September 2014
Dear
Parents/Caregivers
Room 10 Newsletter
September 2014
Term 3
Term 3 has
continued to be as fun and exciting as we had thought it would be in the last
newsletter!
The children have
been learning about flight – and what a great trip to the Air Force Museum we
have planned for Tuesday 16 September.
In addition to
this we have been listening to music closely.
We haven’t just
been listening to music, but moving to music during our dance interchange.
The class has been
doing a fantastic job on modelling during Art and all children have persevered
to learn some great techniques.
Our New Principal
It was lovely to
see some of you at the Mihi Whakatau for Mrs Toni Burnside our new
principal. We enjoyed learning the songs
for this welcome and it was a very special time when she came to our
school.
If you haven’t
already met her I am sure you will have the opportunity to meet her soon.
Student Teacher
We are lucky to have
had Amanda Kennedy working with us in the latter part of the term. As I have said previously the children gain
so much from these opportunities.
Reports
While your
children are in the junior part of the school, and until they are in Year 4, they
have reports on an “anniversary” basis rather than the traditional middle and
end of the year.
This means that
some of your children will get a report at the end of Term 3, some at the end
of Term 4 and some at the end of Term 1 next year. (This report is in addition to the New
Entrant report and meeting we have).
The first report
your child gets (after their New Entrant report) is a “progress” report. This has a comment about different learning
areas, some next steps and ways you can help at home.
At the top of the
report is a continuum that shows where your child is at in relation to the
National Standards.
This is a good
indication for you to see how their progress is going, but remember that the
National Standard is not formally measured until they receive their “achievement
report”, two terms later.
Term 4
As I said in my
last newsletter, I have been very fortunate to have been awarded a sabbatical
for Term 4.
This means that I
am released from my classroom to complete an area of study. I am going to deeply explore the area of
Science.
While I am on this
sabbatical Ms Beccy Shirley will be teaching in Room 10. She has already worked with the children a
lot. She knows them well, and they know
her well.
I will, of course,
liaise with her and leave her all the information she needs to make the
transition as smooth as possible.
Meanwhile, you
will still see me about regularly – I won’t be able to resist visiting the
class and seeing them on occasions such as their Athletics Day!
Since this will be
the last newsletter I write to you this year I want to take the opportunity to
thank you for all your help and support this year.
Your children are
fantastic and I enjoy teaching them (and learning with them) each and every
day.
Kind regards
Suzanne
Nilsson
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