Kahikatea-Term 3, week 10

Kia ora whānau,

A huge thanks for all of your  continued support over the term. The kids have worked so hard and have earned a well-deserved rest (as have my team). 

A big thank you to Maddy, who has been with us for the last 6 weeks in Sarah's home group. We wish you all the best for your future teaching career!

Here are some learning highlights below:

Beckenham te Kura o Pūroto-'The school of the ponds'

We took our tamariki for a short stroll by the ponds as part of learning about our cultural narrative. We talked about the importance of the ponds to the everyday life of our ancestors. Many students were keen to collect rubbish while we were there, showing our values of 'We Care' and 'We Make a Difference'.

If you are able to parent help on our ponds trip next term please fill in the form HERE.

Kapa Haka

This term in Kapa Haka Whaea Cath has been teaching us how to use the poi-there is a lot of learning about tikanga with poi and we have impressed her with our learning.

Book Amnesty:

Can you please have a look for any decodable reading books over the break and bring them back to us next term. We have a few that are missing. No books will come home during the break.

Talent Show:

Well done to the lava chicken boys: Atlas, Alex, Greyson, Gray, Johnny, and Finn who represented Kahikatea in the school talent show. You were amazing, what courage! You showed 'We Love Challenge'!

 

Team Kahikatea Week 8 Term 3

Staff Only Day Reminder

Friday 12th September (Week 9) Staff Only Day. School will be closed this day.

Kia ora whānau, 

Wow, this term is flying by. Can you believe it’s already Week 8? Kahikatea has been full of learning, creativity, and new experiences these past couple of weeks. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been up to:

Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS)

Constable Meg visited us to teach important lessons about how we can keep ourselves safe. Our learning has included:

• How to identify Police officers and understand that their job is to keep us safe.
  
  

• What to do if we get lost, and how to recognise adults we can trust.
  
  

• Learning the correct names for body parts.
  
  

• Marching and saluting.
  
  

• Understanding what consent means and practising role-plays where we confidently say no.
  
  

Here’s a short video to continue these conversations at home: Consent for kids

Clay Art

Our clay skills are growing every week! Nicky has been showing us how to make and shape pots, which has been both fun and challenging. This project has been a wonderful way to live our school value: We Love Challenge.

Here are some photos of our process, from shaping to painting our unique clay pots! 

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Maths – Statistics and Graphing

In Maths, we’ve been learning how to use tally charts and collect data. Next week, we’ll take the next step by exploring graphs – learning how to read them and create our own based on the data we’ve gathered.

You can support this learning at home by encouraging your child to collect data on something that interests them (e.g. favourite fruit in the family, colours of cars passing by, or types of toys they have). They can then organise their results in a tally chart and even try creating a simple graph to show what they found.

Trees for Survival

We are excited to share that Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto has been chosen as the first urban school in the South Island to take part in the Trees for Survival programme! 🌱

Trees for survival is a Charitable Trust started by Rotary​ and works in partnership with Regional Councils,​ schools, sponsors and volunteers. I​t is an environmental programme which works with school students to grow​ and then plant​ native trees on sites such as wetlands, hillsides, stream edges, to increase​ biodiversity, stabilise soil and help improve water quality. 

This week, our ākonga planted our very first seedlings. We learned how to care for the seedlings properly and keep ourselves safe while working with potting mix. We are super excited to watch these grow and continue looking after our seedlings!

Find out more about Trees for Survival here: https://www.tfsnz.org.nz/

Enjoy the first weekend of Spring!

Ngā mihi,

Talia, Sarah, Amber and Kendall

Team Kahikatea Week 6 Term 3

 Kia Ora! 

It has been another busy week in the Kahikatea hub. The newest members of the team have settled in and become part of the team pretty quickly. 

Disco

We attended the disco on Friday of Week 4. The dance moves were amazing and the outfits very impressive. Thanks to the PTA for organising a fun event for us. 

Keeping Ourselves Safe

Sarah, Amber and Kendall's home groups have had Constable Meg come and visit this week. Hopefully you have seen a homework activity come home to continue the discussions we had with Meg at home. Talia's home group will have Meg visit next week. 

The Keeping Ourselves Safe program is designed to empower the children to help themselves in unsafe situations. The topics covered so far have included getting lost, identifying our feelings (safe and unsafe) and naming our body parts with the correct name. We were really impressed with how many children could say their address and at least one of their caregivers phone numbers. It is really important information our children should know in case of an emergency. 

Calendar Art 

We have finished our art work this week that will become available for you to purchase as a calendar, notebook or greeting card. Please keep an eye out for the notice and order form which will have a link for you to see your child's art. 

Date Reminders

Monday 25th August (Week 7) school finishes at 1pm for teachers to attend a Paid Union Meeting. Supervision is available if you cannot collect your child. Please let one of the teachers know if you have not filled in the survey sent home and need supervision for your child. 

Friday 12th September (Week 9) Teacher Only Day. School will be closed this day.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sarah, Amber, Talia and Kendall