Miss Helsham

TEAM TUMANAKO TIDINGS

24 October 2019 · by Miss Helsham

TERM 4 NEWSLETTER 2019

Greetings Grandparents, Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome back to school and the final term of 2019. Thank you to you all for your continual support of our children. This term is another exciting term for us. We have a trip to the Stardome and we also have a special morning for some very special people in our lives.

Topics this term:

RELIGION:

COMMUNION OF SAINTS- LIFE, DEATH & CHRISTIAN HOPE
ADVENT
CHRISTMAS

WRITTEN LANGUAGE:

POETRY/NARRATIVE
EXPLANATIONS
INFORMATION REPORTS
PROCEDURAL WRITING

HANDWRITING:

Children continue to work using the format for Years 3 and 4.

SPELLING

Children continue to work from their current YOU CAN SPELL book level.
Children will have a Schonell spelling test to determine their Spelling age.

READING

Children continue to read at their ability level.
We would encourage children to read daily at home to increase their reading mileage.
To use reading theory for comprehension.

MATHEMATICS

NUMBER: ADD/ SUBTRACT, MULTIPLICATION/ DIVISION, FRACTIONS
ALGEBRA
Encourage children to continue using IXL at home.

SOCIAL SCIENCE:

Special people in our lives: GRANDPARENTS

HEALTH

Community Health: LOOKING AFTER ME

SCIENCE

Physical world: LIGHT AND COLOUR

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Athletics
Basketball
Large Ball skills
Fitness run every morning except Fridays.

ARTS

Simple 3D crafts for Christmas gifts using a variety of media

SPECIAL EVENTS

Friday 18^th October Full School Mass

Monday 21^st October GLOSS testing begins

Tuesday 22^nd October Music Soiree

Tuesday 29^th October PAT Testing begins for Year 4 children

Wednesday 30^th October PAT for Year 4 children /STAR Testing

Thursday 31^st October E Asttle Reading and Maths testing

Friday 1^st November Full School Mass – All Saints

Tuesday 5^th November Trip to Stardome

Thursday 7^th November Cultural Festival

Friday 15^th November Syndicate Mass

Saturday 16^th November School Fair

Tuesday 3^rd December Grandparents morning

Friday 6^th December Full School Mass: Gifting Mass

Tuesday 10^th December Year 4 Prize giving 11am

Thursday 12^th December Year 6 and 8 Graduation

Friday 13^th December Reports sent home

Wednesday 18^th December Full School End of Year Mass/ Last day of school

HOMEWORK:

This is an extension of the school day and all children will be expected to complete reading, spelling, basic facts, sunshine online and IXL activities daily. Occasionally they will get extra work to finish at home.

UNIFORM:

Please ensure your child is wearing the correct uniform and has their P.E. uniform at school every day. Children need plain black shorts (no stripes or monograms). The boys should not be using their school shorts to do their PE activities in. Hair should be tied up in the school colours.

Please check to see that all clothing and footwear is clearly named as this enables us to return any articles of clothing that may be misplaced.

All children must bring a note if they are not wearing the correct uniform.

The correct summer uniform should be worn after Labour Day. ALL children are expected to have school hats to wear.

THANK YOU

Sometimes we forget to say this but thank you so much to all our Parent Helpers and supporters this year. Without your assistance we could not have done any of our outside school activities. As it says in St Paul’s letter to the Philippians 1: 3 “We thank our God each time we remember you, and when we pray for you all we pray with joy.”

We appreciate everything you do for our Team Tumanako.

May God continue to bless us and our families.

From the team

Maureen Gass, George Latu, Pat. Helsham

Room 14 does Community Service at the Papatoetoe Library

20 September 2019 · by Miss Helsham

Yesterday Room 14 walked down to the Papatoetoe Library to do some work at the Library. We had a lovely walk there and were excited to see the people from the Papatoetoe Museum. They had organised for us to be at the library.

