tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56806790268524248202024-02-01T22:10:39.591-08:00Room A2 2017 Kendall Maxwell-Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920501653073821191noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680679026852424820.post-30581310098968989172017-11-14T18:49:00.000-08:002017-11-19T17:55:31.308-08:00Week 5 - Term 4 <br />
<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Keeping Ourselves Safe</span></u></b><br />
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This week we will be finishing off our last few Keeping Ourselves Safe lessons. Thank you to those who helped their child with the follow up homework sheets.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Year 1 & 2 Athletics</u></b></span><b><u><span style="font-size: large;"> Day - Tuesday 21st November </span></u></b><br />
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Our Athletics day is being held Block 1 & 2 next Tuesday 21st November. We will be meeting altogether outside Tindalls at 9.30am before heading off to our field events. After morning tea will be doing running races. It is going to be lots of fun! You are welcome to come along to watch. If you want to take your child home afterwards, please let me know and sign them out at the office.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Check out some of learning & creations so far this term ...</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Algebra Patterns in Maths </b></span></div>
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Kendall Maxwell-Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920501653073821191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680679026852424820.post-39438212411170585422017-10-29T20:21:00.001-07:002017-10-29T20:21:31.270-07:00Week 3 - Term 4<br />
<b><u>HATS</u></b><br />
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From this week school bucket hats must be worn when outside.<br />
Children wearing non regulation hats (including the old school cap) or who have no hat will be required to sit/play in the shaded areas. We want children to be protected from the sun.<br />
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<b><u>Mufti Day Tomorrow 31/10/2017</u></b><br />
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No charge mufti day on Tuesday 31st October. It does happen to be Halloween but children do not have to dress up scary. This is just for fun <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f383" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.2ex; margin-right: 0.2ex;"><img alt="đ" border="0" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f383" goomoji="1f383" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f383" style="margin-top: 0px; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></a><br />Outfits that are not scary<br />-Superheroes<br />-Ballerinas<br />-Ninja Turtles<br />-Animals<br />-Onesie<br />-Unicorns<br />-Clothes you wear at home<br />None of the above- Wear your uniform! </div>
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<u><b>Keeping Ourselves Safe Programme</b></u></div>
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Over the next few weeks we will be teaching the units âKnowing what to doâ and âGetting Helpâ in your childâs class. These units are part of the personal safety programmes of Keeping Ourselves Safe connected to our Health curriculum.</div>
The Keeping Ourselves Safe programme enables children and young people to learn and apply a range of safety skills that they can use when interacting with others. Students recognise the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships, and those who have been or are being abused are encouraged to seek help.<br />
<br />Parents/Caregivers should have received a letter via email outlining what is covered in the programme.<br />
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<b><u>Zones of Regulation </u></b></div>
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On Thursday afternoon we had a visitor named Jane come and do some work with us around the '4 zones'. These zones are based on our emotions. </div>
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<b><span style="color: lime;">When we're in this zone we are reading to learn, focused, okay, happy, calm. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">The Blue Zone - 'Running a little bit slow' </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">When we're in this zone we can be feeling tired, bored, shy, sick, sad. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #f1c232;">The Yellow Zone - 'Proceed with Caution but slow down' </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #f1c232;">When we're in this zone we may feel upset, nervous, embarrassed, annoyed, frustrated, silly. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">The Red Zone - 'Stop and Think - No longer in control'</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">When we're in this zone we may be angry, out of control, mean, aggressive, terrified. </span></b><br />
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Jane will be visiting us every Thursday afternoon to do some more talking about the 4 zones of regulation. It would be great if you could talk about these different emotions at home too and how our facial expressions and body languages changes with them. Can you act out different emotions?<br />
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<br />Kendall Maxwell-Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920501653073821191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680679026852424820.post-83207320351004294532017-10-16T02:35:00.003-07:002017-10-16T02:35:47.182-07:00Week 1 - Term 4 <div style="text-align: center;">
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Wow! Hasn't this year gone by fast. I hope you all had a lovely, relaxing break and are roaring to go for Term 4!</div>
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<b>Zoo Trip </b></div>
