Some more varied and interesting current news events were shared in our hub today.
Thursday 31 August 2017
Tuesday 29 August 2017
Current News
We had another great week of current news in K17 and K18. We have been so impressed with how organised and informative the children are with their news. Keep up the awesome work.
Sunday 27 August 2017
Sporting Successes
With winter sports coming to an end a lot of children have been presented with awards at end of year team celebrations. It was great to see the different attributes that have been celebrated - Most Valuable Player, Respect, Positive Attitude, Full Participation and Most Improved Player.
Week 6 Newsletter...
Newsletter Week 6 Term 3
Welcome to week six. Week 5 was an action filled week, culminating in the Year 3-4 Poetry Competition last Friday. A huge congratulations to all our finalists for all the practise that goes into a polished performance in front of a large audience! A special congratulations to our place getters! The competition was very tough and you all made Mrs Hansen's job difficult! Thank you to our amazing parents who have all gotten in behind your children to support them with this wonderful opportunity to develop confidence when speaking and performing in front of others!
Gymnastics
A huge thank you to all the parents and caregivers that came and helped on the school trip to 'School of Gymnastics' last week. The children really loved their sessions and we were excited to see the growth in their confidence on a range of apparatus.
Maths-a-thon
Today the children will be tested on their Maths-a-thon questions. We know you have supported them with both the practise and the sponsors - so a huge thank you for this! Their scores will come home today, with sponsor forms and money being returned to the school office from tomorrow onwards.
Completed sponsorship forms and money need to be returned by the 8 September. However, these are not needed until after the 28 August, once the children have completed the test.
Myths and Legends -Mask Making
Thank you to those who have donated a koha for our Maori and Greek masks. These donations can continue to come in and we will be purchasing the masks later this week. This is very much appreciated.
Calendars, Cards, Notebooks and Diary's 2018
You can view your child's artwork for calendars, cards, notebooks and diaries for 2018 at the office from this week.
Ice Cream Lids and Aprons for Clay
If you have spare ice cream lids can you please send them to school. These are a good surface for children to work off with the clay. Also, if your child has an apron or an old t-shirt at home, it might be a good idea for them to bring to school for when they are working with the clay. However, it isn't essential.
School App
• Download our free School App. It is the most efficient way for us to inform you and is very useful for notifying student absences.
• Use this URL https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/st-albansschool/id1133501573?ls=1&mt=8 2.
• Go to itunes, search for the St Albans School app and click download or android users simply search in the Google Play store
• Use the QR code (both Apple and Android) Please allow PUSH notifications as this will allow alerts to come to your phone.
Have a fabulous week!
Jane, Trish, Fiona, Adela and Julie
Gymnastics
The children really enjoyed the two sessions at Christchurch School of Gymnastics and we plan to follow up with some gymnastic activities at school focusing on rolling, balancing, jumping and forming different body shapes.
Thursday 24 August 2017
K15 and K16 Current Events
Another great week of current event presentations! It has been fantastic to see how well prepared the children are for sharing their current event news.
Poetry Competition Performances...
Congratulations to all our finalists today! You all made us very proud!
A special congratulations to the place getters in the Year 3-4 section! You certainly made Mrs Hansen's job very difficult.
The Kahikatea 15 place getters ....
Tuesday 22 August 2017
K17 and K18 Current News
Last week our children on current news did a fantastic job of sharing their interesting news items. We were particularly impressed by the organisation and hard work out into the presentations. Well done for your great work!
Monday 21 August 2017
Maths Week Fun...
Last week was National Maths Week. There was a lot of fun, rich maths tasks happening across the Year 3-4 classes! The K15 Maths class had a great time being introduced to our new topic Fractions, by checking out just how 'smart' we are about fractions!
We know that a fraction is part of a number, set or shape. We now know about what a denominator and numerator is, and what their 'job' is.
As well as learning about fractions, we were able to recap on making and reading graphs and on using tallying marks to quickly count large numbers. The best part was eating the smarties afterwards ......
