did the report state what the 5 descriptors (emerging, developing, consoildating, proficient and exceeding) are and show where your child is placed within them in Reading, Writing and Maths.

2)   Did the teacher comments provide you with information on where your child is tracking.

3)   Overall, do you know from the report how your child is progressing at school.

Look out for the interview bookings next week

Have a great weekend

Ngā mihi

Trena