We all had such a great time at the disco today! Thank you to all of the parents/caregivers who came along and joined in with the fun, and to our wonderful PTA for organising such an enjoyable event.
Keeping Ourselves Safe
The Kahikatea team will be participating in the Keeping Ourselves Safe programme during Weeks 6 and 7. Your child's homegroup teacher will teach six sessions and Constable Meg will teach two sessions.
What will children learn?
They will learn:
- to work out when their safety is at risk
- how to keep safe when they meet and mix with other people
- who and how to ask for help if they, or someone they know, is being abused
- to go on asking for help until someone does something to stop the abuse
- that it is important to make and follow personal, family, and school safety rules
Children will have some short activities to work through at home with you. Thank you for your support with this.
Please click on this link for more information about Keeping Ourselves Safe.
Lunchboxes
Just a reminder to please not send lollies, chocolate, or drinks other than water to school. Our food-at-school policy aligns with national food and nutrition guidelines.
"Good nutrition is essential for the healthy growth and development of
children and young people. Children and young people eat much of their
food each weekday at school. Good nutrition affects students’ behaviour,
learning, concentration and energy, as well as their physical health. When
students eat a nutritious diet, they find it easier to learn.
Teachers report improvements in students’ attendance, attention,
behaviour and levels of concentration in schools where healthy eating is
accepted practice." (Ministry of Education Healthy Food and Drink Guidance 2020)
Friendships
With inclusion being our word of the week, it might be worth checking in with your child about their friendships at school. In Kahikatea, we always encourage our tamariki to make new friends and get to know other children in the hub and at school. That way, they don't feel like they have to stick to one friend every playtime. Below are some videos you and your child can watch and discuss together.
Gymnastics
The Kahikatea tamariki have been enjoying doing gymnastics at Olympia! We have seen our school values of 'We Love Challenge' and 'We Love Learning' on display during each session. Next week will be our last week of gymnastics. Here are some photos from our sessions.
We've enjoyed another fun fortnight at school. Find out more below!
Wellness
A big thanks to families for sending children with warm clothes, jumpers, jackets and gumboots on our wetter days. We continue to monitor temperatures, air flow and ensure frequent hand washing at school, to help everyone stay well. Thanks also to families for keeping unwell students home.
Maths
Our students have embraced learning about fractions over the last three weeks. We are really impressed with their abilities to have a go at new, often challenging learning, and to justify their thinking through mathematical discussions. Key learning focuses include:
Know words and symbols for fractions: ¹⁄₂, ¹⁄₃, ¹⁄₄, ¹⁄₅, ¹⁄₁₀ and fractions greater than 1
Find halves, quarters, thirds and fifths of sets by equal sharing
Find halves and quarters of shapes using objects
Order fractions and explain which is bigger
Feel free to work on these at home too.
This is one of the problems that some of us have worked on recently:
I picked up a handful of M&M’s.
1/3 of them were red.
What might a drawing of the M&M’s look like?
Photos from a class who completed a 'fraction friend' activity...
Gym Trip
We loved our trip to the Christchurch School of Gymnastics, and are looking forward to returning next week! The instructors were kind, and the activities were varied and included swing ropes, trampolining, swing bars, balance beams, rolling, foam pit, rock crawl and more.
Keeping Ourselves Safe
Our students will soon be teaching Keeping Ourselves Safe
(KOS), a safety programme from the New Zealand Police. These lessons will be
taught by your child’s homegroup teacher, with support from Constable Meg
Moynihan, our local Police School Community Officer.
What will children and young people learn?
to work out when their safety is at risk
how to keep safe when they meet and mix with other people
who and how to ask for help if they, or someone they know,
is being abused
to go on asking for help until someone does something to
stop the abuse
that it is important to make and follow personal, family and
school safety rules
What part do parents, caregivers and whānau play?
Parents and whānau are strongly encouraged to support
Keeping Ourselves Safe. You can also talk with your
child about what they have learnt in Keeping Ourselves Safe and help them with
any KOS activities they bring home. Visit the whānau section of the NZ Police Keeping Ourselves Safe website for more information and frequently asked questions.
If you require more information about the Keeping Ourselves
Safe programme or wish to discuss the learning, please speak with your child’s
homegroup teacher in the first instance.
We've noticed that recently students are arriving late on Tuesday mornings. In order to get to Christchurch South Intermediate on time for Technology, students need to be at school for the roll at 8.30am exactly. Those that arrive late risk not being marked present, or may miss the bus entirely. As the Kauri teachers are on classroom release, they are not available to supervise any students who are late to school. Students will be given work to do and will be supervised either in the office or in another hub for the morning.
Ski Day
Thanks to all whānau who have filled in the google form for Ski Day. If you have not yet, please do so as soon as possible so we can organise gear for any students who may need it. You can find the google form here.
Koru Games
Jenny is looking for volunteers to take the Hockey team on Wednesday September 20th at Koru Games. If you are willing and able to help out, please email her.
Cantamath Projects
Thank you to all students and whānau that brought in their Cantamath projects - they all look fantastic. We will still be accepting submissions on Monday, so don't panic if you were away or are still hurriedly finishing things off!
Beckamath
Last week we held our annual Beckamath competition. Students worked in teams of four to answer problem solving maths questions the fastest. It was an excellent afternoon of competitive maths and running.
Many thanks to Nicky for organising the questions, Nick for running the technology, and the Year 6 students who did an excellent job as markers.
Calendar Art
There are some amazing works of art that have been produced over the last three weeks. Ending our days with quiet art time has been a lovely way to start the term!
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