Hi all

We hope you enjoyed your weekend.

This Tuesday we have our last basketball session. Mrs Livingstone will be teaching Kauri until lunch time on Wednesday and Thursday. There is a school assembly at 2.30 at the hall on Wednesday, hosted by Kowhai. You are all welcome. 

In Writing, we are learning about persuasive writing, where the children are learning to write their opinions on topics. In Phonics the Y2s are learning the long 'u' sound as in 'tune': The magic 'e' at the end of the word, makes the 'u' have a long sound not a short. The Y1s are revising all digraphs they have done over the past few weeks (th: hard and soft, ch, sh). In Maths, we will all keep working on using materials (10s frames, stick bundles, place value blocks), to make numbers and add numbers. If you are doing addition at home with your child, please make sure that if they are counting on, they need to do so from the highest number, even if the smallest number is written first. In Topic we will continue our learning about 'Force: Push and Pull'. 

Have a great week and enjoy the King's birthday weekend. You have a longer weekend break with the teacher only day on the Tuesday.

Nga mihi nui,

Karen and Kerryn

Welcome to week 6

Monday the class is having a swap around with Wednesday and have Art in the morning with Mrs Livingstone and then Mrs Watt in the afternoon teaching some science.  I am off site for the day.

Tuesday we have our last basketball session the class have loved this.

Wednesday, Kōwhai turn to run assembly, 2.30 at the hall!!!

Phonic's we will be looking with year 1 the sounds ck makes and when to use it and with year 0 we will be looking at the sounds c and i make.

Maths this week we are looking at Pathway positions ie,  identifying the position of items using language such as next to, under, above, outside, near.

Reading as normal

Topic we will continue with Science

Many thanks

Gayle

Kia ora Kawakawa whānau,

I hope that your weekend has been a good one and that any winter sports games went well.   This week  we have the last basketball session on Tuesday. Mrs Livingstone will be teaching in Kawakawa  on Tuesday.  There is a whole school assembly on Wednesday which is being hosted by Kōwhai.    

In writing some of the class need to finish publishing their autobiography.  The class are going to write a biography on a  well known person that they are interested in learning more about.  In phonics all of the class will be learning about ee and ea make the long e vowel sound.  In maths Year 3 are learning about fractions and Year 4 will be learning about decimals.  In topic we are going to be learning about heat and states of matter.

Have a fabulous week everyone and enjoy the Kings Birthday weekend, you have a longer weekend break as we have a Teachers Only Day on Tuesday 2 June. 

Ngā mihi nui,

Julia

As previously notified please note that the school will be closed - June 1st for Kings Birthday and June 2nd for Staff development- Teacher only day

Welcome to week 5

What an amazing effort that everyone did at cross country the disco and pink skirt day.  You should all be very proud of your children and thank you for all your support.

The week ahead;

Phonics we are looking at ff, ss and ll and when to use them for year 1s, year 0 we are continuing to look at m, s, p, t, c, a, f, i.  

Reading your child will bring books home, make sure you fill in their note book that you have read with them.

Maths we are finishing looking at patterns.

Topic we will continue on with exploring with our sensors using, sound, touch, smell, hearing and taste.  They had a great time with slime this week.

Basketball on Tuesday.

Wednesday afternoon is Kōwhai termly open afternoon, where we welcome in new visitors to the School planning on starting in Kōwhai across 2026.

Thursday Mrs Kennard is teaching in Kōwhai and I am off site.

Looking forward to a great week ahead.

Gayle Smith-Busch