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- Arohanui Distance Learning Week 5 : 11 – 15 May 2020 - May
- Arohanui Distance Learning Week 4 : 4 – 8 May 2020 - May
- Arohanui Distance Learning Week 3 : 27 April – 1 May 2020 - May
- Arohanui Distance Learning Week 2 : 20 – 24 April 2020 - Apr
- Arohanui Distance Learning - Apr
- Antonia the Ant - Mar
- Insects - Mar
- Buddy Reading - Mar
- Arohanui Beekeepers - Mar
- Experience Pacifica - Mar
- Fundamental Skills - Mar
- Arohanui and Hansel and Gretel - Dec
- Stepping Out with Constable Marina - Nov
- Inspiring People - Nov
- Congratulations to Atonio Lelaulu and Neveah Uini-Faiva for being our new Term 3 class leaders. - Jul
- Congratulations to Phia Jobin completing the 50 Book Challenge! - Jul
- Congratulations to Annbel Boby for completing our 50 Book Challenge. - Jun
- 50 Book Challenge - Jun
- Congratulations to Atonio Lelaulu completing the 50 Book Challenge! That’s two students from Room 1a. Yay! - Jun
- Magazine Chickens - Jun
- Heating Eggs - Jun
- Mrs Chicken comes to Visit - May
- Father Soane visits Room 2 - May
- Papatoetoe Museum - May
- Papatoetoe Museum - May
- Week 10 Principal Awards for Room 1a - Apr
- The Papatoetoe Community Gardens - Mar
- Repeat Repeat Repeat - Mar
- Run a thon Maths - Mar
- Arohanui – Room 1a Principal Awards - Mar
- Te Atua - Feb
- Sound Science - Nov
- Arohanui Scripture Cup. - Sep
- Congratulations to these children receiving Principal Awards. - Sep
- Holy Cross Week - Sep
- Principal Awards for Arohanui - Sep
- Playing Kahoot during Maths Week - Aug
- The Feast of St Bartholemew - Aug
- Arohanui Syndicate Mass - Aug
- What’s happening this week - Aug
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- Harinui Distance Learning Week 1: 15th – 17th April 2020 - Apr
- Visiting the Papatoetoe Teaching Gardens - Aug
- Garden Walk - Aug
- Our Pet Interview - Mar
- Animates Visit - Mar
- Missions Award - Mar
- Daily 5 - Mar
- Our Road Safety Walk - Mar
- Holy Cross Mercy Gardens - Mar
- Learning the Letter ‘T’ - Feb
- Swan Plants - Feb
- Our Athletic Heroes - Nov
- Athletics Day at the Papatoetoe Recreation Grounds - Nov
- Making Coleslaw - Nov
- Science Experiments: Rolling and Bouncing Balls - Nov
- Planting our Sweet Peas - Nov
- Our Visiting Artist – Taani - Oct
- Running Races - Oct
- Vegetable in the Garden – describing them - Oct
- Our Gardener – Personal Qualities - Oct
- Making Groups in Ten - Oct
- Our Little Gardens ……. developments! - Oct
- Our Gardening Tools - Oct
- Our Church Visit - Oct
- Snail Visitors - Oct
- Our Garden Community - Oct
- Crayon and Dye Fish - Sep
- Folk Dance - Sep
- Our Mural Walk - Aug
- Strand Maths – Geometry - Aug
- Sketching Fish - Aug
- Planting bulbs into the School Garden - Aug
- Watering our Mercy Gardens - Aug
- Our Visit to Animates – Group 2 - Aug
- Visiting Animate – Group 1 - Aug
- Maths Week – Fractions Mufti Day - Aug
- Maths Week ‘Fractions Mufti Day’ - Aug
- Road Safety Walk to Papatoetoe Train Station - Aug
- Planting Spring Bulbs - Aug
- School Road Patrols - Aug

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Welcome to the Arohanui Syndicate page, featuring Year 2 children from Rooms 1, 2 and 3.

Arohanui Distance Learning Week 5 : 11 – 15 May 2020

10 May 2020 · by Miss Skipper

Kia ora Whanau

Hope you are all hanging in there. No doubt there are some more changes ahead for us in the near weeks.

This is week 5 of term 2. Term 2 means that when we return to school we will be in winter uniform. You may wish to get that sorted out this week. The uniform prices are on the school website -> https://hcsp.school.nz/uniform-lost-property/ and you can call them to see if they’ve got what you need in stock at 09-278 8224.

We would like to say a big “Thank you” to everyone for all their hard work during the lock down. Thank you for sharing all the work your children are doing. Thank you for hanging in there with us. We are looking forward to getting back to school and seeing everyone again.

If you have any questions please get in touch with us. We are working hard to make things easy for you and your learner so please let us know if you need any help.

Our message remains the same. We do not expect everything to be completed. Work at your own pace in your own way.

Link -> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17A06qtrt7G8bghErScDYKCnGsEJuMIoi-7YT6Yvgvi0/edit?usp=sharing

A continued request : Please continue to collect egg cartons and egg trays. We will need them when we return to school. Thank you

Enjoy the week, stay safe and take care of one another.

Donna Leaupepe, Goretti Meredith, Ann O’Grady and Kelly Skipper

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9

Arohanui Distance Learning Week 4 : 4 – 8 May 2020

3 May 2020 · by Miss Skipper

Kia ora one and all

Here we are at week two of Alert Level 3. We hope that you are continuing to thrive. Thank you for continuing to share your learning with us. It makes us proud to be able to share your learning with everyone.