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Tuesday 17th October A1-A4 are heading off to the Zoo to kick start our wonderings around this term's Inquiry 'Sustainability'. What does that word mean? Why do animals become endangered? How can reduce the amount of waste in the world?</div>
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Please make sure your child has full school uniform on (including black shoes) and has the following things packed for the Zoo</div>
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- lunch</div>
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<b>Maths</b></div>
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We begin this term off by learning about fractions - 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5, 1/10 </div>
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First we will focus on identifying and finding fractions of shapes and lengths (strings, paper etc.) then move onto finding out fractions of numbers - 1/4 of 12. Fractions is a fantastic concept to link with real life - cutting food into equal parts. </div>
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<b>Writing</b></div>
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This term our writing will link in with our Inquiry. We will be learning how to write factual reports on things tying into our Sustainability learning. </div>
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<b>Word Work & Spelling </b></div>
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Our focus for Word Work throughout the first half of the term is on blends - 2 or more letters that make a sound such as /bl/</div>
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Can you please make sure your child has their pink spelling book kept in their book bag every day. Our aim is to have a new list of words to learn every week - first list went home today (to be learnt at home and school) and they will be tested next week. </div>
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<b>Reminders </b></div>
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<b>- </b>Library day is on Wednesday </div>
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- Hats need to be work this term - check they're clearly named</div>
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- Black school shoes must be worn to and from school</div>
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- Book bags to school every day please</div>
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Have a lovely week A2 and whanau</div>
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Miss M :) </div>
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Kendall Maxwell-Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920501653073821191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680679026852424820.post-79322039057094572952017-09-24T17:48:00.001-07:002017-09-24T18:50:48.181-07:00Week 10 - Term 3 <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Culture Festival Week!!</b></span><br />
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<b>The last week of Term 3 is going to be celebrated with our Culture Festival! Children all across the school in many different groups have been working hard to show of their talents. </b><br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.49px;">Tuesday - Run through in the hall for all performers</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.49px;">Wednesday - Full dress rehearsal; all non-performers make up the audience for this</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.49px;">Thursday - Matinee performance at 1 pm and evening performance at 6.30pm</span></span></i><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.49px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Tickets: are $2/person/seat and are available in the library Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday or until sold out.</span> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.49px;"><span style="color: red;"><b style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-size: 14.49px;">Year 2 performers (that's us) go to B1 at 6pm</b></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px;"><span style="color: red;">Please deliver your performer to the classroom no later than 6 pm. They may bring snacks and something to occupy themselves with, if they wish (no devices).</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.49px;"></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px;">Hip Hop: L2</b><br style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px;">Junior Choir L5</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.49px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><u>What to wear...</u></b></span></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.49px;"><span style="color: blue;"><u>Year 2 item - </u>Some children will be wearing a costume from the Sunflower show. These children know who they are. All other children need to wear plain <u>bright coloured clothes please.</u></span></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.49px;"><u>Peaches & Pickles Items - </u>Hopefully you should have received an email from Peaches and Pickles regarding outfits for each group. Please let me know if you haven't and I will forward on to you. Children will be able to get changed in their holding room after they have performed their first item. Please make sure everything is clearly named - name and classroom. </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>Please bring these outfits to school tomorrow (Tuesday) or Wednesday at the latest. </b></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.49px;">Feel free to get in touch with me if you're unsure of anything - </span></span></b><br />
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Check out our Motat photos <a href="http://room-a2-2017.blogspot.co.nz/p/photos.html" target="_blank">here</a>. We had such a fabulous time there. We were very lucky that the rain held off for most parts of the day. Thank you again to our parent helpers and to all children in A2 for such a tremendous day. Wasn't life so different 100 years ago!<br />
