Term 1 - Week 9

Kia ora whānau

It is week 9 this week and we continue to be impressed with the way the children are working across all Kākano classes.

It has been pleasing to see many children return to school after periods of illness or isolation.  As always, we remind you if your child is displaying any cough or cold symptoms you keep them at home and test for Covid.

In class we continue to…

• Keep our space well ventilated with open windows and doors

• Clean hard surfaces throughout the day

• Remind children to sanitise as they enter the classroom

Homework

Each day your child brings home an activity to do with your support.  You will find a description of the activity in your child’s blue reading log.  The activity aims to support the classroom learning your child has done that day and should take no longer than 10 minutes.

We thank all the whānau who take the time to share in their child’s learning.  We have noticed a remarkable difference with those children who are regularly completing home activities.

If you have any questions about work that is being sent home, please contact your classroom teacher.

Swimming

Kākano 5 are swimming this week.  Please bring your togs every day.  The pool is heated so all children will be able to swim.

Gym  

Mondays at lunchtime if your child wishes to attend. Girls bring shorts and a t-shirt. Boys can come in their uniform - you can bring shorts and t-shirts if you wish.

Roller Skating

Fridays at lunchtime if your child wishes to attend. Bring your own skates and helmets. 

The week ahead:

Monday - normal school day, swimming

Tuesday - normal school day, swimming

Wednesday - normal school day, swimming

Thursday - normal school day, swimming

Friday -  sausage sizzle and juicy day $1.50 each, Library for Kakano 5, swimming

We thank you for your continued support,

Kākano Teachers

What a week!

There was so much rain this week and we had to spend A LOT of time inside. Many of us found this a bit of an adjustment as we LOVE spending time outside. We still found creative ways to engage our brains and had fun in the process.

On Friday the children starting school soon came for their first school visit. We met some new friends and showed them some of the things they could do in our space. After whanaungatanga time, we split into different spaces so the new children could explore our classroom space. We were amazing working in the hall. So amazing that Mrs Holmes didn't even know there was a class in the hall and she had her windows open. After completing some R.E. work, we chilled out and shared our library books with our friends until it was our turn to go to the library.

For Golden Time, we played hula hoop rock paper scissors. After a couple of trial and error attempts, we got pretty good at revealing our choice (rock, paper or scissors) at the same time. Our aim was to get to the other end of the hula hoops without being beaten.

Term 1 - Week 8

 Kia Ora Kākano whānau

Wow, Week 8 already! The term seems like it’s flying by. 

We would like to thank parents for their continued support of the school’s Covid protocols. It looks like a wet week so we would again like to remind you that on a wet day, we ask all parents to stay on the outside of the Kākano gates as we have lots of children to get to set areas. Once again, if your child tests positive it is very important to let either Dave, Anne, your child's teacher or the school office know.  Thanks for all your help with this. Also a  big thumbs up to those children and whanau who are working hard on the Home Learning activities.

Many of you will notice some differences to the reading coming home and should receive an information sheet/email about the changes. Please check their book bags and home books for any activities we have sent home.  It is an exciting time for the Kakano teachers as we move into the next phase of our structured literacy programme. 

Jumpers

Mr Macmillan has ordered air purifiers for all the classrooms and we are patiently waiting for the delivery of these. Until they arrive we need to keep the doors and windows open in the classroom to allow sufficient airflow to keep the class as ventilated as possible. As you may have noticed, it is getting much colder in the mornings. Please, please, please send your children to school with their winter school jumpers on to keep them warm. If you do not yet have a school jumper, the uniform shop is open Mon & Fri 8:30-9:00 and Wed 2:30-3:00 or you can order through the school app and it will be delivered to our class.

Hats

A gentle reminder that hats are COMPULSORY every day that we are at school in term one and term four. Some children are "forgetting" their hats quite often at the moment. Please make sure that their hat is in their school bag AND that they know where it is in their bag. No hat = No play.

Swimming

No swimming this week.

Gym  

Mondays at lunchtime if your child wishes to attend. Girls bring shorts and a t-shirt. Boys can come in their uniform - you can bring shorts and t-shirts if you wish.

Roller Skating

Fridays at lunchtime if your child wishes to attend. Bring your own skates and helmets. 

Recycling

Thank you for all the recycling that has been coming in, this is an ongoing need as the children are enjoying making some amazing creations.

Things we like

* Boxes

* Bottle tops

* Bread tags

* Clean coffee pods

* Material and wool scraps

* Cardboard Scraps

If you have anything you may think help please email teachers.

The week ahead:

Monday - normal school day

Tuesday - normal school day

Wednesday - normal school day

Thursday - normal school day,

Friday -  sausage sizzle and juicy day $1.50 each

- Library day for kākano 5

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

Michelle

We've been busy little beavers this week

As part of our play provocation this week, we have been making bridges to help the gingerbread man cross the river because that sly old fox wasn't anywhere to be found! Our bridges had to be high enough and long enough so they weren't touching the river at all and be able to support the gingerbread man (made out of lego). We used Duplo and mobilo to construct our bridges. We also started to make bridges with paper - this is a work in progress requiring lots of perseverance and persistence. 

We had our bread and water morning tea on Thursday to experience how little some children get to eat. We were very well-mannered while eating our bread and drank our water when we were done.

We have been working on our floating and kicking skills with the flutter boards this week in the pool. We are all at different stages of learning how to do this and are giving it our best shot each day.