Learning in action. Term 2 week 5.

New Entrant Parent Information Session

Monday 10 June 2013

2:00pm

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!

Mike, Lisa, Demelza, Jeanelle and Angela

Koru are exploring the concept of "Living Stories" and how we can communicate the message of a story in multiple ways. Here is a selection of the students' "Living stories".

2013-04-12 11.02.19 from Amesbury School on Vimeo.

2013-04-16 09.32.16 from Amesbury School on Vimeo.

2013-04-12 10.47.38 from Amesbury School on Vimeo.

Learning in action.Term 2 week 1.

Term 2 Update

Kia ora Everyone!

Firstly, a huge welcome to Jeanelle Ymker who is joining our team for Term 2.  She will be teaching in our hub every Tuesday-Thursday and every second Friday.

We currently have 50 Year One and Two children in our hub and have 6 New Entrant children starting over the term.

Special Events

Noho Marae                                                       Friday 24th May  5pm              

Cross Country                                                    Friday 24th May 11:30am         

Queens Birthday (No school)                               Monday 3rd June

New Entrant Parent Meeting                                Monday 10 June 2pm               

Community Evening with Pio                               Wednesday 12 June                  

Amesbury Invitational Cross Country                    Friday 14th June 11:30am         

Learning Celebration                                           Friday 12th July                       

Last Day of Term 2                                             Friday 12th July          

Koru Camp                                                        Thursday 12th December             

Term 2 Planning

Inquiry             Living Stories - Communication

Maths             Algebra and Subtraction

Writing            Narratives

Please check out our planning online.  You can see our school calendar on our website.

Term 4 Camp

We have this booked for Thursday 12th December.  This year it will be at El Rancho in Waikanae.  This is a camp with bunk rooms, hall, dining room, playground, swimming pool and much more.  The price is $50 plus optional activity costs.  There will be camp electives that children can choose from such as horse riding, flying fox and confidence course. Some of these cost extra, about $10 per activity, other ones are free.  These will be planned for and booked closer to the time.  We will need parents to come also, however this time there is no limit as to how many parents we can take.

Please don't hesitate to contact your child's whanau teacher, or any of us.

lisa@amesbury.school.nz

demelza@amesbury.school.nz

michael@amesbury.school.nz

angela@amesbury.school.nz

jeanelle.ymker@amesbury.school.nz

Have a great term!

Koru Team

Term 2 Transition To School

Four Year Old Programme

This term our Four Year Old Programme continues to run on Wednesdays from 11:30-12:30.  Come along any week and make your way to the orange carpet in Koru Hub.

New Entrant Parent Meeting

Our Koru Hub Information Session for parents of New Entrants will be on Monday 10 June 2-3pm.  This is repeated every term, so it's best to attend the one in the term that your child starts school.  

All parents are contacted a month prior to their children starting school to organise school visits and early child care visits.  If you have any questions before then don't hesitate to contact Angela.   angela@amesbury.school.nz

Thanks!

Angela, Mike, Lisa, Demelza and Jeanelle

Koru Hub

End of term 1 snap shots.

A thank you to parents from Koru hub children.

Treaty of Waitangi - What we Know Now!