Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Welcome back to a new school year!
I hope that you and your family have had a good holiday. I spent four weeks
with my family in Switzerland, meeting my nephew for the first time and going
skiing for a couple of days. It seems I missed all the wild weather and came
back for some real kiwi summer weather!It is always exciting to start Term 1 with a new class. I hope that your child is excited about coming back to school, even if it means getting up early again…
This year’s overarching focus (like we had citizenship last year) will be globalisation. It will be an interesting learning curve to see what we can learn about globalisation through this term’s curriculum area health.
We will be spending the first few weeks getting to know each other and creating a positive learning environment.
Can you make sure all stationery is named please, including each coloured pencil. If your child still has a reading folder and/or spell-write booklet at home could they please bring it back. Thank you.
Swimming
From tomorrow on, we will be
swimming every day at 10.30 am, weather permitting. Please make sure that your
child has his/her togs every day, even if the
weather does not look promising in the morning. If your child is unable to swim could you please send
a note along. Thank you.
Homework
For this week, Homework will be
reading from the children’s browsing boxes. We will add spelling and basic
facts to our homework over the next couple of weeks as I learn more about their
spelling and Maths levels.
It would be nice to meet you
sometime in the next couple of weeks. Please feel free to pop in any time to
introduce yourself. You are always welcome to come in and see your child ‘at
work’.
Have a great first week,
Annie Rehmann
