Newsletter 6 May 2015

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Welcome back to Term 2. Our focus this term is on reading. Learning to read is critical for all students. Please help by listening to your child read every day.

Three Way Parent Conferences

Thank you so much to those parents who managed to book and attend the Three Way Conferences. Teachers undertake a considerate amount of work to prepare for these conferences which amongst other things sets goals for your child to achieve throughout the year. If you were unable to meet with your childs teacher during this time I have asked the teachers to keep contacting you so you get a chance to share your ideas and thoughts about your child with us.

Attendance

It is compulsory for all students to attend school once they have been enrolled. If we notice any patterns of non-attendance that are significant, then we will talk to you in the first instance about what can be done to prevent such absences.Reading is our number one focus. If your child is at home and feeling unwell they can still usually read.

Anzac Day

We had a wonderful Anzac Day Commemoration at school organised by Mr Arthurs on Thursday 23 April 2015 .The students who spoke did a really good job explaining what ANZAC was all about. This continued on Saturday 25th April when two students and myself represented the school in laying a wreath at the Cenotaph in the Manurewa Township. We were a part of a large number of people who came out to celebrate the 100 years. I did notice quite a number of our students attending this significant event.

If you would like to learn how to help your child with their reading I am running a session on this called Helping Your Child Read At Home on Wednesday 20th May at 7:00pm in the staffroom.

By the time students leave us in Year 6 we want them to be confident, inquisitive, articulate problem solvers, who can use a varity of communication tools to make sense of their world

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Skills

Newsletter 6 May 2015

MANUREWA EAST SCHOOL 2

ROAD SAFETYIce Cream Party

The middle school, Team 2 went on a walk last Friday around our community. We went because this week is Road Safety week. The message that we wanted to get across was slow down and look out for kids. We had a great time walking around and chanting messages to the other pedestrians and drivers around us.

We are celebrating Road Safety Week this week and the theme is : Look Out For Kids !

The Enviro Warriors went out on the road with the placards to encourage parents to slow down around schools.

All the students are learning about using the road safely and in the Middle School, the students had a "Giant Walk" last week to persuade the drivers to look out for kids and to keep them safe on the road.

23rd April - Mizsharn Harris, Stephanie Samuelu Enesi Tagalo, Sean Saizi, Teresa Teki, Adam McDonald-Shergold, Aliviah Paltridge, Payal Sharma.1st May - Jacob Tuionetoa, Kian Reid, Legacy Rawiri, Tracy Thompson, Shyla Kishore, Taylynn Morete, Prithvi David, Jireh Kenese.

27th March - Sina Tolofua, Waimaria Johnstone, Faanati Tolofua, Tristyn Cecil, Brieze Rawiri.

2nd March - Cleo Alican, Teegan Mamanu, Warlin Dawson, Te Awhi Turuwhenua, Karson Whaanga, Nina Taylor, Viliami Tupou, Xavier Latham, Jorja Simmonds.

In A3 WALT work as a group to complete our reciprocal reading tasks. There are 5 roles in reciprocal reading: the summariser, questioner, leader, predictor and clarifier. The summariser is the person who retells the story in their own words, the leader is the person who helps and leads the story. The predictor is the one that says what will happen next. The clarifier is the one who says I dont know what a word is or what it means and the group helps them to find out. The questioner will always ask you questions about the story. We are learning to do reciprocal reading in our groups to help each other understand what we read without the teachers help.Mama said that reciprocal reading is fun because we get to read by ourselves. Written by Zaria and Tracy (A3)

A3 Writing ~ Student Voice