Important Dates:
Week 2:
- ANZAC day (Monday 27 April is a holiday)
- Life Education Trust (Harold the Giraffe and his amazing mobile classroom are here!)
Week 3:
- Life Education Trust (Harold the Giraffe and his amazing mobile classroom are still here!)
- Student Led Learning conferences (you and your child attend a conference about your child’s learning)
Week 8:
- School Photos— Friday 12 June, don’t forget to brush your hair today!
Week 11:
- Learning Portfolios and interim reports home
As you know this year is the 100th anniversary of Anzac Day. We would like to have a look at what Anzac Day means to New Zealand and have a short memorial service of our own next term. You could help us. This is a great time to share your own stories with your child. If you have photos of relatives who have fought in a war in the past we would love to have a photocopy of the photo to put on our memorial wall. If you have family stories you would like to share with us please do.
Some homework ideas to get you started: (try finding creative and fun ways to practice reading and writing)
à Use chalk on the driveway
à ‘Paint’ letters and words with water and a paint brush outside
à Use felts, crayons etc on large paper
à Find letters and words around the house or on a car trip
à Play ‘I spy’ or ‘hangman’
à Write the names of friends and family
à Make or buy word and letter flashcards and play ‘snap’ or ‘go fish’ or ‘memory’
à Make or buy letter and/or word bingo
à Cut words and letters out of newspapers or magazines
à Write captions under family photos
à Find pictures of things that interest them and write labels or captions
à Keep a diary. Just one or two sentences about something that happened that day.
à Write and posting letters or emails to friends and family.
à Write stories on the computer
à Read a variety of books, magazines, comics and poems to themselves and others
