A very warm welcome to all the students and teachers in the Senior Team for 2014. We are all looking forward to an exciting, fun-filled and challenging year, building positive relationships on our journey to excellence. The teachers are:
Room 1 - Miss Dower
Room 2 - Mrs Wood
Room 3 - Miss Lister
Room 4 - Mrs Simpson
Team Goal
Our goal is to work collegially by sharing, caring, being supportive and helping one another. We are also, as senior students of the school, focusing on being great role models and the school leaders will soon be seen in action. Other responsibilities around the school are shared amongst the senior students.
Important Dates
10 February (Wk 2) - Meet the Teacher, 7pm, meet in the hall
18 February (Wk 3) - Camp Meeting, 6.30pm
21 February (Wk 3) - Family Picnic, 5.30pm, all welcome
25 February (Wk 4) - 3-way Conferences
27 February (Wk 4) - 3-way Conferences
6 March (Wk 5) - Swimming Carnival
Topics
- Maths - Number and Statistics
- Writing - Recount, Report and Description
- Learning Focused Relationships - Weeks 1 - 4
- Connections (tieing in with the HPS 50th Jubilee) - Weeks 5 - 11
- Sport - Aquatics/Round Robin Competition
Stationery
Please ensure that your child has all his/her correct stationery for the term and that all items are clearly marked. It would be a good idea to check your child’s stationery at the end of each term to see if any stationery needs to be topped up.
Round Robin Sport
We are introducing a fun Round Robin Sports competition on Fridays at 2:15pm. The students will be divided into equal ability teams, two teams per class. A leader for each team will be elected by the students and they are to come up with some clever names for their teams. This term the teachers will provide a selection of sports suitable for the summer. e.g. non-stop cricket. After each game a ‘Player of the Day’ will be chosen. Teachers will look at qualities such as good sportsmanship. Please feel free to join us!
Swimming
Our swimming days are Monday, Thursday and Friday. All children are expected to participate in the school swimming programme. However, if your child is sick or injured please send a note or email to excuse them from that day’s swimming.
Library
The children are allowed up to 5 books at a time and can have them for a fortnight.
Our library times are as follows:
Rm 1 - Tuesday
Rm 2 - Wednesday
Rm 3 - Thursday
Rm 4 - Friday
Hats
All students are required to wear a hat this term. A friendly reminder to
SLIP... SLOP... SLAP ... WRAP!
iSnack
We have introduced a snack and refresh time in the morning block. Your child will require a healthy snack which can be eaten in 10 minutes. This could be anything from raisins, half an apple, grapes, a carrot, half a sandwich, etc.
Class Blogs
Our class blogs are up and running! We would love to get feedback on what we put on our blog and we appreciate you taking the time to look at our blog and comment on what you see. Please note that all comments are moderated by the teachers before being published. Please remember to post your first name after your comment.
Senior School Blogs
We will also be using Facebook as a way of communicating team and whole school learning and reminders. https://www.facebook.com/HowickPrimarySeniorSchoolTeam
Homework
A homework worksheet for the week is given on Fridays and returned to school on the following Fridays. Homework will consist of reading, spelling and maths. A reading log needs to be filled in and signed daily.
Assembly
You are kindly invited to join us for assembly on Thursdays at 2:15pm.
Tissues
Please send a large box of tissues to school ready for when the inevitable sniffles come with the change of weather. We will look after them and put them out as required.
If you have any questions or concerns about your child, please feel free to make an appointment with the classroom teacher. My email address is c.simpson@howickprimary.school.nz
Kind regards
Miss Dower, Mrs Wood, Miss Lister and Mrs Simpson
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