Slogans and Jingles

For our topic we are learning about slogans e.g. Make it click, Get ready, get through, Just do it!  And jingles e.g. 'The Warehouse, The Warehouse, where everyone gets a bargain,' 'Transformers, more than meets the eye.' Your child may come home and sing or recite some slogans or jingles they have heard.

We will be working towards creating our own safety slogan/jingle that we hope to reproduce on to old t-shirts that the children may already have.

Some Teina classes are screen printing, some are using transfers. If you have suggestions for other methods of transferring a message on to fabric that may be suitable or access to equipment etc. or if you have any textile/design/practical experience/knowledge that we can call upon we would love to hear from you.

Send any t-shirts with a slogan on it to school if you would like to add to a display.

Kia Ora
Tania Makani & Mell Walmsley

Safety at the school gate

This term we are learning about safety at the school gate and our routes from home to the classroom. This topic links to our Green theme as we will learn about sustainable choices of transport in our journeys to and from school and also through the Health curriculum as we learn about keeping ourselves safe from harm, that is; sustaining ourselves.

In Week 1 we walked from all the school entry points to our (old) classroom. Mrs Walmsley surveyed the children about which path the children took to class. We talked about which route was most popular, the shortest and longest routes and what hazards or problems we may come across.

Consider this:
Children are not mini-adults:

• They do not hear and see things in the same way as adults
• Their eyesight is not well developed, especially peripheral vision
• They are easily distracted by noises or things such as animals
• They are short in stature and so can’t see over or round things easily
• They can’t judge safe distances or speed easily and so may make poor decisions about crossing the road

They may forget road safety rules if something unexpected happens.

On Thursday 31 July, Constable Carl and the Road Patrol children are coming to speak to us about being safe pedestrians and the role of the Road Patrol. You are welcome to attend with us to learn about this important aspect of safety. 
Where: Room 12
When: Thursday 31 July 10.30 am
Who: Constable Carl, Road Patrol, Room 12 children and teachers and you.

Arahoe Road
Arahoe Road has 2 entrances. When we were in Room 23 the entrance closest to the crossing was the fastest route to our class. Which is the fastest now? Note how close cars are to the entrance.

What are the hazards?

Grandison Crescent
Grandison Crescent and Arahoe Road are the most popular entry points.

The footpath is a lot closer to the driveway entrance. Can you see how we used the footpath and not the carpark? (Still a bit scary when cars are so close at the road end). 
It was interesting that the children did not talk about cars going in and out as being a hazard to be wary of. Therefore drivers must be extra careful of children walking beside the road and carpark as they do not recognise the dangers of moving cars. The audio did not work too well on this video unfortunately.

Please visit our class on Thursday at 10.30 to hear Constable Carl if you are able to. In the meantime, keep on walking and talking about safety!

Copy of Parent Email About Our Move

Kia Ora  Parents & welcome back to the school term,

Tomorrow after the roll, we are going to our new class in the middles block and we are going to take our things over. Today Fran and I carried over the tables and chairs just to make it easier for tomorrow. Our new class is Room 12. We were originally told it was Room 13 but it was a mix up. Room 12 is opposite the Middles playground. Feel free to wander over there before class if you want to check where it is.​ 

We will try to do basic facts and spelling testing tomorrow if we have time, in our new class. Poem should come home as usual.

In case you have not heard, the wooden poppy petals we painted last term, have been made into poppies and the completed artwork is to be unveiled on Monday at 7am on the front field of the school. As you are aware, it is to commemorate 100 years since WW1. Thank you for your contributions to our commemorative padlet wall. The children learned the Poem' Flanders Fields' which they are bringing home in their Poem books. This song will be sung at the ceremony. Please feel free to attend.

Recent newsletters are: PSG fundraising this term - a Green -Athon where children find sponsors to donate money to the school for the number of questions they get correct in the school quiz, individual photo orders (it's an envelope), Scholastic bookclub orders.

Feel free to talk to Mrs Walmsley & I about any questions you may have.

Noho ra mai

Tania Makani & Mell Walmsley

Welcome back!

Nga mihi ki a koutou katoa! Welcome back to school after our 2 week break.

You will have read Mrs Walmsley's introduction and you will be aware that she is teaching in our class for the next 5 weeks. I will be in class during this time taking groups for reading, writing and maths and doing assessments. Mrs Walmsley will be in charge so please feel free to speak to either of us if you have any questions.

If you received the newsletter last term you will also be aware that we are moving classrooms because we have lots of new enrolments in the school. There are 2 new pre-fab classrooms being prepared for the senior children and when they have moved out we will be moving to Room 13. Room 13 is not available yet, so come to Room 23 for the first week. We are all packed and ready to move when the time is right. We look forward to seeing you all on in Room 23 on Monday.

Greetings to you all!

Kia ora parents and caregivers,


My name is Melloney Walmsley and I am currently completing my final year of a Bachelor of Education degree. I am privileged to be teaching the children in room 23 over the next five weeks.  I am a mum of two boys who are 5 and 7 years old. I love children and I am very passionate about teaching and learning. Becoming a teacher has been a lifelong dream of mine so I feel honoured to be sharing my journey with your children. Please feel free to come and see me should you have any queries or if you just wish to say hello. Looking forward to seeing or meeting you over the next while.

Hei konā rā

Mell Walmsley (Mrs Walmsley)

Hangi Update from the Hangi Committee

REMINDER: - Order your Matariki Hangi Tickets ~ please find notice attached ~ payment and ordering has been extended until Friday 

$5.00 child

$10.00 adult

Payment can be made in 3 easy ways

*Cash/Cheque to your child's teacher 

*Eft Pos at the school office 

*OR directly into school bank account 12-3070-0098609-01 please use 

Particulars: Surname 

Code: Class #

Reference: Hangi

Please ensure notice with child's name and order details goes back to your child's teacher advising method of payment used

"The hangi money collected is purely for cost covering. 

We would appreciate any donations of 
*tinfoil 45 cm wide
*disposable plates, cups
*food gloves

Please we need help/assistance in the following areas

THURSDAY 
Food preparation
Hangi meat  
Vegetables - potatoes, kumara, pumpkin - ask your child's teacher if they require help on Thursday afternoon to assist children with peeling of vegetables
making of stuffing

FRIDAY
5.30am hangi fire - Russell, Kerry, Neil, Mark
8am  hangi down
11am hangi up - We need 6 men to lift the hangi! 

BYO water bottle and towel and shovel and rake
Carving and serving we need at least 16 people
Clean up after"

Matariki

28 June 2014 signals the start of Matariki this year. Matariki is when the Matariki star cluster is visible in our night skies and is considered the Maori New Year. Matariki is connected with harvesting and planting as preserving and harvesting of birds and crops was complete by this time of the year and planning would start for the coming year.

Arahoe School is celebrating Matariki this year with a hangi (pronounced haangi). Food is cooked by steaming in the ground on hot rocks. The hangi is $5 for children and $10 for adults. The hangi will take place on the last day of school this term. You will receive updates between now and then as we will need help with the preparation and service. Look out for those notices.

*Orders will be taken this week until Friday 26 June*