Exploring the National Library and Tepapa
Kia Ora Koutou! Ni Hao! We are an enthusiastic group of Year 0-2 children in Koru Hub, Amesbury School. We look forward to sharing our learning with you through our blog, along with Angela, Michael, Demelza and Erica.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Chilled Fruit Juice Available
Kia ora koutou,
We still have a number of small juice packs left over from our wonderful Summer Day Out at the weekend.
They are Charlie's fresh orange or apple juice (not made from concentrate). We are storing them in the fridge in the team space in Koru hub, and we are selling them for $2. All proceeds will go to the fundraising for our senior playground.
If you would like your child/ren to have a chilled juice at morning tea or lunch simply send them along with $2. Available while stocks last!
We still have a number of small juice packs left over from our wonderful Summer Day Out at the weekend.
They are Charlie's fresh orange or apple juice (not made from concentrate). We are storing them in the fridge in the team space in Koru hub, and we are selling them for $2. All proceeds will go to the fundraising for our senior playground.
If you would like your child/ren to have a chilled juice at morning tea or lunch simply send them along with $2. Available while stocks last!
Friday, February 22, 2013
Camping Equipment List and Timetable
Only 6 sleeps to go until our camp!
The children have been busy with maths problem solving to help plan our camp. They have now completed our menu, activities and equipment requirements.
Equipment List
Change of clothes for Friday (mufti)
Warm jacket
Sun hat and drink bottle
Suitable outdoor footwear
Togs and towel
Toiletries: Toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, face cloth etc
Sleeping bag and pillow
Sleeping roll or airbed or stretcher
Torch
Pyjamas
Dinner plate, cereal bowl, knife, fork, spoon
Any necessary medication
Optional: Nightlight, teddy bear, book
ALL THINGS TO BE NAMED PLEASE
Other important notes:
* Please drop tents off on Thursday morning to kakariki
* Wear uniform to school on Thursday
* Tents are being put up at 1:40pm - any parents are welcome to come to school at this time to
help us
* Children go home at 3pm
* Come back to school at 5pm in mufti and with your equipment
* An adult will be in each tent with the children overnight
* All children will be fed Thursday dinner, supper, Friday breakfast, morning tea and lunch
* Vegetarian and gluten free have been planned for
* Those not staying the night are welcome to join us for breakfast at 8am, or just come to school in
mufti at 9am
* All equipment can be picked up at 3pm on Friday
* Teachers have their work cell phones on them so feel free to call if you need to
Camp Timetable
Thursday (in uniform)
9:00am A group of children grocery shopping
Creating Camp treaty
11:30 Preparing/Cooking our camp snacks
1:40pm Putting up the tents
3:00 Children go home to get changed and get their equipment
5:00 Come to school
Start BBQ
Set beds up
Soccer and volleyball games
Dinner Marshmellows / Night Walk
Supper, brush teeth, story
Bed
ZZZzzzzzzzz
Friday (in mufti)
7:00am Get up and dressed
Tidy tents
Play
8:00 Breakfast
Brush teeth, clean
Tidy tent
Play
9:00 Camp games led by children
11:00 Morning Tea
11:30 Tents down
Water slide and pool
1:00 Lunch
1:50 Movie
3:00 Camp finishes - home time
Happy camping everyone :-)
Equipment List
Change of clothes for Friday (mufti)
Warm jacket
Sun hat and drink bottle
Suitable outdoor footwear
Togs and towel
Toiletries: Toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, face cloth etc
Sleeping bag and pillow
Sleeping roll or airbed or stretcher
Torch
Pyjamas
Dinner plate, cereal bowl, knife, fork, spoon
Any necessary medication
Optional: Nightlight, teddy bear, book
ALL THINGS TO BE NAMED PLEASE
Other important notes:
* Please drop tents off on Thursday morning to kakariki
* Wear uniform to school on Thursday
* Tents are being put up at 1:40pm - any parents are welcome to come to school at this time to
help us
* Children go home at 3pm
* Come back to school at 5pm in mufti and with your equipment
* An adult will be in each tent with the children overnight
* All children will be fed Thursday dinner, supper, Friday breakfast, morning tea and lunch
* Vegetarian and gluten free have been planned for
* Those not staying the night are welcome to join us for breakfast at 8am, or just come to school in
mufti at 9am
* All equipment can be picked up at 3pm on Friday
* Teachers have their work cell phones on them so feel free to call if you need to
Camp Timetable
Thursday (in uniform)
9:00am A group of children grocery shopping
Creating Camp treaty
11:30 Preparing/Cooking our camp snacks
1:40pm Putting up the tents
3:00 Children go home to get changed and get their equipment
5:00 Come to school
Start BBQ
Set beds up
Soccer and volleyball games
Dinner Marshmellows / Night Walk
Supper, brush teeth, story
Bed
ZZZzzzzzzzz
Friday (in mufti)
7:00am Get up and dressed
Tidy tents
Play
8:00 Breakfast
Brush teeth, clean
Tidy tent
Play
9:00 Camp games led by children
11:00 Morning Tea
11:30 Tents down
Water slide and pool
1:00 Lunch
1:50 Movie
3:00 Camp finishes - home time
Happy camping everyone :-)
Monday, February 18, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Friday, February 8, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
World Education Games
The Games have returned!
