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Kahikatea Newsletter Week 5

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Cricket 

We all had a great time playing cricket on Wednesday afternoon. We played a fun warm up game called 'Snowball' and then got into a real game. We had to hit two balls off their stands as hard as we could and then run around the wickets until the fielding team replaced both balls back in their starting position.



Amazing Asia

A range of cultural immersion activities have been occurring across the team. We have been making sushi, learning to count in Japanese, making friendship bracelets to celebrate Raksha Bandhan (Brother and Sister's Day), learning mandarin and playing the madal (a traditional drum from Nepal).






Sign Language Lessons

Hub 1 and 2 are lucky to be learning Sign Language each Thursday - the children not involved in Kapa Haka are learning about how to communicate without talking out loud. Thank you to Cheryl and Benazier from Van Ash for their knowledge and willingness to share their expertise.




Our Ideas About RESPECT

Levi - A group of friends
Isaac - being kind with our words
Blake - respect is caring for people
Arthur - being, like, nice to each other
Juri - caring about people
Ally - reading to someone can show respect
Charlotte - you being nice to other little students at school
Bobbi - looking after people
Claudia - take people to the sick bay when they are hurt
Stella - trusting people
Lakiehsa - shaking someones hands when you meet them
Alexandra - making new friends
Cian - handshaking and hugging and sharing can show respect
Tahere - by not breaking someone's things
Torun - shaking peoples hands
Louie - picking people up when they have fallen over
Luigi - sharing with other people, coming back to class with each other
Petal - sharing with other people
Taylor - Culture is something that deserves respect
Emma - When I go to the office I wait patiently and say "Excuse me."


We are enjoying learning about RESPECT and showing everybody what respect can look like and sounds like.

Library

The library is currently being packed into banana boxes to re-locate in the dental clinic over the next 2 weeks. So, there will be no issuing of books over this time. 
Great work, Anne! Have a look at the progress:


Stationery Request

We are asking that all children have an A4 plastic pocket folder in which they can store 'work in progress' in and 'finished work' from Discovery Stations. If you already have a folder at home please bring it school before the end of Week 6 (next Friday). If you do not have one, your child's teacher will organise it and add it to your account.  


Kahikatea Newsletter Week 4

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Cricket in Week 5

Christchurch Cricket Association will be here next week to run cricket lessons with our Kahikatea children. Please send your child / children to school in appropriate footwear and a warm top layer on Wednesday 24th August.

Session 1:   12:00 - 12:30      Hub 1
Session 2:     1:30 - 2:00        Hub 2
Session 3:     2:00 - 2:30        Hub 3
Session 4:     2:30 - 3:00        Hub 4

Amazing Asia

As part of our learning about Asia we are very lucky to have Felicia come to Kahikatea and teach our children some Mandarin every Wednesday for the rest of the term. What a great way to explore culture through language.

Learning Conferences

Your children are very busy at the moment preparing for our Learning Conferences, reflecting on their learning goals and practising leading their conference. Please remember to book a time to see how far the children have come and celebrate their successes.

Assembly Friday Week 5

Team Kahikatea are proud to host School Assembly on Friday 26th August at 9:15 - 9:45 in the hall. Come along if you can.

New Blogging Routine

So that we can celebrate our learning and also save you from getting too many notices, we have changed how we blog to you. From this week, we will be blogging just once a week. These posts will include the news you need plus any learning to share from the team.

Riding Scooters after School

Please be aware that there is no riding of scooters around the school grounds before or straight after school. This is to keep us all safe as children, parents and younger siblings are walking through school grounds. Children are welcome to scooter before 8:30am and after 3:30pm.

Discovery 

Here are some photos of Discovery this afternoon. The children were given a setting (rainforest) and a plot outline (meeting each other, something good or bad happens, finding their way home) and in groups of 3-4 they created a play which they performed to their audience.
Here are our some of our groups:







Kahikatea Newsletter Week 3

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Cricket in Week 5

Christchurch Junior Cricket Association will be here to run mini cricket lesson with all the students in Kahikatea. Please send your child/children to school in appropriate footwear and a warm top on Wednesday 24th August:
Session 1 @ 12:00 - 12:30 - R1
Session 2 @ 1:30 - 2:00 - R2
Session 3 @ 2:00 - 2:30 - R3
Session 4 @2:30 - 3:00 - R4


Term 3 Topic Focus: Amazing Asia

We have started our integrated unit topic: Amazing Asia and our students have begun by identifying the countries of Asia using maps and globes to help us develop a sense of place and location!
We have a number families here at Beckenham School who identify as Asian and we'd love to hear from you. Even if you know a little bit (or a lot!) about:


  • The history of your country
  • Information about the climate and the types of food and plants which grow there
  • The unique languages that are spoken or perhaps something related to arts or crafts (e.g. origami), clothing, special celebrations or events...

We would love to hear from you, so do let your hub teachers know. 

Mandarin Language Lessons

Our Mandarin Learning Assistant, Felicia, will be starting sessions next Wednesday morning (17th August). She will do a half hour session with each hub. 

Kahikatea Team Newsletter Term 3 Week 2

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Kia Ora Parents/Caregivers

We have had an excellent week despite some very chilly days. Here are some of the Discovery Stations, which our children are getting into before the bell has even gone each morning!

Using binary code to write our name.

Figuring out how much our name is worth using a chart with each letter being worth a different $ amount. 

Writing our stories on whiteboards. 

We are focussing on target/fielding games and gymnastics this term in PE. Each hub alternates weekly between these lessons. Here is an example of a target game where we try to hit a 'lily pad' with beanbags to earn points:

 We are working on mastering different passes here:

Mihi
Through our topic focus on cultures we are working with the children on their mihi. If you know your family mountain, waka, river or iwi it would be great if your child was able to bring this information along to school. 

Book the Couch
If you would like to bring a favourite book to read to a small group of children between 8:30a.m. and 9:00am we will let the children know when you have arrived to read to them. We will include this as a station in the morning. If you are interested please let your child's teacher know. 

Thank you!
We had a lovely surprise from the Court Theatre today who came in to drop off huge bags of dress-ups for our team. Thank you to Rob who organised this for us - there were some very excited children and teachers alike!