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| Koreke signing to the Individuality song. |
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Sign Language Week
This week is New Zealand Sign Language Week 9th May - 13th May. We have been learning the sign language alphabet, individuality song and how to sign our name. This is a great opportunity for families to get involved in learning another language. Ask your kids to sign their name when they get home tonight!
Term 2 Newsletter
Otawhito Year 5/6 Learning Team
Term 2 2016
Dear Parents/Caregivers;Welcome to term 2 at Halswell School. All classes have now completed a very
successful Living Springs camp. The children are still discussing camp events
and we are all so grateful to have been able to enjoy this outdoor experience,
made possible by the parents who volunteered to help. Your presence and
assistance makes the whole experience a very enjoyable experience for both
the children and ourselves.
Team organisation:
T30 Anita Head (Team Leader) Kowhai anita.head@halswell.school.nz
T31 Natasha Fraser - Koreke natasha.fraser@halswell.school.nz
T32 Carolyn Adams/Leigh Hurford - Koreke
carolyn.adams@halswell.school.nz
leigh.hurford@halswell.school.nz
T33 Chris Williams - Koreke
chris.williams@halswell.school.nz
T35 Deb Kingsland - Kowhai debbie.kingsland@halswell.school.nz
Term 2 topics:
Science: Solar System
Maths: Addition and subtraction, Measurement, Geometry
Arts: Rotation of drama, dance and visual art based on Matariki, Calendar
art
Writing: Character and setting descriptions, information reports, visual
prompt based writing
PE/sport: Rolleston winter sport, Invasion and target games
Technology: Tech challenges- possible trip to Te Hapua (Halswell Library)
Health: Life Education
BYOD
Halswell School offers Year 5-8 children the option to “Bring Your Own Device”
(BYOD). If you are interested in signing your child up for BYOD, please check
the school website for documentation, or alternatively, collect a copy from
your child’s teacher. Device use is incorporated into all aspects of our
programme.
At present children are getting into the habit of showcasing their learning on
their blogs. It has been pleasing to see more and more children bringing
devices, to cope with this we are in the process of purchasing new storage
cabinets to keep the children’s devices safe.
Dates for your diary:
Rolleston Sport: Starts Tuesday 10th May then every Tuesday for the duration
of Term 2.
Learning conferences: Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th May
Year 6 Cycle Safe: May 23-June 3
Queen’s birthday: Monday 6th June
Written National Standard Reports: End of term 2
Court Theatre performance of Matariki: 28 June ($4.00 per child).
Jump Jam disco: 24th June
Zone basketball: 13th May
Zone Cross Country: 23rd May
Indoor Tournament (Basketball/Volleyball): 21st June
Life Education: 27th - 6th July
Rolleston Sport
The children have now all been told which sport they will be playing for
Rolleston Sport. The games begin on Tuesday 10th May (week 2). All children
are required to have a red sports top of their own to wear- it will get plenty
of use - but there are spares at school if needed. In addition, children playing
hockey require a mouthguard and shinpads and football players require
shinpads. Other items of sports uniform were issued to the children last
week. Many thanks to the parents who have kindly offered to assist with
coaching or managing teams.
ACTIVE
This term we are focussing on Versatile Players. The children will be
developing and working towards goals related to these ACTIVE
characteristics. A lot of the goal setting will relate to trying new things,
such as Rolleston Sport, cross country, and other school events offered to
the children in Year 5/ 6.
Please feel free to speak any of the teachers if you wish to know more about
the upcoming term.
Kind regards
Anita Head, Natasha Fraser/Jeneane Jefferson, Carolyn Adams/Leigh Hurford,
Deb Kingsland and Chris Williams
Otawhito (Y5/6) Teachers
Important dates for Term 2
Dates for your diary:
Rolleston Sport: Starts Tuesday 10th May then every Tuesday for the duration of Term 2.
Learning conferences: Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th May
Year 6 Cycle Safe: May 23-June 3
Queen’s birthday: Monday 6th June
Written National Standard Reports: End of term 2
Court Theatre performance of Matariki: 28 June ($4.00 per child).
Jump Jam disco: 24th June
Zone basketball: 13th May
Zone Cross Country: 23rd May
Indoor Tournament (Basketball/Volleyball): 21st June
Life Education: 27th - 6th July
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Constable Ross
With Constable Ross we were learning about cyber safety and how to keep ourselves safe online, he taught us about all different types of abuse like physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and many more. We learnt how to tell the difference between the different abuses. We also learnt about STAR which stands for S:stop T:think A:act R:report and how to use star in situations we might end up in.
