Welcome to Term 1!
Welcome
back to a new year. We hope you all had a fantastic holiday and are ready for a
new year of learning.
CLASSROOM PROGRAMMES
Maths
This
term the Nikau Team children will work on number knowledge and addition and
subtraction. They will also be learning about statistics and how to create and
interpret simple graphs.
You
can help your child at home by:
-
Recognition of numbers
up to 20, then 50, then 100
-
Ordering numbers / counting
in tens from any number
-
Revision of basic
addition and subtraction facts up to 10
- Talk about simple graphs and how to read them
- Skip counting in 2’s, ,5’s and 10’s
Remember to make maths fun. Mostly oral - not written.
CURRICULUM FOCUS
Inquiry
Our
curriculum focus for this term is Social Studies-Our goal is that all children will have good understanding of what
communication is by the end of the year. We will begin in Term one with how we
communicate with one another in a respectful way.
This will involve:
- Questioning
- Researching
- Recalling,
summarizing , paraphrasing
- Presenting.
Writing
This
term we are writing about personal experiences and character descriptions. We
are learning to write about a snapshot of a personal experience and use
descriptive language to hook our audiences in. We will be describing a variety
of characters and begin to use different language features such as similes to
paint a picture in our audiences heads.
You can help your child at home
with writing by:
- Talking about the books you are reading with them
- Getting them to
write as many words as they can in 10 minutes
-
Recognizing and writing high frequency words
-
Give your child a purpose for writing-eg lists, letters,
emails, stories and descriptions
Library/ICT
The students will use ICT for a
variety of purposes. This term students will use their Library session to
research for inquiry. We will be browsing for and selecting books every
Wednesday afternoon.
Lunchtime
activities: There will be art for the juniors in room 19 at 1 o’clock on Tuesdays
and Thursdays.
Parent
Help
We would appreciate help in our
classrooms regularly. If you are able to give any time, please see your child’s
teacher to find out what help is needed. It could be anything from creating
displays to sharpening pencils to working with a small group of children.
Parent
Information Meeting
Year 1-4 Junior School
parent meeting will be held on:
Thursday
March 10th at 6:30pm in the Auditorium.
This is an opportunity for you to
come and hear about our reporting system under the National standards and the
expected curriculum levels for your child as they progress through their early
years at school. The goal setting interviews which are on Thursday 24th
March will also be explained. An opportunity to meet your child’s teacher will
be organized for the end of the meeting.
Extra
curricular activities.
Organised sports and games are
offered on a regular basis during lunchtime. These are run by our sports monitors
under the guidance of a sports teacher. Please encourage your child to
participate in these activities.
READING
BOOKS
We are very fortunate to have
wonderful reading material for the children at this school. Parents please support us by ensuring your child
remembers to:
- Bring their book bag to school every day.
- Read daily.
- Carry Library books in book bags in school bag only.
- Take care of books as each book costs approximately $6.00 - $7.00.
Please see Mrs Neighbour in room 12
if you can help return reading books to the resource room. We will need to show
you what to do so we need someone who can make a commitment for the term.
REMINDERS
·
Thank you to parents who
ensure their children are settled and in their classes by 8.50am.
·
Parents waiting for
children at the end of the day are reminded to allow teachers to conclude their
programme with the minimum amount of disruption, so please wait away from
classrooms and cloak bays.
·
Could you please provide
tissues for your child’s class if you are able.
Swimming
Term One:
We have been very fortunate to have
qualified teachers take the children for an intensive swimming program in weeks
1-3. These are now well underway. From week 4 our normal swimming program will
commence with each class having an opportunity to use the pool once a week.
These sessions will include activities designed to increase the children’s
confidence in the water and promote water safety, as well as provide a well
deserved chance to cool down. We will not be teaching the children how to swim.
Your child’s swimming times are as follows:
Room
12 Thusdays: 11:45-12:30
Room
13 Fridays: 11:45-12:30
Room
18 Mondays: 1:30-2:15
Room
19 Tuesdays:1:30-2:15
Room
24 Wednesdays: 1:30-2:15
Email
addresses of Nikau Team teachers are set out below if you have any queries:
Mrs Amanda Neighbour (Team Leader) – room12@hobsonville.school.nz
Mrs Ellen Thompson – room18@hobsonville.school.nz
Mrs Tracey Dalton– room19@hobsonville.school.nz
Mrs Dianne Meek – room13@hobsonville.school.nz
Miss Emily Ko- room24@hobsonville.school.nz