T1W5 Junior Singing Assembly: I can sing a rainbow

The right way to praise kids

Here is a link to a video clip on how to praise children.
Carol Dweck: The Effect of Praise on Mindsets

I chose this video as it is easy for parents to understand, you don't need to be an educator to understand this video. For more information about Carol Dweck, please visit 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Dweck

Praise is a very powerful tool. When it is used in the right way, it can unlock your children's potential but when it's used wrongly, it can also have negative impact on children. This is the language I use to praise your child at school and you can help me by using the same language when praising your child at home. Together we can help them develop confidence and build a 'can-do' attitude towards learning. 

Thank you for your support.

Adele 

Class Student Profile - Term1 Week6 Homework

The AraTeina staff are experimenting with an interactive e-tool called ‘Padlet.’ We are hoping that you and your child will join us in leaving comments on the ‘Padlet wall.’ All he/she needs to do is to leave a brief description about

1. how I got my name,

2. my favourites,

3. whatever I want to share with others. eg) photos, information about where your family comes from.

To access - follow this link. The password has been sent to your email to ensure full privacy of children's details and only our class will have access. You can also ask your child for the password.

To leave a comment on the Padlet wall you double click anywhere on it to open a text box.  

Have fun families!

Orchard Visit

For our writing today, we visited our school orchard. Orchard fruits were ready to be picked! We chose our five fruits that we wanted to pick and brought them back to class. 

Trip Notice

Due to the change of the beach visit date, there will be another notice going out today with the correct date. It would be most appreciated if you could fill out the new permission/parent help form and return it to me. Please disregard the old trip notice that went out yesterday. Thank you very much for your cooperation. 

all library books to be returned by tomorrow morning :)

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. ​

Change of Beach visit date for Room 15

Wednesday 19 February 2014

Dear Parents / caregivers

Mrs Adele Park is required to attend professional development on Thursday 6^th March.  Therefore, Room 15 will now be visiting Cornwallis Beach on Tuesday 4^th MARCH.   

We will travel by bus and will be leaving school at approximately 9:15am. We will arrive back at school at approximately 2:30pm. 

As we wish to keep costs to a minimum, we ask all parents to meet us at Cornwallis Beach.  If you are able to provide transport for other parents could you let your child’s class teacher know.

The total cost for a return bus fare to the beach will be $5 for Loyalty card holders and $7 for non-loyalty card holders.  

For the beach trip your child will need:

Packed lunch and water bottle                                          

Togs and towel

Sunscreen                                                                 

Hat

Appropriate footwear                                             

Appropriate clothing (not uniform)

Please let your child’s teacher know before the trip, if your child requires any medication to take with them on the day.

We ask that water toys and inflatables are not brought on the trip.

If it is raining the visit will be cancelled and costs incurred will be transferred to next term’s trip.

Shenita Prasad - Team Leader for Ara Teina (shenitap@arahoe.school.nz )