Sunday 24 May 2020

Week 7


TERM 2 WEEK 7


Week 7

We all had such a lovely week back at school with the children, it was great to see so many smiling faces and to hear their laughter as they played with their friends.

This week is Samoan Language week, we plan to celebrate this by learning a new song and learning about Samoan culture and art.

All children need to be wearing correct winter uniform this week.  Grey socks for the boys, navy blue for the girls.  Royal blue skivvy and black leather shoes.  Remember to name all of your child's uniform.

The children were so proud of their new independence being able to walk into school and complete their morning jobs on their own.  It was wonderful to see children taking responsibility for their own things and their learning.  Being able to self-manage is such an important skill and the children in Kakano are developing this essential life skill each and every day.

We continue to clean and use the hand sanitiser regularly.  We have had small groups of children who have taken on the task of making sure all the tables are wiped down throughout the day.

If you have not yet returned the pack of school readers your child took home at the start of Lockdown can you please pop these into your child’s bag ASAP.  We are wanting to have all resources returned by the end of this week.

We have had a few school jerseys go missing this week, can you please check that your child’s winter uniform is clearly named and that the uniform your child has is their own.  It is very common for 5-year-olds to pick up someone else’s jersey without realising it is not their own.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and we will see you tomorrow :-)

Kakano Teachers

Sunday 17 May 2020

Week 6

Yahoo welcome back to school.


To start today we just want to thank all the parents and whanau who have
supported their children with the work we have provided.  We have loved
seeing all the posts on Edcua about all the adventures you have completed throughout lockdown.  You have all done an amazing job. You have deserved a well-earned coffee
break.


We are ready for the start on Monday and have set up sanitiser stations
in the classroom along with soap dispensers and paper towels. Staff will be
ensuring that door handles, hard surfaces, and class equipment will be
sanitised periodically throughout the day. All the classrooms have been
cleaned over the lockdown period.  At Level 2 the message is to send your
kids to school unless you have good reason to keep them home. So the
message is clear: Send your kids back to school.

We do ask that if your child is unwell that you do not send them to school.
It is important that your child has totally recovered before they are sent
back to school. It is expected that a child would be away for at least 48
hours if they have been unwell. Also if your child becomes unwell at school
the office will notify you and you will need to collect ASAP.


What will school look like under Alert Level 2?
Drop off 8:45-9:00 
We encourage parents to drop their children at the gate
and not enter the school grounds. Parents are advised
they must not enter any classrooms please. If you need to
contact your child’s teacher please email, txt or a written
message can come with your child.

Any students who come to school after 9am will need to come in via the
Carnot Street entrance and be accompanied by an adult when they report
to the School Office.
Pickup 2:30-2:45
You can collect your child from the classroom at the end
of the day, you will need to scan a QR code to enter the
school or have for photo taken.  This is so the school has
a record of who has been on sight for contact tracing. If
you would like to collect your child from a gate please let
us know what gate you will collect them from as a teacher
will bring them over at 2:30 pm.
Contact Tracing at St Mary’s
We have registered our school location for contact tracing via tracing.co.nz. Our
location code is 080045.


Here are some photos of how the church car park looks for drop off




If you need to get to work earlier than the stated times of drop off you could take
your children to Before School Care at Glenholme School. The contact details are:
Maryanne Roling 0211215599. Maryanne will bring the children over to St Mary’s at
8.45am.



All children need to have a drink bottle as the drinking fountains are still
not available to use.  
Pita Pit and sausage sizzle will begin this week.
All the teachers are so excited to have your children back at school on
Monday. Learning will continue as usual within our classrooms. 

I can not wait to see everyone tomorrow.
Lorraine
Mrs Thomson


Sunday 10 May 2020

Week 5

Welcome to week 5.  We hope all the Mums had a lovely Mother's Day with
their children.

This week we will find out when and if we will be moving to Alert L2. 
Once we have this information we will be able to let you all know when
school can and will return for all children.

Our Bingo Board challenges have a Technology theme.  Technology for 5-
year-olds looks at how children can design and build different creations. 
It is all about children having a go and making changes to improve their
designs.

We continue to provide activities and ideas for reading, writing and
mathematics.  Please let your classroom teacher know if you require
support with any of the activities we set.  

It has been great to see so many children using Lexia and Maths Whizz at
home.  Remember it is recommended the children spend 60mins on these
online programmes for the week.  

Thank you to those families who are able to share the learning that has
been happening at home.  It is a highlight of our day when we see all the
amazing things our children have been up to.


Enjoy your week and keep an eye on Educa for video chat times and new learning activities.

Sunday 3 May 2020

Week 4

I want to thank all of our families who are supporting the learning at
home, it has been amazing to see what the children have been getting up to
and all of the learning that is happening.


This week in Kakano, 8 new children and their teacher, Mrs Susie Bye, are
starting in Kakano 7.  Obviously, their start to school is different from
the norm, but we still welcome them all to our Kakano family and can't
wait to all be at school so we can welcome them properly.

This is how your week will go for "Home Learning"
Bingo Board: This will be shared with families at the start of the week
and has a variety of different 'play' provocations you can do with your
child.  The Bingo Board represents the play and learning we do in Kakano
each week.

RE: At the start of the week an RE activity will be shared with all our
families.  It would be great if you could share the RE work you are doing
at home with your children on Educa.

Maths: Each day a new Maths game or challenge will be shared on Educa. 
These activities are aimed to support your child's understanding of how
numbers work.  Maths-Whizz is also a great online tool to use for maths.

Reading: Monday and Wednesday are reading days at school, and these are
the days the teachers will share reading activities to do at home.  You
can encourage your child to read every day at home, this might mean they
are rereading books that they are familiar with or that you are reading a
favourite book to them.  We know that when children read the same book
they are practising reading skills and the more we practise a skill, the
better we get.

Writing: Tuesday and Thursday are our writing days.  I have been so
impressed with the way children are sharing their wonderful writing
ideas.  Sharing our ideas is one of the most important parts of the
writing process.  Lexia can also be used to support our reading and
writing skills.

Poem: The poem each week aims to support children practise their reading
skills and we will always try to add a fun activity to go alongside the
poem.

What have our friends been doing:

Check out some of the learning the children in Kakano 4 have been sharing
with me from the past few weeks:
Neena and her sister doing some Yoga.

Charlie's name hunt.

Keely making a bird feeder

Braith's buzzy bee.

James working hard to find as many triangles as possible.  James found 28 different triangle.  There is 36 different triangle in this picture.

I hope everyone has an amazing week.  Remember I am back at school so if you would like new reading books please let me know and I can get them organised.


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