Wiki Waru/Week 8

WIKI WARU/WEEK 8

Farewell to Kendall (Mrs Skelton) 

This will be Kendall's last week before going on maternity leave. She will be dearly missed and we wish her and her family all the best as they look forward to their new arrival! 

Tuakana Teina 

In Week 6 we had some Year 6 students visit our space during Tuhuura Time to teach us some poi! This was a lovely moment when older taught younger and built a relationship. Thanks to Daisy, Charlotte and Caitlin for being so great with our Year 2s! 

Tuakana/teina

Tuakana/teina refers to the relationship between an older (tuakana) person and a younger (teina) person and is specific to teaching and learning in the Māori context. Within teaching and learning contexts, this can take a variety of forms:

• Peer to peer – teina teaches teina, tuakana teaches tuakana.
• Younger to older – the teina has some skills in an area that the tuakana does not and is able to teach the tuakana.
• Older to younger – the tuakana has the knowledge and content to pass on to the teina.
• Able to less able – the learner may not be as able in an area, and someone more skilled can teach what is required.

Tuhūra Time 

A time to play and learn - after weeks of trial and error we have finally constructed a roof! 

Family Photos to bring in 

As part of our Inquiry we have been learning our Pepeha and would love children to bring in a photo of their whānau so we can add it to our wall display. We have been making some art work to match and are recording our Pepehas on the ipad. 

Here is a great website to make your own pepeha! https://pepeha.nz/

Bug Club

We have herd that some people have had trouble logging on to Bug Club. We believe we have fixed the problems but would love feedback if you cannot get on still. Below are instructions on how to do this. Please let us know if you cannot get on as we may need to change the settings it is a widespread problem.

Your child has got a Bug Club password and QR Code in their notebook. It will look like the image below.   

If you have a mobile device you can use a QR Scan App to link to the Bug Club website or you can click on the bug club icon down the side of the Year 2 Blog page, or click here.

Bug Club will have online reading books assigned to each student for their home reading. Once a week, instead of reading with a teacher students will have time to read on Bug Club in class. This can also be their home learning as the website can be accessed on any device from home also. Bug Club books will match reading levels as they are in class. Students have a free choice numerous titles through their Bug club account. 

For more information click here for our initial blog post originally shared when we started the Bug Club program at Thorrington School. 

Library Day Tuesday

A reminder that this is every Tuesday - children can drop their library folders off into the post box during the week or on Tuesdays post their books and leave their library bags on the top on the curved wooden desk. 

Cross Country - Save the Date + Parent Helpers

This year's cross country will be held at school on Tuesday 9th April (postponement 11th April).

The event will run from (approx) 10.30am to 12.30pm. A notice detailing the races running order will be sent out shortly, but please save the dates in you diary.

We require some parent help on the day with marshalling duties around the course. Please send an email to Zoe Pullin sports@thorrington.ac.nz if you are able to help.

Wiki Ono/Week 6

Wiki Ono/Week 6

Kia Ora Year 2 Whanau, a wonderful assembly by L3 this week. We shared our cross country training with an indoor demo! We will post the compilation of the real outdoor footage soon - watch this space! In the meantime here are some assembly pics. 

Whānau Hui Invitation

THORRINGTON SCHOOL — MAR 6, 2019

Thursday 14 March 5.30pm - 7pm

Kia ora koutou,
Haere mai ki te Whānau Hui – we warmly welcome you to attend our first Whānau Hui for 2019!Whānau Hui is a chance for families and staff at Thorrington School to meet up discuss topics such as promoting Māori language, culture and values at Thorrington School, and how we can best support Māori students at our kura (school).

The Term 1 Whānau Hui details are:- Thursday 14 March 5.30pm - 7pm- Location: Thorrington School Staffroom- Kai (dinner) will be provided. 

Please let us know if you have any food allergies)- Tamariki (children) are welcome!If you are able to attend, please RSVP to hayley.ngan@thorrington.ac.nz with how many from your whānau (family) will be attending.

Ngā mihi nui,Thorrington Staff.

 

click here to go to the 

hui website link

Bug Club

A reminder that your child has got a Bug Club password and QR Code in their notebook. It will look like the image below.

If you have a mobile device you can use a QR Scan App to link to the Bug Club website or you can click on the bug club icon down the side of the Year 2 Blog page, or click here.

Bug Club will have online reading books assigned to each student for their home reading. Once a week, instead of reading with a teacher students will have time to read on Bug Club in class. This can also be their home learning as the website can be accessed on any device from home also. Bug Club books will match reading levels as they are in class. Students have a free choice numerous titles through their Bug club account. 

For more information click here for our initial blog post originally shared when we started the Bug Club program at Thorrington School.     

A reminder that this is every Tuesday - children can drop their library folders off into the post box during the week or on Tuesdays post their books and leave their library bags on the top on the curved wooden desk. 

Teachers out of class on Tuesday 

As part of release time all three Year 2 teachers will be released from class on Tuesday. Chris Panther (L1), Keith Hamilton (L2) and Olivia Grantham (L3) will be in the Year 2 space for the day. 

WIKI RIMA / WEEK 5

WIKI rima / WEEK 5

Kia Ora Year 2 Whānau, we have had another great week and are getting into our learning routines. It was great to see some of you on our Spaces in Action walkthrough on Thursday, the children were excited to have visitors! 

Cross Country Training

We have started our cross country training this week so it would be great if all children had shoes that are appropriate for running in. Bringing a second pair to school could a way of doing this. 

