LOTS of updates!

Kia ora Rūma 13 whānau! Kei te pēhea koutou? 

Hello Room 13 family! How are you all?

Update time!

There's been a few changes to our weekly timetable and are also some exciting things happening in the very near future so settle in for a bit of a read :)

Swimming
As you may be aware, due to on-going issues with water quality and costly refills, Oranga School cannot afford to continue operating the portable pool and the difficult decision has been made to close the pool for the term. Research into other swimming options for later in the year is being undertaken so hopefully we will have a positive outcome for our swimming skill development.

Physical Education
With swimming no longer being a happening thing, we will have a P.E. skill-building and game rotation (think gross motor, fine motor, ball handling, throwing/catching etc.) on Tuesday afternoons with Room 12. 

Bikes
Our bike sessions are now on Thursday mornings (Block One). For safety reasons, children must wear closed toe shoes. Thank you for your support with this :)

Te Moana Coastal Clean Up Trip
Hopefully, you will have received the notice and permission slip about our upcoming Coastal Clean Up trip on Thursday 29 March. The trip cost of $5.50 is to cover our travel to and from Mission Bay by bus. We will be leaving Oranga at 9am and returning by 2:45pm. If you are willing and able to be a parent helper for this trip, please get in touch. As we will be near water, our supervision ratio is 1:4 (one adult to four children) so we will need at least three adults to make this trip possible for Room 13. Please send the completed permission slip and $5.50 to school by Monday, 26 March.

Three Way Conferences
These will be held in Week 6 on Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 March. More information will follow soon so keep an eye out for booking information :)

ReadingEggs
We are very egg-cited that every student in Room 13 now has a Reading Eggs account. 

Reading Eggs is a "comprehensive learn to read program that was created by a highly experienced team of elementary school teachers, writers and developers to help children become fluent and proficient readers. This resource supports your child’s learning to read journey with carefully designed online reading games and activities that are easy to follow, self-paced, and highly engaging for young learners."

Room 13 children have access to Reading Eggs during class time and know their username/password. They are also able to access Reading Eggs from home through a web browser on a computer/tablet, or via the ReadingEggs app available for both Apple and Android phones. 

We are almost half-way through Term One already! We've made an excellent start to the year and look forward to sharing more of our exciting learning journey with you.

Thank you very much for your continued encouragement and support :)

Mahi Tahi Day

This coming Friday (23 February) Te Moana will be holding their first Mahi Tahi Day :)

Mahi Tahi is a Māori term to describe working together, collaboration, teamwork and cooperation and our special day will involve lots of team building activities.

Children are to come to school in their uniform and bring with them: togs and towel in a named bag, sun hat, healthy lunch, a bottle of water and an awesome attitude.

Whanau are welcome to join us for some fun :)

Be sure to check back here for photos and writing!

Bike Sessions

Our bike sessions are on Tuesday afternoons.

Please make sure children wear closed in shoes/sandals - no jandals, flip-flops, slides, scuffs or bare feet.

Thank you for your support :)

Room 13 Creations

Here are some of the creations that have been made in Rm 13 this week!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

A little bit of Valentine's day love from Room 13 - look at those proud smiles!

:)

Word of the Day

Kobe, Mohamed, and Hunter working on their focus word in today's reading session. 

Can you guess what it was? :)

Bubbles!!

To get the creative juices flowing, Mrs Maka brought a bubble machine to school and turned it on in the classroom (it was too wet to go outside). Room 13 had a great time popping bubbles left, right and centre! The children also lay on the floor and watched the bubbles float and fall around them.

From this exciting motivation, Room 13 crafted some awesome pieces of writing as well as interesting illustrations. Hopefully, we'll be able to share these with you soon :)

Oral Language : Sharing Roster

Check out the Notices tab for the Sharing Roster for our Oral Language sessions :)

These sessions will start in Week 3.

Getting our GoNoodle on!

GoNoodle is an online library of educational videos that get us moving, dancing, singing, thinking and working together. Visit GoNoodle and check them out for yourself - Banana, banana, meatball! :)

Kindness is a Muscle

A very catchy song with a pretty special message! To help get our brains thinking about our class treaty and what it means to be caring, Room 13 was introduced to this song. We got the hang of the chorus pretty quick and had a go at the actions too. 

How have you been kind today? :)

Swimming Timetable

Swimming Starts Week 3 - February 21

Room 13's swimming slot is WEDNESDAY afternoons : 1:40pm - 2:40pm.

Children will need to bring their togs and towel in a named bag.

Goggles aren't necessary but if children have them, they can bring them too.

Parent/Caregiver/Guardian/Other Adult help will be greatly appreciated for our swimming sessions - please let Mrs Maka or Mrs K. know if you can help and when. Thank you! :)