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Kahikatea News Term 3 Week 10

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Kia ora e te whānau,

Wow, we can hardly believe that it is the end of term 3! It has been lovely to enjoy the warmer days of spring and we are looking forward to an even warmer term 4. Remember to hunt out those sun hats ready for the beginning of next term.

In thinking about our move from winter to spring, Quynh/ Lisa's homegroup collaborated to create a poem called 'Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring'


They then created some illustrations to go with it:


Maths

We Love Learning at Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto! Before school last week, Ruby was hard at work tipping felt pens out of the container, and grouping them into colours. She was then recording the number of pens of each colour. As soon as the bell went to start the day, we talked about Ruby's findings and recorded the information on a bar graph. We found out that there were so many more green pens than other colours and wondered why. Some of our thoughts were:
-Green is such a popular colour because of using it for grass in pictures, maybe they supply more of those pens?
-Maybe greens have been gathered from other containers?
-Actually, there are two different shades of green, so should they have been counted separately?


We were really keen to work out the total number of pens, but there were a lot to add. We spoke about ways we could make the adding easier, for example, we could find numbers that added to ten, or other tidy numbers.


 


We then went on to explore some further maths problem solving, where we looked at rows of stamps and linked these arrays to forming a multiplication number sentence.

























Imagination Station

We had a blast with a Lego session by Imagination Station yesterday. We put in so much effort to work together in teams with amazing cooperation.



















Learning Through Play

One of our most popular Learning Through Play experiences, is using the hot glue gun! Here are some of our creative learners, constructing.


We have also had some lovely play in our Kahikatea cafe! The learners have really taken on their roles in acting out taking customer orders, and preparing their meals. There has been some lovely language and literacy experiences.



What a wonderful te wiki o te reo Māori we had! During Learning Through Play, one of the activities we explored was making poi. We had to work on our value or 'We Love Challenge' and really appreciated our big buddies help too.













Some of our learners also enjoyed the waiata 'Porowhita Māori Shapes' and explored a number of different shapes in Māori and English.





You will find your learners calendar art order forms in their bag. They have put so much work into their creations. These make great Christmas presents!

We hope you all have a wonderful holiday break with whānau, and enjoy some lovely weather. We look forward to seeing you again on Monday 14th October!

Ngā mihi nui,
The Kahikatea Team

Amber Donovan | amber.donovan@beckenham.school.nz
Ella Rainbow | ella.rainbow@beckenham.school.nz
Quynh Nguyen | quynh.nguyen@beckenham.school.nz
Sarah Angelo | sarah.angelo@beckenham.school.nz
Lisa Collier | lisa.collier@beckenham.school.nz







Kahikatea News Term 3 Week 8

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Kia ora Whanau/Caregivers, 

What a busy term it has been! We are fast approaching the school break and noticing that many of our tamariki feel tired and some have been unwell. Thank you for keeping your child at home when they are not well, this helps to stop the transmission of bugs and illnesses. 


PB4L focus word of the week - Determination 






Updating Contact Details 

It is very important that we have the correct contact details for people who are listed as caregivers for all of our students.  If you have moved house, changed your phone numbers or have different people who you would like to have as emergency contacts, please get in touch with the office and update us with the new details.
Obviously, if other details concerning your child have changed, e.g. medical issues, then we would also appreciate knowing about these. 

Woodwork

Megan's dad came to show the tamariki some carpentry skills. The children learnt how to use a hammer and nails. Some items that were created, included a bird box and a seat. 








Other learning from the hub:







Cyber Safety 

Staying Safe Online: Bullying

One in five young people in New Zealand have been the target of online bullying – it can happen to anyone, and it can be hard for parents and whānau to deal with. Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto takes online bullying seriously and would encourage you to chat to your tamariki’s teacher if you have any concerns about online bullying.




Staying Safe Online: Scams

People in New Zealand are losing millions of dollars to scammers each year – and this is just the figures reported to Netsafe so the actual figure is likely much higher!

You and your tamariki must know what to look for to avoid scams. Netsafe has put its best advice together to help you stay safe online and away from scams.

Read their scam tips here. 


Swimming - Term 4 Week 3 & 5 

Please check the Hero notices for our news about swimming in Term 4. If you can help on one of the days please email your child's homegroup teacher. Thanks to those of you who have already emailed! This is such a fantastic opportunity and we rely on parent/whanau support to help make it a success. 

Arohanui, 
Team Kahikatea- Sarah, Ella, Lisa, Quynh & Amber 






Kahikatea News Term 3 Week 4

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Nau mai haere mai

A reminder: 

There is a Staff Only Day on Monday 26th of August. 

The school will be closed that day.