We know that a fraction is part of a number, set or shape. We now know about what a denominator and numerator is, and what their 'job' is.
As well as learning about fractions, we were able to recap on making and reading graphs and on using tallying marks to quickly count large numbers. The best part was eating the smarties afterwards ......
Saturday 19 August 2017
Newsletter Week 5 Term 3
Welcome to week five. It is hard to believe that at the end of this week we will be half way through
term three. Please read carefully as there is a lot of information in this weeks newsletter.
Gymnastics
A huge thank you to all the parents and caregivers that came and helped on the school trip to 'School of Gymnastics' last week. It is very much appreciated.
Our next sessions are as follows
Tuesday 22 August
K15 and K16 - Leave school at 9am and return by 11.30am
K18 - Leave school 10.30am and return by 1pm
Thursday 24 August
K17 - Leave school at 12.30pm and return by 3pm
Your home class teacher will let you know if you are a parent/caregiver helper for this trip.
Poetry Competition
On Wednesday 23 August each home class will have their poetry competition from 11.30am until 12.30pm. There will only be two finalists from each year group i.e., two children from year 3 and two children from year 4. These children will represent their home class against the other year 3 and 4 home classes at 9am on Friday 25 August in the Waimakariri hub.
Parents and Caregivers are most welcome to come along to their home class competition on Wednesday 23 August at 11.30am.
Things that your child can practise at home for last two night....
• Introduce the poem and author
• Eye contact
• Speaking clearly and using a loud voice
• Using expression
• Using actions as part of the poem. They may also like to dress up.
• Learning poem off by heart
Maths-a-thon
We hope that all children are working hard to learn their knowledge basic facts each night. On Monday 28 August the children will be tested on the facts that they learn. The test will be similar to their practise sheet and will have a ten minute limit to ensure that the children have learned the facts to a mastery level.
Completed sponsorship forms and money need to be returned by the 8 September. However, these are not needed until after the 28 August, once the children have completed the test.
Homework
There will be no spelling in week 5 due to poetry competition and maths-a-thon this week.
Myths and Legends -Mask Making
To celebrate our inquiry this term the children will be creating masks based on a character or creature from a Greek or Māori myth. If you are able to, we would appreciate a small koha (gold coin) to help purchase resources and mask bases for the children. This will be very much appreciated.
Calendars, Cards, Notebooks and Diary's 2018
You can view your child's artwork for calendars, cards, notebooks and diaries for 2018 at the office from this week.
Clay Cutting K17 and K18
Please see the home class teacher if you are able to help cut some clay for them to use.
Ice Cream Lids and Aprons for Clay
If you have spare ice cream lids can you please send to school. These are a good surface for children to work off with the clay. Also, if your child has an apron or an old t.shirt at home, it might be a good idea for them to bring to school for when they are working with the clay. However, it isn't essential.
School App
• Download our free School App. It is the most efficient way for us to inform you and is very useful for notifying student absences.
• Use this URL https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/st-albansschool/id1133501573?ls=1&mt=8 2.
• Go to itunes, search for the St Albans School app and click download or android users simply search in the Google Play store
• Use the QR code (both Apple and Android) Please allow PUSH notifications as this will allow alerts to come to your phone.
Have a fabulous week!
Jane, Trish, Fiona, Adela and Julie
term three. Please read carefully as there is a lot of information in this weeks newsletter.
Gymnastics
A huge thank you to all the parents and caregivers that came and helped on the school trip to 'School of Gymnastics' last week. It is very much appreciated.
Our next sessions are as follows
Tuesday 22 August
K15 and K16 - Leave school at 9am and return by 11.30am
K18 - Leave school 10.30am and return by 1pm
Thursday 24 August
K17 - Leave school at 12.30pm and return by 3pm
Your home class teacher will let you know if you are a parent/caregiver helper for this trip.
