A great picture of the school 'Backing Black'

Apanui School 'Backing Black' 2011

Go 4 It

Make sure you check out the sites listed below to see what our kids have been up to. You may even see some Apanui kids!!!

www.sportbop.co.nz/success-stories
www.sportbop.co.nz/go4it-photos

Team Two Blog

Have you checked out the Team Two blog?

Every comment / post left is an entry into the competition for a prize.

So get posting!!

http://apanuiteamtwo.blogspot.com/

Happy Fathers Day from the Beehive

Just a couple of thoughts from the team on the meaning of 'DAD'.

Parent / Teacher Interviews

Parent - Teacher Interviews.

That time is here again to come into school and meet with the teacher.
We will be finishing school early at 12.35pm (lunchtime) so that our parent, teacher interviews can begin at 1pm.

Please remember that, to book an interview with me, you will need to log on to http://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/ and key in the Apanui School code VYCF5 to ghet your childs interview booked. Slots are running out and you will need to be quick. All times are 'first in, first served basis'.

I look forward to meeting with you all.

Stars at Apanui

Please be sure to mark the 7th July in your calendars. This will be the Stars at Apanui Talent show. This event will be held at the Liberty Centre from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Gold coin entry.

See our young people sing their hearts out, live the dream and wow you with their talent and giftings.

See the School choir sing some tunes from the recent concert Kids 4 Kids.

Be wowed by the cultural delights of the School Kapa Haka.

A night NOT to be missed.

"Yo yo mama Africa, yo yo"

The children were treated to a session on African Dance from Ghana. This was part of the EBOP Schools Art Expo being held at the Whakatane War Memorial Hall between 13th June and 17th June.

Big thanks to 'Ra' for her advice, teaching and stories of the tribal celbrations of African dancing.

Homework for Week 6

I have decided to let our children off their homework this week. We have just come out of a busy month and I feel that the children need a break, It is a long term AGAIN afterall. Please encourage them to read regularly this week.

Thanks parents for your support with this.

The dreaded lice outbreak...

There has been ANOTHER outbreak of headlice, nits, cooties in the class.
Please check your children for lice and have them treated. I would like to also advise
that there are some really good products out there in your local pharmacy to deal to these little
critters. Shaving ALL the hair off is not always the only option. (Especially as we are experiencing some colder weather).



















These little monsters can be a real problem, so please check your childs head. If they are itching 'hard-out' then it could be that they have them.

Life 101 by Mr. Reade

Each week, we have a special 'motto or life lesson'.
This is to be an encouragement to the children and to help them to be the best that they can be.

I f you missed the last few weeks here they are:

"What is in you will flow through you".

This lends itself to the idea that if you surround yourself in negativity, it has ways of becoming a part of our thoughts and words. It can affect those around us and ultimately spell disaster for us; therefore we must be surrounded by positivity and goodness in order to allow that to flow through our every being.

"You are what you believe".

This idea promotes the idea that if we have a dream, we should never give up on it. Work hard, knuckle down and set goals and we may harvest from that investment. We all have a seed of greatness within us and treated in the right manner (encouragement, self belief, motivation and passion), it can yeild awesome results.

"Our values guide our decisions and decide our success".

This thought just means that our value system is the core to our ability to succeed. If we are intent on cutting corners, cheating others, bad mouthing, giving up in tough times, then our ability to overcome adversary is severly compromised.

I am a huge believer that the children in my class are not a statistic, they are individuals with hopes and dreams. I see it as my job to help them (along with their families), to understand that they matter. That their input and participation in life will shape the world as we know it. As an adult, mentor, father, is this not our duty to support this idea?

Think about this, a lot of the worlds most influential people attribute their success to a parent, a simple idea or suggestion, a point in the right direction, a shoulder to cry on, a consistent supporter, a listener, an encourager, or even a teacher.

That means that I am in the business of developing 'History Makers'. "What an
honour"!!!

Kids for Kids 2011

NYLD//11

Yesterday, we took a group of 12 young Apanui leaders to Rotorua for the annual 'National Young Leaders Day 2011'.

This event is designed to uplift, upskill and inspire our young people into embracing their leadership potential within their school and themselves. It consist of prominent and celebrity speakers giving testimonies of their own rise to leadership. The children are talked to about how to deal with difficulty and opposition.

As Mr Reade was unable to take these children this year, A huge thanks goes out to Mr Hamer and Mrs Moir who kindly stepped in to take the children to the conference. I would also like to extend my thanks to the Collier family for the use of their van to transport our leaders. Your kindness and generosity is part of the overall success of this great school. Thankyou!!

Welcome

A big welcome to Miss Brown, who is a student teacher from Awanuiarangi. She will be with us for 4 weeks learning the ropes about teaching.

We look forward to our time together and hope that she can take away great memories of our fantastic class.

(photo will follow shortly)

Meet Te Tirahou

Hi my name is Te Tirahou.

I like the bey Blades battle show

and my favourite fruit is oranges.

Here is a piece of my writing:

'Te Tirahou the tame tiger tackled the tatty tortoise'.

