A copy of the class newsletter sent home with your child today...
Kowhai
‘Meeting people
halfway is the most significant trip we can take. We don't work for each
other...we work with each other’
Welcome back to Kowhai for Term 2! I hope you enjoyed
the holidays and are ready for another busy term. Kowhai kids set the standard
very high in Term 1 – they are a very focused bunch of kids with fantastic work
habits and a pleasure to be with.
Special congratulations must go to Jacob
Watkins-Reid and Sarah Ward who received the special key competency
awards in Solway’s reflection assembly last term.
Below is a brief outline of Term 2...
· Attached to this newsletter is our Term 1 Oral Language timetable and talking
topics. The timetable remains the same as Term 1. Children are welcome to bring
along pictures/articles/props to aid their talk.
· Our main focus in maths will be multiplication
and division. One day a week we will
be working on measurement.
· Every Monday we will be doing personal
experience writing with our major
focus on writing arguments this term.
· Our values
this term are duty and consideration.
· Our topic
for Term 1 is Pukaha Mount Bruce. We are looking forward to our trip to Pukaha
on Thursday 3rd May.
· You can expect your child to bring home a
reading book each night as well as their spelling list to practice. Spelling
tests will be held on Fridays. Homework books will go home on even weeks this
term and are expected to be returned on Friday. In addition, homework for Term 1 includes preparing
for their talking day and practicing their basic facts. Please support your
child with these things on a daily basis.
· Our library
day is Tuesday. Children need to bring their home library book back before
our library session so they can choose another book to take home.
Don’t forget you are very welcome to visit us in
Kowhai. Please do not hesitate to contact me via the school phone number (06
377 4850), email (sarahg@solway.school.nz) or of course in person.
See you soon!
Sarah
Oral
Language
Kowhai
Term 2 2012
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Siena
Daniel
Jake
G
Sarah
Linda
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Sophie
Malachi
Yash
Sean
Rose
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Destiny
Chloe
Mack
Anjalina
Jazzelle
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Olivia
Jake
H
Luke
Briley
Jacob
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Beau-Leah
Gabby
Jaden
Briar
Tegan
Paige
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Talking
topics:
Week 1:
Holidays – what did you do? What was the best part? Why?
Week 2: Tell us
about your family (bring a favourite photo if you can). Who makes up your
family? How old are they? What do they do? Where do you live? What do you enjoy
doing as a family?
Week 3: Pukaha
Mount Bruce trip – what did you learn? What would you like to find out more
about? What did you enjoy most?
Week 4: What
would you do if you were the Principal of Solway School for one day?
Week 5: Free
choice
Week 6: Mount
Bruce/Pukaha – more specific guidelines to follow
Week 7: Recite
your mihimihi to the class
Week 8: Values
– choose one of our values for Term 2 (duty or consideration). Tell us what the
value means, how you show the value at home and at school and give us an
example of how someone in your family shows the value in their life.
Week 9: Choose
a poem to read to the class
Week 10:
Reflection on Term 2 – favourite part? Did you achieve your goals? What are you
most proud of? What do you want to do better next term?
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