Hi there! Welcome ALL to T1's new look Class site...it's a Weebly one!
We are trialing Weebly as our new site to share information with families and we hope this will be well-received!
A big Welcome Back to everyone and I hope all our families had a wonderful and fun time during the holiday break. :)
School-time is here again and yes, another long term of 11 weeks! I am sure the children are well relaxed and are 'bursting' to jump back into learning!
We have another busy term with...*the Choir performance with Suzanne Prentice, *our Shave-Off fundraiser for 2 of our boys that have spent time in Starship Hospital to just name a couple. :)
School-time is here again and yes, another long term of 11 weeks! I am sure the children are well relaxed and are 'bursting' to jump back into learning!
We have another busy term with...*the Choir performance with Suzanne Prentice, *our Shave-Off fundraiser for 2 of our boys that have spent time in Starship Hospital to just name a couple. :)
N O T I C E S: N O T I C E S : N O T I C E S:
Merging Kawerau Schools
Yes we have heard back from the Ministry of Education regarding the schools that were to be merged. The Ministry has opted for Option C - merging Putauaki School with Kawerau North and Central and closing down the Kawerau Intermediate and Kawerau South school is now going from Year 0 to Year 8. The Ministry will wait for the replies of all the schools effected and will then reply with their final answer in the middle of June. Our next step is now to decide, what do we do as a School and Parenting Community while we are waiting for the final date? We have a school meeting next week to revisit Option C again, answer any questions you may have and what will we do as a over-all community. We would greatly appreciate your attendance. Another newsletter reminding you of this meeting will be sent home Monday afternoon. :)
Portfolio Books need to come back...
If you still have portfolio books at home, please send these back ASAP. Our children will begin working in these this week. :)
What can you find on our Weebly?
Apart from the tabs at the top of our page, please click on 'more' and a drop-down menu will appear with more to view. :)
Please remember to fill in the Parents Comments section (scroll down), to let me know what you think of our Weebly space and/or what you would like to see featured in this site.
Please remember to fill in the Parents Comments section (scroll down), to let me know what you think of our Weebly space and/or what you would like to see featured in this site.
Walk Around our Class :)
Welcome to our class! Our class environment and topic walls change every term. So I will keep this page up-to-date with new pictures and explanations. Don't forget to check our other pages to see what we are doing for the new term and what our new topics and WALTs will be. :)
These pictures are of our class environment from Term 1.
These pictures are of our class environment from Term 1.
Our School Site
Our school website is found at...
http://putauaki.school.nz/
Click and take a quick tour around our school site. If you missed out on a school newsletter, you can view them in our site. :)
http://putauaki.school.nz/
Click and take a quick tour around our school site. If you missed out on a school newsletter, you can view them in our site. :)
Peak-ICT cluster wiki
Whaea Jeanette is our ICT facilitator that helps teachers upskill themselves in ICT in the classroom, to help us realise why we are learning about ICT and also, Inquiry Learning.
What do you think?
Parents, please don't forget to view our 2011 wikispace and let Miss Lafaelle which site you prefer. You can do this by commenting below, joining the 2011 wikispace and then commenting OR letting me know at school. I will try to keep both Wikispace and Weebly site up-to-date with information. Let me know how well the sites loaded and how quickly or slowly, and what kind of information you prefer to see or if you already like what information is presented at the moment.
Thank you :)
Thank you :)
Term 2 Topic:
Image borrowed from the internet 'google images search'.
This term, one of our Pod topics we will be studying is....Light and Colour. :)
Choir...sing, sing, sing!
Image from the internet.
Our School Choir managed by Mrs Martin-Paling and Mrs Rangi had been practising every week during term 1 and still have many practices to go this term. The choir will be performing with Suzanne Prentice this term, in Week 4. We have quite a few children from Tarawera in the choir and we look forward to viewing their performances over the weeks leading up to the big night as part of their 'audience training'! Tickets are now on sale but are $18 per adult and $12 per child (and can be ordered through out school.
See our Office ladies).
Venue: Liberty Centre, Whakatane
When: Thursday 26th June, 7;30pm
*Check out the Suzanne Prentice, Kids4Kids YouTube clips I found (below). These are songs she has done with other School choirs elsewhere in NZ. Much of the funds will be passed on to World Vision!
See our Office ladies).
Venue: Liberty Centre, Whakatane
When: Thursday 26th June, 7;30pm
*Check out the Suzanne Prentice, Kids4Kids YouTube clips I found (below). These are songs she has done with other School choirs elsewhere in NZ. Much of the funds will be passed on to World Vision!
