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- Arohanui Distance Learning Week 5 : 11 – 15 May 2020 - May
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- Arohanui Distance Learning Week 3 : 27 April – 1 May 2020 - May
- Reading Degree 2020-Atawhai - Apr
- Atawhai Distance Learning T2 W2 20th-24th April - Apr
- Arohanui Distance Learning Week 2 : 20 – 24 April 2020 - Apr
- Atawhai Distance Learning T2 W1 April 15th-17th - Apr
- Harinui Distance Learning Week 1: 15th – 17th April 2020 - Apr
- Arohanui Distance Learning - Apr
- Holy Week Quizzes - Apr
- Antonia the Ant - Mar
- Tabloid Sports cancelled - Mar
- Insects - Mar
- Buddy Reading - Mar
- Arohanui Beekeepers - Mar
- Experience Pacifica - Mar
- Fundamental Skills - Mar
- TUMANAKO SYNDICATE UPDATES FOR TERM 1 2020 - Feb
- Swimming Trials - Feb
- Arohanui and Hansel and Gretel - Dec
- Stepping Out with Constable Marina - Nov
- Inspiring People - Nov
- TEAM TUMANAKO TIDINGS - Oct
- Room 14 does Community Service at the Papatoetoe Library - Sep
- HOLY CROSS FEAST DAY BUDDY AFTERNOON WITH ROOM 19 - Sep
- Ohea Wins Papatoetoe Speech Final - Sep
- Duffy Assembly - Sep
- Maths Week - Aug
- Police visit! - Aug
- Netball - Aug
- Netball 22/8/19 - Aug
- TERM 3 2019 in the TUMANAKO- RAINBOW OF HOPE SYNDICATE - Jul
- Auckland Girls Rugby Champion of Champions 2019 - Jul
- The 2019 Manaakitanga Reading Degree Ceremony - Jul
- 50 Book Challenge - Jun
- Magazine Chickens - Jun
- Heating Eggs - Jun
- School Disco! - Jun
- Teacher Strike Wednesday 29th May School Closed - May
- Mrs Chicken comes to Visit - May
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- 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
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- Road Safety Walk to Papatoetoe Train Station - Aug
- Planting Spring Bulbs - Aug
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Welcome to the Holy Cross School News page where we share the latest school highlights and events.

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

Reading Degree 2020-Atawhai

30 April 2020 · by Mr Ginders

Reading is an enjoyable activity, as well as a useful skill. To encourage your recreational reading you will be required to undertake a Reading degree over Term Two.

You will need to read books during this time. A record of what you have read each night (book/author/chapter) needs to be recorded each day for homework with a summary (15 words or less) of what you have read. Your parents will need to sign each entry to verify that you have read what you have recorded.

At the end of each book, you need to do one of the activities for each section. You are not allowed to do one activity (e.g Character Draw) for more than one book. Once this is finished you need to record this in this booklet. You then show the book and the activity to your teacher to be signed.

Your teacher will sign this if they are satisfied with the quality of your work and the evidence that it has been read. The work should be presentable and be able to be displayed on a classroom wall. It can be done electronically on Google Docs/Slides or handwritten and presented in a folder.

If a book is 400 or more pages long, then it can count as two books. If 600 or more then it can count as three books (check with your teacher if you are unsure). If your book does count as 2 books then you must complete two of the required activities for that book. Books should have some equivalence to your current Reading Level.

All Bachelor’s Degrees (First Degree) must include:

1 comic
2 sophisticated picture books
A picture book
A chapter book

The other degrees should be chapter books.

Push yourself to achieve the highest degree.

Make sure you look at the Google Slides and put your activities in the grids.

Reading Degree Atawhai 2020– Google Slides Link

Good Luck!

Atawhai Teachers (Miss Coburn, Miss Gordon and Mr Ginders)

Atawhai Distance Learning T2 W2 20th-24th April

20 April 2020 · by Mr Ginders

Well done on completing the first week of Distance Learning! I saw some excellent work going on at home. You will see in the planning that we have started the Reading Degree. That is an extra task for you to complete across the whole term so get reading!

Here are the planning links for Term 2 Week 2 (Distance Learning)

Reading Degree- Bachelors Degree

Room 20 Planning- Miss Coburn

Room 21 Planning- Mr Ginders

Room 22 Planning- Miss Gordon

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch with your child’s teacher.

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

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