Welcome to Week 2 of Term 3!

Maths
We have now split into three maths groups. This week, each group is focusing on correct number formation and developing their understanding of number structure. Our newest learners are working with numbers to 10, while the other groups are exploring addition to 10 and extension addition activities.

Reading
Some of you may have noticed a small laminated practice sheet coming home alongside your child's reading books. These will come home each day for your child to practise with you. The children have been taught how to use these at school, but if you have any questions, please pop in and see me—I would be happy to talk you through them. Please note that not all reading groups will have these sheets.

Poems
Most of the children have now chosen their poem for our upcoming school Poetry Competition. If your child brought their poem home on Friday, please keep it at home and spend some time practising together. The remaining poems will be sent home on Monday.

150-Year Celebration
We have received our part for the school's 150-Year Celebration, and our class will be learning Learning to Fly by Tom Petty. If you have the opportunity, it would be wonderful if you could play the song at home or in the car so the children become familiar with the tune and lyrics.

Ngā mihi,

Gayle Smith-Busch (Mrs Busch)

Kia ora Kawakawa whanau,

It was lovely to see everyone again last week.  This week the Year 4s have Senior Swim Week.  They will be having an early lunch and because of this there will be no hot food for Year 4s this week.  They will travel by bus into the EA Networks for lessons and will return to school after the final lessons at 2pm.  Please let me know if you would like to collect your child from EA Networks after the lessons so I can make sure that they take their school bag with them.  I have my CRT release on Thursday rather than Tuesday and Mrs Livingstone will be teaching in Kawakawa.  She will read a Fun Fact with all of the class on Thursday so look out for this in book bags.

In writing we will be continuing to write our speech this week.  As part of our reading programme we will be looking at reading out loud with expression and volume.  This is to help in our preparation for delivering our speech.  We will also be learning and reading about the Commonwealth Games over the week in our topic time. In maths Year 3 are continuing with multiplication and Year 4 are learning about multiplication and division facts. In phonics Year 3 are learning about y at the end of a word and Year 4 are reviewing sound that ea makes.

In class I am looking to give Kawakawa Koudos to class members who are doing a good job of showing respect and being responsible.

Have a fabulous week,

Regards,

Julia Begg

Kia ora,

I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

This week in Writing, we will continue with George’s Marvellous Medicine, which has been lots of fun so far. We will be looking at where to place full stops.

In Phonics, one group will continue working on ff, ss, ll, zz, and the other group will continue with -ing and -ed. This group learned last week about s and es.

In Maths, Year 1 will be learning about more than and less than, and Year 2 will continue learning about equal shares. As a class, we will also be revisiting family of facts:

7 + 2 = 9
2 + 7 = 9
9 - 7 = 2
9 - 2 = 7

Starting on Wednesday, our Topic for the next few weeks will be 'Food and Nutrition'. We may also look a little at 'The Commonwealth Games'. 

Tomorrow afternoon, we will be choosing poems for the upcoming poem competition. Please practise the poem with your child each night, and we will also be practising it daily at school. Please keep the poem in the reading folder at all times so it can come to and from school each day. We have had a few children forgetting to bring their reading folders to school, so please help your child remember this each day.

Our class goals this week are:

-To say please and thank you without being reminded.
-To make sure we include everyone.

Kauri’s Art day has swapped this week, so it will be on Tuesday, not Thursday. Also, please remember library books on Friday.

Have a great week.

Kind regards,
Karen Digby

This week we meet with Year 4-8 students who were interested in doing an agricultural project this year.  We will send more information home with your child next week.  This will have the an explanation of what is required when you do a project, a timeline for having projects in and when the judging will take place.  

Can you please email Mrs Begg julia@wakanui.school.nz by the end of next week if your child  will be doing a project and whether it will be a calf, lamb, other animal or garden.  We have copies of projects from previous years which your child can have a look at.  This might be helpful for the Year 4s who are doing a project for the first time.

Please contact Mrs Digby or Mrs Begg if you have any further questions.

Regards

Julia and Karen

School camp for our years 5/6/7/8 will take place in Term 4.  More information will follow about these later in the Term.

As previously we will be undertaking various fundraising activities to help reduce the cost to families for these camps.

Did you know you can start now making small regular payments to your child's account to cover the camp cost.    Our school account banking details are as follows;

Account Name - Wakanui School Board

Account number - 12-3271-0207728-002

Just reference your payments with your child's name and 'camp'.