{"id":14785,"date":"2026-05-24T12:58:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=b471fe72fd9d5524b8a3b76ffe331edd"},"modified":"2026-05-24T20:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:47:44","slug":"kahikatea-news-term-2-week-5-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/kahikatea\/kahikatea-news-term-2-week-5-3\/14785","title":{"rendered":"Kahikatea News: Term 2, Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kia ora e te wh\u0101nau,<\/span><\/p>

It has been a very busy and exciting couple of weeks in our classroom! We have enjoyed lots of awesome learning experiences and finished the week on a high with our trip to Hansons Park.<\/span><\/p>

Reading Success<\/span><\/h2>

Following the Readathon, we have noticed some fantastic progress with our readers. It has been wonderful to see growing confidence, a love of reading, and improving fluency across the class. Events like these remind us just how important daily reading is<\/span>, even just 5-10 minutes each day makes a huge difference!<\/span><\/p>

Thank you for all your support and encouragement with your tamariki and their reading at home. We are incredibly impressed with the progress everyone is making.<\/span><\/p>

Across all literacy groups, students take part in a mixture of explicit small-group teaching, whole-class learning, and independent activities. We have loved seeing the engagement and enthusiasm during our small-group sessions. We even used some \u201csilly fingers\u201d to help with tracking while reading!<\/span><\/p>

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Book Character Day<\/span><\/h2>

Book Character Day was a lot of fun! It was great to see the effort students put into their costumes and the wide range of book characters that came to life around the school. Thank you to all our whanau for helping make the day such a success.<\/span><\/p>


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Hansen Park Trip<\/span><\/h2>

Our trip to Hansen Park was an absolute blast! The walk there was lovely and much quicker than we expected. Although the weather was a little windy and cold, it certainly did not stop our tamariki from having an awesome time.<\/span><\/p>

We spent most of the day enjoying the playground and playing games with the sports equipment from school. Paul organised some fantastic activities, including tennis, football, and races. It was wonderful to see students playing, collaborating, and making connections with different friends throughout the day.<\/span><\/p>

A huge thank you to all of our parent helpers. We could not have done it without your help. <\/span><\/p>

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Calling All Lego and Small Boxes!<\/span><\/h2>

As the weather gets colder, we are planning more crafts and creative learning activities for Learning Through Play and wet lunchtime sessions.<\/span><\/p>

If you have any small boxes at home that you no longer need, we would love to take them off your hands! A collection box will be available in the makerspace over the next week.<\/span><\/p>

Lego Donations<\/span><\/h3>

A big thank you to Sarah S, who kindly donated a large box of Lego for our students. It has been an absolute hit! The creativity and imagination our tamariki show during play is amazing to see.<\/span><\/p>

If you have any spare Lego or loose pieces at home that are no longer being used, we would greatly appreciate adding them to our collection.<\/span><\/p>

Thank you in advance! <\/span><\/p>

Kapahaka performance! <\/b><\/span> <\/span><\/p>

Exciting news! Our tamariki will be performing Kapa Haka at Assembly in Week 8 on Friday, 12th June. The assembly will run from 10:00\u201310:30am, and wh\u0101nau are warmly welcome to come along and watch.<\/span><\/p>

We will send out another reminder closer to the time. We are looking forward to sharing all of the hard work and practice our students have been putting in! <\/span><\/p>

Here is a sneak peek of us practicing! <\/span><\/p>

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We hope everyone had a safe and relaxing weekend. We look forward to another fun week of learning ahead😊 <\/span><\/p>


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Ng\u0101 mihi nui <\/span><\/p>


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Sarah S, Amber, Sarah J and Talia <\/span><\/p><\/span>
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