Phase Numeracy Testing in S6

With daily testing students are showing steady progress towards improving their basic facts knowledge. Competing against themselves daily and keeping a record of their results each day, giving them instant feedback.

A hot day in R2

Working on our Inquiry.

3D Picture Finished

Nice work Ciarna.

Half Self-Portraits in R4

3D Art in R4

Bailey enjoyed creating a town scene, awesome result.

Perspective Art

Yesterday in R6 we looked at Perspective Art and how to create a picture with one vanishing point. Maybe next time we will try two vanishing points!

Floating boxes, our first attempt at using a vanishing point.

I think some people did really well at creating that 3D effect.

Ciarna's first attempt at using a vanishing point with a word, not bad.

More Gardening Pics

Our first onion!

Yes the corn is now taller than the children.

Yumm, look what we found. Yummy strawberries.

Self Portraits in R6

Visiting School Garden with J7, 8 and 9

Finding potatoes, very exciting.

Mrs Faulks found some onions in the garden.

Time to do some weeding after the long holidays, but tomatoes are growing well.

Canoe Polo

As many of you know I currently have two children attending Rangiora High. There are many opportunities for them to compete in many different sports. Dan's current favourite is canoe polo, which is fun for spectators to watch, although a little scary when they fall out.

A Day in J8

We created a compare and contrast map looking at differences and similarities between NZ and Fiji

Basketball skills with Matt in the school hall.

These young people could run all day.

A Day in Te Māhuri

After attending Izy's funeral yesterday it was great to spend a day with these very caring children many of whom attended the funeral. A lovely supportive class.

Te Kupu O te Wiki

Te Waipounamu = South Island

Kei Te Waipounamu ahau e noho ana =I live in the South Island

Te Pihinga - Basketball Skills with Chris and Amy from North Canterbury Sports

WEEK FIVE

Hard to believe but we are half way through the term, time really does fly when you are having fun. I have been to almost every class in the school and am thoroughly enjoying my new role. I now know many more children and am challenging myself to work within many different levels effectively. It has given me a chance to see just how wonderful our school is and see first hand what great work our wonderful teachers are doing.

As the term and year rolls on we begin to focus on the needs of students and finding ways to keep them engaged, motivated and loving learning. As you can imagine this is different for each child and sometimes it takes a little longer with some. So just like students we also continue to learn new ways to help children each day.

A t-shirt I saw on facebook summed it all up fairly succinctly and I think parents would agree that they could have a t-shirt similar but replace teacher with parent ( I know as a mother of four I would love one). "If at first you don't succeed, try doing what your teacher told you to do the first time."


Lastly from me I would like to acknowledge young Izy Dawber who died last week. Izy will be missed by many in our school community. Our thoughts are with her family at this time.