Today we went to the Papatoetoe Library. First we left the school through the gate and started to walk. When we got there we sat down and coloured in. I had to do a word and the word was CLUES. The colours were black, grey, orange and green. After that I went to stick it up on the board. I went to the books and sat on the mat. Afterwards we started to go back to school so we can write about the fun things that we just did. LUCIUS

Today Room 14 went to the Papatoetoe Library to do some community service. When we arrived we met some people who were from the Papatoetoe Museum. When we were settled we were colouring any photo with bright and dark colours for an hour. After that when we finished colouring we had to pin them onto a top secret board. We went to read any book so when our time was over we all sang 4 songs before coming back to school. DESTINY

Today Room 14 and I went on a walk to the Papatoetoe Library. When Miss Helsham came back from the office we headed outside in two lines and I was in one line and my buddy was in the other line. While we were walking I was imaging what it would look like, but when we got there it looked completely different. When we went inside, we went to a table and sat down and waited. There was colouring paper on the table and there was also some colouring pencils of course. We started colouring and what I was colouring were two jigsaw puzzles because the theme in the library was TOP SECRET!!! TALLYN

This Thursday, in the morning, after we ate, Room Fourteen was very excited to visit the Papatoetoe Library. We were also happy to meet the Community Library service. Ailey and Caydence’s mums were Parent Helpers and Micaela accompanied us too. Once everyone finished eating, we lined up with our buddies and we were finally ready to go! There were a few pedestrians but we depended on the adults.

Once we finally reached the Library, everyone sat down on chairs, and we saw pictures that were like a secret mission. The community service’s people told us a bit about them. They said that we could colour the pictures that we saw in the beginning, that’s when everyone got excited. There were so many colours I didn’t know where to start! Everyone did some hard work. After I finished I got some pins and pinned my artwork on a board. While we waited for the other students, we got to read some books. We had a group photo and sang a few songs. We were so sad to leave the Library, but we had a safe journey back to school. JAYDE DE GUZMAN

Today me and my class went to the Papatoetoe Library. When we got there people were telling us to follow them and then they told us to sit on the chairs. There were papers on the tables and my paper said key the word. The Library people told us to colour in the pages. My friend Michael was colouring in a key. I was using the colours red, yellow, orange and green. When I was done colouring in I was told to cut out my key. I did and when I was done with the word key, one of the ladies said that I could do another one and it was some feet. I coloured them in blue. After I was done colouring my feet on the paper I cut them out too and I put them on the board. We took photos of us and then we sang ‘This is the day’ and ‘Aroha is love.’ LORENZO

Today we went to the Papatoetoe Library and we got to colour a picture. Mine said secret. We were colouring for about two hours. We sang Aroha is loving if you give it away and we also sang this is the day. When we were going back to school it looked like it was going to rain. It was so much fun and we got to take a photo and while we were colouring we were also taking our time. We took too long for colouring the top secret papers and people were looking at us while we were doing our top secret work. SHAUN

HOLY CROSS FEAST DAY BUDDY AFTERNOON WITH ROOM 19

17 September 2019 · by Miss Helsham

TERM 3 2019 in the TUMANAKO- RAINBOW OF HOPE SYNDICATE

25 July 2019 · by Miss Helsham

Greetings to you all and welcome back to Term 3,

Hope you managed to have a good holiday with your children and are ready for the term ahead.

First of all I’d like to take time to offer our condolences to KADIAN POLAMALU-TOALIMA & RODEL WONGTUNG-KOMITI and their families on the loss of their beautiful mothers. We can’t fathom what you are both going through right now but please be assured of our love and continual support for you both. We will keep you and your family in our prayers. We also pray for the soul of Peter who was always there to help us in the afternoon with our rubbish. Eternal rest grant to them oh Lord and may perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of these three beautiful people:

DELILAH KOMITI, ANAMARIA POLAMALU-TOALIMA & PETER WILLCOCKS, Rest in peace and love.

Our units this term:

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION:

PRAYER/ SACRAMENTS STRAND/ CHURCH STRAND

INQUIRY UNITS:

Health: COPING WITH CHANGE- Experiencing loss in our lives.

Science: CHEMICAL CHANGES TO FOOD; Milk and Milk Products.

Social Science: COMMUNITY PROJECTS… in our local Papatoetoe Community.

LITERACY:

Writing: Information Reports/ Recounts/ Procedural writing.

