Kia ora! It's only week 2 of term 2 and already very busy! Week one we had a Powhiri to formally invite new students and staff to the school. Mr Worboys, who is taking on the role of RBS Principal for a term, showed us he has talent at korero. In our class, we have students new to RBS this year so they were able to take part in being welcomed to our school whanau.
Many of our Wharemauku students were very tired last week as they eased back into school life, it's great to see they have a bit of spark back this week.
We started Athletics this week. The coach, Martin from Kelly Sports, spends the first two sessions on balance. We have a meeting on Monday to find out what the next 4 skills are going to be. The children will spend two sessions on each skill focus. It's great to have the opportunity to thoroughly observe the students as they practice these skills. I can certainly see their strengths, weaknesses and development throughout the session.
Next Thursday 19 May, we have an afternoon visit from Dogsmart. This session is to teach children how to behave safely around dogs. It should be valuable.
If you wish to join us for school celebrations they are being held on Thursdays weeks 6 and 9. The school has been split into two teams for this event as we can no longer all fit into the hall. Our sessions start at 12 pm.
On the 8 June, our class will get a visit from an ASB bank representative to teach us a little about financial literacy. That should be interesting.
Reports are signaled to go home on 10 June at this stage. That is subject to confirmation. There will be an opportunity for parents to discuss these results with teachers shortly after. In preparation for this, room 8 children will be undergoing numeracy and literacy assessments most afternoons and throughout the days if necessary. Children will be taking home known readers during this process. You may want to use this opportunity to share a range of books with them, not just readers at their current reading level.
Later in the term, RBS will have a Matariki festival. These are always fun. There will be more information on this, closer to the time.
We will be spending a lot of time on the arts later in the term. More specifically, visual arts, dance and drama. This will be in preparation for the RBS production early in term 3.
I hope you have an amazing term. It's certainly looking like we will!
Hei kona, kia waimarie!
Molly Daube
Keep up with all the fun things that are happening in Room 8!
