A BIG THANK YOU FROM MRS MANU!!

Good morning Parents and caregivers,

As some of you know I will be leaving Arahoe School at the end of this term.

I currently live in Cockle Bay and it is just to far to come everyday!

I have loved every minute of teaching your amazing children this year! I will miss them very much!

Room 21 parents and caregivers - you have also been amazing and very welcoming!!!! So a big thank you to you too!!!

Thank you for an incredible year!!!

Mrs Louise Manu

TEDDY BEARS PICNIC & FANTASTIC FAMILIES

Hello parents and caregivers!

Thankyou to all the families that attended and assisted with our end of year celebration.  It was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to share some time while enjoying the new and improved La Rosa Gardens.

Speaking of families...
Room 21's have been outstanding.  We have been blessed to have such  enthusiastic, friendly and supportive parents,  siblings and grandparents.  Thankyou for every thing you have done for our class as a whole and for the amazing encouragement and opportunities you gift your children with.  They have progressed incredibly throughout the year- academically,  socially,  emotionally and physically.  It has been both a pleasure and a privilege be their first year teachers.

Ka kite ano,
Sarah and Louise

TOP TIPS FOR CLASS TRIP

Hi there,
We are having our class party at La Rosa Gardens tomorrow!  We will leave school at approximately 11.40 and have a shared lunch when we get there.

★Please pack a normal lunch for the day and a small amount of party food to share.

★Bring your drink bottle and refill it before we leave for our walking trip.

★ Wear your hat and comfortable walking shoes.

★ Don't forget to invite your family!

See you tomorrow!

Miss Ellis and Mrs Manu

PARENT TEACHER MEETINGS

Hi there parents and caregivers,

Just a reminder that there are parent teacher meeting times available for Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 December.

Please book via :  www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/

These are not compulsory, but you may wish to catch up for a 15 minute meeting with us to discuss your child's first year at school.

Thanks,
Sarah and Louise.

PRIZEGIVING AND GRADUATION

Last night was the annual event of Arahoe's prize giving and Year 6 graduation.
Classroom teachers choose 1 student to receive the class equity award and they are presented with a cup and a certificate. It was a particularly difficult decision as we really do have an amazing group of students in Room 21 who shine.

The final decision was made after careful consideration.  Due to her empathy and consideration towards others, as well as her academic success, consistent efforts and positivity, we chose Anya Dons as our recipient for the class award.

Congratulations Anya on helping make Room 21 a better place to be. What an honour.

NEW DATES FOR IMPORTANT EVENTS

Hi Parents and Caregivers,

Here are a few more updates for you!  Thanks for your patience at this exciting and busy time of year.  You really are the bee's knees!

♥ Mufti day with gold coin donation to fundraise for children with cancer (a student initiative) Friday 13 December
★Reports go home Friday 13 December,  rather than Thursday.
♥Class party at La Rosa Gardens: Monday 16 December. A notice was sent home yesterday with a permission slip to be returned.
★The finish time for school has been confirmed: Friday 20 December 1.30pm after whole school assembly.

Please return book bags to school.  We will then send them home with students' exercise books and work from through out the year.

Thanks,
Sarah and Louise

How did Aotearoa get it's name? Our question for the day.

Today we read a story about Santa visiting New Zealand for a summer holiday before Christmas.  Poor old Santa forgot his sunblock but luckily some Kiwi kids told him to slip on a tshirt,  slop on some sunscreen and slap on a hat.
There were so many interesting parts of the story that are special to New Zealand.  One part mentioned that Aotearoa is the land of the long white cloud.
Hmmm...why did we get that name?

See if you can find out!

ANOTHER BUZZY BEE UPDATE

Room 21 is having a great time and still working hard at such a busy time of year! 

Here are some reminders of important dates that are coming up, as well as an update on what we are learning at school.

We are learning what fitness really means and what we can do to help ourselves get fit and healthy when we use the new adventure playground.
We exercise our arms, legs, back, feet, hands, eyes and brain when we do a course challenge.  Don't let your feet touch the tiles or you might get eaten by a shark!

We are learning about the different sounds the letter y can make in our poem.  It is in the words you, your, body, fluffy.  It makes a 'yi' sound at the start of words like you and an 'ee' sound at the end of words like fluffy.  Sometimes it changes the way a words sounds like the y in Floyd!

We are learning about the digraph 'ght'.  It was in yesterday's poem and is in words like bright, light, right, brought.  The g does not make a sound!  We see this digraph a lot in the books we are reading.

We are learning to write interesting stories.  We use the treasure bag to help us. Our writing is incredible and we will bring it home at the end of the year! 

IMPORTANT DATE NO 1:

CLASS TRIP to La Rosa Gardens for a Teddy Bear's Picnic to celebrate the year with Room 22 and our families and whanau.