If you have any questions please get in touch with us. We are working hard to make things easy for you and your learner so please let us know if you need any help.

Remember : we do not expect everything to be completed. Work at your own pace.

Link -> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JD_v9aj3P5AkhaRqgrF28HQNuehRrrh_s9meq0mxx08/edit?usp=sharing

A request : Please continue to collect egg cartons and egg trays. We will need them when we return to school. Thank you

Enjoy the week, stay safe and take care of one another.

Donna Leaupepe, Goretti Meredith, Ann O’Grady and Kelly Skipper

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Arohanui Distance Learning Week 3 : 27 April – 1 May 2020

3 May 2020 · by Miss Skipper

Kia ora Families

We hope that you are continuing to manage well as we enter into Alert Level 3. As our Prime Minister Ardern has advised, we are staying home where possible, so we will continue to support you with a mixture of online and offline learning opportunities.

Thank you for all the wonderful sharing. We’ve included a few pictures and videos this week from your learners. We love seeing all the work and fun they are having with you at home. Ka rawe!

Please remember : do what you can and leave the rest.

As we are remembering all the brave New Zealanders who have lived and died for our nation, this week’s programme runs Wednesday to Friday. Please find the link below. Please let me know if any of the videos or links are inaccessible and I’ll try my best to fix them.

Link -> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Zj0PSPrwRjCwvUoEuOkyRu-AfynWZD7uDjMU3q5Uzcw/edit?usp=sharing

A request : Please start collecting all your egg cartons. We’d like to use them when we return to school. Thank you

Enjoy the week, stay safe and take care of one another.

Donna Leaupepe, Goretti Meredith, Ann O’Grady and Kelly Skipper

Arohanui Distance Learning Week 2 : 20 – 24 April 2020

19 April 2020 · by Miss Skipper

Kia ora Whanau

Welcome to week 2. Great job on completing the first week of distance learning. Tino pai!!! We understand that Alert 4 is challenging for us all.This week, keep chipping away and if things are overwhelming take a step back and move forward at a pace that works for yourself and your family. Don’t forget your teachers are here to help.

Thank you for all the feedback we’ve received so far. Thank you to everyone who has shared some work. Can we all aim to share just one piece of work this week ? You can take a picture or drop us a note and send it via Seesaw or Email to your classroom teacher. We are missing our classes and would love to see or hear what everyone is up to.

This week we are trying out a Google Slide. The Year 2 teachers have worked together to create these school led learning opportunities. Please let us know if they work for you.

Here is the link -> Arohanui Distance Learning Week 2

Have a great week. We look forward to hearing from you.

Donna Leaupepe, Goretti Meredith, Ann O’Grady, Kelly Skipper

“Bear with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgive each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” – Colossians 3:13

Arohanui Distance Learning

14 April 2020 · by Miss Skipper

Kia ora Whanau

Welcome back to school and our first week of distance learning. As we set out on our adventure please remember there is no map and we need to chart our own course.

We have prepared work for the week for the entire Arohanui syndicate. Have a go and see how you get on. Please let us know what’s working and what’s not working. If you’ve received a Government package, would you let us know?

Our Year 2 expectation remains: 20 minutes Maths, 20 minutes Reading, 20 minutes Writing

We’ve now included: Religious Education, a physical activity, and a lock down activity.

We’ve included offline activities to break up the use of devices. At this time we think 90 minutes to 120 minutes school led learning is adequate. Create your own timetable and set your own pace. Ease into it.

Please remember to build in some breaks between learning and understand that we don’t expect everything to be completed. We are simply offering you some learning opportunities during the challenge of lock down. You know your family best so please do what’s right for you. We are here to support you.

Don’t forget that starting tomorrow the Government has created Home Learning TV. This is definitely a great way to implement learning without internet access. Check out the timetable : https://learningfromhome.govt.nz/supporting-learning/home-learning-tv#Programmeschedule

W1 Home Learning TV

Stay safe and remember to be kind to each other.

The Arohanui Team

Donna Leaupepetele, Goretti Meredith, Ann O’Grady, Kelly Skipper

Religious Education

Offline

-Create a sacred space in your home or room, or maybe outside, where you can spend 5 minutes quiet time each day to reflect and pray.

-Practise making and saying The Sign of the Cross, The Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be.

Online

The Liturgical Year Easter Lesson 1

http://faithalive.org.nz/curriculum

A story about the benefits of making good decisions and being kind. http://www.oatthegoat.co.nz/

There are reflective questions at the end.

Physical Education

Offline

-Go to the local park, or any open green area. Go for a walk together, a cycle, or a scoot.

– Walk a block or two of the local neighbourhood.

-Bring some chalk outside and draw hopscotch markings, have a game.

-Teach your child to skip, or have a skipping competition.

Online

https://www.gonoodle.com/good-energy-at-home-kids-games-and-videos/

Lock down Special

Play alphabet bingo! Can you spot an item in your home or garden that starts with the letter a,b,c and so on?

Math

Offline

$1 Math$

Online

IXL

-This week let’s focus on the Understand Addition section B1, B2, B3 and B4

-Feel free to explore further if you complete these sections.

Writing

Reading

Antonia the Ant

19 March 2020 · by Miss Skipper

We are studying Insects and we imagined what the life of an ant might be like. We wrote one story together and five more with some of our ideas for a day in the life of our friend, Antonia the ant.

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