Kahikatea Team: Kahikatea News Week 3 Term 3

Kia ora whanau,

Welcome to Term 3. We hope you were able to have some quality time with your tamariki during the school break and that you are all keeping well.

Our literacy and maths programs are well underway again now. Katie and Amber are working together during maths time and Krystal and Emma are working together during maths time.

Katie now has her homegroup in the Nook, Amber is in the Breakout Room and Krystal is in the Atrium.

New Library Days

Tuesday- Amber and Katie

Thursday- Krystal and Emma

Introducing...

Jan Malcolm

In team Kahiaktea we have so many wonderful teachers and staff who work with our tamariki.

Each week the lovely Jan Malcolm works with Amber's Home Group. Sometimes she is here for the whole day or part of the day. Jan works in other teams across the school too, including Kowhai and Pohutukawa.

⭐Welcome Jan!⭐

Kauri Buddies

Every afternoon on Friday/Rapare our team welcomes students from the Kauri hub (Year 7/8). These children are self-selected, they opt into buddies. They love working with younger tamariki and sharing their skills with them. It is all about building that tuakana-teina relationship. They gain a lot from this experience - organisation skills, communication, greater understanding of group dynamics and being a leader. There is also a lot of gain for the younger children - forming bonds with older children, having an older friend to recognise in the playground.

Playground Time

Train Construction

Monkey Bars

Play Dough Fun

Showing Respect

This week we have had a focus on understanding what Respect looks like, feels like and sounds like:

Respect is an attitude of caring about people and treating them with dignity.

Respect is valuing ourselves and others.

We show respect by speaking and acting with courtesy.

When we are respectful we treat others as we want to be treated.

Respect includes honouring the rules of our family or school,

which make life more orderly and peaceful.

Congratulations! You are practising Respect when you...

Treat others as you want to be treated
Speak courteously to everyone
Take special care of other people’s belongings
Respect the rules of your family, school and nation
Expect respect for your body and your rights

Healthy Lunches

School is a busy place to be and there are a lot of different activities and learning tasks that required our students to be ready for learning and ready to participate and contribute.

Feeding your child a healthy, filling lunch helps our tamariki to get through a busy school day.

During these colder winter days we know children are wanting a bit more kai in their lunchboxes.

Tips for a fabulous lunchbox:

wraps, sandwiches, scrolls, filled rolls or buns,croissants, pizza bread, pizza,scones, yoghurt, hummus, olives, fruit (sliced and ready to eat), proteins (vegetarian and meat), crackers, cheese, pasta, rice, egg (boiled or in a sandwich). Treat foods like chocolate should be included very occasionally.

For more ideas you can check out Nutrition Foundation NZ or Kidspot NZ