Kia ora Parents and Caregivers  

A huge thank you to all of you for dressing up your children in book characters. Everyone in the class were dressed.. Ka Pai! 

Check out some pictures of our book characters 😊

Tēnā koutou to all Parents and Caregivers

For Maori Language Week, our children got to weave the fish of Maui from flax. Firstly, they studied the story of Maui and then they discovered how North Island got its name " Te Ika a Maui, meaning the fish of Maui". Do ask them what all they learnt about 'Aotearoa" and the joy they had when they sang the waiata while weaving. Enjoy a short clip and few photos. Ngā mihi. 

  

PCS ROOM 17

         WELCOME TO TERM 3
                   

MEET THE TEACHER 

Kia ora, namaste, bula, talofa lava, chào bạn, 你好,néih hóu, hello! to all the parents, caregivers and whanau of Room 17. My name is Mrs Kumar and I am the new teacher for Room 17. I am excited to teach your lovely children and help them progress in their studies. Please feel free to contact or meet me to discuss about your child's learning. 

Favourites

Food – Prawn, Crab Curry and Duck 

Subject – English

Flowers- Roses and Sunflower

Colours- Burgundy

Hobbies- Cooking, Baking, Reading, Dancing and Singing

Sports- Netball and Rugby

Season- Summer as I am from the beautiful islands of Fiji

Book- Nancy Drew Series 

What we have been up to:

Week 2 was cook island language week. Therefore, we incorporated this in our dance class and children got to learn cook island dance. Boys performed 'Hura' and girls 'Ura'. There was so much laughter, fun and excitement during this course of learning. Do ask your children about the cook island dance off 😊

Below are some pictures for you to enjoy 

Room 17 Classroom Displays

Hello All,

Check out our awesome classroom displays:)

Update

Hello All,

Room 17 have had a very busy, hardworking during Term 2. For Topic, we learned all about the various jobs and occupations that people did and the different roles each occupation has. We had a fantastic trip to the Zoo and learned a lot about the different jobs at the zoo.

We had Harold visit us recently from the Life Education Caravan and we learned a lot about the Healthy Foods that we need for our body to function well.

We wrote some very detailed Reports in Writing about Tigers this Term. Room 17 have been learning to write some fun Ten Lies Poems and Diamante Poems. Diamante Poems are seven lines and it focuses on the Antonyms/Opposites of words. Room 17 wrote some Diamante Poems on Day and Night, Cats and Dogs, Summer and Winter.

Our teacher Mrs Prasad is leaving at the end of Term 2, we welcome a new teacher to Room 17 Mrs Kumar who will be teaching Room 17 for the remainder of the year.


The Parent Teacher Conferences are on Thursday 7th of July and I am looking forward to meeting you all and discussing the wonderful progress that your children have made this year.

I hope you all have a lovely, enjoyable and restful holiday.

Zoo Trip Photos

In Week 4, The Year 3 students went to Auckland Zoo as part of our Learning Inquiry Topic: Jobs and Occupations.

We learned a lot about the different roles and occupations at the zoo and had a lovely time. 

Check out the photos:)

Welcome back to Term 2

Welcome back to Term 2,

I hope that you all had a restful and enjoyable holiday. We have a very busy term ahead with lots of learning, assessments, fun and exciting things to look forward to this term.  The mid term School Reports will be sent home this term.

The value for the Term is Honesty. Honesty is always and only telling the truth even if you have made a mistake, you need to own up and tell the truth. This is a very important value.

It is important that the children come to school on time and get ready for the day at 8.30am. The hand bell rings at 8.45am and school starts at 8.50am.

The topic for this Term is:
1. Jobs and Occupations.

We be learning about all the various and important jobs and occupations that people do in our community and how their roles are very important.

We also have an upcoming trip later on during the term.

For Health:
Harold from the Life Education Caravan will be visiting us.

The new buildings are under construction and we are enjoying seeing all the progress.

Homework Each Week
1. Homework sheets are given out on a Monday and it is important for children to do some of the homework each night. It is due on Friday.

2. Readers are given out to take home each day. Children are expected to be reading 15 minutes each night.

3. Each student gets 10 spelling words to learn and write into their spelling notebooks on Monday and it is important they learn their spelling words each day.  Please check that the words are learnt and spelling buddy tests are on a Friday.  
A good strategy to learn new spelling words is: 
LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE the word.

4. Students need to be doing Mathletics tasks assigned to them, practice and learn their basic facts each night.