Trip Reminder

21 September 2018

Dear Parents and Caregivers

Please remember that our learning trip to the Auckland Museum is going ahead on
Monday the 24th of September.  This is an all day trip. We will leave school at 9am on Monday
and return to school by 2.30pm.

The children will need the following:

*Wear their full school uniform

*Have a water bottle with their names on these

*Bring a healthy lunch

*A jacket just in-case of wet weather

A reminder that if you are a parent helper, please bring along your own supplies
for lunch as there will not be enough time to leave the group and go buy lunch.

I am hearing parents are to meet us there.  Please remember, we have paid for activities
that we will attend and the Museum will have our numbers for these activities already
in their system.  Parents who want to spend the day at the Museum are welcome to do so
but because your children are with us on a school excursion, they cannot come and have lunch or
spend time with you out there.

Thank you

Yours sincerely

Miss Tonga

Team Leader (Year 1 & 2)

Pod Trip to Auckland Museum

Dear Parents and Caregivers.

Thank you so much for your support in signing the permission slips and paying for the trip we are having this coming Monday.  It is wonderful to see such a response from you all.

I have three students I am waiting for permission to go on the trip.  It will be unfortunate if these three children miss out as we planned this trip as a highlight of our learning this term.  We have been studying about Culture in different countries in all classes.

Please make time to come in and chat with me if you have special reasons why your child is missing out on a planned school excursion as part of his/her learning this term.  

I look forward to taking all 23 children to the Museum to witness Culture and to complete our learning in topic for the term.

Sincerely

Miss Tonga

Cultural Festival

Dear parents/caregivers.

The Cultural Festival is on the 30th which is Thursday this week.  This will take place at Malaeola in the evening.

Please ensure you allow plenty of time for travel, finding a parking and a good seat inside.  The festival begins promptly at 6:00pm.

Remember that the children will need to sit with their dance groups.

Room A1 and A5 students have combined to create different dance groups.  The girls from the two classes will dance as one group and the boys dance together in a different group.

Remember to dress the boys in the black outfits as according to the uniform letters sent out earlier this term.

I am looking forward to another successful Cultural Dance Festival ofcourse with your support.

EGYPT

In topic, we are learning about Ancient Egypt.  This is keeping in line with the Cultural Festival, learning about different cultures.  Our school value for the term is also - Show No Distinction.  

We show no distinction when we include others in our play and in our learning.  We show no distinction when we show respect to everyone that we meet and when we learn about other cultures that are different from ours because we want to learn new things.

The children have also learnt that the Egyptian people had a special alphabet that is so different to the alphabet we know today.

Last week, the children learnt about the Egyptians and how they bury their loved ones.  This has been an interesting session because they did things differently back then compared to how we bury our loved ones in our days.

We will post our learning photos during topic very soon.

Malo e lelei and welcome to Term 3.

We hit the ground running this week!  There are 10 weeks in the term.  A lot has started in terms of our learning:

*We are looking at preparing for our Student Led Conferences.  These take place on Wednesday and Thursday of next week.  A form has already come home with the children on the last week of school.

I will send out another booking form by Friday of this week.  Please remember to book in and come and listen to your children share about their learning so far this year.

*We have our Cultural Festival celebrations in week 6 of the term

*The children's R.E books will come home this week on Thursday.  Please ask your child to share their learning with you and sign the small comment box either with your name or a comment about the work that you have seen in their books.  The books should be returned to school the very next day.

*We have started our Read-a-thon again for the term.  The children have the same rules.  They are to read every day for the next 50 days including the weekend.  A letter explaining this will be sent home at the end of the week.

**Please do not hesitate to pop in and ask a question or two if needed about any of the above  information.

Thank you...

Speeches

Here are some images from our Year 1-3 A Pod Speeches.  We have some fantastic speakers in our Pod that I know will go far as they progress through their school years.

Samoan Language Week

We are celebrating one of our LANGUAGES this week.

*Children will need to wear mufti two days this week - Mufti is their own cultural attire.

-Mufti days are: MONDAY and FRIDAY.

Throughout the week, we will be learning Samoan activities led by Samoan teachers and volunteers in our school.

O le gagana e la'ei ai le aganu'u - Language characterises the essence of culture

Samoan Language Week link