Kakano 6 2022

  Tālofa lava!  This week is Samoa Language week. Samoa Language Week celebrates the identity, language, and culture of students from Samoa and students whose families are from Samoa.  Throughout the week there will be activities children can participate in during class time as well as lunch breaks. Why not try learning some words or phrases to use at home this week… Tālofa lava: Hello (formal) Mālō le soifua: Hello/Good health ‘O ā mai 'oe? How are you? (to one person only) Manuia fa‘afetai: Good, thank you Manuia le aso: Have a great day Tōfā soifua: Good bye (formal) Our Learning This week sees our morning play change to a different curriculum area.  Over the next two weeks children will have the opportunity to develop their skills as scientists.  Teachers will be supporting the children to use the science capabilities such as observing, inferring, and gathering data while conducting simple science experiments. We continue to be impressed with the perseverance of all our childre

 What a busy two weeks we have h ad in the morning provocation time. We were looking at dramatic play and made a cafe. Each day the children helped prepare a different cafe item. We had berry smoothies, banana smoothies, porridge, toast, and hot chocolates. We ended the week with pancakes.   A lot of learning happened during the two weeks. The children learned about safety around different kitchen equipment, how to sit at the table while eating, make their own kai, and wash their own dishes. It was lovely to see all the children interacting with each other and teachers while eating our kai. We will continue with toast every morning in Kakano and overwinter porridge and hot chocolates may be available. If you are able to supply spreads for the children's toast, it would be gratefully accepted.

  Pink Shirt Day was a great success - thanks for supporting this.  We celebrate diversity in all forms and we want our school to be safe, supportive, welcoming and inclusive for everyone.  Teacher Only Day Tuesday 7th June is a Teacher Only Day. The Teachers at St Mary’s will be joining John Paul College for this day’s focus of ‘Matariki’. There will be no school for children on this day. If you require childcare you can contact Maryanne Rolling on 0211 215599. Structured Literacy Our consultant, Marion Kirby from Learning Matters observed our structured literacy lessons and commented we could be a 'model' team! We also had a good turnout for her information evening. The week ahead Monday: Gym at lunchtime - girls bring a change of clothes Tuesday: Book Club at lunchtime Wednesday:   Thursday: Normal School day Friday: Library Day, nSausage Sizzle & Juicies $1.50 each  Roller-skating club at lunchtime Enjoy the rest of your weekend Kākano teachers

 This week we ran the Principal of the Day raffle.  Kakano 6 then had the job of sorting and counting the money.  Everyone helped group the notes and coins into the same denominations.  We then used our counting skills to make groups of $10.  We learned 10 $1 coins makes $10,  5 $2 coins make $10, we had to skip count this 2,4,6,8,10 and worked out that 2 50cent coins make $1, so we needed 20 to make $10.    

 This week the play kitchen has turned into a cafe.  The children have made menus and signs.  In the morning during provocations, the children have toast and something from a menu. They have made scrambled eggs, hot chocolates and tomorrow they are making waffles.  The children become the chefs and have to make their meals independently.  After t hey have finished what they are eating they have to clean their dishes. The children have continued playing in the cafe' throughout the day.  they make lots of different meals and drinks with loose parts and then deliver it in the food robots, just like Cobb n Co have Next week we will try different menu items to cook.    

  Thanks so much to all our Parents, Caregivers and students who came to our 3-way Conferences this week. It was great to catch up with you all and discuss your childs progress and next steps. School Photos On Monday morning we have our school photos. Our classes are up first so there will be little chance to get dirty. We will make sure all our tamariki are looking just right for the photos. Boys are to have their woollen jerseys on and girls are to wear their skivvy and tunic with long hair tied back. Please can you ensure your child’s jerseys are named too, in case they take them off! Teacher Only Day Tuesday 7th June is a Teacher Only Day. The Teachers at St Mary’s will be joining John Paul College for this day’s focus of ‘Matariki’. There will be no school for children on this day. If you require childcare you can contact Maryanne Rolling on 0211 215599. Principal for the day Next week the PTA are running a raffle. The main prize is to be Principal for a day. The tickets are $2 ea

For Golden Time the children had voted to make s’mores. They put chocolate and marshmallows on their biscuit, then into the oven to make them warm and gooey.

 I can’t believe we have already been back for 2 weeks. The children have all settled back into their learning well.  Please remember to spend some time doing your child’s literacy homework with them, it doesn’t need to be long about 10-15 minutes. Another great thing to do is read a story to them each night. This week we looked at measurement for maths. We started by making predictions on who is the tallest and shortest in class, the children then needed to work out where they fitted from tallest to shortest. They had some great discussions about the height of different friends.