Happy Holidays everyone

Well, we have come to the end of a very busy term. I think that we all deserve a break. I will try to put a few pics up of the last couple of weeks of term 1. Happy Holidays

Meet Holly

Hi, my name is Holly and I am a member of room 3. I like writing and reading and sometimes I like math.

My interests are: playing ball at my house, hanging out with my friends.

Here is a piece of my writing recently.

The Storm

The sound is like elephants stomping on the ground.

Light fills the pitch black sky.

Strong lightning strikes...like a school disco.

Rain heavily tumbles down nonstop!

Pitter, patter, pitter, patter.

AFL Kiwi Kick

The AFL Kiwi Kick will be held on tuesdays at lunchtime, starting this coming tuesday. We need all forms and money ($50) in by Monday. If we do not get 20 people signed up then it won't be happening.

Camp meeting update

We had the parents camp meeting this afternoon. This was a great success due to the immense parent turnout. Its awesome to see all of the support the children are getting from their families! KEEP IT UP!

More info will be out by the end of the week and we will need payment and remaining forms in by Monday at the latest please!!!!!

Thanks to all of those who have offered help and time to our camps We appreciate you greatly!!

Yay Camp is almost here!!!

Homework for week 7

Hi all,

I thought that I should update the blog with this weeks homework. I was away on Monday so was not able to get the h/w sheet out. The children have been instructed to research the topic 'RAINFORESTS". This is our inquiry learning topic till the end of term. So get all the info you can. We are looking for a total 'information saturation' on rainforests. We'll make a wall display of the collected data so pics and facts would be great.

Chistchurch people are our people

As a way of understanding the horrible time we have had as a country over the last week, We have been writing about earthquakes. The children had to use their knowledge of 'rich', descriptive language.

The samples below (and all of the class samples) are dedicated to the families and lives of the Christchurch people. The text will be displayed in black and red to show support of black and red day for Chch people.

Crash, bang, wollap! Houses came tumbling down on top of each other.
The christchurch eathquake rumbles the town.
Terrified workers, screaming their lives out.
Suddenly it stops and they all look around babys,kids nearly everyone has got lot's of bruses.
Bodies stuck and trapped in buildings.
It was a DISARSTER!
Roads and paths are all cracked like a little slide.
Earthquakes are always bad!
My thoughts are with christchurch!

Aaliyah Year 4


Crumble, Crack, Crash, The terrified people sprinted out of their crashing home's.
Damaged building's tumbled down.
People worried of home's crushing like a giants shoelaces.
People hurt, kid's frightened, Cars crushed with heavy brick's on top of them.
My thoughts are for christchurch.

Riley Year 4

Midweek homework reminder

Hi kids and parents.

This is a reminder to you about this weeks homework.



Don't forget to sign in the reading book that was read (even if it was a chapter from a fav book).


I encourage all the children to do a nice border and 'spruce' the page up. This shows me that time and care was ACTUALLY put into the completion of homework.


XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX NOTE TO PARENTS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


Homework reading should NOT be difficult or challenging for the child. The point of this is to build some enjoyment through reading. Difficult texts do not achieve this easily.

This week and next week, the children have been asked to practise their 3 times tables. Your support on this would help greatly.

Meet the new kid in class

This is "Scittles" our new pet skink. We believe that he is a Moko Skink (oligosoma moco).

We are looking after him for a bit. He likes to eat insects, flies, ants etc.

We have him in a small enclosure but we need something a little larger. If any parents have a fish tank enclosure or a container with a lid that we could use/borrow or have please contact me at school. We would love a more plush home for our new mate.

Christchurch Earthquake

On behalf of the team at the Apanui beehive, I would like to extend our thoughts, prayers and condolences to the families of the hurt, missing or passed away. We continue to remain positive and hopeful for a successful outcome on rescuing those still trapped.

Homework

Please be aware that your child will have homework each night. It is given to the children as a weekly worksheet. It will be pasted in their h/w books on a monday and is due on a friday.

This will consist (usually unless stated) of reading log, spelling, maths and other tasks.

Please ensure that your child does this each night and that you support them in feeling good about their learning rather than making something that 'squashes' self esteem.

Children have a fluency box of books set at their level and are encouraged to take one home; however, they can read a book from home as an alternative.

Go 4 It

This week, our class has been part of the "Go 4 It" initiative. This is a programme being put on by Waikato/Sport Bay of Plenty to teach children about the fundamental skills that go with some of our countries big sports. This week we have been learning about "Football" (not to be called Soccer apparently).







Make sure you ask your child about "Ghostbusters", snakes, frogs and any other games and skills learnt.

I encourage all families to get outside with a ball and spend time with your children. You never know, they may teach you a thing or too!


For more info on Go 4 It, click the link above.

WATERMELON DAY

Check out our pics from watermelon Day. Our class made a baby pram filled with fruit salad. "yummmm"

Welcome to School

Welcome everybody and welcome to the new Room 3 class blog. Not sure yet weather to call it the 'Beehive or 3-hive'???!! What do you think???


Its been a great first day today! We have met new people, faces and made new friendships.

My name is Phillip Reade and I am the teacher of Room 3 for 2011. I am looking forward to the exciting things that we get up to this year.

We will be putting stuff on this blog regularly and invite you to check back here often for new updates.