A BIG 

welcome and happy birthday

to

Mackenzie

in Rata Tahi

                                                                

Oral Language: Our focus is on developing confidence in speaking, listening and questioning skills.

Reading: Children will have school readers to take home every day and Letterland cards to practise. On Fridays, children will also bring home a poem to read. We visit the school library on Tuesdays and your child will be issued two books to bring home. Please remember to return library books by the next Tuesday so your child can get new books out.

In writing we will be working on writing personal recounts. We will be learning to:

·       think of ideas for writing

·       learn the correct letters and sounds

·       leave finger spaces

·       hear and record sounds

Spelling: For spelling, we are learning/revising the sounds and letters of the alphabet.

Our Maths focus this term is Number and Statistics.  We will be learning to:

·       count to 20 and beyond

·       know before and after numbers to 20

·       reading and ordering numbers to 20

·       making and interpreting pictograms.

Handwriting: We will be focusing on the correct formation of letters and numbers, and ensuring we can identify upper case/capital letters and lower case/small letters accurately.

Inquiry:  Our focus for the first half of the term will be Sunsmart and "All about Me"

Social Skill: Our first social skill is Respect. Check out the school newsletter for ideas on how you can help reinforce this skill at home.

Physical Education: We will be swimming in weeks 4 and 5. We have softball in Weeks 5 & 6.

REMEMBER to bring your sun hat every day.

Happy Waitangi Day...

                         

Waitangi Day, February 6, is a national holiday in New Zealand. It commemorates the signing of the 
Treaty of Waitangi and the official forming of the modern country. One people.

The treaty was signed in 1840, in a house belonging to James Busby of Waitangi, in the Bay of Islands.

The day is usually celebrated at Waitangi with ceremonies and church services. Elsewhere, for others it is a day to celebrate being a New Zealander.

The treaty itself was a document sighed by British leaders and Maori Leaders.

Protection, Partnership and Participation. These three words were in the treaty.

We are making our own class treaty following the 3 P's
Protection means looking after each other. Partnership means working together as one and Participation means joining in and being a part of school life.

In Porirua we celebrate with a Festival of the Elements…….

Here is our

Class Treaty

we work as a team

we have a go

we work hard

we have fun

we listen

we ALL belong

Our Class Treaty......

What are you doing to celebrate Waitangi Day?

We are learning about how to be sunsmart.....

Today we got into our buzz groups and brainstormed how to stay safe in the sun.......

Wear a sun hat

Put on sunscreen
before you come to school

Wear sunglasses

Play in the shade

Cover your shoulders at school
Wear a t.shirt

We ARE Sunsmart
 

                         

Our First Day of School, 2016! on PhotoPeach

Kotahitanga

Getting on together 

and getting to know each other.

Today we enjoyed 

talking about our families 

and things that we like.

 We put our ideas 

on koru shapes.

We are very proud of our work.

Come to the classroom 

and see for yourself!

Kia ora 

and a BIG Welcome 

to Rata Tahi 2016!

Come and meet 

our new children 

and their families.

 Dane and his family.

 Charlie and his family.

 Declan and his family.

 Mya and her family.

Emily and her family.