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Good morning!  Welcome back to Term 2- what a lovely day to be back!!

News/Oral Language:

Each student will have a day to bring something little or share a story with the class. Our goal for news time is to ask Who/What/Where questions and we will expand on that as we go forward. The news days are below:
Monday:Charlie, Marley, Kiana
Tuesday: Jayveer, Oaklee
Wednesday: Tarver, Matai
Thursday: Harlow, Irhaa
Friday: Kumi, Glenda

Cross Country:

Next Wednesday (29th April), we will be travelling out to Laghmor to do our cross country. We would love for you to join us and support our tamariki in their running. Below are the timings for the day.
11am- Leave Borough
11:30- Lunch
12:00- Senior Prizegiving
12:30- Year 1 race
12:50- Year 2 race
1:15- Year 3 race
1:45- Junior Prizegiving
2:20- Depart for Borough

Market Day:

This Friday (24th April), there will be a Market Day at school. If you can, please send in some gold coins with your child so that they can participate in buying products made by senior students.

School Interviews:

These are coming up on 4th and 6th May. Please go on the Bookings tab to book. Your child should be in attendance with you. If your child has only just started and you don't feel the need to make a booking, please let me know, and I will ensure we book a catch up later in the term.

Have a great week, 

Anna

anna.harper@ashborough.school.nz

Upcoming dates:

24th April- Market Day
27th April- Anzac Day- no school
29th April- Cross Country
4th & 6th May- Parent Interviews
1st June- Kings Birthday- no school
2nd June- Teacher Only Day

Kia ora whānau,

Welcome back to Term 2. I hope you all had a restful break and that the tamariki are feeling refreshed and ready for the term ahead.

This term, our class is now located in the middle block of the school. We are still in the process of setting up our new space, so please bear with me over the first few days as we get everything organised and running smoothly.

This term is an 11-week term, and we have a lot of exciting learning planned.

Learning Overview

Our inquiry focus this term is Curiosity – exploring how asking questions helps us understand the world around us. We will be linking this across our learning areas, including:

ANZAC learning in the first few weeks
Matariki, including stars, stories, and reflection
Science inquiry, where students will investigate their own questions
In literacy, we will be focusing on writing to inform, persuade and entertain. Our shared class novel this term is Charlotte’s Web, which we will use to support reading, discussion and writing.

Weekly Programme Highlights

Art: Tuesday afternoons
Sport with Claudia: Wednesday afternoons
Kapa Haka: Wednesday after lunch
News: 3 students per week - Thursday afternoons 
Homework check in: Thursday Mornings

Homework and Reading

Homework and reading books will begin in Week 2. Homework has been designed to be fun, manageable and independent, while linking closely to what we are learning in class. Students will receive a booklet and can complete two pages per week (1 maths/ 1 literacy).

Important Dates

Week 1: Science Alive – Thursday 23rd April - STEM programme: Big Reactions: Fire & Ice
Week 2: Monday is the ANZAC Day public holiday
Cross Country: Wednesday 29th April (Week 2) at the Lagmhor site. We will be travelling by bus in the morning

If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch.

Ngā mihi,
Anna Davies

Term 2 News Sharing Roster

Week 2 - Darien, Kasanita, Maddox
Week 3 - Charlie, Grace, Hudson
Week 4 - Keeley, Satisi, Aman
Week 5 - Jackson, Marleigh, Mueez
Week 6 - Olive, Ronin, Steve
Week 7 - Antillea, Emily, Roman
Week 8 - Amaia, Dainel, Henry
Week 9 - Lyra, Vindiv

What Kind of News Can I Share?

Your news is something you want to tell the class about. It should be something real, interesting, and important to you.

Kia Ora e te whanau,

Just a reminder for our year 8s that tech will start again on Mondays this term. Be at school for the bus as it leaves school by 8.45am.

Enjoy your weekend. 

Hinehau and Gemma.  

Kia ora, 

I hope everyone has had a relaxing break, I just want to send out a reminder Skoolloop about Cross Country that is happening this term.

Location: Lagmhor School
Date: Wednesday 29th April - Week 2

There will be a timetable on when each year level will be running very soon. 

Enjoy the last couple of days in the sunshine! 

Ella Shapland