Week 2 Term 3

We had a wonderful first week back with our beautiful Kakano kiddies. They had a fantastic time sharing their holiday adventures with their friends, and us, and getting right back into the swing of school life. There would have been some very tired kiddies on Friday - followed very closely by their teachers.

Here’s what is on this week:

Mon - 

Tues - Go4it with Khush

• Milo for sale (see poster below)

• Student Led Conferences  3:10 - 5:50 

Wed - Student Led Conferences  3:15 - 5:35

Thurs - Coin trail (see poster below)

- Kakano 3 Library Day

Fri - Sausage sizzle and juicies $1.50 each

• Assembly 2:00 = Kakano 2 (Miss Ryan’s class) are leading assembly this week. All friends and family are welcome to come to our assembly.

School Interviews

Thank you to all those parents who have made a booking with their classroom teacher for Student Led Conferences. We look forward to seeing all of you and sharing your child’s progress and setting goals for the next steps in their learning. If you still need to make a booking, please click on this link - School Interviews - and enter the event code: bnp5z

Library

Our Library day is Thursday. Kakano 3 have a very large number of outstanding library books, please, have a good look for them. Kay works really hard to make sure our library is filled with gorgeous books - let's help her out by returning them on time. Thanks.

Bread Tags for Wheelchairs

Thank you to everyone who is sending in their bread bag tags. Keep sending them in. The Young Vinnies are collecting them until the end of term 3. Here is some information about how the bread tags are used.

Bread Tags for Wheelchairs was started in South Africa in 2006 by Mary Honeybun. It is a community program where individuals and organisations collect bread tags, which are sold to a South African plastics moulding company, Zibo. The bread tags are recycled and used in the manufacture of seedling trays. The money raised pays for wheelchairs for the less fortunate which are purchased through a local pharmacy. Currently about 500kg of bread tags are collected a month in South Africa, funding 2-3 wheelchairs.

From our PTA:

• Gala 2020. This year our awesome community raised a whopping profit of $21, 894.62 This is for the middle school sound system.  Thank you to everyone who helped, sponsored or attended the gala.  

• The PTA AGM meeting will be held on the 29th of July at 7pm in the school staffroom.  Everyone is welcome, drinks and nibbles provided.

• 'Caring Community' If you or anybody you know are struggling or experiencing a tough time, the PTA’s caring community is available to prepare meals for families in need.  This can include but not limited to, bereavement in the family, financial hardship, health struggles.  We know times are tough and want to support our school whanau.  This is also a confidential service and information is not shared.  Please contact Renee Roberts on 021902530 or email remcleaver@icloud.com

Niksham, for those of you who haven't had the pleasure of meeting him, is a lovely boy from Room 2. It's pretty hard times for this whanau - every small donation will be much appreciated.

Week 1 Term 3 2020

Welcome back everyone!

We hope you had a wonderful break with your families and friends. Term 3 is going to be a busy one so make sure you keep in touch. Our class blog will keep you updated each week but there is also the school website, Facebook account and we are, as always, only an email away. 

This term is all planned and we are rested, revived and ready for action.  Our Concept for Term 3 is Explorers - going into the unknown.  We have lots of great play experiences planned and will be encouraging our kids to be explorers in learning throughout the day.

Term 3 RE focuses around 2 strands - Jesus (Jesus Showed His Love in Different Ways) and Church (Gathering, Celebrating and Living God’s Presence). We will be leading a liturgy in Week 4 and will send out more info closer to the time.

In week 2 we have our learning conferences. These are an opportunity for us all (teacher, parent and student) to discuss where we are at and how to support further learning. We will be setting 1 literacy goal, 1 numeracy goal and 1 Values/Key Competency goal to work on together during the coming weeks.

Conferences will be held:

• Tuesday 28 July 3.10  -  5.50pm

• Wednesday 29 July 3.15 -  5.35pm

Bookings are now open. Go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the event code bnp5z.

 

Our Holiday Reading Programme has been running over the holidays. Reading Logs need to be brought back to school by Thursday. We have lots of cool prizes for the lucky draw. All children who participate go in the draw for a prize. 

Some of the Exciting Term 3 Events

• Assumption of Mary Liturgy

• Assemblies X2

• Go4it Programme

• Grandparents Day

• Mary MacKillop Day

• Maths Week

• Mini Marathon

See you tomorrow!

PTA DISCO on Thursday

PTA Disco is on Thursday not as advertised on our blogs.

Week 12

Our final week of Term 2 is here. It has been a loooooong term and some of our little cherubs will need a lot of rest over the holidays (so will the teachers). The time has certainly flown by and we have loved sharing in their learning journey.

School photos

On Wednesday we have our school photos. We are not sure what time our slot is but if you would like to put a brush or comb in your child's bag we can help them look super amazing for their shot. Boys wear the school jersey (not fleece). If you have a jersey, please wear it so we don't have last minute jersey swaps that mess up their flash hair.

Literacy focus

This week we will be having our home groups. We will continue to work on fluency. We need to read smoothly all the way to each full-stop. Reading fluently can help us to understand the text a bit better.

In writing, we will be continuing to make our sentences longer and more interesting. We will aim to use descriptive words and ‘because’, ‘so’ and ‘and’ to join ideas.