COST: Free!

TRANSPORT: Walking

DATE: Tuesday 17 December

TIME: Depart school 11.30 approx (tbc), depart La Rosa Gardens 2pm approx (tbc).

PARENT HELPERS (without any other children under your care) NEEDED: 4 per class

INVITATIONS OPEN TO FAMILY and WHANAU

Please bring a shared plate and favourite soft toy or teddy bear! 

END  OF SCHOOL FINISH  TIME: 1 or 1:30 pm tbc asap! Friday 20 December after our whole school assembly. (NO swimming that Friday).

REPORTS go home Thursday this week. 

All library books and reading books need to have been returned.   We have a daily poem instead.

ICEBLOCKS on Wednesday are still going at this stage.

Swimming is on THIS Friday. 

Phew!

Ka pai Room 21!  YOU ARE SUPER TROOPERS! 

KEEP COOL

BENNIE BEAR X

SWIMMING IS ON!

We had a great swim last week,  and are ready for another this week!  Our teachers were very impressed with how much we had improved! Goggles are a great idea as they help us feel more confident underwater.  Swimming caps help us to float! 

The most important thing is that we have a go and be safe...oh and that we have a towel,  plastic bag and togs.

ARAHOE BEES!!

Today Room 21 went for a walk to meet our bees! 

We have about 100,000 bees in our garden! 

We followed the rules for our bees though-

    🌟 Wear shoes

    🌟 Walk slowly

    🌟 Be very quiet

    🌟 Keep our hands by our sides!

We loved the bees so much we walked back through again!

Welcome to our school bees! :-)

BUSY BEE UPDATE

We had a surprise visitor in Room 21 today- a baby tui!  Miss Ellis' cat brought it into her house last night. He seemed okay,  just very very hungry. 
Miss Ellis fed him some kitten food, popped him in a shoe box with a hot water bottle and let him sleep in the hot water cupboard.
She brought him to school and we all got to watch him being fed.
After school the baby tui was taken to the bird rescue in Green Bay.  They thought he was about one week old, and that everyone did a great job looking after him. 
Special thanks to Ava, Nathan T and Hazzie for their extra TLC.

♥ Awesome buddy reading today guys!  You are really working together like bees in a beehive!

Ka pai!
Love,
Roald

LIBRARY BOOKS AND LIBRARY CARDS DUE

Hi there every bee.
Just a reminder that all of our library books and cards are due back this week.

Ka pai and see you Monday,
Love Roald x

BUZZY COMPUTER BEES!

During our e-learning sessions we have been learning to create a honeycomb and bee picture. We used kid-pix to draw our art work, taking our time and working together! 

Here are some of the finished pictures!

Well done Room 21!

WELL DONE AVA!!!!

Ava got the Room 21 Super star award at assembly this week for all her hard work in reading!!! Superb work Ava! Keep it up!! :-) 

SPELLING BEES ARE TOPS

Congratulations to our Spelling Bees- every bee did their spelling this week!
Next week we are going to find out our spelling levels.  It will also be our last week of spelling homework.

Great job everyone!

ARA TEINA PLAYGROUND IS OPEN

Here are some photos of our new Ara Teina playground.  Climbing, balancing, sliding, jumping, swinging,  adventuring, laughing and trying...have a look at us in action.

ANOTHER BUZZY BUSY BEE UPDATE

Hi everyone!
We hope you are having a great week.  Here's some of what is going on and coming up:

★ Reading assessment this week: we are climbing the beanstalk!

★ Next week: Friday is Fancy Feet Day. Arahoe is a Travelwise school and to celebrate this we will all wear fancy feet to school.  There will be an Ara Teina parade in the morning and a competition at an afternoon assembly.  Please Google Fancy Feet Day for ideas.

★ All library books are due back next week.

★ Tuesday 3 December is our treasured Family Night- a great community celebration with food available and entertainment by Arahoe's finest. Rain date is Wed 4 Dec.

★ School ends Friday 20 Dec. See the ultranet for 2014 dates!

BUSY BEES UPDATE

It is hard to believe it is only Tuesday!  We have been very busy.  

This week we are taking home Reading books while we are tested to see if we climb the beanstalk.

We have ICEBLOCKS on Wednesday for $1. We will give the money to our teachers and they will pick up the ice blocks from the hall.
Are there any parents to help with this?

Miss Ellis is not always in the class in the morning because she is doing reading with some of us.  Mrs Manu is handling order forms etc in the morning.  It would be great to have a helper.

Swimming is coming up soon. We will get ready by making sure we have togs, a towel and plastic bag with our names.  We will also make sure we can get changed by ourselves.

This week is our last chance to get a new library book. Remember library books tomorrow.

There is a lot going on in our school. We will keep you posted!

Ka kite,
Roald x