Week 11 (10-13 April)

Welcome to Week 11 :)

Social Studies Inquiry Afternoon
You are warmly invited to pop in on Tuesday afternoon anytime between 12 and 3pm to have a look around the classrooms and see how different classes have been inquiring into being responsible citizens. In Kohara we have been focusing mainly on our responsibilities within the classroom as this has tied in well with the beginning of the year and adapting to a new classroom and new routines. We have some wall displays and a short movie trailer to share with you.
You are also welcome to bring a picnic lunch along and join your child for lunch.
* Please note:
Room 18 will be out at PE from 12-12.30pm (see notice below) and Mrs O will be at a Case Conference between 12-12.30pm so there will be a reliever teaching the Room 19 children during this time and Room 18 will be out with Mr Lukes.
The junior children will also be in the hall from 1.30-2pm on Tuesday afternoon at Kapa Haka.
The best time to find us in our room to show you our Social Studies learning will be between 2-3pm but you are still welcome to pop along from 12pm - you just might need to hunt us down, join us for Kapa Haka or take the opportunity to visit other rooms and see their Inquiry learning!

Classroom Release on Tuesday
Room 18 children will have PE with Mr Lukes on Tuesday between 11-12.30pm.
*If you are visiting as part of our Inquiry afternoon, feel free to locate them either on the field or in the hall and see our responsible learners in action!

End of Term
The school term finishes on Thursday at 3pm due to Good Friday being the start of the holidays.

Thank You
A huge thank you to all our wonderful Kohara parents who have helped this term with baking projects and putting our reading books away, and also to Elizabeth (Lucy's Mum) who comes in each week to help out with a phonics programme. We appreciate your time so many thanks from both of us.

Reading
Due to both Easter and ANZAC day falling in the holidays, we will be enjoying a week of poetry based around these two celebrations so the children will need to have their poetry folders at school every day - these need to be returned to the green containers each morning please.

Many of our reading groups are working on developing fluency in their reading so reading poems is a great way to do this given the natural rhyme and pace of a poem. See if your child can recognise words that rhyme within their poems - can they think of other rhyming words. You can also re-read other favourite poems from over the term.

If you (or your child) would like some extra reading books to have over the term break, just let us know and we can organise some for you :)

Library
We have booked a library session on Thursday for the children so they can have some new library books to enjoy over the break. So please ensure library books are returned during the week to our class library boxes.

Football Festival
Kohara will be taking part in the Mainland Football Festival on Thursday between 10-10.30am. Children will need suitable running shoes/sneakers. Fingers crossed the weather stays dry for us this time!

Happy Holidays!
We would like to wish you all a happy holiday and Easter break. We look forward to seeing the children refreshed and ready for learning on Monday 1 May.