Hand writing

This term we are going to work hard on our hand writing skills.  When writing we need to make sure we start each letter in the right place. If your child is able to write the letter 'c' the right way they will find it easier to learn the following letters: o, a, d, g, q.  We call that letter 'Caterpillar C'.

All letters start from the top except 'e' and 'd'.  You will find helpful hints in the Home work books. Your help would be much appreciated!

There are many free apps that you can download for your child to learn the correct letter formation.  One of the apps that I like is 'LetterSchool - Learn to write'.

A healthy lunchbox...

Brendan from Sports Waikato visited us and taught us about healthy food.  Thank you Brendan for your interesting lesson!  We all helped Brendan to put together a very yummy and healthy  lunch for Pro-Joe.

Calf Club Day

Calf Club Day is an annual tradition for rural families and schools throughout New Zealand.

The events foster life-long values in children such as motivation, commitment, compassion and responsibility - they are a great entry-point into agriculture and for many, the stepping-stone to a career in farming. (From http://www.lic.co.nz/lic_calf_club.cfm).

At our school children can opt in with a calf, lamb or goat that they have been caring for since the animal's birth. They build relationships and are able to lead and call these animals. they become real pets!

Other children at school take part with helping on the day or making miniature gardens. These children attend Calf Club Day as audience to show their appreciation of the hard work done by their class mates.

Term 2

Here we are...at the start of a brand new term. This term our focus will be on Science: The Physical World. We will be conducting simple tests and observe and share findings.

On one of our classroom walls is a whanau tree. Your child can put up a photograph there of their family, so family photos will be welcome!

We will start the new term with two more pupils, Joseph Schwass and Fred Meredith. Happy Birthday boys! We now have 13 boys and 5 girls in Room 1.

Our time table has been slighty altered. We are trialling a new daily time table with 3 morning blocks, and 1 afternoon block. There will be a 10 minute stop at 10.05, time for a piece of fruit.
There will be a 20 minute morning tea break at 11.05. Lessons  continue at 11.35 until 12.35 (lunch time). Afternoon lessons will start at 1.30 until 3pm.

Our library time remains the same, Tuesday afternoons. We will have PE on Monday afternoons and Thursday afternoons.

Homework books will be coming home again tomorrow.  You can comment on this blog, or use the Homework book for that purpose as well.

Wishing everyone an exciting learning term!

Ka kite, Gertie.