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Beach Newsletter

This is the Beach newsletter for anyone who has missed it or who needs the information:

Monday 17 February 2014

Dear Parents / caregivers

Ara Teina are pleased to announce our annual Family Fun Beach Picnic.  A visit to Cornwallis Beach is planned for our Y1’s Tuesday 4^th MARCH and our Y2’s Thursday 6^th March. 

On the days of the trips we will travelling by bus and will be leaving school at approximately 9:15am. We will arrive back at school at approximately 2:30pm. 

As we wish to keep costs to a minimum, we ask all parents to meet us at Cornwallis Beach.  If you are able to provide transport for other parents could you let your child’s class teacher know.

The total cost for a return bus fare to the beach will be $5 for Loyalty card holders and $7 for non-loyalty card holders.  

For the beach trip your child will need:

Packed lunch and water bottle                                          

Togs and towel

Sunscreen                                                                 

Hat

Appropriate footwear                                             

Appropriate clothing (not uniform)

Please let your child’s teacher know before the trip, if your child requires any medication to take with them on the day.

We ask that water toys and inflatables are not brought on the trip.

If it is raining the visit will be cancelled and costs incurred will be transferred to next term’s trip.

Shenita Prasad - Team Leader for Ara Teina (shenitap@arahoe.school.nz )                 

 

I do / do not give permission for my child _____________________ to attend Cornwallis Beach on

o Tuesday 4^th March for Y1’s

o Thursday 6^th March for Y2’s

o I enclose $5 and my Loyalty card number is:- ________

o I enclose $7

o I am able to come on the trip.  Yes / No

o I can provide transport for other parents.  Yes / No

Email or mobile number: ________________                 Signed: ______________________

1964 - Monkey King - Havoc in Heaven - with subtitles.mp4

Week 4 What Are We Learning About This Week?

Social Studies

Monster Manners

Behaviour above the line, below the line and at the bottom. Ask your child to tell you about the story of the Monster Who Came To School.

Two awesome examples of behaviour above the line:

You might see our Class Treaty in class with the rules we have decided on to help us learn.

Writing

Our Favorite Things

Chinese New Year

You may have visited the lantern festival in the weekend to celebrate Chinese New Year. This Year it is the Year of the Horse. This week we are learning about the Monkey King- Sun Wukong. The Monkey King is one of Josh and Fiona's favourite things to talk about. The Monkey King has special powers. He is an expert at Martial Arts and he has an amazing weapon. He is smart and funny and maybe a bit of a trickster.

Dance

Colour

We are learning to move in different ways and respond to how colour makes us feel. We read this book:

We will be learning a song by Cyndi Lauper called True Colours and creating movements to match.

Te Reo

We are learning to say who we are

Ko Au Tenei - This is me:

We are learning the names of colours in Te Reo:

Homework

Thank you for helping your child keep up with their homework. Basic Facts and Spelling are going very well. The children are reading their books every night and again in the morning which is helping their learning. Keep up the great work!

We read a Shared Book called Plop!

Homework Update 11 February Week 3

Last Friday we had our Basic Facts and Spelling Testing, the first of the year.

Basic Facts

After last week's test your child should know whether they are working on the first form E/CA or the second AC/EA (unless they were away). The goal with basic facts is to learn the facts for the sheet they are working on, so they can move to the next level. There is no requirement to learn all the facts on every sheet off by heart before the end of term or even the end of the year. However, there should be progress, as knowing these facts make it easier to learn strategies to work out number problems quickly. At this level, sometimes the challenge is to write the answer even though they know the answer. So practice a few a week at a pace your child feels comfortable with.

Spelling 

For spelling testing the children were tested on their 'sound of the week' words and some words from the Essential Word Lists they are working on. They did really great and I can tell they are working hard on their homework. Well done! Spelling took us quite a while, so this week I will only test them on the 5  'sound of the week' words as this is done in their groups (consonants, vowels, digraphs, blends). In week 6 I will test the class on their Essential Word List because I am sure some children will be on the next list. How exciting!

Reminder: Swimming on Wednesday 5 February this week only!!!

Alannah from Swimsafe is visiting this week!!