Tumanako | Holy Cross School Papatoetoe

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)

YEARS’ THREE & FOUR SCRIPTURE FINALS 2018

22 September 2018 · by Miss Helsham

Well done to our 12 Scripture Cup Finalists who all read very well. You should all be proud of yourselves. Thank you to Mrs Siluuga for being our judge. You had a very hard task selecting the winner. Congratulations to our three top finalists. First place MAYNARD SAGAOINIT. Second place, KAIARAHI KINGI and in third place JENSENLANZ GALLARDO.

TUMANAKO SYNDICATE MASS 7th September 2018

7 September 2018 · by Miss Helsham

What a lovely Mass this morning shared with the Holy Cross parish community. Thank you to the Year 7 girls who played the guitars for us and also did the Altar serving. Thanks to all the children who read, sang and participated in the Offertory procession. Thank you Fr Iosefa for your inspiring words of wisdom for the children. I’m sure they won’t forget the message of today’s Gospel. To our parents and families, thank you for always supporting us in all we do. We ask God to continue to bless us all as we prepare for our upcoming feast day. God is good, all the time.

Room 14’s Popsicle Monsters

8 August 2018 · by Miss Helsham

WE made our monsters out of popsicle sticks and cardboard. Everyone had their own ideas of how their monster would look. We were so impressed with our final products.

ROOM 14 TERM 3 CLASS CAPTAINS 2018

26 July 2018 · by Miss Helsham

Congratulations to AYVA COLLINS, UIESE AHOVELO & DAVID LATU who are the new class captains for Room 14. Thank you for committing to this responsibility and being a role model for your peers.

God bless you all.

What’s happening in Term 3 for the Tumanako- Hope Syndicate 2018

25 July 2018 · by Miss Helsham

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