Monday, 17 February 2014
Cornwallis Beach Trip
Monday
17 February 2014
Dear
Parents / caregivers
Ara Teina are pleased to
announce our annual Family Fun Beach Picnic.
A visit to Cornwallis Beach is planned for our Y1’s Tuesday 4th MARCH
and our Y2’s Thursday 6th
March.
On the days of the trips we
will travelling by bus and will be leaving school at approximately 9:15am. We
will arrive back at school at approximately 2:30pm.
As we wish to keep costs
to a minimum, we ask all parents to meet us at Cornwallis Beach. If you are able to provide transport for
other parents could you let your child’s class teacher know.
The total cost for a
return bus fare to the beach will be $5 for Loyalty card holders and $7 for
non-loyalty card holders.
For
the beach trip your child will need:
Packed lunch and water
bottle
Togs and towel
Sunscreen
Hat
Appropriate footwear
Appropriate clothing (not
uniform)
Please let your child’s
teacher know before the trip, if your child requires any medication to take
with them on the day.
We ask that water toys and
inflatables are not brought on the trip.
If it is raining the visit
will be cancelled and costs incurred will be transferred to next term’s trip.
Shenita Prasad - Team
Leader for Ara Teina (shenitap@arahoe.school.nz
)
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Walking the bridge
Today in maths the red monsters were learning our numbers to ten. We had to walk the number bridge and read the numbers! 
Assemblage Art
This year the topic Ara Teina will be
focusing on is Sustainability. We hope to explore different facets of this very
important concept each term during the year.
During Term 1 the children will be learning
that they are unique and talented individuals, each having a part to play in
the classroom and within our school. The
concept of being unique will be explored through Visual Art with the children
creating a piece of ‘assemblage art’ that reflects their likes and
passions. (Assemblage art is when an
artist collects used objects and assembles them into a 2 or 3 dimensional work
of art.) We are excited to promote the
idea of reusing and recycling items to generate good quality art. Here are two examples of the kind of artwork
we will be making this term.
v Firstly,
please help your child to complete the ‘My Favourite Things worksheet. This will help your child identify the things
they really love and what they could use in their assemblage artwork. Please return the worksheet to your classroom
teacher as soon as possible.
v Next,
we need your help to collect the following items ...
· small
boxes (shoe boxes or slightly larger boxes are perfect), & little boxes
that can fit inside it
· ribbons,
scrap fabric (such as flat fats/fat quarters), beads, old jewellery, acrylic
paint... in fact, any craft materials would be useful!
· 5
or 6 little items that could be displayed inside the box that reflect your
child’s interests, for example, a toy car, a wrapper from a favourite lolly, a
piece of lego, a Barbie doll, an outgrown item of clothing, an old headband, a loved
toy, a photo of your family...
Thank you for your help! We look forward to seeing some amazing
artwork later this term!
Please be in touch if you have any
questions.
Monday, 10 February 2014
Monster Manners
Today we looked at our monster manners at school! All to he monsters were muddled up so we had to pin them in the right place. We have a over the line behaviour (making good choices), below the line behaviour ( making poor choices ) and bottom line behaviour (making bad choices). Then we drew pictures of a good choice to make in the classroom. We can wait to show you all at our back to school BBQ tomorrow!!
Sunday, 9 February 2014
Back to school BBQ
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