Room 15 Prize Giving

Arahoe School Value: Innovation, inquiry and curiosity

Arahoe School Value: Community Participation; Give it a go awards

Arahoe School Value: Equity ; Helping everyone to achieve, sharing, treating everyone the same

Arahoe Values: Respect; Respecting others, Respecting the school, Respecting yourself

Arahoe Value: Integrity; your actions match your words, honesty, being a friend

Diversity; Respecting and recognizing cultures, languages and heritages.

Arahoe Value: Ecological Sustainability

Arahoe School Value: Excellence

Trip

No mufti on the 2nd of December for room 15

Swimming on Thursday

Swimming – Our swimming day this Term is Thursday from 2:00 – 2:45 pm. Swimming cap is not compulsory but it prevents children from getting head lice in the pool. All of these items will need to be named. Please make sure that your child knows how to get changed and dressed by themselves

Special Deal for Family Night

Special Deal for Family Night

Shhhhhhhh!  

(You might like to keep the following information to yourself!)

DVD SPECIAL OFFER - Family Night only

Looking for a Christmas gift promoting good values for your child/children?  How about ordering a copy of Christine Fuller's latest DVD 'Helping at Home'. This video is an entertaining, and fast moving DVD featuring many large puppets engaging four young children. You will love watching lots of fun activities in and around the home, where the children are encouraged to "stick at it, and not give up."  Running time = 25 minutes.

Normally, the video retails for $20, but tomorrow only, the video can be ordered at Family Night, for $15 with a portion of each sale going to our school. Look for the sign 'DVD orders' outside the school office to make your order. Cash only please. 

Orders can be collected from Miss Bland by 10 December. 

See an excerpt of the DVD at http://handsalive.com/helping_at_home.html​ 

Contact Miss Bland if you have questions. Email:  kirstenb@arahoe.school.nz  

Puppet Show

a visit to La Rosa Gardens, Green Bay

Thursday 20th November, 2014

Dear Parents / caregivers

As part of our topic We Are Who We Are, Rooms 15, 16, 21 and 23 will be going on a visit to La Rosa Gardens, Green Bay. This trip has been planned for Tuesday 2nd December.

We will walk as a class, leaving school at approximately 10.30am and will arrive back at school at approximately 2pm.                                                                                      

Your child will need:

• sunscreen and hat
• appropriate footwear                                                                                         
• a packed lunch and a water bottle                                               
• to be in full school uniform

If it is raining the visit will be rescheduled for Monday 8^th of December.

This term we have been learning about different ways that we can give back to others.  While we are at La Rosa Gardens we will participate in a rubbish clean up around the park as our way of giving back to the local community.

The adult/child ratio is 1:6 so we will require parent help for this outing.  If you are able to help please let us know on the permission slip below.

Regards

Teachers

Swimming tomorrow

Swimming – Our swimming day this Term is Thursday from 2:00 – 2:45 pm. Our first swimming day will be the 13^{th (}this week). Children will need to have their swimming suit, swimming cap and a towel in their swimming bag. Swimming cap is not compulsory but it prevents children from getting head lice in the pool. All of these items will need to be named. Please make sure that your child knows how to get changed and dressed by themselves.

Puppet show

30 October 2014

Dear parents and caregivers,

The over-arching theme for Ara Teina students this year is ‘Green,’ in which we have covered several aspects of living sustainability. During Term 4 we continue the theme with a focus on looking at how different ethnicities sustain their culture and identity in their everyday lives. One way in which the children are exploring this is by creating puppets, and performing personalised puppet shows based on their own family cultures. Puppets are used universally by both children and adults to tell stories, to entertain and to convey messages. Ara Teina teachers hope that by giving children opportunities to explore their own identity through the medium of puppetry, it will help foster an appreciation for their own culture as well as that of others.

To support our learning we will be having Christine Fuller from ‘Hands Alive Puppet Theatre’ visit us on Friday 21 November to put on two puppet shows, one for the Year 0-1 students and another for the Year 2 children. She will be using a variety puppets to bring some well-known stories to life. We are excited to give Ara Teina children the opportunity to see a puppeteer in action. We hope that the show will be inspirational.

The cost for the show is:

·         $2.50 for non-Loyalty Card holders

·         $2 for those who have a Loyalty Card.

Payment can be made directly to your child’s teacher(s). Loyalty Card holders, please include your Loyalty Card number with your payment.

If you have queries, please talk to your child’s classroom teacher(s).

Kind regards,

Kirsten Bland

Classroom teacher,

Arahoe School

A message from Suli, our school librarian

Next week, Week 6, is the last week for everyone to issue library books. 
Week 7-8 - Start returning all library books
Week  9 - All books must be back by now.

