Term 2 Week 5

 

This week is Samoan Language Week. This year's theme for Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoa Language Week 2021, is Poupou le lotoifale. Ola manuia le anofale which means strengthen the posts of your house, for all to thrive.

When you're building a foundation for a fale (house) it can't have a weak foundation or posts. This is the same for the foundations of our families, schools and churches that play an important role in strengthening Gagana Samoa (the Samoan Language). Language is important for the foundations of our over-all well-being.

Here are some youtube links to hear and learn the song, 'Le Aute'

Song with lyrics

Song with actions

Advanced singers version

On Wednesday and Friday lunch times, Mrs Mareroa will be in Kakano with some Samoan-related activities.

Our learning this week:

Numeracy-Addition. We will be counting on in 1’s and 10’s to solve

addition problems. 

Literacy-We are continuing to work on structuring stories with a

beginning, middle and end. They will sequence ideas and use time

connectives such as: first, last, next and then.

RE-We are continuing to learn to recognise the Holy Spirit in all of

us and how we demonstrate peace, love and joy through our daily

life.

Monday 

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Tuesday

 = Kakano 2 Library Day

Wednesday 

= Kakano 1 Library Day

Thursday 

= Kakano 3 Library Day

Friday 

= K2 and 3 are leading Assembly again this week. Everyone is welcome to join us at 2:05pm

Perseverance Assembly

Kakano 2 and 3 led an assembly about perseverance. 

We had a lot of fun and did a great job. We really loved watching everyone try our bim bum biddy song - it took a lot of perseverance to learn. A few kids deserve extra special mentions. Keely, Thomas, Hayden and Zoe jumped in at the last minute to cover part for people who were away. You were amazing and so cool, calm and collected. You really are good at staying in the green!

Unfortunately, Mrs Ts camera did not play nicely so we missed quite a few shots but we took some memory shots after the assembly. These kids are so funny - you can see so much personality! The real action photos at the bottom were taken by Mrs Ts trusty assistant, Tirama. Thanks Tirama! Miss Ryan also managed to grab a video of our bim bum biddy song - we'll post that soon!

Thank you to the family and friends who came to support us on Friday. We have another assembly this Friday! Everyone gets another opportunity to see us shine.

Term 2 Week 4

This is Mental Health Awareness Week- we will be focussing on things that bring us joy and connect with nature.

Here is a link to learning to deal with some issues related to well being https://youtu.be/TdDioDtjkis

Our learning this week:

Numeracy-Multiplication. We are continuing to use skip counting in 2s, 5s and 10s to solve simple multiplication problems. We will be using statistics to gather and sort information.

Literacy-We are working on structure and language. We are learning to sequence ideas and use time connectives such as: first, last, next and then.

RE-We are continuing to learn to recognise the Holy Spirit. We will be learning about Pentecost and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We are also celebrating the Church's birthday 

On Thursday we would like to invite you all to a ‘Birthday breakfast’ at 8:30am by our classrooms. Kakano 1-3 are celebrating the Church’s birthday. We will be having friendship fruit salad and waffles. Coffee (for our adults) - make sure you have a small breakfast in case it takes a long time to cook our waffles.

Friday- Kakano 2 and 3’s  Assembly 2:05pm - You are all most welcome

Monday 

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Tuesday

 = Kakano 2 Library Day

Wednesday 

= Kakano 1 Library Day

Thursday 

= Kakano 3 Library Day

= Pentecost Liturgy

Friday 

= Assembly - Kakano 2 & 3

Play and Golden Time Fun

What a great time we've had this week playing in the morning. We are loving building things with lego, playing snakes and ladders, and kicking the balls around outside.

For Golden Time we played balloon tennis. The giggles and screams of delight were plentiful. What a fun way to practice our hand/eye coordination skills and get some exercise (lots of us got really sweaty) without even realising it!

The noise was much louder as the fun continued!