Week 10

Hello all, 

It was fantastic to catch up with you this week during parent teacher interviews.  Thanks so much for making the time to come in.  

Next week is our last week of term, with a number of things planned. 

• On Tuesday we have 'Cover your Hair to Care' day and we will be wearing wigs, hats, scarves etc to support cancer research.  Please bring a gold coin donation for our coin trail.  
• We will be celebrating Maori Language Week next week with lots of Te Reo in the classroom.  We hope that your child will come home eager to speak what they are using in class. 
• On Wednesday the fundraising committee will be selling Hells Pizza for lunch.  If your child did not come home with a slip yesterday and you would like to order  please let us know.  
• On Friday we will be farewelling Rosalie O'Neill, who has been the Hutt Central School Office Manager for the last 27 years.  Assembly will start at 1.45pm, and the children will have an early lunch break between 12.15-1.15pm. 
• Reading over the school holidays: we will have independent readers available for your child to take home over the holidays.  Please let us know if you would like to borrow a few extra. 

Have a fabulous weekend and take care, 

Claire and Amy 

Week 9

Two weeks until the school holidays - the children are starting to show signs of end-of-term-itis and winter tiredness, I expect they will be well ready for some down time over the holidays!  Their eagerness to learn hasn't lessened and they managed to get through a busy week last week with a walk to the Hutt Library (thanks so much to all those parents who walked with us);  Emily Naylor, captain of the Blacksticks visiting our Kowhanga; and basketball skills continuing on Thursday.  

We had a great time investigating water last week with lots of thinking and questioning, sharing ideas and a desire to seek out answers. Our afternoons were spent experimenting, and these hands-on experiences triggered lots of exciting writing.  We will continue to look into the water cycle this week, and we will start to look at how water is used (in anticipatation of a visit from something big and red the following week...)  Many thanks for your support with your child's questions about water.  They have enjoyed coming to school and sharing what they have found out. 

We are looking forward to catching up with many of you this week during interviews on Wednesday and Thursday.  Information as to how to book interviews is in last weeks newsletter, or you can pop into the office and Penny can book these for you.   If you are unable to make it this week and you would still like to come in please let us know and we can make an alternative time. 

Take care, enjoy the rest of your Sunday and see you tomorrow!

Claire and Amy

Week 8

Kia Ora,

Te Reo: We have been learning how to say coloursin Te Reo the last few weeks and have gotten pretty good at our colours song. See if your child can sing it for you :) 

Reading: We are seeing some exciting progress with the children and their fluency when they read. Thanks for all the support you give them at home, all the extra millage definately pays off. 

Matariki: Today we made matariki star biscuits with Gina. First we mixed all the ingredients together and then we each got to roll out and cut a star shape. Once they were cooked we iced them with different colours. Then we ate them - YUM! Check out some photos below. 

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Hutt Library: On Tuesday we are heading to the Hutt Library. We leave at 10.45 and get back by 12.30pm. If you are able to join us we would love you to come, please email and let us know. 

Topic: The children have been keen and interested in our new inquiry focus on Water and we are looking forward to exploring this more. 

Reports: Reports will be going home next Friday. Interview times will be available to book for Week 9 - more information regarding booking should be coming home on Monday. 

Enjoy your weekends and have fun at the disco tonight :) 

Amy and Claire.

Yann's Visit

On Monday morning Remy's dad Yann came to tell us all about his job. We learned about eating with the queen. When the queen visits New Zealand she goes to government house and when they eat dinner they have 6 courses. Every person has their own waiter or waitress. Every person has 5 knives, 5 forks and 3 spoons. The waiter stands behind the chairs and serves the food. They have food that is grown in New Zealand and some of it comes from the garden at government house. The food they eat is very yummy and made by clever chefs like Remy's dad. We think he has a great job!

Week 7

Kia Ora All, 

It has been another busy week in our Kowhanga with what is shaping up to be a busy week ahead. 

On Friday of Week 7 there is the school disco. Junior disco starts at 5.30pm and is 'Movies' Theme so dress up as your favourite movie character. Tickets can be purchased for $5 at the office. 

Matariki - we have been learning all about Matariki this week and have done some great artwork around this too. Talk to your child and see if they can tell you what Matariki is all about. We will carry on our focus around Matariki through out June. 

 

Maths -  The children have loved learning about money during maths as well, check out some photos of them below playing money games, doing money rubbing and playing 'shops'. We are moving on from Money next week and starting to look at Time. We are continuing to work on place value using 100s, 10s and 1s as well as basic facts to improve our recall. We are continuing to learn about adding groups of objects together and write the equation; counting on from the biggest number first. Some children will be learning to count through 10s.

  

  

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Reading - thank you for continuing to read with your child each night. 

Basketball Skills started with great enthusiasm this week. The children enjoyed practising new basketball skills with Terry from Hoop Club and getting the chance to shoot some hoops - I was impressed with their perseverance. 

Have a great weekend!

Amy and Claire.