Aroha | Holy Cross School Papatoetoe

Duffy Assembly

2 September 2019 · by sjacob4a

We started Book Week with an amazing assembly. We were excited to invite illustrator Michel Mulipola to show his work with us. We learned that he has had some great jobs including designing cartoon cards for Marvel! He is also a successful gamer and wrestler. We loved hearing about his passion and ambitions as a child to be a comic book illustrator and how reading helped him in all of his jobs. Here are some photos from his talk this morning. You may notice that he has illustrated some of the books we read in school! When it was question time we asked Michel questions like

“What is your favourite Spiderman character?” “What are the challenges of being an illustrator?” “What would your job be, if you weren’t an illustrator?”

We learnt so much!

Maths Week

27 August 2019 · by sjacob4a

In Week 3 of this term we celebrated Maths Week. We dressed up in a Maths outfit and learned lots about Maths! On Friday we had a fun packed Maths assembly. We won prizes, played cool Maths games and the teachers even joined in! Well done tamariki for all your amazing Maths outfits!

Police visit!

27 August 2019 · by sjacob4a

Today Aroha Syndicate had the privilege of meeting our Community Constables. We learned lots about what a police officer does in his or her job. We also asked lots of questions! Then we got to try on a uniform, sit in a police car and try out the siren! We had a great time and learned lots

Runathon!

20 March 2019 · by sjacob4a

Last week Aroha Syndicate participated in the Runathon. We ran in our house teams and worked hard to run continuously. Thank you to all the parents and whanau that came to support! Thank you too for supporting our tamariki by sponsoring them. Last week Aroha Syndicate participated in the Runathon. We ran in our house teams and worked hard to run continuously. Thank you to all the parents and whanau that came to support! Thank you too for supporting our tamariki by sponsoring them.

What have we been learning so far this term?

7 March 2019 · by sjacob4a

Belonging to Holy Cross School

This term the Aroha Syndicate have been learning about Belonging to Holy Cross Catholic School and our Church. During weeks 2-5 we have been focussing on this topic and developing our friendships and relationships with those within our class and the school environment. Below are the learning outcomes for this topic and other learning areas.

Social Science

Mathematics

Writing

Reading

Health

Physical Education

Children are able to name and draw important people in the school.

e.g Mr Young- Principal, Mrs Paul- Deputy Principal, Mrs Siluuga- Assistant Principal, Ms O’Grady- Director of Religious Education, Mrs Lucre- Senior Teacher Aroha Syndicate

Children are able to name at least 3 class rules/ Treaty rules and take ownership of them

e.g Taking turns and sharing equipment, Using walking feet inside the classroom, Raising your hand to share ideas

Children can say the forwards number sequences in the range 0-20 at least.

e.g.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10…

Children can count groups of objects up to 20.

Children can make up, tell and record number stories up to ten

e.g. I have 4

stickers and my teacher gives me 2 more stickers. How many stickers do I have altogether now ?

Children can write a description about something God has created using 4 descriptors.

e.g

Tigers have black stripes and orange fur. They have four large paws with sharp claws. They sneak up on other animals when hunting for food. Tigers have smooth soft fur on their bodies.

The seven descriptors are: Colour, Size, Texture, Number, Doing, Shape, Position

Children are learning to develop a large bank of high frequency words to help them with their Reading.

Children are learning to recognise rhyming words to decode new words

e.g. cat, sat, mat, hat, bat

walk, talk, chalk

wet, get, pet, set

play, day, may, hay, say, ray

Children can describe, when appropriate, what their own needs and feelings are.

Children can respond appropriately to the needs and feelings of others.

Children can

show consideration, share with others and take turns.

Children can:

throw and catch a large ball.

kick a large ball standing still.

dribble a large ball with their feet.

Aroha Syndicate-Welcome back to 2019!

12 February 2019 · by sjacob4a

Kia ora, Talofa Lava, Malo e lelei, Kia orana, Namaste and welcome to Aroha Syndicate 2019.

We are excited for the year ahead and look forward to working with you to help your child grow, achieve their potential and flourish at school.

Here are the teachers of the Aroha Syndicate for 2019.

Mrs Lucre (Syndicate Leader) is teaching in Room 9

Mrs Pancha is teaching in Room 10

Mrs Jacob is teaching in Room 4a

As we begin a new term- a few helpful reminders….

Tamariki are to wear sunhats each day in Term 1
Each child has brought or will soon be bringing home a letter about how to sign up for the Seesaw app for their new class. Please sign up to see your child’s work, class messages and as one way to communicate easily with your child’s teacher . (Several family members can sign up to your child’s online journal)
Children will be bringing home reading books. We encourage tamariki to read each day at home, for around 5 or 10 minutes to consolidate what they have learned in class that day

Our children are learning all about having a Positive Mindset this year or a ‘can do’ attitude. We encourage children to be positive towards one another in their learning. As teachers, we praise ideas and contributions that see children taking a risk and trying something new in their learning. We see mistakes as a way to learn and try something new. As a year 1 team, we work hard to build this positive learning foundation to set children up well for the rest of their school learning and beyond.