Kia Ora families!
Just a quick note to let you know that Room 5 children will be hosting the assembly this Friday at 12pm.
We will be sharing some art work that we have done with the rest of Maungaraki School and would LOVE our parents and families to come along to support us :)
See you then!
Monday, 3 June 2013
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Cross Country
Kiaora families,
Just a quick reminder that the Maungaraki School Cross Country is being held this coming TUESDAY the 21st of May 2013. The event will take place from 9am through to lunch time with a morning tea break at 10:30am.
For your information, if you wish to come along and support your child, the year 1 and 2 children will be running after the morning tea break (some time between 11 and 12).
I also encourage you to chat with your child about perseverance during the course of the next week.
The Kowhai Syndicate have been learning about perseverance as a part of their discovery program this term and our goal is for all children to persevere and do their very best at the cross country next week!
Between now and next week, please continue to remind your child to wear suitable footwear for practising their running at school each day.
Just a quick reminder that the Maungaraki School Cross Country is being held this coming TUESDAY the 21st of May 2013. The event will take place from 9am through to lunch time with a morning tea break at 10:30am.
For your information, if you wish to come along and support your child, the year 1 and 2 children will be running after the morning tea break (some time between 11 and 12).
I also encourage you to chat with your child about perseverance during the course of the next week.
The Kowhai Syndicate have been learning about perseverance as a part of their discovery program this term and our goal is for all children to persevere and do their very best at the cross country next week!
Between now and next week, please continue to remind your child to wear suitable footwear for practising their running at school each day.
"The miracle is not that I won, but that I had the courage to start"
- John Bingham
Sunday, 5 May 2013
Thursday, 18 April 2013
And that's a wrap!
Tena Koutou Room 5 families,
It's time to give yourselves a big pat on the back for the tremendous effort we have all put into ensuring a successful first term at Maungaraki School!
Time has flown by and I am sure you will have all noticed the growth made by all of the Room 5 children. When I think back just 11 short weeks ago, we were all new to Room 5, reliant on our parents and our teacher; and eager to settle into our learning. THEN when I fast forward 11 weeks I am blown away by everyones progress!
1. Children are more independent in their learning, friendships and self management.
2. Children are taking responsibility for our classroom at all times of the day, putting down chairs in the morning, ensuring resources are put away properly, keeping our room clean and helping friends to pack up for home time. Congratulations wonderful people!
3. Room 5 children have developed large circles of friends.
4. Presentation of work has risen to a good standard!
5. Children are using thinking tools in their oral language and written language. They are beginning to write some well thought out stories!
6. Children are trying extra hard with their reading and Mathematics which is making for a very proud teacher!
Well done everyone for all your hard work this term! I can only imagine the wonderful things we will have accomplished by the end of Term 2!
Thank you everyone for the very special Enviro Schools assembly on Monday.
Also, a huge thank you for the wonderful ANZAC memorial service this morning. What a special day to celebrate. Ka pai.
I wish you all a safe and happy holiday. I look forward to seeing you all when you arrive back at school in two weeks!
Miss Jackson
It's time to give yourselves a big pat on the back for the tremendous effort we have all put into ensuring a successful first term at Maungaraki School!
Time has flown by and I am sure you will have all noticed the growth made by all of the Room 5 children. When I think back just 11 short weeks ago, we were all new to Room 5, reliant on our parents and our teacher; and eager to settle into our learning. THEN when I fast forward 11 weeks I am blown away by everyones progress!
1. Children are more independent in their learning, friendships and self management.
2. Children are taking responsibility for our classroom at all times of the day, putting down chairs in the morning, ensuring resources are put away properly, keeping our room clean and helping friends to pack up for home time. Congratulations wonderful people!
3. Room 5 children have developed large circles of friends.
4. Presentation of work has risen to a good standard!
5. Children are using thinking tools in their oral language and written language. They are beginning to write some well thought out stories!
6. Children are trying extra hard with their reading and Mathematics which is making for a very proud teacher!
Well done everyone for all your hard work this term! I can only imagine the wonderful things we will have accomplished by the end of Term 2!
