Week 6 Term 2

KIA ORA WHANAU


Arbor Day

Thank you to all the parents who have already volunteered to come to help with Arbor Day planting on Friday. We have all the parents we need - but you are still able to come along to help if you would like too. The more the merrier!

Here is an instructional video you might like to watch with your children about tree planting featuring a CQS parent - Tim Park.

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



Kapa Haka

Each Monday we have Kapa haka and the last two weeks (in honour of Sign Language Week) Hemi has been teaching us a waiata in sign language.

 Animals, Animals

We were so fortunate to have Xanthe bring in Tom and Ginny's bantams to look at and touch.
Tom and Ginny told us all about their pets and how they care for them.

Ginny & Tom bought in their pet chooks!

S.T.A.R. Testing

For most students this week marked their first formal multi-choice standardised test - the STAR  (Supplementary Test of Achievement in Reading) test. This test relates to word recognition, sentence comprehension, paragraph comprehension and vocabulary range and helps inform teachers what students need to learn next and how they are doing for their age.

Year 3's sat the STAR test for reading

Dress Up Day for Nepal

What a colourful bunch raising money for the Red Cross' work in Nepal

Pānui

Before she left, Ella created this marvellous TV for the students sharing their news.  As well as being a bit of fun, it is helpful as a point of focus for the children who are listening to the news that helps them remember to look at the speaker.  We have had some really interesting news topics and children asking great questions based on the items children are sharing. Thanks for supporting your children to have a successful news sharing time.

Watching the News on Channel Rashmi.

Star of the Week ... TBC!

I was at a meeting on Friday and so we will all have to hold our breaths to find out who the star will be until Tuesday!