Letter from Mrs Turner

Dear parents,

Wow, can you believe that the children of E/Learning have just completed their first year of school. Its been a very special one for all, its my fourth year as a New Entrant/ Year one teacher, and for most of you, your first child beginning their educational journey . I am honored that I have been able to be one of their first teachers on the start of their schooling journey.

I wanted to personally thank you for making my year teaching your child truly special, its been really incredible being part of our “ school” family and watching each child develop into individuals, learning to read, write, count, make friends and navigate themselves around the grounds at Arahoe. Which is a feat in itself!

I am so proud of each of the students of E/L. They are all incredible "little people" which bring so much joy, zest, enthusiasm and determination to every task they set their minds too. Its been delightful watching their personalities develop into leaders, facilitators,  performers, carers, historians, sporting stars and architects.  I know that where ever their learning journey takes them they will go on to achieve great things.

Jaimee and I are so grateful for all the support and assistance you and your families have offered to us. The stronger the family support base allows the children and parent teacher relationships to thrive, which in turn leads to the most rewarding outcome for all. 

The blog will stay active for the next 6 months, to give you time to copy over the photos and videos you may like. Its been a great tool to connect with all of you and to show you what the " life of a five year old is at school". 

I wish you all a very happy holiday season with your family. If you would like to touch base, and  or keep me in the loop of how your child is going please email me. Its really lovely to know how they are going teachingmrsturner@gmail.com

Once again thank you for making this year a fantastic one, I really valued all the aroha you showed me especially over the last week, saying good bye. The chats, thoughtful cards and gifts have been heart warming. 

With so much love,

Dana Turner

Our picnic

The sun came out and we all came together with a lovely bunch of parents for our class picnic. Thank you for the generous and thoughtful food platters. The children had a really lovely afternoon.  The secret Santa presents  were also a hit! 

Athletics Day Awards

Athletics Day

Two weeks ago we had our Junior School Athletics Day. The children had an incredible experience, and this afternoon we had an awards ceremony for the students that came first, second or third in their age group division for the sports day. A huge congratulations to one of our students who came first for the 5 year old girls for sprints, long jump, high jump, gumboot throwing, egg and spoon race.  What an achievement.

Reminder

Hello parents,

A reminder that tomorrow we are doing the following things with the children and would appreciate your help

1. Christmas themed hair styles for school
2. Secret Santa presents, please bring in a secret santa present to the value of $2 for the student who is written in your child's note book. We encourage home made gifts
3. Please bring in a small plate of what is listed in your child's notebook for the class afternoon tea picnic.
4. We are swimming tomorrow, please bring togs

We are having the afternoon tea picnic at 2pm. Please meet outside our classroom and we will all walk together to our picnic spot.

If you would like to come you are more than welcome to join us. If you have any picnic rugs you are able to bring along that would be greatly appreciated. Following the picnic the children will be playing games on the playground and climbing trees.

Last day of term - EARLY FINISH TIME 1.30pm

On Friday, it is our last day at school. School will finish at 1.30pm. Please be at school to collect your child outside our classroom at 1.30pm.

Reading Week 10

Each day the students will be bringing home a different poem in their poem books, please let your child read their poem to you and make sure they return their poem books each morning.

Our buddy class

This year the students in e learning have a year 3/4 class that is their buddy class. We meet with out buddy class each week to read to each other, play games and today we each shared our Christmas cards with our buddies. 

Reports

Good afternoon parents,

We are just notifying you that the children have their school reports inside their book bags. Inside the report is also their class placement for next year. Any questions, please email us on danat@Arahoe.school.nz

Thursday the 17th of December

Good afternoon parents,

Next Thursday we have planned a very exciting day that we would like your help with. Please check your child's notebook for additional information.

We will be having an afternoon tea picnic at 2pm, and have asked each child to bring a small plate of either sweet, savory, fruit or paper plates. Please bring the item that is highlighted on the notice. We are having the afternoon tea picnic to celebrate the children finishing their first year at school, saying farewell to Miss Pollock and  Mrs Turner who are moving to another school for 2016 and to a student who is moving to Napier. We have not notified the children that we are both leaving the school, but we will explain it to them next week.

We have also arranged a secret Santa gift exchange, please bring the named wrapped present to the value of $2 to class before Thursday. On the notice in your child's notebooks we have written down the student who you are required to bring a secret santa gift for. We encourage home-made gifts.

Lastly, we would like the children to have Christmas themed hair styles for Thursday, such as reindeer ears, santa hats, ribbons.

Any questions, please let us know.

Dana and Jaimee

Parent Interviews

Hi parents 

A reminder parent interviews are next week on Monday and Tuesday. These are for parents who have not seen us this term and would like to do so. To book please visit the Arahoe School website. 

Our performance

Did you take any photos of the class performing? We would love it if you could email them to us, we are so proud of all the children getting up there and performing they were fabulous! 

Athletics day

A reminder its athletics day tomorrow children wear mufti that is appropriate for running in, running shoes, Sunhat and a big lunch and drink bottle.

Tarzan and Jane creative writing and plays

 

Script of first play

Once upon a time Tarzan found a cave, he ate breakfast. The sun came up. How does Tarzan swing from trees?

 

For writing this week all the children in E.L are learning how to write creative stories that will captivate an audience. The class choose three of these stories to turn into a play. We hope you enjoy watching the plays as much as we enjoyed making them. The author of the stories are the narrators and they choose the actors for their plays.


Script of second play.
Once upon a time Jane saw Tarzan and screamed and screamed. Tarzan saw Jane and screamed. Tarzan picked up a tiger. Jane picked up a tiger. Tarzan and Jane then went and ate a snake.

 

Script of third story

Tarzan makes a funny noise and Jane runs away back to the tree house. One day, Tarzan saw a panther and attacks it.