Preparation for Matariki Parade

We have been making red stars with our Buddy class Room 1 for the Matariki Parade.

Matariki with Whaea Lois

Room 14 has been learning about Matariki

Matariki is both the name of the Pleiades star cluster and also of the season of its first rising in late May or early June—taken as the beginning of the new year.

Today we learnt a Matariki Waiata and about the different phases of the moon.

Matariki Hangi

REMINDER: - Order your Matariki Hangi Tickets ~ payment and ordering has been extended until Friday 

$5.00 child

$10.00 adult

Payment can be made in 3 easy ways

*Cash/Cheque to your child's teacher 

*Eft Pos at the school office 

*OR directly into school bank account 12-3070-0098609-01 please use 

Particulars:

Surname 

Code:

Class #

Reference:

Hangi

Please ensure notice with child's name and order details goes back to your child's teacher advising method of payment used

The hangi money collected is purely for cost covering. 

We would appreciate any donations of
*tinfoil 45 cm wide
*disposable plates, cups
*food gloves

Please we need help/assistance in the following areas

THURSDAY 
Food preparation
Hangi meat
Vegetables - potatoes, kumara, pumpkin - ask your child's teacher if they require help on Thursday afternoon to assist children with peeling of vegetables
making of stuffing

FRIDAY
5.30am hangi fire - Russell, Kerry, Neil, Mark
8am  hangi down
11am hangi up - We need 6 men to lift the hangi! 

BYO water bottle and towel and shovel and rake
Carving and serving we need at least 16 people
Clean up after

Thank you :)

Adjectives

Today I introduced Adjectives to Room 14. We watched a you tube clip on what Adjectives are, then we cut out pictures from a magazine and described the pictures.

Jude's lost jumper

Hi Parents/Caregivers,

Jude's school jumper is missing from Room 14. It has his name inside the label. Can you please check your child's jumper at home that it hasn't be accidentally mixed up.

Thanks :)

Arbour Day fun!

Despite the weather we soldiered on today and planted over 50 trees along our school bank for Arbour Day. We had Dai Henwood and Urzila Carlson from 7 days come and help us and kick off Arbour Day. Room 14 planted a Pohutukawa Tree. A big thank you to Phil and Emma Oster for donating 40 native trees we were so lucky to have their support and help today!!

Poppy Artwork

Dear parents & whanau,

As you may be aware, August 2014 marks 100 years since World War 1 was declared.  As a school we are coming together to create a thought-provoking piece of outdoor art to commemorate this event, specifically remembering the sacrifice of the 91 servicemen who left from the New Lynn area.  Through our project your child will learn, not only about art techniques, but also some facts about the Great War, the meaning of the red poppy and other symbols of war. 

To make this project meaningful and relevant to our students we would like to compile a list of your family members that served during World War 1 and possibly include their names in our art project too.  Please upload the name, photo and any details of your family member to the Padlet Wall

http://padlet.com/kirstenb/room21wewillremember  (When uploading your information please also include your child’s name and class.)

The unveiling of our artwork will be in early Term 3.  It will be a time to commemorate the significance of World War 1 with our school community and the community at large. You will receive more information about our commemorative event towards the end of the term.  If you have any questions or suggestions you may email me at kirstenb@arahoe.school.nz

Here are some photos of Room 14 beginning the process of painting the poppies :)

Worm Farm challenge

Hello parents,

This term our theme has been all about worms – all the room 14 children have loved this topic and are fully engaged into the two school worm farms we have. The next step is to incorporate all the children's knowledge and passionate about worm farming into their very own home. So we have a challenge ( easy!) for each family to make their very own worm farm using icecream containers, milk bottles or get creative and design and build your own farm. I have attached the link on how to make a worm farm using two plastic ice cream containers or an old bath. Please send photos in of your journey making the worm farm so they can feature on the class and school blog. The reason behind making a worm farm is to transition your child's knowledge into the home environment. Get creative and we look forward to seeing how your worm farm journey goes!

Any questions please ask :)

http://www.createyourowneden.org.nz/wfarm_makeyourown.html

http://www.createyourowneden.org.nz/composting_guide.pdf

Arbour Day- plan for Thursday

Hello parents,

As you will be aware Arahoes Arbour Day – Dig Deep or Donate is happening this THURSDAY at 9am. The event is taking place on the school field and will be approximately 30-45 minutes. All the classes are fortunate enough to be able to plant a native tree into the school field on Thursday morning. The event will go ahead if there is rain so please make sure your child is wearing weather appropriate clothing.

·      gumboots

·      clothes shoes

·      raincoat

·      warm jumper

·      pack spare clothes

After the Arbour Day the PSG have organized delicious home baking and hot chocolates to be sold outside room 5 for $2. All the money raised will go towards the re-vamp of the school gardens.

Thanks :) 

News Rotation #2

All the children have now had a turn at news for Term 2, we will be starting the rotation again. Thank you for helping and encouraging your children to bring something in to talk about. We have had some really fun and interesting news items such as photographs, crystals, seashells, maths problems demonstrated on the
whiteboard, books and drawings.

TERM 2
Monday 16th June- Bella
Tuesday 17th June- Zephaniah
Wednesday 18th June- Rhea
Thursday 19th June- Leshay
Friday 20th  June- Te Ariki
Monday 23rd June- Dipesh
Tuesday 24th June- Naima
Wednesday 25th June- Arlo
Thursday 26th June- Jayden
Friday 27th June- Tye
Monday 30th June- Floyd
Tuesday 1st July- Nathan
Wednesday 2nd July-Max
Thursday 3rd July- Isabella. H
Friday 4th July-Jude
TERM 3
Monday 21st July- Warner
Tuesday 22nd July- Sweta
Wednesday 23rd July- Liam,
Thursday 24th July Evie,
Friday 25th July Amelia
Monday 28th July Bridget
Tuesday 29th July  Kheiani
Wednesday 30th July- Riya
Thursday 31st July- Jireh
Friday 1st August Sanvi
Monday 4th August- Ada

Ara Teina School Disco

On Friday night it was our school disco. It was fantastic to see so many children from Ara Tenia turn up. You all looked wonderful :) Have a look at the photos below. See who from Room 14 came to the disco.