Regards,
Suli

Swimming this Thursday

Swimming – Our swimming day this Term is Thursday from 2:00 – 2:45 pm. Our first swimming day will be the 13^{th (}this week). Children will need to have their swimming suit, swimming cap and a towel in their swimming bag. Swimming cap is not compulsory but it prevents children from getting head lice in the pool. All of these items will need to be named. Please make sure that your child knows how to get changed and dressed by themselves.

Assembly Tomorrow

Dear Parents,

Tomorrow will be my last day with room 15. It has been an absolute privilege to have met you all, especially working with your amazing children. I have learnt so much and am going to miss Arahoe School very much. 

This week room 15 have been learning a song called ‘Le Aute’ about the special Samoan hibiscus flower. We are excited to announce that we will be performing our song and dance at the Ara Teina assembly tomorrow morning. I have attached a link to the song with the lyrics for the children to practice tonight. If you are available please feel free to come along and watch our performance!

Thank you again for making my experience here at Arahoe School a real blessing. This school and especially room 15 will always have a special place in my heart. 

With love,

Miss Silipa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7L_XXI7ekk

Puppet Show information

30 October 2014

Dear parents and caregivers,

The over-arching theme for Ara Teina students this year is ‘Green,’ in which we have covered several aspects of living sustainability. During Term 4 we continue the theme with a focus on looking at how different ethnicities sustain their culture and identity in their everyday lives. One way in which the children are exploring this is by creating puppets, and performing personalised puppet shows based on their own family cultures. Puppets are used universally by both children and adults to tell stories, to entertain and to convey messages. Ara Teina teachers hope that by giving children opportunities to explore their own identity through the medium of puppetry, it will help foster an appreciation for their own culture as well as that of others.

To support our learning we will be having Christine Fuller from ‘Hands Alive Puppet Theatre’ visit us on Friday 21 November to put on two puppet shows, one for the Year 0-1 students and another for the Year 2 children. She will be using a variety puppets to bring some well-known stories to life. We are excited to give Ara Teina children the opportunity to see a puppeteer in action. We hope that the show will be inspirational.

The cost for the show is:

·         $2.50 for non-Loyalty Card holders

·         $2 for those who have a Loyalty Card.

Payment can be made directly to your child’s teacher(s). Loyalty Card holders, please include your Loyalty Card number with your payment.

If you have queries, please talk to your child’s classroom teacher(s).

Kind regards,

Kirsten Bland

Classroom teacher,

Arahoe School

A message from school

Sharing Food at Arahoe

At Arahoe School drink or food treats/prizes may not be given out to children or classes. However, from time to time, classes may create and/or consume drink or food items as part of their learning programmes. When this occurs, parents will be informed of what children will be making and consuming. Your child's teacher will inform you well in advance of any planned shared lunch occasions. We understand that parents provide the food for their child, that they would like them to consume while they are at school.

Student Teacher

Dear Parents, 

My name is Fa'afua Silipa and I will be the student teacher in Room 15 for the next few weeks. I am a Samoan, born and raised in West Auckand, New Zealand.My faith, my family and my culture are the three most important aspects in my life. In high school  I was selected as a school prefect and was also a member and leader of the Avondale College Samoan group. 

I am a Christian and attend the Mt Roskill Church of Christ, where we speak both English and Samoan. I am one of the youth leaders in my church and am training to teach the younger children in the nearby future. In this role I am in charge of organizing activities and events for the young children at church.

I love sports. I have been involved in many different sports including athletics, netball, touch, rugby, tag, basketball and soccer. I have coached younger netball teams during my schooling years.  I am currently in my first year at the University of Auckland, working towards my Bachelor of Education, specializing in Primary Teaching.

Room 15 spring fair, more help needed!

Hi Room 15 Parents and Whanau,

We would appreciate your time with (either or both of) the duties below  

·       Making the sweets before the day

·       Helping on the day, 2-3 people per 1 hour shift

Items we would like to borrow from you are

·         A gazebo for the day

·         A pink and white table cloth.

·         Pink and white bunting

If you haven't already made contcts with Room 15's PSG parent helpers, please email  

Helen: helen.farrington@live.com

Adi: Adriana.gracen@gmail.com

Thank you for your support, we deeply appreciate all the support you provide for your children. 

Kind regards, Helen and Adi 

Litter-less Lunchbox Challenge starting next week

Arahoe School cares for the environment. We want to reduce the amount

of rubbish we send to the landfill.

You can help us…

BE LITTER FREE!

Make your lunch-box free of gladwrap and

plastic wrappers as these are non-recyclable.  Instead, put food such as yoghurt, chips

and biscuits into reusable containers.

Litter-less Lunchbox Challenge Term 4 20th of October – 21st of November The challenge is to see which class can have the most litter-free lunches by the end of Week 5. Each class is to fill in the calender and create an eye catching graph in the classroom which records how many litter-free lunches they have on a daily basis. The winner will be the class with the highest daily average of litter-free lunch-boxes over the period of Week 2-5. The prize will be an out of school eco-picnic for the whole class, plus the chance to choose and plant the centrepiece tree in the school vegetable garden.