Poetry Competition
On Wednesday 23 August each home class will have their poetry competition from 11.30am until 12.30pm. There will only be two finalists from each year group i.e., two children from year 3 and two children from year 4. These children will represent their home class against the other year 3 and 4 home classes at 9am on Friday 25 August in the Waimakariri hub.
Parents and Caregivers are most welcome to come along to their home class competition on Wednesday 23 August at 11.30am.
Things that your child can practise at home for last two night....
• Introduce the poem and author
• Eye contact
• Speaking clearly and using a loud voice
• Using expression
• Using actions as part of the poem. They may also like to dress up.
• Learning poem off by heart
Maths-a-thon
We hope that all children are working hard to learn their knowledge basic facts each night. On Monday 28 August the children will be tested on the facts that they learn. The test will be similar to their practise sheet and will have a ten minute limit to ensure that the children have learned the facts to a mastery level.
Completed sponsorship forms and money need to be returned by the 8 September. However, these are not needed until after the 28 August, once the children have completed the test.
Homework
There will be no spelling in week 5 due to poetry competition and maths-a-thon this week.
Myths and Legends -Mask Making
To celebrate our inquiry this term the children will be creating masks based on a character or creature from a Greek or Māori myth. If you are able to, we would appreciate a small koha (gold coin) to help purchase resources and mask bases for the children. This will be very much appreciated.
Calendars, Cards, Notebooks and Diary's 2018
You can view your child's artwork for calendars, cards, notebooks and diaries for 2018 at the office from this week.
Clay Cutting K17 and K18
Please see the home class teacher if you are able to help cut some clay for them to use.
Ice Cream Lids and Aprons for Clay
If you have spare ice cream lids can you please send to school. These are a good surface for children to work off with the clay. Also, if your child has an apron or an old t.shirt at home, it might be a good idea for them to bring to school for when they are working with the clay. However, it isn't essential.
School App
• Download our free School App. It is the most efficient way for us to inform you and is very useful for notifying student absences.
• Use this URL https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/st-albansschool/id1133501573?ls=1&mt=8 2.
• Go to itunes, search for the St Albans School app and click download or android users simply search in the Google Play store
• Use the QR code (both Apple and Android) Please allow PUSH notifications as this will allow alerts to come to your phone.
Have a fabulous week!
Jane, Trish, Fiona, Adela and Julie
Thursday 17 August 2017
Current Events
Beth and Harry did a great job at sharing their current news event in front of the class, prompting some interesting questions.
Tuesday 15 August 2017
Year 3 and 4 Poetry Competition
Next week is the Year 3 and 4 poetry competition. We hope you have all been practising your poems at home and by now have learnt your poem off by heart.
Don't forget to add expression and a couple of gestures to keep the audience entertained.
We have a rubric that is included below to give you an idea of how the judges will be marking.
Kahikatea class competitions will be held next Wednesday at 11:30 in our homebase rooms and the final will be on Friday at 9:00 in Waimakariri hub.
Four children from each class will be chosen to go through to the final (2 year 3's and 2 year 4's).
Don't forget to add expression and a couple of gestures to keep the audience entertained.
We have a rubric that is included below to give you an idea of how the judges will be marking.
Kahikatea class competitions will be held next Wednesday at 11:30 in our homebase rooms and the final will be on Friday at 9:00 in Waimakariri hub.
Four children from each class will be chosen to go through to the final (2 year 3's and 2 year 4's).
Monday 14 August 2017
K17 and K18 on Air Wednesday 12:30-1:30
Just a reminder that a number of children from K17 and K18 will be hosting their own radio show on Wednesday between 12:30-1:30.
To listen to the show:
Go to: http://www.8k.nz or look for the app (looks like a monkey image) on iOS or android.
Go to: http://www.8k.nz or look for the app (looks like a monkey image) on iOS or android.
We hope many of you will spread the word and listen to our very first show!
