Thursday March 31st 2016

TOPIC:

Dear Parents/Caregivers of Year 3 and 4 students

This term Ara Pakeke will be walking to Green Bay Beach to observe the plant and animal life living in the intertidal zones. We will also build on our science learning by making a contribution to the community through a beach clean-up. We encourage all students to attend this event which concludes Term 1’s topic study of #HealthyHappyHabitat.    

Parental Assistance:

Ara Pakeke request the assistance of parents in order for the trip to occur.  We require a ratio of 1 parent to every 5 students.  If you are able to support us on the day by supervising groups of students from 9.15 until 2.30, please fill out the form below and return it to your child’s classroom teacher as soon as possible.  Please note that parent helpers will need to be at school on the day of the trip by 9am.  This will allow time to meet with the Ara Pakeke team leader to clarify the role of parent helpers and issue safety vests to parents which are to be worn at all times during the trip.  Parent helpers will also receive a copy of the Risk Analysis Management and Safety Action Plan and the names of students they will be supervising.  Parents who are not in a ‘parent helper’ role are welcome to come and support their child during this event however you will need to advise your child’s teacher if you wish to do this.  All students are to walk to and from Green Bay and return to their classroom.  If a parent wishes to take their child early from school they will need to get a blue slip from the school office.

The days and times of the trip are listed below:

Students will leave the school grounds at 9.15am and return at 2.30pm approximately.

Tuesday 12th April 2016: Rooms 10,11,12,13,14.

Wednesday 13th April 2016: Rooms 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Please note the trip will be cancelled if it is raining or there is not enough parent help.

On the day, your child will need to bring along the following items:

A packed lunch including morning tea in a plastic bag, a bottle of water, a rain jacket and sun hat.  Full uniform is required by all students.  There is no cost for the trip.

Kind regards,

Ara Pakeke Teachers

ART:

We are getting underway with our rocky shore art project! Here are some members of our "crepe paper ball" factory churning out those little nuggets we need for our pictures...

  

WEEK 9

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter break and managed to get out and enjoy this beautiful weather!

The children had a great time at the swimming sports last week and I thought you might like to see a few pictures Arabella's mum sent to me of the day. Thanks Steph! Well done to the children who participated and gave things their best try. ..

**Class Swimming:

We have swimming Wednesday this week, and again in Week 11, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Weekly Testing:

If you have been continuing to support your child with learning their spelling and basic facts through the Easter break, thank you so much for your commitment to this. We will have our regular weekly testing of these on Friday.

Art:

There will be a heavy focus on Art this week, as we tackle a major project (making a 3D image of a rocky shore creature or setting, using crepe paper, PVA and dye). If you could possibly equip your little angel with an old art shirt to protect their uniform this week, that would be awesome, thank you!

Have a great week!

Reminder:
Swimming Sports 2016 at West Wave on Monday 21st March.
Please note that Ara Pakeke request all students wear full uniform to swimming sports on Monday.  
We encourage all parents to come and support their child during this exciting event.  Parent helpers travel on the bus with their child's class and teacher.  Parent supporters make their own way to the pool.  
We look forward to a successful day!

​JOCELYN HAIR   LEARNING LEADER YEAR 3 AND 4

ARAHOE SCHOOL

09 827 2710  (T)  |  jocelynh@arahoe.school.nz (E)  |  www.arahoe.school.nz (W)

WEEK 7

Hi everyone, Week 7 is here already!  Apologies for the long wait between blogs; Mrs deJong has been busy earning her computer skills wings while learning how to put photos and videos onto the blog.  (Some of us have a bit of catching up to do!)

ROOM 8 ASSEMBLY

Thank you so much to family and friends who came along and supported the children of Room 8 at their first syndicate assembly. It was really heartwarming to see so many of you there. We had a lot of positive feedback on how the children really looked like they were enjoying themselves during the items. I'm glad, because they certainly put a lot of hours into practising!

Here are some photos and videos of the day - thanks so much to Arabella's mum and Caio's dad for their contributions...

Dan the man finishing his awesome reading

Crazy class photos! We didn't get everyone, but we tried!

Getting the circle ready to start "We Will Rock You"

Bella and Caio did a fantastic job of controlling an enthusiastic audience!

Dan the man again in mid speech. He ended up getting a certificate in the school assembly for his courage while speaking to a large crowd.

Those nutty Room 8 people again...

Our wonderful script readers with their scripts!

The arm roll...

Slapping thighs to the cool beat...

Aarush, our "Bucket Boy". He really enjoyed making the audience laugh, he said!

Video of Aarush's Bucket Filling speech. It was fantastic and a lot of people would have learned something from what Aarush had to say.

A bit of video of the song.

CLASSROOM HELP:

If anyone has some time to spare, there are a few jobs (some big, some small) that would be of enormous help if someone wouldn't mind putting their hand up:

**Sharpening pencils in the group boxes, and giving them a general clean out

**Putting away home readers in the Junior and senior Resource Rooms

**Painting a mural background of a rocky shore rock pool setting. (I have the pictures that you could use as a guide. Paint, brushes and mural paper would be provided - TIME is the golden ingredient!)

Please come and see me or email if you think you could help. THANK YOU!!!

NETBALL:

Arron Leity has asked that I put this link on the blog to inform you of the Netball organisation for the upcoming season:

http://sporty.co.nz/arahoenetball

HOMEWORK:

It's been SO encouraging to see a lot of people improving on their basic facts homework. we had at least 3 people move up after last Friday's tests - goes to show practise DOES make perfect! Thank you parents for your support; it makes a MASSIVE difference if you can get on board with this. Let's keep up the practising of our basic facts, spelling and reading so we can keep seeing those awesome results!!  Go Room 8!!!

AWARDS/REWARDS:

Student Of The Week:  Well done to Reuben for gaining the medal and certificate last week. Your improving focus has been noticed by everyone in Room 8, and it's going to have a positive effect on your learning if you keep it up - woohoo!

Arahoe Values Card: Well done to Elise for showing the value of Excellence as she showed her groove while practising for our assembly dance during EVERY practise - that girl's got the moves!!! 

School Assembly Class Award: Well done to Daniel Shaw for his extreme bravery in reading his holiday writing to approximately 300 people at our Room 8 assembly. This would have taken nerves of steel, and Dan pulled it off like a professional!

Bye for now!

WEEK 6:


Hi everyone,

Just a quick note to let you know that Room 8 are running the Ara Pakeke assembly tomorrow!


It's at 12:45 in the Hall. 

We will be doing a dance item and reading some of our holiday writing to the syndicate.  

Hope to see you there!