Notice about our performance

As you are aware we are performing at the schools family night on Wednesday at  6.30pm. Very exciting. Please sign the notice in your child's notebook to confirm your child will be attending. This assists us in knowing numbers for the dance. Children need to meet at 6.15 outside e learning to get into their costumes. Those students who already have an Indian clothing to wear can meet at e learning at 6.20. The performance is 6.30. 

Swimming

We are performing at family night

Hello parents,

Next Wednesday from 5.30pm until 7.30pm it is family night at Arhoe School. Exciting news that E.Learning has been asked to perform their dance from Diwali. We are performing at 6.30pm. If you will be attending family night please let us know by Monday ( so we know numbers for the dance) . We will be getting the children ready at 6.00pm into their costumes in our classroom. We are very excited.


Family night is a night for all the students, families, teachers and community to come together and enjoy the end of the year. There are performances, food, drink and we are performing too!!

Please sign the notice in your childs notebook to confirm that you will be attending the performance. This allows us to know how many numbers we will have for each dance. Its very important you let us know. Those children who have indian clothing to wear, you can arrive at family night at 6.20pm.

You would have this notice in your book bags today

Swimming

A reminder that we are swimming tomorrow.

Our art gallery trip

A sculpture by New Zealand Artist, Bill Culbert, an artist that uses recycled products to create art work with a heavy light influence. Looking at this piece of art inspired the parents and children to want to make their own piece of art work from "rubbish" unwanted items from their home. 

A group of children learning about the story of Rama, with the help from one of our parent helpers. 

In the studio session, the children worked with the art teacher to make a piece of shape art using different shapes and dye. These pieces of art will be on display in the classroom. 

A room in the art gallery that is all about the children, the exploration centre, this room the children got to let loose, and as one child said excitedly " we are allowed to touch things in here?"

Our second gallery exploration time with our Art Educator Jackson. We went into different parts of the gallery and carefully looked at the paintings and sculptures. We had to act out home characters in the paintings were feeling and had discussions about how the art made us feel. 

In the New Zealand art wing of the gallery this particular piece took the children's fancy, they could not believe it was a real birds head attached to a wet suit. The children were very interested that " art" can take many different forms. The art was called " Wetsuit"

What an exciting and action packed day full of learning we had at the Auckland art gallery. We spent the morning with gallery educators, recreating art work through dance, drama and objects, a art making session using shapes and dye and then had a self guided time looking at the Story of Rama, light exhibition and the exploration centre. The children had an incrrdiable time looking at all the different types of art, fantastic discussions and a lot of "I wonder" questions were asked. A huge thank you to our Indian community of parent helpers who came and shared their expertises telling us about the story of Rama as we were looking at the display. We would highly recommend a trip to the gallery to see the Story of Rama and the other exhibitions, it was a rewarding experience for all.

We also looked at the shapes we can see in some of the pieces of art, and made art using cut out shapes to replicate a woven art piece we saw in the gallery.

Here we are using our bodies to make the different shapes we can see in the paintings. 

Art Trip

Art trip tomorrow, we are leaving promptly at 9am  so please make sure you are not late. We can only wait for 5 minutes.

The children do not need school bags, just their lunch in a named plastic bag. Full school uniform and closed shoes are required. If your one of our parent helpers please come and see us for a group list and then we will direct you go to assembly hall to be briefed about the day, our team leader will be there. See you all in the morning. We are all excited about the class trip. 

Assembly

Today E-Learning was awarded a certificate for the best class in folding milk cartons! 

And a big well done to two students who received certificates for being excellent an role model and for always being a kind friend. 

Planting Seeds

We have been learning about different types of seeds and what seeds need to grow. Today we planted our own seeds. First we got dirt from the garden and then we chose either bean, capsicum or kale seeds. We are going to watch them grow!

Art

To get ready for our trip to the art gallery each day we have been looking at different types of art by New Zealand artists. We have been talking about what Art galleries are, how to look at art work and how we must behave in the gallery. The children have to spend a minute looking at each art piece and then have discussions in groups about what the art makes them feel, think about, what they think the art is about and what does the name of the piece mean. This morning we looked at three types of art, all different types sculputure, collageand video. Some of these works we will see in the gallery. Enjoy having discussions with your child about their view on the art.

Denium Seagull
Yvonne Todd 2013,
This piece the children will be seeing at the gallery,

Tall Poppy
Gavin Hurley 2015

 
Feathers on

Swimming

A reminder that we are swimming tomorrow, at 12.45. All students need to bring in named swimming clothing, towels and goggles. Your child needs to be able to change themselves.

Basketball

Hi parents,

There is no basketball after school tomorrow.

ART TRIP Have you returned the permission slip?

Hi parents,

A reminder that the children's art gallery permission slip and payment needs to be returned by Friday the 20th. We are really excited about our trip next week to the Art Gallery. If you need another permission slip form all children will bring one home tomorrow. We have planned an exciting day working alongside the Art Educators for a hands on, interactive and fun day at the gallery. Any questions please come and see us. Thanks, Dana and Jaimee

SWIMMING

Exciting news next Thursday for the rest of the term the children of E-Learning will be swimming.

All children need to be able to get in and out of their swimming togs themselves. Please make sure the following is ready for swimming

• Named tog bag
• Named towel
• Named swimming clothing

Firemen Come to School

Today, at assembly, we had the Titirangi Fire Services come visit us at school. They talked to us about how to be safe with fire. We learnt that matches and lighters are tools not toys. We got to 'high five' the fire truck and then the firemen gave us fireman stickers to remind us how to be safe in a fire

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Art Gallery Trip Wednesday 25th

Good afternoon parents,

On Wednesday a class notice went home about our up and coming class trip to the art gallery. The photo below is of the trip notice. If you would like your child to attend the class trip the money and permission slip will need to be returned by the 20th of November. Any questions please let us know.

Photos from Diwali performance

Here are some photos that we took as a class before our performance. Huge thank you to the parents who came in and helped us get ready for our show. Don't we all look fantastic in our beautiful Indian clothing.