Dear Parents/caregivers,
Welcome to Room 15! I am
very excited to have the opportunity to work alongside you in providing your
child with quality education that will set them up for life. We have many
interactive learning experiences planned for this term to help your child
develop his/her capabilities, learn how to relate to others and engage in
exploring the world around him/her. It’s going to be a lot of fun! To start off
the year, here is some information that might help you understand how Year 2
classes are run in Arahoe School. Please let me know if you have any questions
or concerns regarding any information in this newsletter.
Many thanks,
Adele Park
The Arahoe School day
8:30am Children begin to arrive to school,
Class door opens
8:55am Bell goes for 1st teaching
block
10:05am Morning tea eating
10:15am Interval play
10:30am 2nd teaching block
11:45 am Lunch eating
12:00pm Break and lunchtime activities begin
12:45pm 3rd teaching block
1:45pm Afternoon interval
2:00pm 4th teaching block
3:00pm End of the day
3:15pm
Teacher meetings
Stationery- I
would like to ask that all stationery items are named including pencils and
glue sticks. Using their own stationery will help them become more responsible
with their own property. Children will
start to use their books from the 3rd of Feb.
Library – Our library day is Friday. Children are allowed to
borrow one book at a time. Please remind your child that he/she needs to return
his/her library book by Thursday morning so a new book can be issued the next
day. Children at Year 2 level are encouraged to learn to take responsibilities
for his/her own property including their library card. I would appreciate your
support in developing this skill.
Dropping off / picking up children – Class door opens at 8:30 am each morning. From the
3rd week onwards, I would like to ask all students to start their day by
reading their book to/with their parent(s) in the classroom after placing their
bag, book bag and hat in the right places. With your support, I would also
like to make myself available to children whose parents are unable to come
into the classroom to read with their child or for anyone who would like to
show off their reading skills to his/her teacher. The reason behind this is
that not only has this morning routine proven to be very effective in raising
children’s achievement levels across ALL curriculum areas but also in helping
them set high expectations for themselves. Thank you very much for your cooperation
and if you could spare some time in the morning to listen to other students
read, that would also be very helpful.
School finishes at 3pm. If
you are running late, please call the office as emails may not get through in
time. Children left behind after 3:10 will be sent to the office to wait for
their caregivers in the foyer.
Spare clothes – Incidents
such as vomiting and nosebleeds do happen so please send items of spare clothes
to school, in a plastic bag and each item in the bag clearly named. With your permission, I would like
to keep these in the classroom. This way we won’t need to disturb you at work
with a phone call. Thank you for your cooperation.
Art -shirt - Please provide an art shirt for
your child to use when painting. This
can be an old oversized shirt of yours, nothing fancy.
Lost property- items lost can be claimed
from the Lost Property bin beside the school library. Please ensure that ALL your child’s clothing and property
are clearly named. This is to help you
manage the expense of buying a new hat or a jumper each term. There will be a
uniform check in the 2nd week and children whose uniform is not
named will take home a note asking you to name them.
Food & Drinks – children get a total eating time of 25 minutes a day. 10 minutes for
their morning tea and 15 minutes for their lunch. To ensure that children
finish all the food in their lunch box, I ask all children to focus on their
food during their eating time. When they have finished their food, they are
then encouraged to develop their personal relationships with their friends.
Eating time is strictly supervised so that all children can maximise the use of
their time in finishing their lunch. For the first two weeks, I will be giving an
extra 10 -15 min for them to finish their lunch but I will be slowly guiding
them towards setting up the correct routine of spending 25 min for eating from
next week onwards. Also I do encourage children to finish their lunch and eat
as much as they can, however, I cannot force children to finish their lunch.
Please clarify your expectations with your child so that he/she can monitor
their own eating habit of finishing their food.
Sunblock & sunhats – it is compulsory for your child to have a sunhat at school.
It must be worn during all break times. Children without a sunhat play in
shaded areas. As the risk of sunburn is extreme during Term 1 and Term 4, all
children need to wear sunscreen while outdoors. Please remind your child that
it is his/her responsibility to ensure that their hat goes into their tote tray
when they come back from their play so that we reduce the number of children
losing their hats every day.
Medical concerns - We are aware of several children in the class with medical concerns.
If you haven’t already spoken to me about your child’s medical issues /
medication, please see me as soon as possible.
Swimming – Our
swimming day this Term is Thursday from 2:00 – 2:45 pm. Our first swimming day
will be the 30th (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.
Email – if
you have something to discuss, feel free to approach me after school and we can
organise a time to have a chat. If you wish to email me, I will endeavour to
reply as soon as possible but please allow up to 2 business working days.
Below is a link for you to
leave your email address. This will help your emails to get through to my inbox
without going into spam.
Thank you
for your cooperation.
Adele Park
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