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Maths Whanau Evening- Calendar Date




Calendar Art
check out our hub walls for our amazing calendar art on the walls

Class discussions- our tamariki have been playing an unkind game of Paper, Rock, Scissors where the winner slaps the loser's face. This is an unacceptable game and we have discussed the importance of looking after each other and keeping ourselves safe. Please feel free to bring this up with any class teachers if you are aware of this or any other unacceptable games and we can support our tamariki in making better choices. 

Uplifting our tamariki with a growth mindset




Learning Through Play with Cook Island Week- waka making and 'ei katu (flower crown or head garland) making. Fun hole digging, card playing, rock painting and a very special visitor called Mitzi.





































Cyber Safety Information

The HDCA for Parents and WhānauThe Harmful Digital Communications Act (or HDCA for short) was passed by the Government in 2015 to help people dealing with serious or repeated harmful digital communications. It covers anything digital like text, emails or social media content.

The most useful thing for parents to understand about the HDCA is the way the 10 communication principles define what is good or bad behaviour online.

If you’re ever concerned about your young person (or you just want to brush up on your knowledge!) visit Netsafe’s Guide to the HDCA. 


Ka kite koutou from Team Kahikatea: 
Amber, Sarah, Ella, Quynh & Lisa

Kahikatea News Term 3 Week 2

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Kia ora e te whānau,

What a lovely two weeks back of Term 3. We have noticed that the children are positively growing in physical and social-emotional skills. We have loved seeing the smiley faces and the "Good morning!". If you have any concerns or questions, please make sure to speak with your child's homegroup teacher.


Timetable

We have made some changes to the timetable this term to meet the needs of our tamariki, this means giving us more time to incorporate wellbeing activities in the morning (such as mindfulness, yoga, body percussion, etc.) without taking away learning time. The children have adjusted super quickly and smoothly to the new timetable and enjoyed having a "sneaky snack" after the fitness break in the morning. Ka mau te wehi - Awesome work!


Hillview Cross Country Challenge

A massive thank you to the parent helpers who supported the Hillview Cross Country event, your help made a huge difference to us. We are very proud of the children as they participated amazingly at the event.

Calendar Art

Just a quick heads-up that we are underway with creating our Calendar Art, and you may receive an email later this term about ordering products with your child's art printed on them. More details to come.

Lunchbox food

We really appreciate the fresh fruit and vegetables that have been coming to school in the tamariki's lunchboxes. This makes a difference to their intake of nutrients essential for a healthy body.


Arty Shapes

Our maths unit in the last two weeks is called Arty Shapes, looking at shape properties such as sides, corners, etc. Check out our shape creations!












Learning Through Play





























Have a lovely weekend!

The Kahikatea Team.

Amber- amber.donovan@beckenham.school.nz

Sarah- sarah.angelo@beckenham.school.nz

Quynh- quynh.nguyen@beckenham.school.nz

Ella- ella.rainbow@beckenham.school.nz

Lisa- lisa.collier@beckenham.school.nz






Kahikatea News Term 2 Week 10

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Kia ora e te whānau,

We have had some fun events over the last couple of weeks, including our wonderful Matariki evening, and our second group's trip to Clip and Climb. 

We also celebrated Sandy at her farewell on Wednesday. It was lovely to hear from educators, students and whānau about the impact Sandy has had at Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto. We wish her all the best in her new role.

Matariki

We loved seeing so many of our tamariki bursting through the door with excitement after a busy day at school. We had lots of activities happening throughout the hubs, and it was wonderful to see learners and their whānau engaging in these. 

It is a special time to connect with our community and we appreciated seeing so many of you despite the cold weather.
























Matariki Maths

Our learners have explored Matariki through a variety of subject areas over the last two weeks. One of these was maths. Some awesome 2D and 3D stars were created!
 


















Matariki Kai



Clip and Climb

Our second groups to attend Clip and Climb also had a blast! For some, this was a new activity which was a little scary, and for others new goals were met. We were really proud of all of our learners. 

Thanks to all of our Clip and Climb whānau helpers for your support.














Literacy Links

When we teach our learners to read and to spell, we focus on using the 'pure' sounds. For example when learning to read the word 'Sam' we sound the word out as "sssss-aaaaa-mmmm, Sam". See below for a great explanation by Emma Nahna (speech-language therapist) of the pure sounds of New Zealand English and their importance in learning to read and write.


Emma also has some other awesome videos on her YouTube channel, such as how to teach Heart Words and consonant blends, for those of you who would like some more in-depth information in these areas.

This was our final blog for Term 2! If you come across any library or reading books at home over the holidays we would love to have these back next term :). We hope you all have a safe and restful break, and we look forward to seeing everyone again on Monday 22nd July. 

Ngā mihi nui,

The Kahikatea Team

Amber- amber.donovan@beckenham.school.nz

Sarah- sarah.angelo@beckenham.school.nz

Quynh- quynh.nguyen@beckenham.school.nz

Ella- ella.rainbow@beckenham.school.nz

Lisa- lisa.collier@beckenham.school.nz