Ferns Newsletter

DATES TO
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Labour Day 23rd T E R M 4 2 4 T H O C T O B E R 2 0 1 7

October

School Assemblies
Week 1, Week 3 and
Week 7 starting at 9.15
am
Welcome to Term 4!
Adapting to Change How does change affect me?
Team Waiata is in
Room 10 every Friday at Our Roslyn Investigators this term are looking at chemical,
2.10 pm physical and environmental changes that occur regularly.
School Twilight Gala Have you seen what happens when you add Mentos to coke,
Friday 27th October coloured dye to milk and how we change over time? We
3.00pm to 7 pm will also be looking at classes for 2018 and how this may
Athletics Day 2nd
affect us.
November

Helpers Morning Tea Athletics Day

7th December at 11 am Keep an eye out for us training for Athletics Day. We will be learning how to throw a
Service Assembly 8th
discus, run and jump by learning how to jump over hurdles, pass a baton while running a
December at 11.30 am relay and how to do the high jump. We will be training twice a week in the afternoons,
fingers crossed the weather is good to us!
Memorial Park visit
Monday the 11th
December

School End of Year Gala

Prize Giving 6.30pm on Make sure you come and support the Gala on the 27th of October.
the 12th of December
There will be something there for you all. If you are available to help
at Life Church on
Featherston Street
on the day please make contact with your childs classroom teacher.
As a team, we are responsible for the Cake Stall on the day. To make
Celebration Day13th this day possible we need your support and look forward to seeing all
December the yummy cakes that will come in.
Leavers Assembly 14th
December at 11.30 am

School Finishes on
Thursday the 14th of
How can you support your child with their learning?
December at 1 pm
We often get asked How can
we support our child's learning
at home?
One of the best ways of
supporting your child in their
learning is by talking to them,
questioning their thinking and by
asking how their day was and
what they learnt today.
Reading to your child and them
reading to you each night has
huge benefits to your child's
learning and knowledge. If you backwards, counting in 2s, 5s,
and 10s is a fun way to support
are unsure or find reading at
your child with math. Writing
home with your child difficult,
touch base with your child's class Rocket Words and putting these
teacher and they will give you into simple sentences is a great
way to encourage writing at
some tips to try. Making sure
home.
that your child has their Book
bag each day will help with
reading at home as your child will
come home with a reading book
each day. Counting forwards and

If you get stuck for ideas or you are having trouble with learning at home, come and see
us, as we have lots of fun and easy ideas for you!
Please come and see what we do, how we do it and be part of your Childs' learning. Our doors are always
open and we love it when we have visitors in our classes.
Ferns Daily Timetable

Time Focus Area What it will look like

8.55 9.10 Morning Routine starts Karakia, Roll, Milk Numbers Maths, Daily Calendar
in our own classes Check Notices

9.10 9.30 PB4L Daily focus on Schoolwide PB4L area of PRIDE

Role plays, singing, dancing, discussion.

9.30 - Literacy Investigation Literacy Evolution

11.00 Word Power / Early Words
Handwriting
Story boards / Writing Modelling
Guided Writing
9.50 Healthy Snack Refuelling the body with fruit/ vegetables/cheese and crackers. We also have our
10.00 milk at this time

11.20 Morning Tea Eating Sharing Big Book /Poem

11.30

11.30 Reading Groups Investigation Time

1.10

2.00 3.00 Maths Specific Number/ Algebra investigation (Both strategy and knowledge)
Strand work (Geometry, Measurement, & Statistics) is incorporated during
morning investigation time

*From 11.30 am in the morning Roslyn Investigators is in action. The environment is set up to provide
for students own interests and urges, with provocations provided to encourage children to investigate
throughout all areas of the curriculum depending on our focus and their interests. Throughout
Investigation Time, teachers support Oral Language development, extend learning experiences and to
provide resources to meet the needs of our students, as well as, taking small groups for reading. These
groups are based around students learning needs and are based on specific, effective teaching on
individual students goals.

M te rongo, ka mhio From listening comes knowledge

M te mhio, ka mrama From knowledge comes understanding

M te mrama, ka mtau From understanding comes wisdom

M te mtau, ka ora From wisdom comes well-being

From the Ferns Team

If you have any issues or concerns, make a time to meet with your Childs' teacher and if you need to take it
further, go and see Debbie (Team Leader/AP) in Room 12 and she will help you get the advice you need.
We are looking forward to another great term of learning!

Debbie Sorensen & Tammy How Tipu Class (Room 12), Judie Keane (Room 11),
Fabian OHalloran (Room 9), Arlene Els (Room 13), Nikita Patel (Room 14), Kristie Andersen (Room 19)
Karen Keenan, Kay Foot, Celina Embi, Whaea Tracy (Ferns Teacher Aides)
Maureen Thompson (Literacy Support)