Wheels Day 

We have signed up to Walk or Wheel to School Day again - we will be starting this Wednesday. there will be spot prizes handed out! Here is a video explaining the idea behind this great initiative

L3 Hosting Assembly 

L3 will be hosting and we will be back at the regular time of 12pm Friday

Date: Friday 8th March
Time: 12pm
Place: School Hall

As always all are welcome, parents, if your child is a presenter in L3 you will be notified during the week. 

Have a great week! 

Wiki Wha/ Week 4

WIKI Wha / WEEK 4

Wonderful to see lots of familiar faces at our Whanau Picnic on Thursday! A great time to connect with our community and enjoy good kai and waiata with each other. Also great to see so many at our L1 assembly on Friday. 

Pepeha 

As part of our Inquiry into 'How Can I share and Connect to Others' we have started our learning about our Pepeha. As part of Te Reo Maori learning in the whole School Whaea Debbie started her Tuesday sessions this week and kicked off our Pepeha thinking.  If you are keen to join in at home, here is a great website to get you started - https://pepeha.nz/ 

Kelly Sports 

On Monday we had a chance to be active with Kelly Sports. Each Timatanga Home Base got a free 30 min session which included hurdles, frisbee throwing and Cricket (batting and fielding). We have had lots of inquiries about how to join up to the lunchtime club that runs at Thorrington. We will share details on how to sign up asap, in the mean time feel free to check in with the office for more info.  

Here are some photos from the day. 

Library Time 

On Tuesdays we will visit the school library so this is the day to bring in the Library folder (or any time before hand). Just place books in the Library post box in class and leave the folder on the desk above. 

Whole School Assembly 

This Friday will be our first Whole School Assembly of 2019. As always we would love as many whānau to attend as possible. Some children will be receiving a Principal Award. We will make contact to invite you if your child is receiving anything at these events. 

PTA Coffee Morning for Timatanga Parents!

The PTA will be hosting a parent coffee morning in Room 0 this Wednesday the 27th for all parents from the junior school. This will be from 8.45 - 9.30 This is a informal morning for parents to meet other parents and to hear about what the PTA does

Date: Wednesday the 27th 

Time: 8.45am - 9.30am

Place: Room 0

Sun hats 

A reminder to all our children to have these on during playtime and lunchtime

Wiki Toru/Week 3

Wiki Toru/Week 3

Whānau Picnic

We warmly welcome all families of Thorrington School to attend our annual Whānau Picnic this Thursday 21st Feb 5.30pm - 6.30pm. Bring a picnic tea and meet up with other members of our learning community. 

This is an opportunity to get to know other families across the school and to enjoy our Thorrington grounds together. There will be waiata from the staff and a short address from the Principal Christine Harris at 6pm to welcome you to the 2019 year, but the main focus of this picnic is a relaxed Thorrington family/whānau get together.

Hope to see you there! 

Getting into the routine - Daily 5 Training

Year 2 have been busy this week. We are training to be great Self managers by building up our stamina in Daily 5. First Step = Read To Self. Below are some pictures of us training based on the I Chart (Independence Chart) 

Reading Books home this week

In Week 3 we will start to send reading books home. See below for our reading book system as per our Year 2 newsletter (see previous blog post).

Children will bring home 2 instructional readers a week that they have worked on with their guided reading teacher. Having a text over a day or two enables the group to better focus on their goals and look deeper at the guided texts. We strongly encourage you and your child to supplement your at home reading with books of interest from your home collection or the library. One literacy session a week will be run as a Bug Club session, this is an online resource that we use on the ipads (for more information please look at our blog).

Bug Club

During this week your child will get a Bug Club password and QR Code in their notebook. It will look like the image below.

If you have a mobile device you can use a QR Scan App to link to the Bug Club website or you can click on the bug club icon down the side of the Year 2 Blog page, or click here.

Bug Club will have online reading books assigned to each student for their home reading. Once a week, instead of reading with a teacher students will have time to read on Bug Club in class. This can also be their home learning as the website can be accessed on any device from home also. Bug Club books will match reading levels as they are in class. Students have a free choice numerous titles through their Bug club account. 

For more information click here for our initial blog post originally shared when we started the Bug Club program at Thorrington School.     

Wiki Rua / Week 2

WIKI Rua / WEEK 2

Welcome to Week 2, it has been a great few days back at school as students and teachers in Year 2 and across the school have had a chance to reconnect with old friends and make some new connections. 

Whole School discovery/Class Time

This was a great chance to get struck into creating, making and thinking. In the Year 2 space we are learning our routines of how to move around and find things we need for our learning. In Week 2 we will be putting these into the context of curriculum learning. 

All About Me Bags

A quick reminder we are looking forward to students bringing in their 'All about Me Bags' on Monday. We will start some fun writing activities over the next few weeks based on these.

Forms to Return

Cyber Safety forms can be handed into the office (ASAP) as well as the parent/student forms given out at Whānau Connect regarding 'Enterprise' and 'Growth' - our future Inquiry topics. These can be returned over the next few weeks. 

End of Day Routine

At 3pm we will let students out the single door and have asked students to come back in the sliding door if they cannot see their person who picks them up. We will then keep these students in class until 3.10pm. After 3.10pm we will escort them to the office for pick up. If you would to make alternative arrangements to this then just let us know and we will be able to do this (e.g. play on the playground). Homework club are sent over the field as a group as needed. 

Year 2 Newsletter/Handbook

Below is the digital version of the paper newsletter sent home on Friday. This refers to routines and info specific to Year 2 and our space.