Current Learning in Koru Hub

Alphon, Tom, Millie, Gracie and Emma are practising counting back from 100 and ordering numbers.

A group of students and teachers from Corrina School were visiting our school on Thursday. The students loved our music space and displayed their musical talents. Lorenzo played a couple of songs on the guitar for us during his visit.

Siddhesh asked for his photo to be taken, and what a photo!

Hamish, Echelon and Sam are listening to music and analysing the emotions, the story and the message that the songs portray.

Alexis, Ishaan, Garv and Hamish are creating music to match a visual image or silent movie. They are making decisions around tempo, dynamics, pitch, beat and rhythm and what types of musical elements portray different emotions and stories.

moveMprove

Each Friday this term all the children participate in moveMprove.  This is run by Easy Gym - the same people from Easy Swim who take us for our swimming lessons.  Todd, Wendy and Rachel are our instructors and organise fun and exciting activities every week.  Children have a warm up that involves learning a fundamental movement skill, a game and then head into their four rotations.  Each rotation is a mini circuit with equipment and tasks that practise the new skill and consolidate other movement skills while increasing fitness.  After children have moved through all rotations children have a fitness game to end the session.

Koru Hub Information Term 2

Kia ora Koru Hub Whanau


Welcome back to Amesbury School for Term 2 .  We have a busy and exciting term planned with Mike, Erica, Demelza and Angela.

A huge welcome to our new five year olds this term.  Alex, Cameron, Samuel, Vinnie and Milla have started school, with Luke, Imaan and Eden be joining us over the next few weeks.

Term 2 Koru Hub Events
Colin Gibbs - Artist in Residence                          Based in kakariki suite in koru hub.  Visitors welcome anytime.
MoveMprove with Easy Gym                                 Friday afternoons for first 8 weeks
Capital E trip - Mr McGee and the Biting Flea       Wednesday 14 May 11:30-12:30, travelling by bus
School Cross Country                                           Monday 19 May, 12:30-1:30pm
New Entrant Parent Information Session               Monday 19 May 2pm in koru hub
Queens Birthday - no school                                Monday June 2  
School Closed - Teachers Only Day                    Tuesday June 3           
School Closed - Teachers Only Day                    Wednesday June 4               
Community Evening                                             Wednesday 11 June, 5:30-7pm  in school hall
Invitational Year 1-3 Cross Country                     Thursday 12 June 11:30am
Get set go! - PE programme                                Group of Year 2 children, Tuesday 17 June, 10:30am-1:30pm
Native Tree Planting Working Bee                       Thursday 27 June, 1-5pm
Children's school reports emailed home              Wednesday 2 July         
Term 2 Learning Celebration                              Friday 4 July, 1:45-2:45pm
Please note that Harakeke hub are swimming this term and Koru Hub are swimming in Term 3.

Learning Programmes
This term we are focusing on Living Stories in which people's experiences with WW1 will be used to explore four themes.   We will be discovering and creating how we express emotion through the arts - visual art, drama, dance, music and poetry.  This will lead us to an exhibition at the end of the term. Our maths focus is orientation and position and then we will be moving into number strategies using addition and subtraction.

Rotations
Additional to core curriculum learning taking place on Thursdays and Fridays we also have some exciting activities added on.
Thursdays:   After consultation with students and teachers we have changed our rotations to be on a Thursday instead of a Monday.  All students will rotate through Te Reo (Crisanna), Sport (Merrick) and Photography (Fiona).  Throughout the day individual and group music lessons with Julia and Gus will be taking place.

Fridays:  Crisanna will be in school on Fridays this term.  Children will be involved in some of the following: kapa haka, boys haka, girls poi, waiata, street dance and Te Reo extension. Julia will also be completing her individual and group music lesson during the morning.
Music and Mandarin will be delivered in the hub by hub teachers throughout the week.

We look forward to continuing working with you and your families this term.


Warm regards,



Mike, Erica, Demelza and Angela

michael@amesbury.school.nz
erica.meads@amesbury.school.nz
demelza@amesbury.school.nz
angela@amesbury.school.nz

Cross Country 2014

On Monday we held our Amesbury School Cross Country.  Our Year 1 and 2 children completed one lap of the course.  They headed over the field, along the fence line, towards Harakeke Hub, around the corner, towards the hilly mounds, past the muddy wetlands, over the hilly mounds, across the field and towards the finish line.
We will be awarding ribbons for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for boys and girls at each age level.  These ribbons will be given out at the next High Five Hui next Monday.

Year 1 Girls

First: Matilda

Second: Caitlyn V

Third: Caitlyn Y

Year 1 Boys

First: Milano

Second: Ben

Third: Jayden

Year 2 Girls

First: Gracie

Second: Lopa

Third: Kaitlin H

Year 2 Boys

First: Levi

Second: Echelon

Third: Hamish

Well done everyone!

Painting to express the emotions of war.

Every Friday for this term we are doing MoveNprove and the children loved their first session today.

World War I Immersion

Check out what we have been doing this week for our inquiry.