PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS
Our Principal’s Awards are currently focusing on the following:I am a goalsetter... - I can reflect on my learning
- I can share and discuss my achievements
- I can plan my next learning steps
Autahi and Tautoru Ella Mac, Liora, Hadley, Anneke, James and Freddie. Matariki and Mahutonga
Mia, Alastair, Thomas J, Katherine, Cody, Finlay, Chester and Yasmin.Extra special awards this week for incredible sporting attitudes at Eastern Zones Cricket: Chester, Hugo M and Thomas J.
Welcome to Our Learning Space - Tuesday morning 7 March
Come and and be part of ‘learning in action’. Your child will show you around their classroom space and demonstrate some of the daily routines - for some, this is a new space. This will also be an opportunity to celebrate the first month of learning for the year together.
Autahi session from 9.00am - 10.00am
Tautoru and Mahutonga/Matariki will be having two sessions: 9.00am - 10.00am and repeated 10.00am - 11.00am for those of you with children in different areas.
Sessions will start with a quick overview of learning spaces and then we will be celebrating learning through Student-led Workshops and a Treasure Hunt. There will be a teacher available to facilitate questions. If there is anything specific that you would like to know, please email John, Shona or Gillian. If it can’t be covered at the time, we can follow up with you at another time.
We look forward to sharing our learning with you.
Parent Workshop - Tuesday 21 March - 6.30pm-7.30pmDeveloping Children’s Speech and Language with Speech Language Therapist, Jennifer Lyons
Our NZ Curriculum relies on oral language as the foundation for student learning. It is essential for literacy learning, and successful use of language is critical for students’ wellbeing. Almost all learning relies on oral language.
Like anything, Students’ abilities vary and they progress at different times. The level of oral language knowledge and competency of some students impacts on how they access the curriculum at any level. It is not easy for some! The English alphabet has 26 letters and 44 distinctive sounds. Some sounds are made up by 2 or 3 different letters, so how and when do you learn these?
Jennifer Lyons will be coming to share her expertise on these areas that we often have questions about: - Speech and language
- Developing oral language and vocabulary
- Developing phonemic awareness (the foundations for spelling)
She will be covering these areas and providing some very helpful information about what speech and language development to expect at different ages and stages. She will be giving practical tips on how we can improve all of these areas at school and home.
“Writing floats on a sea of talk” is a favourite saying of ours - actually “All learning floats on a sea of talk”!
We hope to see you all there.
Moving March
This is "Moving March" and we are thinking about getting moving. Moving March is an event to get people all over NZ walking. Every time you walk to school you can tick off a number on the card that is sent home with your child. When you have walked ten times you can post it (details on the back of the card and need to be received by 7th March) and be in to win a bike and helmet.By Zach Message from Wellington CouncilParent Photo CompetitionFor the second year in a row, we are running our Parent Photo Competition. We encourage families to take a photo reflecting the positives of their active journey to school and send it to us at schooltravel@gw.govt.nz or post it on our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/movinmarch/ (using #movinmarch so we can see it). They will go into the draw to win a family pass to their favourite Wellington Wild Things destination (2 to be won). Last year we got some great pictures of nature, pets and shadow creations which families had seen on their journey to school (photos do not have to be of children).
Our Writing Have a look at our awesome writing. We have all been having a go. There’s been lots of “I can’t do this YET!” But we aren’t giving up! | |
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