By Kayla Weston
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Important Term 1 Dates
Dates for your diary:
School Triathlon: Wednesday 10th Feb
Meet the Team: Wednesday 10th Feb
School Swimming sports: Monday 15th Feb
Y5/6 Keeping Ourselves Safe Programme: 29 Feb - 3 March
Zone Swimming: Thursday 10th March
Easter: Friday 24th March - Tuesday 29th March
Camp T30, T35: Monday 4th-6th April
Camp T31, T32, T33: Monday 11th - 13th April
Canterbury Swimming: Thursday 7th April
End of Term 1: Friday 15th April
Term 1 Team Newsletter
Otawhito Year 5/6 Learning Team 
Term 1 2016
Dear Parents/Caregivers;
Welcome to another year at Halswell School! We have lots of exciting things coming up, including swimming sports and camp. It’s great to see the children returning from their holiday excited and enthusiastic about the upcoming term.
A special welcome to our new families (we have quite a few!) The children have done a wonderful job of settling into their new environment. We are also lucky enough to have some new staff in Otawhito - Tash Fraser, Leigh Hurford and Jeneane Jefferson.
Team organisation
Like last year, we operate as two Studios - Kowhai and Koreke. Your child has been assigned to a teacher, but will be taught by all of the teachers in the Studio on a daily basis and at times we interchange across the whole team.
NB: Jeneane releases Tash (T31) on Tuesdays.
Carolyn (T32) works Mon/Tues/Wed and Leigh takes T32 on Thursdays and Fridays.
Anita is released on Thursdays by Sam Jack in Term 1.
Term 1 topics
Maths: Statistics, Whole number knowledge
Arts: Self portraits
Writing: Recounts, Memoirs (writing about “Me”)
Spelling - the children will be given levelled lists of words in their notebooks. Please check that these are at home for the children to practise during the week.
PE/sport: Small ball skills
Health: Kia Kaha, Keeping Ourselves Safe (including Cybersafety)
Science/Social Sciences: NZ Geology (Camp related)
Dates for your diary:
School Triathlon: Wednesday 10th Feb
Meet the Team: Wednesday 10th Feb
School Swimming sports: Monday 15th Feb
Y5/6 Keeping Ourselves Safe Programme: 29 Feb - 3 March
Zone Swimming: Thursday 10th March
Easter: Friday 24th March - Tuesday 29th March
Camp T30, T35: Monday 4th-6th April
Camp T31, T32, T33: Monday 11th - 13th April
Canterbury Swimming: Thursday 7th April
End of Term 1: Friday 15th April
Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS)
As part of our Health and PE curriculum, Constable Ross will be coming in to do 3 KOS sessions (see dates in the list above) with each T Group. The topics he will cover are:
The Real World - the students will identify behaviours of other people that make them feel unsafe or uncomfortable and distinguish between touch they like, touch they don’t like, and touch that confuses them.
About Abuse - write a definition of abuse, recognise and identify different types of abuse and explain that abuse is wrong and must be reported.
The Digital World - the students will identify various digital technologies, describe how and when they use these technologies and give some safety rules for using digital technologies.
Constable Ross does an excellent job of delivering these sessions and there is a lot of valuable discussion that results from them. We encourage parents to discuss with the children what they have learnt.
Please feel free to see your T group teacher if you would like further information about the content of the lessons.
Camp fundraising
Well done to all of the children and families who participated in the “General-Knowledge-Athon” last year. The children worked really hard to learn the facts and many children raised significant amounts of money to put towards their camp.
In the next couple of weeks you will receive more information regarding camp. This will include the camp cost ($175 minus any fundraising money), consent form and medical form and a gear list. Please keep an eye out for these important notices.
ACTIVE
This term we are focussing on Interactors and Versatile Players. The children will be developing and working towards goals related to these ACTIVE characteristics. A lot of the goal setting will relate to the opportunities at camp, as well as working effectively in an MLE and developing self management and social skills. You may like to discuss with your child what their goals are and how they are progressing towards them.
Contact details
Please ensure that we have your correct contact details (phone and email). These can be updated at the office if necessary.
Please feel free to speak to any of the teachers if you wish to know more about the upcoming term. Also, keep an eye on our Otawhito blog http://hs-sb-otawhito.blogspot.co.nz/ to see what we have been up to.
Kind regards
Anita, Deb, Carolyn, Chris, Tash, Leigh and Jeneane.
Otawhito (Y5/6) Teachers
2016 Studio Leaders
On Tuesday we held our elections for the 2016 Otawhito Studio Leaders. All of the candidates did an outstanding job of convincing us of their leadership talents. They made voting very difficult!
Congratulations to Alex and Emma, who were elected Kowhai leaders, and Ross and Max, who were elected Koreke leaders.
Congratulations to Alex and Emma, who were elected Kowhai leaders, and Ross and Max, who were elected Koreke leaders.
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| Ross, Max, Alex and Emma (L to R) |
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