On Tuesday, a group of children from Kahikatea represented Beckenham School at the Hillview Cross Country Challenge. The children who went did our school and community proud in the way they demonstrated good sportsmanship throughout the trip. There were 10 schools at the event and the standard of running was high. Never the less, our kids did extremely well and all deserve to be very proud of their achievements.
The official results are as follows:
Year 1 Boys
Isaac 15th
Jamie 20th
Cian 21st
Year 1 Girls
Jayde 1st
Isabelle 5th
Year 2 Boys
Quinn 6th
Fergus 18th
Year 2 Girls
Vida 4th
Caitlin 7th
Maisie 9th
Lola 11th
Freya 13th
A huge thank you to all the parents who helped out, supported and cheered on our runners. We could not have offered this opportunity without you. If anyone has any photos from the event, please email them through, as it would be great for the children to share these with the rest of the Hubs.
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Kowhai Newsletter Term 2 Week 10
Dear parents and caregivers,
It is hard to believe that we have only one week before the holidays. This term seems to have flown by so fast. Here are the essentials that you need to know for the last week of term.
Scooters at School
We are aware there are some children who have wanted to 'work' on scooters at school. As a school, we do not support or encourage this. From next week on, children who bring a scooter to school are encouraged to bring along a lock so it is secure and to only ride their school in the set areas during break times. If you have any concerns related to scooters, please let your home room teacher know. The safety of children and their belongings is essential. Many thanks.
Art Gallery Trips
All classes in the Kowhai Team are going to the Art Gallery next week. It has been wonderful to have so many parents offering to assist us on these trips. We really appreciate you giving us your time to support this aspect of our learning programme. Here are the details that you need to know:
Tuesday 5th July
9.30-12pm - Hub 5 and Hub 6 and 7 cross country runners
12pm-2.30pm - Hub 6 and 7
Thursday 7th July
9.30am-12pm - Hub 8
12-2.30pm - Hub 9
Please make sure your child has a morning or afternoon snack to eat while at the Art Gallery and all children need to bring a jacket to wear to and from the gallery.
Science and Technology Fair
On Monday, we have the grand opening of the 2016 Beckenham School Science and Technology Fair. The opening will be on Monday 4th July from 5.30-7pm. We highly recommend you coming to school to see the exhibits from all hubs across the school. Our team exhibit is our exploration into weather and the impact and problems that changing weather has on our environment and animals. We have followed the technology process to identify a potential problem and create a solution for it.
Zones Cross Country at Hillview Year 0-4
We wish all our runners the best as they race against ten other schools on Tuesday. We know they will put their best effort in. Thanks to Mike and Paul Norton at Hillview School for organising this event for our students. We will put a note in the school newsletter and the team blog to let you know the results.
Spelling and Reading
Next week, as part of our Spelling programme, we are testing the children across the team on their current spelling level. This is to ensure we have all children working at the appropriate spelling level for Term 3.
For reading, we will be focusing on plays. We will be teaching the children some basic drama skills to develop their understanding of their parts (you might like to practise this at home with your child). This will include the exploration into expression, movement and gesture. On Thursday or Friday, these children will perform their plays. All children will be expected to still continue their nightly reading for 15 minutes. Each day, the children will be given the opportunity to take home a browsing box book for reading fluency or to read a chapter book that they have at home.
Stationery
There are many students that need some stationery items to be updated for Term 3. We will send home a small note to let you know if your child requires more writing stationery next week. We know the children have been working really hard on managing their belongings and are demonstrating the school value 'We Care' by returning their pens and pencils to the rightful place. This is such an important lifelong skill and it is so pleasing to see many children managing this aspect of their learning.
MAD Time
Anna's Envirogroup finally finished their bird houses and bird feeders this week and hung them up in the trees behind Hub 8 and 9. They are awesome. Well done everyone!
Well that's it for now. We hope you all have a wonderfully relaxing weekend ahead.
Kind regards
Kowhai Teaching Team
It is hard to believe that we have only one week before the holidays. This term seems to have flown by so fast. Here are the essentials that you need to know for the last week of term.
Scooters at School
We are aware there are some children who have wanted to 'work' on scooters at school. As a school, we do not support or encourage this. From next week on, children who bring a scooter to school are encouraged to bring along a lock so it is secure and to only ride their school in the set areas during break times. If you have any concerns related to scooters, please let your home room teacher know. The safety of children and their belongings is essential. Many thanks.
Art Gallery Trips
All classes in the Kowhai Team are going to the Art Gallery next week. It has been wonderful to have so many parents offering to assist us on these trips. We really appreciate you giving us your time to support this aspect of our learning programme. Here are the details that you need to know:
Tuesday 5th July
9.30-12pm - Hub 5 and Hub 6 and 7 cross country runners
12pm-2.30pm - Hub 6 and 7
Thursday 7th July
9.30am-12pm - Hub 8
12-2.30pm - Hub 9
Please make sure your child has a morning or afternoon snack to eat while at the Art Gallery and all children need to bring a jacket to wear to and from the gallery.