T Ball info from Mr. Leaity

3 Skill Levels
T-Ball Only	T-Ball/Rookie Ball	Rookie Ball Only
Age Guide	Age Guide	Age Guide
5 – 6 year olds	7 – 8 year olds	9 – 10 year olds

T-Ball each player hits off the Tee only. There are no outs at this level.

T-Ball/Rookie Ball each player has the option to hit from the tee or have the ball pitched at them from a pitching machine. There are outs and games are scored similar to full softball.

Rookie Ball all players have the ball pitched at them by a pitching machine. There are outs and games are scored similar to full softball

NOTE: Each team requires a coach.

Season Dates:	13 weeks on a Saturday morning
	1st November to 6th December (6 weeks)
	14th February to 28th March (7 weeks)
Location:	Brains Park, Kelston
Time:	9.00–9.50am      (T-Ball and T-Ball/Rookie Ball Age 7-8)
	10.00–11.00am  (Rookie Ball Age 9-10)
Season Fees:	$20.00 per child, $10 extra child from same family

All enquiries to Arron Leaity

E-Mail: arronl@arahoe.school.nz

A message from room 11

Puppet ideas

Family string puppets

Instructions: http://salsapie.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/family-theatre-fun.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/sAKK+(Salsa+Pie)&utm_content=Google+Reader 

Moveable family stick puppets

Instructions at: http://mollymoocrafts.com/moveable-craft-stick-puppets/

Shadow puppets

http://www.kidspot.com.au/kids-activities-and-games/Nursery-rhymes+15/Make-a-shadow-puppet-theatre+12594.htm

Puppet theatre ideas

Visual Arts Equipments

Dear parents,

This term in Visual Art, the Ara Teina children will be making a family of puppets and their own puppet theatre. Both need to reflect your family’s cultural identity. We would appreciate it if you would talk with your child about their cultural heritage and where they come from so that they can talk about it at school.

We need your help to gather together the resources needed for your child to make the puppets and puppet theatre. As our overall theme this year is sustainability, we would ask that you try to recycle or reuse as many materials as possible.

How you can help…

Please collect the following items…

1.  An old cardboard box (a little bigger than a shoe box is perfect) or a trifold display board (These can be purchased from Warehouse Stationery)

2. A tube/pot of acrylic paint that can be used to paint your child’s puppet thea

§       3. Popsicle sticks or wooden/plastic spoons that can be used to make a family of puppets 

       4. A photo of each member of your family.
5.  Fabric scraps, ribbon for the curtain. 

       6.  Hot glue gun & glue (optional) 

Please have the resources at school by 20^th of October. Thank you for your help! 

On Thursday 23^rd of October, we would like to invite you to school to help your child make a set of puppets and a  puppet theatre to represent their family if you are available. We will start straight after the roll at 9:00.

Please be in touch if you have any questions.

Regards,

Ara Teina teachers

Term 4 Topic (information about your child's name)

Dear parents, 

This term children will be learning about different groups/communities they belong to in relation to children's rights. The first right we will explore is 'every child has the right to an identity (name and nationality)' and children will be writing an information report about their name. 

Children will  write about their name, specifically about 1.  language (e.g. meaning of the name in what language), 2. culture or religion presented in their name (if not mentioned in number 1, language) , 3. family connection (e.g. last name, middle name etc)  4. given by who. Each aspect is explained in the attachment which has been emailed out to you.  

As the task requires more information about your child's name, I would like to ask you to update the information that you've written about your child's name in regards to the four aspects (only if applicable) written above. We will then use the information provided to help us write our information report. 

For example, Mrs. Park's Korean name is Yi Seul. In Korea, our family name is written before our given name. Yi Seul means morning dew in Korean. My family name Yi comes from Joseon Dynasty and Korean Empire, consisting of the descendants of the Yi Seong-gye, the founder of the Joseon Dynasty. My name was given by my parents. Although our grandparents wanted to name me in a traditional way, my parents wanted to give me a name that is purely Korean to make it more unique. So unlike my friends' names, my given name doesn't have a Chinese character. 

language, culture: Mrs. Park's Korean name is Yi Seul. Yi Seul means morning dew in Korean.

religion: was not written in the text. 

family connection: My family name Yi comes from Joseon Dynasty andKorean Empire, consisting of the descendants of the Yi Seong-gye, the founder of the Joseon Dynasty.

given by: My name was given by my parents.

Other information: my given name doesn't have a Chinese character. 

Please use this website http://padlet.com/adelep/arahoeroom15 to add more information about your child's name. The password has been sent to your email. If you haven't received the password please let me know so that I can add you to our class emailing list. 

Thank you very much for your support.