NOTICES!

Kia ora parents and caregivers.  With only four days of Term 4 left we have been a busy school!
School will finish for the term at 3pm on THURSDAY 2 April.
Term 2 will start again on Monday 20  April.  Most of the children in Room 20 have completed their transition period in the Reception Room.  They will be starting Term 2 in our adjoining learning space called Room 19 with 2 teachers for the remainder of the year.  The children are spending time with one of the teachers, Mrs Jayathri Patel, this week.  A letter will be sent to your home address confirming this during the school holidays.

PARENT INFORMATION EVENING: Wednesday 1 April from 7-8.30 pm at the school hall. You can then visit sessions with teachers who will speak, have discussions or presentations on various areas of interest. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be provided.

MUFTI DAY: Thursday 2 April is Autism Awareness Day and we encourage children to wear rainbow colours instead of their uniform.  A gold coin donation for Autism NZ from children wearing mufti is required.
Iceblocks will also be available from the hall at lunchtime for $2. Please give money to me in the morning.

ANZAC COMMEMORATION: Arahoe School's Anzac Commemoration will be held near our wall of poppies (front field) at 1pm on Thursday 23 April.

LIBRARY BOOKS AND READERS:  All library books and readers are to be returned to school by Wednesday.

SWIMMING: Swimming will take place this Wednesday.  We will restart swimming in Term 4.

CROSS COUNTRY: Arahoe Cross Country will be held on Thursday 5 May (subject to change). Children will need to wear comfortable running shoes and have a change of clothes in case of any muddy accidents.

THANK YOU: A huge thank you to all the parents, caregivers, whanau and families who have helped Room 20 Star Kids be the independent, friendly,  attentive and energetic learners that they are.  An extra special thank you to those parents who have helped with sharpening pencils, swimming sessions, building activities and reading! It takes a community!

Ka kite ano,
Sarah Ellis

SCHOOL IS NUMBER ONE!

SUPER STAR KIDS!

Kia ora everybody! It has been a busy few weeks as our class has grown and we have been up to so much.
Mrs Young has left us as she gets ready to have her baby. We have had the lovely Mrs Rego join us.

We only have 4 days of school left until Term 1 ends. On Wednesday night we have a parent information evening.  We would love to see you.

Have a look at our photos from the last few weeks!

SUPER LEARNERS!

SCIENTISTS AND EXPLORERS

SWIMMING

A big thank you to our parent helpers!

PIZZAS AND MORE!

Have a look at what we have been up to in Room 20 this week!

MISS ELLIS GOES SHOPPING

We made pizza dough today. Tomorrow we make the bases and put on the toppings! We are scientists! Miss Ellis is going shopping for our toppings!

SHOOTING STARS AIM HIGH

Kia ora! Have a look at what we did on Tuesday!

OUR LETTER SOUNDS SONG

We are learning our letter names and letter sounds.  Some letters are so clever that they make more than one sound.

Here is the song we sing to help us learn:
Our Letter Sounds Song

INDIAN PARENT COMMUNITY MEETING

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

We are very excited to announce an Indian Parent Community Meeting taking place on Wednesday at the staffroom.

Please see details below and contact Shenita Prasad if you would like more information.

Wednesday, 4 March

09:00

 Indian Parent Community Meeting

WhenWed, 4 March, 09:00 – 10:30

WhereArahoe School Staffroom (map)

Description6 March ko Holi Jo Vasant be Manaya janewala sabse Mahatawapurna Bharatiya Tuyhar hai – Holi Rango ka Tuyhar Hai! Hamare Bharatiya Parivar “HOLI” ka yeh Masti Bhara Tuyhar Arahoe School main Manana Chahate Hai. Iss Holi ke tuyhar ko manane ke liye agar aap chahatein hai ya shamil hona chahatei hai toh Budhwar 4 March ko sham ke 9.00 am Arahoe school, staff room mein mile. Adhik janakari ki liye Shenita Prasad ko samparak kare.​ ​Hello everyone the 6th of March marks the Holi Festival of colour. A number of our Indian parents are keen to celebrate the festival with Arahoe School. We invite you to an Indian parent community meeting Wednesday 4 March @ 9am in the Arahoe school, staffroom. Here we can discuss the organisation for Holi and/or other Indian festivals we would like to celebrate at Arahoe School. For more information pls see Shenita Prasad