Science and Technology Fair
On Monday, we have the grand opening of the 2016 Beckenham School Science and Technology Fair. The opening will be on Monday 4th July from 5.30-7pm. We highly recommend you coming to school to see the exhibits from all hubs across the school. Our team exhibit is our exploration into weather and the impact and problems that changing weather has on our environment and animals. We have followed the technology process to identify a potential problem and create a solution for it.
Zones Cross Country at Hillview Year 0-4
We wish all our runners the best as they race against ten other schools on Tuesday. We know they will put their best effort in. Thanks to Mike and Paul Norton at Hillview School for organising this event for our students. We will put a note in the school newsletter and the team blog to let you know the results.
Spelling and Reading
Next week, as part of our Spelling programme, we are testing the children across the team on their current spelling level. This is to ensure we have all children working at the appropriate spelling level for Term 3.
For reading, we will be focusing on plays. We will be teaching the children some basic drama skills to develop their understanding of their parts (you might like to practise this at home with your child). This will include the exploration into expression, movement and gesture. On Thursday or Friday, these children will perform their plays. All children will be expected to still continue their nightly reading for 15 minutes. Each day, the children will be given the opportunity to take home a browsing box book for reading fluency or to read a chapter book that they have at home.
Stationery
There are many students that need some stationery items to be updated for Term 3. We will send home a small note to let you know if your child requires more writing stationery next week. We know the children have been working really hard on managing their belongings and are demonstrating the school value 'We Care' by returning their pens and pencils to the rightful place. This is such an important lifelong skill and it is so pleasing to see many children managing this aspect of their learning.
MAD Time
Anna's Envirogroup finally finished their bird houses and bird feeders this week and hung them up in the trees behind Hub 8 and 9. They are awesome. Well done everyone!
Kind regards
Kowhai Teaching Team
Term 2 Week 9 Newsletter
Parent Helpers
Thank you to all of the parents who have helped out so far this year it is hugely appreciated by the teachers and children!
If anyone has any large fizzy drink bottles we would really appreciate them so we can make some rockets!
Koru Leaders
Wow, a big congratulations to all children in team Koru for participating in leading assembly! A big thanks to all of the parents who came and supported this event.
Drink Bottles
Just a friendly reminder to ensure that children are coming to school with a named water bottle. By having drink bottles available in the classroom makes it much easier and quicker for children to have a drink when they need, bringing little to no disruption to learning programmes.
School Holidays
With the school holidays fast approaching we thought we would put together a few ideas on learning activities that could be done! The purpose of these activities is to maintain some of your child's learning and strengthen connections between home and school.
- Writing reflections on what you have done during the day or the yesterday.
- Writing a list of jobs or activities that are going to be completed during the day.
- Baking and talking about the measurements, e.g., 1cup, 1/2 cup etc.
- Counting numbers on the letter boxes when you go for a walk.
- Writing numbers, letter, words and stories with chalk outside.
- Colouring in books and encourage correct pencil grip.
- Go to the library and read lots of stories together.
- Word or number hunt in old magazines or newspapers.
- Craft activities that involve using scissors to build on this skill.
- Discussing healthy lunch box items, you could write, draw or take photos about your ideas and share them with the class when Term 3 starts.
Discovery Time
Gardening with the help of a parent! What a fantastic experience had by all. We look forward to watching our plants grow.
Students developing competency with our hub pet Peach! She was falling asleep on the children's laps because she loved the attention and felt safe.
We have been showing we care and we get there together through home play.
Whare Time
Over the past couple of weeks during whare time we have been learning about the Maori New Year (Matariki). Older students supported the younger students to make a kite. Kites are a traditional symbol of Matariki as legends believe they connect the heavens and the earth.
Showing ‘We Care’ in Hub 3/4
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| We are listening to Sherrilee's story. |
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| We are showing the 'We care' value. |
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| Here we all are listening to Sherrilee's story, and learning to count the balloons. 'E toru nga paihau' is three balloons. 'E rima nga paihau' is five balloons. 'E whitu nga paihau' is seven balloons. |
Week 9 Newsletter
Kia ora Whanau,
Reading and Library Books
Please check around your homes for any school readers or library books that may be lurking under beds or hiden in book shelves.
Science Fair
The Beckenham Science and Technology Fair opens on Monday at 5.30. The Kahikatea children will be show casing their learning about Space.
Hillview Cross Country Challenge
Good luck to the Kahikatea children who are representing our school in the Hillview Cross Country next Tuesday afternoon. If your child is competing please ensure they are in suitable footwear, have a warm layer, water bottle and a good lunch with them on Tuesday.
Keep in Touch
Thank you to the families who have been keeping us informed about their child's absences. If you know your child will be absent for travel reasons, we appreciate plenty of notice, so that we can let their friends know where they are and plan and prepare lessons accordingly.