Week 7 (16-20 March)

Reading
This week the children will be working on learning our mihi during our reading time so they won't be bringing home instructional readers. They will however have a poem to read each night and they can also practice re-reading favourite poems out of their poetry folders each night. Can the children please ensure they have their poetry folders at school every day as we will need them for practising our mihi out of them.

Word Cards
Some children have been given word cards to practice reading at home. It would be great if you can support your child with this. If your child has learnt all of the ones they have been given, please let us know and we can send home the next list to learn (Lists 1-3).

Handwriting Practise
Over the next week some children will be given a handwriting sheet to practice at home. It is really important that the children form the letters in the correct way and start each letter in the correct place. Other ideas for practising handwriting... get children to draw letters in the sandpit (or at the beach), with a paintbrush dipped in water out on the path, with chalk outside or even just on paper! Lots of our children are practising using correct pencil grip as well - hold your pencil with your finger and thumb like a birds beak and tuck the others underneath.

Teacher Only Day
A reminder that school is closed on Wednesday 18 March for a Teacher Only Day.

Swimming
Class swimming days are now Wednesday and Thursday.

Library
Library day is Friday.