Thank you everyone for the very special Enviro Schools assembly on Monday.
Also, a huge thank you for the wonderful ANZAC memorial service this morning. What a special day to celebrate. Ka pai.
I wish you all a safe and happy holiday. I look forward to seeing you all when you arrive back at school in two weeks!
Miss Jackson
Sunday, 14 April 2013
The home stretch...
Hi everyone,
Congratulations on a very successful first term in Room 5! However, it's not over yet! As we head into this final week of term there are a few special things happening that families need to be aware of.
1. On Monday morning Maungaraki School is set to receive our Silver Enviro Award. There will be a special assembly being held in the hall at 10am during which we will receive the award. There will be many special guests including some local MP's and media. We are looking forward to celebrating this success with our friends and community!
2. On Friday, the last day of term, we are having a 'Dress Up' day. Children are encouraged to wear clothing that represents a group they belong to. This could be a sports uniform, dancing uniform, school T- shirt.... We will be having the final assembly of the term at 11:45am- please note this earlier start time. The assembly will be followed by a short ANZAC ceremony to which parents are also invited.
3. On Friday, Room 5 farewelled one of our good friends and classmates, Penny. We wish Penny all the best for her new adventures in her new town and school.
4. This Friday is also going to be Izzy's last day at Maungaraki School. We look forward to spending this final week with her before she sets off to her new home and new school.
Given the busy nature of the week, please be aware that some children may not bring home a reading book every single day, however, I still encourage you to read books from home and the library.
Everyone in Room 5 is beginning to tire out, so lets give this week 100% and get ourselves to the well deserved holidays!
Miss Jackson
Congratulations on a very successful first term in Room 5! However, it's not over yet! As we head into this final week of term there are a few special things happening that families need to be aware of.
1. On Monday morning Maungaraki School is set to receive our Silver Enviro Award. There will be a special assembly being held in the hall at 10am during which we will receive the award. There will be many special guests including some local MP's and media. We are looking forward to celebrating this success with our friends and community!
2. On Friday, the last day of term, we are having a 'Dress Up' day. Children are encouraged to wear clothing that represents a group they belong to. This could be a sports uniform, dancing uniform, school T- shirt.... We will be having the final assembly of the term at 11:45am- please note this earlier start time. The assembly will be followed by a short ANZAC ceremony to which parents are also invited.
3. On Friday, Room 5 farewelled one of our good friends and classmates, Penny. We wish Penny all the best for her new adventures in her new town and school.
4. This Friday is also going to be Izzy's last day at Maungaraki School. We look forward to spending this final week with her before she sets off to her new home and new school.
Given the busy nature of the week, please be aware that some children may not bring home a reading book every single day, however, I still encourage you to read books from home and the library.
Everyone in Room 5 is beginning to tire out, so lets give this week 100% and get ourselves to the well deserved holidays!
Miss Jackson
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Room 5's lead up to Easter...
Wow! What a busy week we have had as we prepared for the Easter break!
Room 5 children stayed focussed on their learning all week, even with the excitement of Swimming Sports and Easter looming in the air - you all deserve a pat on the back!
We have also been hugely focussed on Self Management... What do we need to do to manage ourselves for learning? In our friendships? To stay healthy? and to be independent?
Room 5 children have been working on listening carefully to others and to be able to relay a message to others without forgetting. This is challenging for many of us. We have been doing various activities in the classroom to practice this but our most favorite of all is playing Chinese whispers. We have learned that we need to be focussed, to listen carefully but also, we must speak very clearly to help our peers to understand our message. These are nice easy things to practice at home too! Our challenge is to get at least one message around our Chinese Whispers circle by the end of term :)
Easter Activities:
On Tuesday we were learning about RESPECT. Respect is one of the very important values upheld by Maungaraki School students, staff, parents and community. We know that respect comes in many forms.
We practiced many ways of showing RESPECT on Tuesday as we decorated some yummy Easter Egg Biscuits.
