Kahikatea News Week 3 Term 3

Welcome to Term 3. We hope you were able to have some quality time with your tamariki during the school break and that you are all keeping well. 

Our literacy and maths programs are well underway again now. Katie and Amber are working together during maths time and Krystal and Emma are working together during maths time. 

Katie now has her homegroup in the Nook, Amber is in the Breakout Room and Krystal is in the Atrium. 

Tuesday- Amber and Katie 

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Thursday- Krystal and Emma 

In team Kahiaktea we have so many wonderful teachers and staff who work with our tamariki. 

Each week the lovely Jan Malcolm works with Amber's Home Group. Sometimes she is here for the whole day or part of the day. Jan works in other teams across the school too, including Kowhai and Pohutukawa. 

Every afternoon on Friday/Rapare our team welcomes students from the Kauri hub (Year 7/8). These children are self-selected, they opt into buddies. They love working with younger tamariki and sharing their skills with them. It is all about building that tuakana-teina relationship. They gain a lot from this experience - organisation skills, communication, greater understanding of group dynamics and being a leader. There is also a lot of gain for the younger children - forming bonds with older children, having an older friend to recognise in the playground. 

School is a busy place to be and there are a lot of different activities and learning tasks that required our students to be ready for learning and ready to participate and contribute. 

Feeding your child a healthy, filling lunch helps our tamariki to get through a busy school day. 

During these colder winter days we know children are wanting a bit more kai in their lunchboxes. 

wraps, sandwiches, scrolls, filled rolls or buns,croissants, pizza bread, pizza,scones, yoghurt, hummus, olives, fruit (sliced and ready to eat), proteins (vegetarian and meat), crackers, cheese, pasta, rice, egg (boiled or in a sandwich).  Treat foods like chocolate should be included very occasionally. 

For more ideas you can check out Nutrition Foundation NZ or Kidspot NZ 

We know that getting kids to school each day can be a challenge, especially on these cold and frosty mornings. 

Here are some useful affirmations to use in the morning to help if your child is showing reluctance to go to school: 

💛It may feel hard now, but it won't feel like this forever

💜Today is going to be a great day!

💙At anytime I can stop and breath

💗I can be kind to others and they will be kind to me 

💗I have people who care about me

Our focus this week has been learning colour names

Many of our tamariki are already very confident and can correctly name colours in tea reo maori. 

If you and your child would like to learn more you can check out this link to TVNZ (you may need to login): 

This term we have started singing again! Each Monday morning our team gathers in the theatre and Emma leads singing. 

We are learning to: 

Sing with expression and in tune

To sing with a correct singing voice 

To use different rhythms to stay in time  

We are learning the following waiata:

- E Tū Kahikatea

- Koromiko 

- Āta Marie

- Sprinkle A Little Sunshine

So many of our gorgeous tamariki demonstrate their creativity through play. Here are just some of their amazing creations: 

Our tamariki have been working on beautiful calendar art these last two weeks and we look forward to sharing these with you soon! 

Friday 19th August