Maths Focus:

We will be continuing with subtraction. You can help by practicing counting backwards from any number 0-50. We also need to use our literacy skills in maths - what words tell us that the problem is subtraction? (Take away, minus left, gives, …) 

Religious Education

We will be looking at the sacrament of baptism exploring how we are welcomed into God’s family, the symbols and rituals involved. 

Reminders:

• If your child is unwell PLEASE keep them at home to help prevent the spread of germs and sickness. We have worked so hard to keep ourselves germ free since coming back to school and we would like to stay that way.

• If it is wet please can you pick up your child from the classroom. This means we are not keeping them standing around in the rain.

• The RE Art competition closes this week. The theme is Catholic Character (Mary MacKillop, symbols, Jesus, bible, ...). You can use any medium that you want - knit, paint, draw, sculpt…  Have fun! This is the final week to get your child’s entries in for the RE competition. Well done to those children who have entered already.

• This week:

• • Mon:

  • Tues: Kakano 2 library

  • Wed: Kakano 1 library

  School photos

  • Thurs: Kakano 3 library

  PTA Disco 5:30-7pm in the hall (free entry). Please, be prompt to pick up your children at 7pm from the hall - the wonderful PTA need to get their kids home to bed, too.
• Friday - Golden Time -Assembly

Week 11 Term 2 2020

Week 11

Time really is flying this term and in the same breath it feels like the term is never ending. Our awesome little Kakano kiddies are continuing to grow in their independence and are amazingly supportive with their peers. Thank you for your continued support with this growth. 

Reminders:

• Thank you to those families who have returned their mid-year reports. If you still have your child's report at home, please complete the form and return to class on Monday (22nd June).

• If your child is unwell PLEASE keep them at home to help prevent the spread of germs and sickness. We have worked so hard to keep ourselves germ free since coming back to school and we would like to stay that way.

• The RE Art competition closes next week. The theme is Catholic Character (Mary MacKillop, symbols, Jesus, bible, ...). You can use any medium that you want - knit, paint, draw, sculpt…  Have fun!

This week:

• Mon:

• Tues: Kakano 2 library

• Wed: Kakano 1 library

• Thurs: Kakano 3 library

• Fri: Golden Time

       Assembly

Literacy Focus:

In writing, we will be looking at how we can make our sentences more interesting. We can use descriptive words and words like ‘because’, ‘so’ and ‘and’ to join ideas.  In reading we will be working on fluency. We need to read smoothly all the way to each full-stop. Reading fluently can help us to understand the text a bit better.

Maths Focus:

We will be continuing with subtraction. You can help by practicing counting backwards from any number 0-50. We also need to use our literacy skills in maths - what words tell us that the problem is subtraction? (Take away, left, gives, …) 

Religious Education

This week we will be doing some follow up work around the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We will be looking into the meanings surrounding Jesus’ heart and the different ways we can continue to show our love for Jesus. We will also be learning about the Holy Eucharist and how the Holy Spirit brings about the presence of Jesus in the church.

Week 10 T2 2020

Time flies when you’re having fun and this term is really flying! We are really very proud of our Kakano whanau. These incredible little people are really moving with their learning, independence and, best of all, they show us every day that they are kind, respectful, positive and caring. We are so lucky to have such wonderful workmates.

This week:

Mon:

Tues: K2 - Library

Wed: K1 - Library

Thurs: K3 - Library

Fri: Sacred Heart Liturgy

       Golden Time

Literacy Focus:

We have noticed that many of our learners have quite strong skills in phonics, reading or writing BUT they aren’t always able to see how their skills and knowledge in one area can help them in another. This week we will be making the connections between phonics, reading and writing a little clearer. 

Maths Focus:

We will be continuing with subtraction. You can help by practising counting backwards from any number 0-50. We also need to use our literacy skills in maths - what words tell us that the problem is subtraction? (Take away, left, gives, …) 

Religious Education:

Ko te Wairua Tapu a te Atua, he wairua aroha, he wairua rangimarie,

he wairua hari. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of love, peace and joy.  We will be learning how to share love, peace and joy with the people around us. We will also be preparing for the Feast of the Sacred Heart. On this feast day, we recognise and celebrate Jesus endless love for us. If you celebrate the Sacred Heart in a special way (heart art, heart baking, special prayer…) we would love for you to share your celebration with us on educa.

Mid-year reporting and conferencing: 

We have decided due to the Covid-19 outbreak to do our mid-year reporting a little differently this year.  You have been a huge part of our teaching team this term and we are very interested in getting your views on how learning at home went for your child. The rubric, that was sent home on Friday, will form the base of a ‘collaborative mid-year report’. 

 

Please, complete the learning at home section and return the form to school, by Wednesday, so that we can complete our part.  In the first weeks of Term 3 we will sit down together and use the completed form, as well as information about academic progress, to set goals for the new term. We have really enjoyed working alongside you this term and are looking forward to keeping the momentum going. Thank you for your incredible efforts and your support.

Assembly

Another big "Congrats!" to Kakano 3 for their assembly. You are so cool, calm and collected - I am a very proud teacher. I have put a few photos in the previous blog post AND there are a bunch more on educa.

Friendship

Kakano 3 led the assembly on Friday afternoon. It was all about friendship. Here are some photos that show what lovely friends the Kakano 3 kids really are. You kids are the best!