Pānui+W1T1

 Ko Pukekura te mauka, ko Ōtakou te awa, ko Takitimu, ko Uruao kā waka, ko Kāi Te Rua Hikihiki te hapū, ko kurakura Kāi Tahu, ko Kāti Mamoe, ko Waitaha hoki kā iwi. Mauria mai ōu whakaaro rakatira, ōu tarika tūmeke hoki! Ko Hākui Livi tēnei e karaka mai ki a koutou tamariki mā.  Taku hari koa kua hoki mai koutou kia haere tonu kā mahi nui whakaharahara o te tau nei. Haere mai, haere mai, whakatau mai rā.   Nau mai hoki mai ki te kura!  He mihi manahau ki a koutou kua tae ora mai anō ki te te tau hou nei.   **Email/ phone list**  Please contact me at livi.karetai@stalbans.school.nz or ph: 3559132 extension ___ to let me know your email address and phone number for a e-mail/phone tree.  You can use the class wiki to stay up to date with notices that come from me, the username is TTRR10 and the password is TTRR10 too. You should be receiving the school notice booklet via your email, if you have had any changes to you email or address, emergency contact persons details etc please let the office know ASAP. Thanks.   **Key expectations**  • Managing Self: By being organised and ready for learning. By using the routines and tikaka of the class and kura... if you know what to do — then do it!  • Uniforms / hat policy! Please make sure that you are wearing the correct uniform and that you have your hat on each time you go outside, for terms 1 & 4.    **Topic focus:Thinking and Swimming** <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"> DIMENSION: Individuality <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"> CONTEXT: Learning to learn <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"> SCOPE: Hear Me Out <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"> This theme asks children to examine their strengths and weaknesses and move forward in their understanding of themselves as a learner. <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> **Swimming** <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Sadly our pool is still out of use we are waiting for MOE to fix it, hopefully by the end of the year. We will go to Aquagym again in week 7, 14-Mar-11 on a daily basis for a week. <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> **Term 1 ~ 1 Night Camp at Spencer park for Te Tikaka Rua Reo** <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Haereka ki Spencer Park kia noho tahi hei whakawhanaukataka hoki. <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> A questionnaire/notice will be coming home (there is also a copy of this on this wiki home page), please return it promptely so we can make our plan for the trip. <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> **Homework Timetable** <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Please send the Mahi Kāika Folder to and from school each to enable efficient practice of commenting on the daily reader etc. There will be daily reading and maths, weekly spelling. <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> **How you can help at home:** <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Last years reports have a specific set of skills and knowledge that your child needs to master prior to moving on to the next level. These will be the main focus of group work however you will be able to give one on one support to your own child and help accelerate their progress. We will have a goal setting hui in the first term with each child and their whānau, you will be able to give me feed back about their progress towards these ‘Next Step Learning’ or can ask me for ways to help develop these skills. <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> **Te Reo Māori** <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> To help develop and use Te Reo Māori you could choose a daily routine to develop the reo around. i.e., parakuihi, te whakarite kai, te wā moe, he wā kēmu kāri … <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> **Writing** <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Finding real reasons to write and have your children write will support them in their writing development. i.e., shopping lists, letters, dairy writing, recording special events, online chats to friends while playing interactive games… <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Spelling <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Please practice and tick off the words as they learn them, that children will bring home at the beginning of the week for a Friday Spelling test. <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> **Reading** <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Having a daily routine for reading will help support your child’s learning. If your child is not a fluent reader having them read to you and you reading to them will be great. If your child is a fluent reader they will have more independence but still benefit from being read to too. <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> **Maths** <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> The rapid recall of basic maths facts takes regular repetition and including this as part of a fun daily challenge will be a big help too. Rapids fire questions and answers at breakfast or in the car… how many correct answers can they answer in 1km or 1 min? <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> **Minenga and Huihuinga** <span style="line-height: 22.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> These hui will be held each Monday and Friday morning first thing. For this term we will meet for Karakia each morning. Please be on time, it is disruptive to me when children are late. When children are at school by 8:30 they have time to play and socialize and are ready for the day.

<span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> **New Timetable** <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Friday <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Kapa Hapa, TTRR Kā Akoraka Te Reo Māori, Library Day <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> 8:55 Bell for the day <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Hui <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Pākarau <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> 10:10 Morning Tea <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> 10: 30 Phonics Interchange <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Reading <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> 11:30 Some time here a fruit break/ Fitness <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Writing <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> 12:30 Lunch <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> 1:25 End of Lunch <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Te Reo Māori <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Kaupapa <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> 3:00 End of Day