Kia Ora koutou,
Welcome to the Kōwhai Community, to Madison, Oscar, Giorgio and Talia. We are so happy to have you here. We have been very busy in Kōwhai learning how to read our alphabet, books and high frequency words. We have been writing great stories and learning how to write letters and the sounds that they make. Don't forget to get the children to sing our phonics songs to you, they are in the children's alphabet books if you would like to sing along!! Thanks to all of the parents who have cut out the high frequency words and are using these at home. If you are interested in practising the handwriting at home we have included a copy of how we teach the letter formation at the front of the alphabet books. During maths we have been busy learning all about numbers. You might have heard all about the number of the day or about the games we have been playing to help us read, write and add numbers. We have sent home a 100s chart in reading packets, these can be used at home to help children read numbers, look for numbers before and after, and look for patterns. If you would like some ideas to help your child with their number knowledge, feel free to talk to your child's pod teacher. Photos Thanks so much to the families that have already brought in a photo for our gallery. We would really love to see a photo of every child up on our windowsill. You can bring it in already in a frame, or we have spare frames at school. Goal setting forms Today we will send home our completed goal setting forms for your reference. Thank you so much for sharing this time with us. It was so lovely to come together and set goals with the children. Mystery bottles Our school fete is fast approaching and Kōwhai are running the Mystery Bottle stall. We are after your help with this please. We are asking for every child to please send in two bottles (or more if you wish) for us to sell at our stall. Bottles could include - bottles filled with lollies, sauces, shower gels, or something far more creative! We will then wrap them and sell them at the fete! Thanks you, for your help with this. Lost Property We have a blue unnamed sweatshirt and a pair of boys blue togs in our community, if you think they could belong to you, come and see one of the teachers to claim them! Sandpit Toys We are on the hunt for any metal spades for digging in our sandpit, or any old pots and pans for our mud kitchen. If you have any you no longer need at home, we would love to use them! Thanks in advance. Seesaw We are enjoying sharing our learning with you on Seesaw and seeing all of your comments. If you haven't connected to your child's journal you can do so at the following link. How to sign up:
Swimming We are coming to the end of our swimming time. We will aim to swim on Wednesday and Friday (weather permitting). Once the weather cools down we will make a call on whether we continue. Parent Help Thank you, to all of the parents who have offered to help in our community. If you are keen to help there are many ways you can do this. You could join in with play or take a small activity Monday - Thursday mornings or Friday afternoons, read pictures books to small groups of children first thing in the morning or put reading books away any day after 11 am. This doesn't need to be a weekly commitment we are just grateful for any time that you have spare. Science Roadshow On Monday we are looking forward to a visit from the Science Roadshow. We look forward to sharing our learning with you on Seesaw during the visit. Enjoy your weekend and see you all in week 7. Thelma, Sonja, Julia, Jeanette and Jo [email protected]
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