Welcome back to Term 1, 2020!
Sunday 2nd February 2020
Welcome back to Term 1. It was great to meet so many of our families at the Personal Learning Plan (PLP) meetings
on Monday and Tuesday. So many of the children were excited to return to school after such a long summer break.
We have enjoyed observing them re-connect with friends and make new friends as they explore their classroom spaces. This has been particularly obvious during Pataitai where through play the children have explored, shared, used their imaginations and shown a wonderful Sense of Community towards one another.
Our school wide Inquiry this term is Relationships and Team Koru will be focusing on friendships. This is a great topic to start the year off as we all get to know each other.
Later in the term we have swimming (weeks 7 & 8) and cross country will be after that. More information will come out closer to the time.
Please put the Skool Loop app on your phones as this is a quick way to communicate information and also to update the school for absent children.
We all look forward to an exciting term 1!
Sonia Cushing - Room 1
Ib Glover - Room 2
Bridget Hansen - Room 3
Sam Watkins - Room 4
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Term 4 Events
Sunday 1st December 2019
Even though the year is coming to an end, we haven't slowed down at all in Team Koru. So far this term we have visited Turanga library, participated in Athletics and the Christchurch East Outdoor Ed Day, enjoyed a visit from the Circus and a NZ Author, had some fun with Dirt Car's...not to mention all the learning we have had in class!
One of the highlights was our trip to Turanga Library. The students were treated to a song and some story-telling by the lovely librarians, we had a tour of some areas of the library and got to do some dancing and exercises with a robot! The students also got to explore the children's area. Many students hadn't been to the new library yet and they absolutely loved our short visit. It's such a great facility, free of charge, and all the students said they would love to keep coming back in their summer holidays!
One of the highlights was our trip to Turanga Library. The students were treated to a song and some story-telling by the lovely librarians, we had a tour of some areas of the library and got to do some dancing and exercises with a robot! The students also got to explore the children's area. Many students hadn't been to the new library yet and they absolutely loved our short visit. It's such a great facility, free of charge, and all the students said they would love to keep coming back in their summer holidays!
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Team Koru Athletics!!!
Friday 1st November 2019
This week, Team Koru participated in an Athletics Day, with activities specifically designed to suit their age and abilities. The students spent the first couple of weeks of the term having afternoon practice runs and we discussed key areas such as:
- the importance of giving things a go and trying your hardest, even if you're nervous.
- encouraging and supporting others.
- showing resilience and strength, even if you don't come first.
Thank you so much to all the parents who came to support their children, to our amazing Senior students who ran all the activities and to Ms Hansen and Mr Young who organised the whole day!
We had a great morning out in the sun!
- the importance of giving things a go and trying your hardest, even if you're nervous.
- encouraging and supporting others.
- showing resilience and strength, even if you don't come first.
Thank you so much to all the parents who came to support their children, to our amazing Senior students who ran all the activities and to Ms Hansen and Mr Young who organised the whole day!
We had a great morning out in the sun!
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Cultural Week Celebrations
Tuesday 1st October 2019
At the end of Term 3, Christchurch East celebrated the many cultures in our school with a parade, concert and shared lunch. Team Koru celebrated alongside the rest of the school, dressing up in our cultural dress for the parade and taking a lot of pride in our countries as we marched through the city. The students also bought along food from their culture and family to share with the rest of Team Koru and we had a great feast together, celebrating our diverse community!
Throughout the term, Team Koru students continued to learn about their identities and had different ways of sharing and displaying what they had learnt about themselves. After a long term of gathering information, Hub 2 completed their "Identity Boxes" in time to share for their community walk-around. They were so proud of what they had created and loved sharing their work with each other and their families.
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Term 3 Inquiry
Monday 2nd September 2019
For Inquiry this term, Team Koru have been focusing on "Our Identity" and "Who Am I?" Identity was a hard concept for the children to grasp but they have started to really engage with it as we have explored family, languages, where we are from, favourite food, sport, place and aspects of culture such as food, dress and traditions and customs. Students have been bringing in things from home to share with the class, so others can share in their culture and identity.
In Hub 2 we have been working hard on our "Identity" boxes (out of shoe boxes) for the children to share at the end of the term. It has been great to engage with parents and families about their culture and learn more about the diverse community we live in!
Below are some photos of things the children have bought in to share.
In Hub 2 we have been working hard on our "Identity" boxes (out of shoe boxes) for the children to share at the end of the term. It has been great to engage with parents and families about their culture and learn more about the diverse community we live in!
Below are some photos of things the children have bought in to share.
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