1) We had to respect the differences of children in our classroom by checking that everyone can eat the biscuits and decorations without getting sick. We understand that we chose special ingredients with the help of some parents that would not cause our Room 5 friends to have allergic reactions.
2) We shared ingredients and tools with our group.
3) We listened to Miss Jackson and Mrs Counsell carefully so we knew what to do.
3) We helped others who needed help.
4) We used our manners every step of the way. We thanked Mrs Counsell for giving up her morning to help us with our fun activity.
Afterwards, we wrote some amazing stories about our cookie making using fabulous adjectives to describe them!
Swimming Sports:
What a successful day we all had at Huia Pool! Congratulations to all the children who participated in the fun swimming events today. All of the teachers are very proud of your efforts!
Swimming Sports is a very important day on our school calendar as it is a prime opportunity for children to participate and contribute to the life of the school, develop skills in risk taking, perseverance, listening, responsibility and also to develop, practice and maintain social skills and relationships.
A huge thank you to all the parents who made the time to attend and support our children and teachers today. It was a very tiring afternoon for all of our junior children and your encouragement throughout this event helped tremendously in teaching our children to persevere to the end and succeed.
A fabulous time was had by all!
A very Happy Easter to all families! Stay safe this holiday and I can't wait to see you all back in Room 5 ready to learn on Wednesday April the 3rd at 8:50am!!!
Miss Jackson
Room 5 children stayed focussed on their learning all week, even with the excitement of Swimming Sports and Easter looming in the air - you all deserve a pat on the back!
We have also been hugely focussed on Self Management... What do we need to do to manage ourselves for learning? In our friendships? To stay healthy? and to be independent?
Room 5 children have been working on listening carefully to others and to be able to relay a message to others without forgetting. This is challenging for many of us. We have been doing various activities in the classroom to practice this but our most favorite of all is playing Chinese whispers. We have learned that we need to be focussed, to listen carefully but also, we must speak very clearly to help our peers to understand our message. These are nice easy things to practice at home too! Our challenge is to get at least one message around our Chinese Whispers circle by the end of term :)
Easter Activities:
On Tuesday we were learning about RESPECT. Respect is one of the very important values upheld by Maungaraki School students, staff, parents and community. We know that respect comes in many forms.
We can respect people by...
- Helping
- Caring
- Being nice
- Using manners
- Sharing
- Listening
- Showing understanding
We practiced many ways of showing RESPECT on Tuesday as we decorated some yummy Easter Egg Biscuits.
1) We had to respect the differences of children in our classroom by checking that everyone can eat the biscuits and decorations without getting sick. We understand that we chose special ingredients with the help of some parents that would not cause our Room 5 friends to have allergic reactions.
2) We shared ingredients and tools with our group.
3) We listened to Miss Jackson and Mrs Counsell carefully so we knew what to do.
3) We helped others who needed help.
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| Exciting! Yummy! Easter!!! |
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| We shared. We waited patiently for our turn. |
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| Careful concentration and fine motor skills. |
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| Delicious! |
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| Compliments to the chef! |
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| Mrs Counsell was a beautiful help! |
Afterwards, we wrote some amazing stories about our cookie making using fabulous adjectives to describe them!
Swimming Sports:
What a successful day we all had at Huia Pool! Congratulations to all the children who participated in the fun swimming events today. All of the teachers are very proud of your efforts!
Swimming Sports is a very important day on our school calendar as it is a prime opportunity for children to participate and contribute to the life of the school, develop skills in risk taking, perseverance, listening, responsibility and also to develop, practice and maintain social skills and relationships.
A huge thank you to all the parents who made the time to attend and support our children and teachers today. It was a very tiring afternoon for all of our junior children and your encouragement throughout this event helped tremendously in teaching our children to persevere to the end and succeed.
A fabulous time was had by all!
A very Happy Easter to all families! Stay safe this holiday and I can't wait to see you all back in Room 5 ready to learn on Wednesday April the 3rd at 8:50am!!!
Miss Jackson
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