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On Wednesday we head off to Motat to learn about how life and houses have changed in Auckland. This ties into our 'Movement' inquiry for the term.<br />
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Thank you to all of our wonderful parents who offered to help out on the trip. Unfortunately we couldn't take everyone.<br />
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This week we are focus on forming our lowercase letters - r, n, m, h, k<br />
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We are focusing on the /ow/ (wow) /ou/ (house) sounds and /oy/ (toy) /oi/ (coin) sounds.<br />
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A2 are really into McGarvey books at the moment. We are in the middle of publishing some fantastic writing retelling the story Grandma McGarvey Goes to Sea.<br />
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From next week A2 and B1 will be buddying up to use the bikes. It would be great if we had some children bring their own bikes to school on Mondays so there's enough bikes for all.<br />
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<br />Kendall Maxwell-Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920501653073821191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680679026852424820.post-86702109871658873642017-08-14T03:21:00.001-07:002017-08-14T03:23:04.637-07:00Week 4 Term 3 Well done to everyone in A2 and across Year 2 who took part in the Production. The show was absolutely incredible. I'm very proud of everyone for their great success.<br />
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Children in O1 were so amazed by and wanted to tell us what they enjoyed.</div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "indie flower"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Congratulations! I loved it. I really liked the singing but I liked it all. Good work.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "short stack"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I liked it best when all the cows and the bulls danced to the music.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "alfa slab one"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Guess what my favourite part was? My favourite part was when the bulls came on stage and the background music. </span></span></div>
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This week is Maths Week!! We are taking part in the Survivor Series daily problem solving tasks (so we can find the treasure on Friday) and will also be putting our estimation skills to work. Whoever has the right (or closest to) daily estimate gets to go in the whole school draw to win a neat prize. Ask your child about their clues they have so far or the estimate they made. </div>
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Our Inquiry focus for the term is Movement. We are looking at why people move and how, what houses looked like in the past, now and around the world. This week, we're looking into our own movement - who has moved house, towns or country and what our houses look like, how old they might be and what they're made of. </div>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you have more than one child please donât book back-to-back meeting times but allow yourself time between meetings.<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto condensed" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></li>
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Kendall Maxwell-Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920501653073821191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680679026852424820.post-25787529626467172962017-07-30T21:11:00.000-07:002017-07-30T21:11:01.378-07:00Week 2 Term 3 <b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Production</u></span></b><br />
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Only 1 more week until the big show! Shows times are <b><u>Tuesday 9th August at 1.45pm- 2.30pm</u></b> and <u><b>Wednesday 10th August 9.45am-10.30am.</b></u> <br />
Well done to all of the Year 2 children for their hard work they have been putting into our practices. Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will be practising with our costumes/outfits on.<br />
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This week production practice will be taking place Mon-Thurs for a big chunk of each day. It is important that we use this time while we lead up to the big performance on Wednesday and Thursday of Week 3.<br />
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<b>Autumn Leaf Dancer</b> â black leggings and a plain autumn coloured t-shirt<br />
<b>Market Seller </b>â plain shorts / leggings / trousers and plain t-shirt (no patterns)<br />
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<b><u style="background-color: yellow;">HELP!!</u></b> â if anyone has any autumn coloured plain t-shirts, black leggings, black t-shirts that they would be willing to lend us, then that would be fab!! If you could put your childâs name in anything lent that would be great.<br />
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As you know, the Year 2 children are busy practising for our upcoming production 'There's a Sunflower In My Supper'. We had initially planned to perform the show in the last week of this term but to allow the children to reach their full potential we have changed the dates. The new dates for the shows will be Week 3, Term 3 - Wednesday 9th August at 1.45pm and Thursday 10th August at 9.45am. </div>
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We are also on the hunt for any type of bugs/mini beasts costumes. If you have one that we could borrow please send it to school (clearly named so it comes back to the right owner). Please note that the costume may not be worn by your child as all children have a different role in the show. </div>
