Kakano 5 2021

  What a great start to the week we have had! 💥💥💥 The children are incredibly settled and have loved their new learning space. Reports Reports will be sent home this Friday.  Inside the envelope will be another piece of paper, please take the time to complete this and bring to the interviews next week. Interviews Next week we will have Three-Way Goal Setting Conferences for Parent/Student/Teacher. Students and their parent(s) need to make an appointment to attend a 10-minute conference with the child's teacher on one of these two days.  Appointments available Tuesday 3 August 3.10pm - 6pm Wednesday 4 August 3.10pm - 6pm How to make a booking Bookings are now open. How do parents make a booking for their child's Three-Way Conference? Via the following  link  and enter the code  aemzc Via the links button on our School App - select School Interviews - enter the code  aemzc Please note:  If you are late for your appointmen...

  Welcome back to T3!  We hope you all had a restful holiday break. The teachers spent their holidays participating in professional learning and are keen to begin implementing our new learning with the children.   We also have been busy changing things up in our classroom and are excited to see what the children think of their new space. The Kakano 5 space has also moved. Children will still put their bags and do their roll in the same place but our mat area and teaching area has moved through the big sliding doors next to the year twos!! We are very lucky to have such awesome big spaces for our learning and especially learning through play. This week we welcome Mrs Jane Trask to the Kākano whanau.   Mrs Trask and her new children will be working in the room just outside of Kākano.  We can't wait to welcome our new friends. A reminder of the RE art competition: A message from the PTA: PTA AGM The PTA AGM is scheduled for  7pm Wednesday 28 July - first week...

What a wonderful and busy term we had!! All of the children deserve a restful holiday break! On the last day of school, a few items were sent home for the students to carry on their reading over the holidays. You will find this in a clear plastic sleeve in their book bags. All of the students will have: 4 books These are intended to be read by the children over the break. 2 books a week, just like if they were at school. These are books they haven't read before and may find them tricky, so adults can of course support them by reading the books to them first.  A sheet for Sunshine Classics This is an online activity tool that you can do on a computer or iPad. The login is the child's name as one word with a capital letter for the last name (they are all written on the sheet) The password is reading. I have assigned 2 books that you can work through with the children. They will need sound on the device to fully participate in and complete the activities. Please don't feel pre...

  Kia Ora e te Whanau,   We hope you have had an awesome weekend enjoying the sunshine and possibly looking out for our Matariki Stars in the early hours of the morning.   We are so close to the end of term that we only have 4 more school days left! How did time fly so quickly. This week children need to be at school from Monday – Thursday as Friday is a Teachers Only Day. Please contact Mary-Ann Roling from Glenholme Afterschool on 347 0709 or 0211 215599 if you need childcare on this day.  We would like to congratulate all the children in Kākano 4, 5, 6, and 7 for the amazing assemblies that they have done for the school in the last 3 weeks. You were all so brave and confident and we are so proud of you. Also a big thank you to all our parents and whanau that came along to these assemblies, your presence was felt by the children and the school!   We have a very busy and action packed week ahead with things happening before, during and after school.   In t...

  Kia Ora Kākano Whanau We hope everyone has had a nice relaxing weekend.   We have noticed the children are getting very tired as we get closer to the end of the term.  They need to get a good night's sleep so they are ready to learn.  Thank you to the families that bring in spreads for the children to have toast in the mornings.  This has become a very social area and a nice way for the children to settle into their day.  The children are open to trying a range of different types of bread and spreads. They love to talk to others about how they taste and look. The children definitely have their favourite spreads, especially peanut butter.  At the moment, we have lots of honey but could do with other spreads.   Last week the teachers completed all the children's reading testing.  Many children have made progress and moved up levels.  It is important to read every night, even over the weekend.  The teachers leave the books ...

  Wiki Waru - Week 8 Kia Ora Kākano Whanau, Hope you’ve all had a restful weekend and have kept dry!! It is nearly the end of the term and the children have worked hard. They are starting to get tired and alongside the wet, cold weather, might be getting sick. It is important to keep your children at home if they are unwell. If they have been vomiting, please make sure to keep them away from school for at least 24 hours from when they last vomited. This week the teachers will be doing some reading testing to check the children’s progress and support their next learning steps. Reading testing will be done during our usual reading programme at school so children may not be bringing home their usual readers. Some of the readers won’t be at their level and it is OK for you to help them read these books. A reminder that school starts at 8:45am. The expectation is that all students are in class by then and the parents have left the classroom by this time also. It is important that the ch...

  Wiki Whitu - Week 7 Kia Ora Kākano Whanau, It is hard to believe we are starting Week 7!  The teachers have been so proud of all the hard work the children are doing in their learning at home and at school.  You can support your child’s learning at home by reading with them each day, practising the alphabet, practising writing their name.  If you would like other ideas on how to support your child at home please pop in and chat with your child’s teacher. Talent Show This Monday Kākano children are able to show off their talents at the St Mary’s got Talent Show.  It is $1 for children to enter.  If your child wishes to participate please let the class teacher know so we can ensure your child makes it to Room 5 ready for the competition. Kakano 5 Friday Mass On Friday the 18th of June, Kakano 5 and Room 5 will be attending morning mass at our St Mary's Church at 9AM. Families are welcome to attend and we will host a small morning tea for the parishioners af...