Welcome to the Holy Cross School News page where we share the latest school highlights and events.
Over the past two weeks we have been celebrating Book Week! We have been very excited because our school’s theme for Book Week this year is ‘Monsters’.
We have been reading and writing about all sorts of different Monsters, and have even created our very own Monster Masks!!
Check out some of our work.
Welcome back to another exciting school term. We hope you are all well rested and ready to take on Term 3.
This term’s special dates in the Atawhai Syndicate:
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask one of the syndicate teachers.
Have a wonderful Term!
Yours Sincerely.
Carmelita Kyd (R20), Janice Sharma (R22) & Kenneth Wilson (R19).
Parent Consultation
In order to guide the Board of Trustees in reviewing school performance and setting objectives for the strategic and annual plan, we are distributing a survey as a means of gathering parent voice on various facets of the school.
We would appreciate you taking some time to respond to this survey.
All responses will be confidential.
Please submit your responses to the survey by 3pm on Friday 10 August 2018.
Click on the following link to access the survey https://goo.gl/forms/Sg1f3SsqUkAbByhD3
Greetings one and all,
This term we have exciting events planned. First of all it’s BOOK WEEK and we are focusing on a book called ‘THAT’S NOT THE MONSTER I ORDERED’. We have started the week with Assembly and a mystery monster in a box. There are a variety of activities put on by the Literacy PLG team including a scavenger hunt around the school. The classes in Tumanako are focusing on different books. In Room 14 we are looking at the book called ‘RAINBOW MONSTERS LOVE COLOURS’. This has got the children thinking about the adventures that their colour monster can get up to. Have a look at our class monster in the photo he is full of monster-related words… and keen to have some colourful monster friends. The Room 14 children have chosen a colour for their monsters and will be writing and creating ideas for what ‘their monster’ will look like.
Next Monday we begin our free Community swim programme. Room 14 will be swimming at 9.30am, Room 15 at 10.00am and Room 16 at 10.30am. We will be at the Papatoetoe Centennial pools. Please ensure that your child has all the requirements they need for this awesome event. Please return the permission slip back to the classroom teacher as soon as possible. More updates to follow.
We look forward to working with you all this term and thank you for your support.
May God bless us all, from the Tumanako team
School WILL BE CLOSED on MONDAY 13th August for Teacher Only Day & WEDNESDAY 15th August as teachers will be on strike.
The Maori New Year or Matariki is a time of year where we remember our loved ones who have past before us. It’s also a time to take stock after the harvest has been collected. It is a time for whanau and a time for learning.
We’ve been connecting our theme of Food for Growth with one of the themes of Matariki. Traditionally during Matariki, the Maori pataka or storage huts would have been filled with various food items notably kumara.
We’ve also been reading some of the Maori myths which would have been told around this time of year and we’ve made some stars to represent the stars of Matariki.