Reading: Children read at their ability levels and are encouraged to use comprehension skills.

Spelling: YOU CAN SPELL books. Children work at their ability level.

Handwriting: We follow the Holy Cross Education plan for Years 3 and 4.

MATHS:

Multiplication/ Division/ Fractions/ Measurement.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

Swimming every Monday starting in Week 2.

Cross Country

ART:

Exploration of an artist/ WHO STOLE THE RAINBOW?

MUSIC:

With Mrs Anitelea every Monday.

SPECIAL EVENTS DURING TERM 3

Week 1 Full School Beginning of Term Mass New school and house leaders chosen

Week 2 Monday: Swimming starts: Monday 29th July. Your child will come to school in their school uniform and change into their School fitness t-shirt and black shorts. Children can change into their swimming togs at Morning teatime. They will need to bring a towel, spare underwear and goggles (optional), all items to be in a carry bag please so that your child does’t drop or lose anything. No child will be allowed to go to swimming in their school uniform. Boys need to have shorts to swim in and a different pair to wear back to school when they take their wet ones off.

Thursday: WORLD OF MATHS EXPO. Cost $2.00

Week 3 MATHS WEEK Vodafone Events Centre- WHETU & NICK play- 10 am, (no charge) all classes from year 3-8 will attend this

Week 4 Confirmation- Tuesday 13 August- 6pm in church, for all Year 4 children who have made their First Holy Communion.

AMBURY TRIP- Friday 16 August 9.15- 2pm Cost of trip $8 (for lesson and bus). We will need 3-4 Parent Helpers please?

Week 5 Class and Team Photos

Week 6 School Production

Week 7 BOOK WEEK (Exploration of an artist) Tongan Language Week Office Foyer display- Room 14 Tumanako Syndicate Mass (Friday)

Week 8 HOLY CROSS WEEK, Scripture Cup

Week 9 PAPATOETOE COMMUNITY SERVICE. We need 2- 3 Parent Helpers to walk with us.

Week 10 Gymnastics competition

St Anne’s Shield.

As you can see in the special events column, we have upcoming trips to;

Vodafone Events centre for Whetu and Nick at no cost to you.
Ambury Farm. Yes we will need Parent Helpers, 3- 4 per class, if you are available for the day, Friday 16^th August please let your child’s teacher know. Cost $8.00
We are also walking down to the Papatoetoe Community centres to do some community work and we need 2 Parent Helpers to walk down there with us. Cost $2.00

Tuesday 17^th September- GYM CITY 11.30am- Room 16

Wednesday 18^th September- PAPATOETOE COMMUNITY GARDENS 10am- Room 15

Thursday 19^th September- PAPATOETOE WAR MEMORIAL LIBRARY 10.30am- Room 14

The cost of our 3 trips this term is $12. A permission slip for these two events will be sent out next week.

Wow what a busy term…

Stay blessed and have a great day

May God bless us all

From the terrific Tumanako team

MAUREEN GASS/ GEORGE LATU/ PAT HELSHAM

Papatoetoe Museum Trip

2 May 2019 · by Miss Helsham

Today at 9:30am we had a walk down to the Papatoetoe Museum. First we stopped to look and read the crosses by the library.They are outside a building called the R.S.A.

We walked past the new New World and after that we were at Gym City which is beside the Papatoetoe Museum.

When we got inside they let us make paper medals. The people there gave us all a map with pictures on it and we had to find everything on the paper.

After that we placed a poppy on the floor next to a white cross that had a wreath around it.

We then sat down for a 30 second of silence to remember the soldiers who have died.

We said goodbye and walked back past the new New World, past the library and the R.S.A. and back in the school grounds.

We had our lunch and did our writing inside the classroom.

KAYCE OSBORNE

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE ‘TUMANAKO- HOPE’ SYNDICATE IN TERM 1 2019

12 February 2019 · by Miss Helsham

Greetings Parents and Caregivers.

Welcome to a brand new year and term. We look forward to working with you this year and having your support for our upcoming events.

A special welcome to Mr. George Latu our new teacher in Room 16. We pray that you will enjoy and value your time here at Holy Cross. We are looking forward to working with you and supporting you in your teaching.

