Week 9

We have had an amazing week with our lovely Kakano children. The

children are so settled walking into school on their own and are very happy

and content completing their daily tasks.  A big well done to all our parents

and whanau for the great job you are doing to make your children

independent.

Hopefully later in the week we should be able to move to Level 1. This

should mean that there will be even fewer restrictions on us. We will let

you know of any changes as they occur.

Reminders

• School drop off time is now 8:30-9:00. School pick up time is 2:45.
• If it is wet, you will need to pick up from Kakano, please.
• The drinking fountains are still out of action while we are at Level 2.
• Please make sure your child comes to school with a drink bottle filled with water.

The RE team is running an art competition.  See below for details.  Your

child may like to create a piece of art at home for this competition.

Health and Fitness wit Amy

On Wednesday we headed outside to work with Whaea Amy from Sport Bay of Plenty.  We loved playing the games and learning about things that make us healthy.  We knew that running, jumping, walking and playing is good for us and keeps us healthy.  We also learnt that exercise keeps our brains healthy and helps us to feel good.

Week 8

Week 8

What another lovely week we had last week, it is great to see how settled

all the children are at school.  There has been a lot of excitement about

the fairies garden. Several days the fairies visited overnight, the children

have become very interested in this we even have some wanting to make

furniture for the fairy garden.

Thank you to everyone who has their children in the correct school

uniform, please remember to name all of your child’s uniform.  Also if you

have purchased shoes with laces please teach them how to tie the laces

independently, we have also started to work on this at school.

Twice a week your child will bring home a new reading book, these will stay

in their book bag until the following Monday, we ask that you get your child

to read these every night. Please let me know if your child is not wanting

to read at night and I can talk to them about it. This is how we are going

to get your child reaching their goals and moving up the reading rocket.

It is really important to reread these stories to encourage fluency in your

child’s reading and also allows them to develop a comprehension of stories. 

This is just like when you would read a picture storybook several times and

your child can talk about what happens in the book, the characters etc.

We have noticed a lot of the children do not have fruit or vegetables that

they can eat at brain break, they are then getting very hungry before

morning tea at 11:05am.  We suggested a range of foods in their lunch box

including fruit/vegetables as well as foods from the other food groups,

not just all packet food. Here are some amazing lunchbox ideas.

We go to the library on Fridays, please have your child’s library bags with

books back to school on Friday morning so your child can pick two new

stories to bring home and enjoy. 

Thank you to everyone for having the reading packs sent home during

lockdown.

I hope you have had a lovely long weekend,  and I look forward to seeing all

the children tomorrow.

Mrs Thomson
Lorraine

Week 7

May 24, 2020

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

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

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.

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.