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Our production practices continues 3 times a week. We have been working so hard to learn our lines, the songs or to play an instrument.<br />
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- No toys are to be brought to school. If your child would like to bring a toy to share for news in needs to be given to the teacher and kept in a safe place until home time<br />
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Our big book this week is called 'Crumpet, the Cat'. We are focusing on making predictions and retelling the story, the '-ink' and '-at' word families and verbs. </div>
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Last week we finished our first Roald Dahl story - 'The Magic Finger' and have begun reading George's Marvelous Medicine'. The children did some art this afternoon of what they imagined some of the characters to look like. Feel free to pop in and have a look later in the week when they're complete. </div>
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For writing this week we are learning how to write instructions. We are going to write the instructions on how to plant a sunflower based on our experience on Friday. Our step by step instructions need to start with a Bossy Verb (put, poor) and be nice and clear. We will also be making jelly this week so we can look at the <b><u>physical</u></b> <u style="font-weight: bold;">changes </u>and write our own set of step by step instructions. </div>
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Kendall Maxwell-Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920501653073821191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680679026852424820.post-43349103139855272112017-05-02T04:30:00.003-07:002017-05-02T04:30:57.128-07:00Welcome to Week 1 of Term 2 <br />
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<br />Welcome back to Term 2! I hope you all had a lovely break over the holidays.<br />
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<b>Inquiry - Change </b><br />
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<b>Writing & Word Work </b><br />
Our writing this term will often be linked to our inquiry, so we will be writing instructions, procedures and explanations. For word work, we are focusing on learning our digraphs - 2 or more letters that make a <b><u>new</u></b> sound like th, ow, ar<br />
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<b>Reading </b><br />
Readers will continue to come home this term. There will be weeks where your child may only receive 1 or 2 different readers as some of our reading will be integrated into inquiry and production (later in the term). Rereading books is beneficial to your child as it helps with their fluency, comprehension and instant word recognition.<br />
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<b>Maths </b><br />
This term we will be focusing on Addition and Subtraction. You can help your child with this by encouraging them to count on or back when solving a problem. It's important that the children know their before and after numbers up to at least 100 to help them use this strategy. We will also be looking at measurement - weight.<br />
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<b>Discovery Time</b><br />
Last term, A1 and A2 trialled working together at different stations and we all absolutely loved it! This time allows the children to explore their learning through their own interests, passions, wonderings and urges. The stations in our classrooms will change every couple of weeks and aligns with the NZ Curriculum. It is a popular time in our class where the children are making their own choices and engaged in their activity. Photos will be loaded throughout the term.<br />
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<li>Library day is on a Wednesday - book needs to be returned to issue a new one </li>
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Kendall Maxwell-Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920501653073821191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680679026852424820.post-9486316894400198572017-02-26T19:42:00.003-08:002017-02-26T19:42:47.482-08:00First Day in A2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">TO BE THE BEST <b><u>WE</u></b> CAN BE</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">TOGETHER WE INSPIRE LEARNING</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">WHAKAHUI, WHAKAMANAWA, TATOU AKO</span></div>
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Welcome to A2's online learning space. This blog is a great place for A2's whanau to:</div>
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<li>keep updated with our learning focus </li>
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2017 is going to be a fabulous year! I am looking forward to getting to know the wonderful students and their family. Please remember to book a time for the meet the teacher interviews next week on the 1st/2nd February. <a href="https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/?z=FB2Da5" target="_blank">Click here</a> to make a booking using the code Tfa2K</div>
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I myself grew up in Whangaparaoa, attending all of the local schools before venturing down to Hamilton for University. </div>
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I love my family and enjoy spending as much time with them as possible. My partner has a 7 year old daughter named Ana who lives with us and will be going to Whangaparaoa this year too. </div>
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I enjoy camping, cooking, catching up with friends, being at the beach, doing any sorts of puzzles and reading!</div>
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Miss Maxwell-Brown<br />kmaxwell-brown@wgp.school.nz</h4>
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<br />Kendall Maxwell-Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920501653073821191noreply@blogger.com0