Sunday 13 August 2017
Maths Week
The children should have all brought home their Maths-a-thon basic facts sheet and sponsor forms today - keep up the practising at home ready for the basic facts test on Monday 28th August.
Welcome friends and family to a very wet and wild start to Week 4.
This week the children are excited to start the first of our two sessions at the Christchurch School of Gymnastics. Please make sure your child is wearing comfortable, stretchy sports clothing to make the most of all the opportunities to tumble, twist and turn!
We are also busy in our classrooms creating a wonderful work of art that will be made into a calendar, cards or a diary that you can purchase through our PTA later in the term. These are great christmas gifts and can easily be posted overseas.
Could we also take his opportunity to remind parents and students to wait on the courts if you are at school before 8:30am. While you can see the teacher's in our rooms before the 8:30 bell, we are busy preparing for the school day ahead and this organisational time is very important to us. If you need to speak to any of your child's teachers please do so as we are very open and encourage you to speak with us directly. We do recommend you make an appointment with us via email or pop in to arrange a time suitable to us both. As you are aware we do have staff and team meetings each week and we also have a wide variety of appointments with other educational professionals outside our classroom contact hours.
Thank you to all the parents bringing in a mixture of textured cardboard, foam, sponge, fabric and the many other weird and wonderful 'junk' items we will be recycling into masks later in the term.
Have a great week everybody.
This week the children are excited to start the first of our two sessions at the Christchurch School of Gymnastics. Please make sure your child is wearing comfortable, stretchy sports clothing to make the most of all the opportunities to tumble, twist and turn!
We are also busy in our classrooms creating a wonderful work of art that will be made into a calendar, cards or a diary that you can purchase through our PTA later in the term. These are great christmas gifts and can easily be posted overseas.
Could we also take his opportunity to remind parents and students to wait on the courts if you are at school before 8:30am. While you can see the teacher's in our rooms before the 8:30 bell, we are busy preparing for the school day ahead and this organisational time is very important to us. If you need to speak to any of your child's teachers please do so as we are very open and encourage you to speak with us directly. We do recommend you make an appointment with us via email or pop in to arrange a time suitable to us both. As you are aware we do have staff and team meetings each week and we also have a wide variety of appointments with other educational professionals outside our classroom contact hours.
Thank you to all the parents bringing in a mixture of textured cardboard, foam, sponge, fabric and the many other weird and wonderful 'junk' items we will be recycling into masks later in the term.
Have a great week everybody.
Current News
K17 and K18 children shared some very interesting news items on Friday. We are really enjoying the different ways the children are sharing their news and the confidence to deliver is excellent. Well done.
Friday 11 August 2017
Fitness
K15 used our weekly buddy time to teach our buddy class how to use elastics. Next week we plan to teach them a rhyme that goes with some of the actions.
Oral Language
On Friday K15 and 16 listened to some more interesting current news event presentations, ranging from recent NZ sporting successes to the end of an era for one of the rides at Rainbows End.
Tuesday 8 August 2017
Citrus Slice
Today K17 and K18 wrote a clear set of instructions on "How to make Citrus Slice." We all worked so well in our groups and ensured we all had a turn at contributing to our finished slice. We can't wait to taste the slice in the morning!
Here is the recipe incase you would like to make it at home:
How To Make Citrus Slice
Ingredients for the base
½ tin condensed milk
125g butter
1 packet of plain biscuits
1 cup of coconut
Juice and zest of one lemon
Ingredients for the icing
1 cup of icing sugar
1 Teaspoon of lemon juice
Hot water
Method
- Melt the butter and condensed milk together.
- Blend biscuits and add to the butter mixture.
- Add the coconut and stir it together.
- Add the lemon juice and lemon zest.
- Mix all the ingredients.
- Press into a greased slice tin, and then refrigerate for one hour.
Icing
- In a bowl, mix icing sugar, lemon juice and enough hot water to form a smooth icing.
- Pour the icing onto the slice base and set in the fridge.
- When set, cut into small squares.
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