We also welcome the new children to our school and to the Tumanako Syndicate. These children are all in Room 14;

LOCHLAN TE’O, ROMANUEL ESELOMA, KSHAUNISH BHANDARI & SEBASTIAN GAGO; We pray that you and your families will enjoy being part of the Holy Cross whanau.

Our school value for this term is Human Dignity.

Our syndicate focus is Managing Self which is one of our key competencies.

In Room 15 we have Mrs Maureen Gass and in Room 14 Ms Pat. Helsham.

In Year 3 and 4, the children have google.docs accounts which you can access. This is a good tool for homework. Don’t forget to go on our school website and look at the Tumanako folder to see who our Class captains are and also view some of the children’s work. We will have this all up and running by next week. By now you would have all received an email or notice about signing up to Seesaw. Please do so as soon as possible so that you will have access to your child’s work on Seesaw. IXL will be up and running soon so watch this space…

Term 1 units:

RELIGION: CHARISM OF HOLY CROSS/ PRAYER/ GOD/ LENT/ JESUS/ HOLY WEEK/ EASTER

LITERACY: WRITING: WRITING E ASTTLE TEST RECOUNTS/ LETTERS/ EMAILS /POETRY WRITING/ GOOGLE DOCS, DESCRIPTIVE/ REPORT WRITING USING THE SEVEN DESCRIPTORS

ORAL LANGUAGE: Daily Prayers/ shared news/ class & group discussions/ role plays/ buzz groups/ donut talking circle/ think pair share/ oral presentations.

READING: Instructional, Independent, Shared books. Children continue to read at their ability level and are encouraged to aim high. We use the Daily Five programme for reading.

SPELLING: Children will be doing the Schonell spelling test to see what their spelling age is at the beginning of the year. Throughout the year we use the You Can Spell programme and children will have spelling words each week to learn.

HANDWRITING: Handwriting samples. Teachers follow the HCSP format of handwriting for Year 3 and 4 children.

MATHS: ADDITION/ SUBTRACTION/ MULTIPLICATION/ DIVISION/ STRAND- STATISTICS:

TOPIC STUDY: SCIENCE: THE LIVING WORLD– LIFE CYCLE OF THE BUTTERFLY. We have a trip to Butterfly Creek on Thursday 14th March. We will study the butterfly and learn about their habitats and environment. SOCIAL SCIENCE: HOLY CROSS CHARISM– Belonging/ setting up class rules and treaty. Sharing what we know about our school. PEPEHA – PROUD TO BE THE PERSON I AM- (Key Competency- managing self) HEALTH: SAFE ENVIRONMENTS: Building a Safe and Positive Class Community: looking at friendships / classroom treaty/ rules / and accepting differences.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Fitness– Fitness run around the new covered area of the tennis courts/Jump Jam. Skills– LARGE BALL SKILLS / SKIPPING

ARTS: VISUAL ART: Self portraits- sketching and using a variety of mediums.

MAORI: The children have the opportunity to participate in Te Reo Maori lessons in our classroom with Whaea Bronwyn. This is every Tuesday for 1/2 hour.

MUSIC: The children have 1 hour a week with our music specialist. For our syndicate this is every Monday.

SPECIAL EVENTS Monday 4th February– school begins Friday 15th February – Full School Mass Monday 11th February – Office Foyer Room 15 Tuesday 12th February– Sacramental Programme meeting for Year 4 Parents. Monday 18th February – Assembly Room 15 Tuesday 26th February – Dedication Mass for all school staff Wednesday 6th March – Ash Wednesday Thursday 14^th March– BUTTERFLY CREEK TRIP Sunday 17th March – St Patrick’s day First Reconciliation for Year 4 children: Tuesday 19th March Monday 25th March: Annunciation of the Lord Week 10: End of Term 1 Mass– Tumanako Syndicate preparing this. Friday 12th April– school closes for the end of term.

Again thank you for your support. May God bless us all as we begin this school year together.

From the team;

MAUREEN GASS– R15 / GEORGE LATU /-R16 / PAT HELSHAM– R14 (TEAM LEADER)