Author Archives: Amber Donovan
Kahikatea News Week 2 Term 3 2021
Gymnastics
Our first gymnastics sessions start on Monday! Our tamariki are very excited. We have shared the social story (link below) and encourage you to take a look through it with your child/children over the next few days.
Please ensure your child is wearing appropriate clothing/footwear on Monday's and Tuesday:
- No tights, extra long pants or school dresses
- Easy to remove shoes
- School shirt or equivalent (eg a red t-shirt)
- Leggings or shorts
Please also ensure your child/children have had a lovely big breakfast as this will provide them with the energy they will need to really enjoy their time, to stay focused and to be great listeners!
We have sufficient numbers of parent/whanau helpers for gymnastics and information has been sent out to those of you who are coming along to support us.
*For parent/whanau helpers with Lisa and Amber please be in the hub at 9.40am to assist staff and prepare students for departure at 10am.
*For parent/whanau helpers with Katie and Charlotte please be in the hub at 10.40am to assist staff and prepare students for departure at 11am.
Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS)
- teach students a range of safe practices that they can use when interacting with other people, both online and face to face
- teach students how to recognise the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships, and encourage students who have been or are being abused to seek help
- prevent abuse by making parents and teachers more aware of their responsibilities to help students avoid abuse.
Kahikatea News Week 9 Term 2
Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori!
Happy Matariki!
Kia ora whanau,
We are moving quickly to the end of Term 2 and it has been a busy term! It was wonderful to see so many of you here with us on Wednesday 30th June to celebrate Matariki - the Maori New Year. Our tamariki have enjoyed learning about Matariki, singing songs and creating crafts and sharing their wishes and hopes for the year ahead.
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| Matariki wishes |
Hygiene and Keeping Well
We have robust hygiene protocols in place here in Team Kahikatea, including:
- Washing our hands before we eat
- Washing our hands after going to the toilet
- Using a tissue to blow our nose
- Sneeze and/or cough into our elbow
- Tables are sprayed and wiped daily
If your child is unwell PLEASE keep them at home until they are better.
Structure Literacy: Decodable Texts
We are noticing that some children are not brining home a decodable text to read to their whanau. Please send your child to school with their reading folder everyday. Your child's literacy teacher will send between 1 and 2 books home each week if your child has their reading folder then we know the book will stay safe and dry inside it.
Parent Playground Duty
Volunteers continue to be need for this. If you are able to help out please email Katherine Christensen katherine@christensen.org.nz
Learning Through Play
Our tamariki continue to love, love, love Learning Through Play!
We are always happy to receive boxes for construction and/or crafting so please do keep brining these in. Our amazing Teaching Assistant's Michelle and Kate have washed and sorted all of our dress-up and now they are looking amazing! Thank you both. If you have any good quality dress up clothes for children please do bring them in.
Kahikatea Gymnastics Term 3 Week 3
25th June 2021
Kia ora whanau,
Kahikatea students will be attending 6 gymnastics sessions at Olympia Gym (Wigram) in Term 3.
Each session will be one hour long, the first session will run from 10.30am to 11.30am and the second session will run from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
Amber and Lisa’s Home Groups:
Katie and Charlotte’s Home Groups:
Adult Helpers
We require 2 adult helpers per homegroup per day. If you are able to help please email your child’s homegroup teacher. Our adult helpers are not required to assist children during their lesson, the coaches and their homegroup teachers will do this.
charlotte.verity@beckenham.school.nz,katie.mcfarlane@beckenham.school.nz
amber.donovan@beckenham.school.nz, lisa.collier@beckenham.school.nz
Children Need to Wear
No tights, extra long pants or school dresses
Easy to remove shoes
School shirt or equivalent (eg a red t-shirt)
Leggings or shorts
The student contribution is used to help cover the cost of these sessions. If you have not yet made a contribution to your child's school account please do this as soon as possible.
Arohanui, Amber, Katie, Lisa and Charlotte
Kahikatea Newsletter Week 5 Term 2
Reminders
Tuesday 8th: June Staff Only Day
Thursday 10th: Park Explorers Trip - Amber & Charlotte's Home Groups
Library days:
-Katie and Lisa's Home Groups- Tuesdays (Thursday for week 6 only)
-Amber and Charlotte's Home Groups- Thursdays (no library day week 6 due to trip)
Junior Park Explorers and Museum Trip
Katie and Lisa's home groups had a fabulous trip to the Botanic Gardens and Museum last week. Thanks so much to all of the whānau helpers for coming to support us on this trip. We were very lucky with the weather and the tamariki had a wonderful time. Amber and Charlotte's home groups are looking forward to their trip on the 10th June. Thanks to all of our helpers for rescheduling.
Learner voice:
Pippa- "I liked the museum and all of the stuff we had to figure out. We worked out the old fashioned washing board. At the beginning I thought it was something to do with music."
Shikani- "My favourite bit was when we went to visit the gardens and we were pretending to be birds, buzzy bees and ladybugs. I learnt that they are special to us because they help us survive."
Max G: "I liked it when I rode the bike at the museum. I liked the horse. I did like playing in the playground."
Myra: "I loved the games that we played. We learnt to be birds. We learnt about them and we had fun. I also loved the big, giant bike."
James: "I liked guessing the things at the museum. I liked the botanical gardens and climbing the tree."
Jeremy: "I liked the museum because we guessed the old things from the olden days."
Zak: "I liked nature and learning about the creatures. I found a bug under leaves and wood."
Maths : making patterns
