Kia ora whānau,
It was lovely to catch up with you all at our recent learning conferences and at our whole school Matariki night.
We cannot believe we are nearing the end of the term and nearly half a year gone with your, wonderful tamariki.
As you are aware, we are creating a fourth home group in our team. This home group will be taught by Kendall Skelton, who is currently a teacher in the Kowhai team and a parent to one of our Year 1 students. We are so excited to welcome Kendall to our team, we know she will be a great asset to us for the remainder of the year.
Learning in Kahikatea:
We have been busy in maths where our focus over the past two weeks has been on Geometry-looking at the properties of 2D and 3D shapes and time.
Next term reading books will come home on a Thursday For the week. This means reading folders need to come to school on Thursdays instead of Mondays. This is to allow teachers to work through the books more than once before sending them home.
Library days are the same:
Tuesday-Amber and Talia
Thursday-Sarah and Kendall
Sarah's Literacy group looked at the story of the 'Gardeners' Maze. We had a go at solving some mazes, then created our own mazes for our friends to attempt to solve!
Matariki:
Over the past few weeks, we have been learning about all of the Matariki stars and what they represent, listening to many myths and legends and creating lots of artwork. Our Matariki night at Kura was a huge success. We hope you have a restful Matariki break with those who are near and dear to you.