The waiting is over... the big day has
arrived! The World Education Games website has officially launched for the 2013
event - the warm-up period has begun!
This year, the World Education Games is bigger and better than ever - with a sleek new look, new features and lots of additional resources to make the next few weeks a really exciting time in schools and homes across the world.
5 March - World Literacy Day
6 March - World Maths Day
7 March - World Science Day
Those with Mathletics usernames and passwords have been automatically registered to take part. Students and teachers can simply sign into www.worldeducationgames.com with their existing usernames and passwords.
This year, the World Education Games is bigger and better than ever - with a sleek new look, new features and lots of additional resources to make the next few weeks a really exciting time in schools and homes across the world.
5 March - World Literacy Day
6 March - World Maths Day
7 March - World Science Day
Those with Mathletics usernames and passwords have been automatically registered to take part. Students and teachers can simply sign into www.worldeducationgames.com with their existing usernames and passwords.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Day 1
Prior Knowledge:
What we already know about the history of NZ and the Treaty of Waitangi.
At the end of our inquiry we will ask these questions again and see the shift in the children's understanding!
Prior Knowledge:
What we already know about the history of NZ and the Treaty of Waitangi.
At the end of our inquiry we will ask these questions again and see the shift in the children's understanding!
Day 1
We can learn history through story telling. Through role play we learnt about Europeans coming to NZ on boats and beginning to build a life here. Children playing the roles of the Europeans got to experience history through their perspective, and children playing the roles of Maori got to experience history through another perspective. Now we have lots of wonderings and questions to inquire into!
The children are in role building their kainga (homes) and with the new arrivals negotiating space and resources.
Teachers do have holidays!
Contrary to popular belief, teachers do not actually live at school. We have all had a fabulous Christmas/New Years holiday...and we have the pictures to prove it!
Monday, February 4, 2013
First Day of School
Look at us! Koru Hub 2013!
Welcome
Siyala, Kaitlin, Siddaarth, Callum, Tre and Camden
to Koru Hub!
Amesbury School Learning Cycle!
With special paint on the wall, we can write ideas and learning around the koru to show our learning process. It will look like we are writing on the wall (but we're not!)
Essential Understandings of the World!
To keep focused on real concepts and the essential understandings during our learning.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Calling all parents.... join our electives!
Interested in art, sewing, survival skills, sport coaching, baking, ICT, drama, music, biking....? If so, you may be just the person we are looking for!
On Friday of Week 2 (15th Feb) we are starting a 5 week module of electives across the school. These electives will run each Friday from 9-11am. During these blocks of time we would like to offer a wide range of different activities for students to choose from. We would really like to offer as many different opportunities as possible, so we are keen for any parents to come and offer an elective and join in the fun.
Your elective can be offering any activity you think students may be interested in, from cooking to gardening or bike maintenance. Choosing something you particularly enjoy yourself makes it more fun. You can offer to take any size group from 2 students to 120! You can also specify particular year levels if you think your activity is particularly suitable for younger or older students. If you are interested but a bit unsure of running an activity by yourself feel free to team up with other parents and run a joint activity.
Students will be signing up for a 5 week block of activities, so we do ask that you are available for all 5 sessions. All sessions will run on Friday mornings (9-11am).
Interested? Please contact Urs or Angela (urs@amesbury.school.nz or angela@amesbury.school.nz) to find out more. Come along and join in the fun, it'll be a blast!
On Friday of Week 2 (15th Feb) we are starting a 5 week module of electives across the school. These electives will run each Friday from 9-11am. During these blocks of time we would like to offer a wide range of different activities for students to choose from. We would really like to offer as many different opportunities as possible, so we are keen for any parents to come and offer an elective and join in the fun.
Your elective can be offering any activity you think students may be interested in, from cooking to gardening or bike maintenance. Choosing something you particularly enjoy yourself makes it more fun. You can offer to take any size group from 2 students to 120! You can also specify particular year levels if you think your activity is particularly suitable for younger or older students. If you are interested but a bit unsure of running an activity by yourself feel free to team up with other parents and run a joint activity.
Students will be signing up for a 5 week block of activities, so we do ask that you are available for all 5 sessions. All sessions will run on Friday mornings (9-11am).
Interested? Please contact Urs or Angela (urs@amesbury.school.nz or angela@amesbury.school.nz) to find out more. Come along and join in the fun, it'll be a blast!
Friday, February 1, 2013
Koru Hub Information Session
Koru Hub Information Session
Thursday 14th February
3:30pm
For parents of new children in koru hub
Meet us in kowhai - the yellow suite
We will cover things such as:
- Literacy and Numeracy programme
- Inquiry, iTime and personal contracts
- Whanau teachers and team teaching
- Workshops and how we group children
- Home work and how you can help
- School website, blogs and planning site
- Mathletics and Bug Club
- How children learn to read and write plus tips and tricks
- Routines and expectations, signing in, lunch, shoes etc
- Meet the teachers and other parents
We look forward to seeing you there!
Angela, Lisa, Demelza and Mike
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