The document provides information about the new school year at Te Waharua Tahi school. It lists the teachers and their classrooms. It describes the school's approach to writing, reading, numeracy and other subjects. It discusses homework expectations and behavior management. It provides tips for parents such as making sure children have their book bags and clothing named. The document aims to welcome families and keep them informed about the upcoming school year.

1. Te Waharua Tahi
warmly welcome
all families to an
exciting new
school year.

2. • Room 20 – Year 0 Katherine Schimanski
• Room 21 – Year 0-1 Tracy Scott-McCleary(Lead Teacher) and
Fay Cook each Wednesday
• Room 7 – Year 1-2 Rosie Mackenzie
• Room 8 – Year 2 Doris Lake
• Room 9 – Year 1-2 Regina Castle
• Moira Titchener will be starting up
the next new entrant class during
Term 2.
• Karen Noakes, Kim Aitken and
Elizabeth Couchman support students with their
learning.
• Amanda Boyse is the Reading Recovery
Teacher.

3. • Writing
• Writing together
• Writing in their books
• Sharing their work/getting feedback
• Forming ideas using
technology
• Writing on whiteboards
• Free range writing
• Focus based writing

4. • Reading
• Groups are taken by the teacher
• The rest of the class work on a variety
of independent activities such as :
• Activity Sheets
• Word/Letter games
• Independent reading
• Follow up activities from reading book
• Computers and IPads
• Numeracy
• Groups are taken by the teacher
• The rest of the class work on a
variety
of independent activities such as :
• Mathletics
• Activity Sheets
• Basic fact building games etc

5. • Other
• Topic (Social Studies, Science, Technology and the Arts)
• Physical Education (basketball, tennis, golf, etc)
• Extra curricular (kapa haka, choir etc)

6. • Homework
• This will vary from class to class, but you can expect to have
reading books most days . Some days poetry books will come
home for children to practice reading with fluency and expression.
• Children need to remember to return their books in their book each
morning.
• Behaviour Management
• Negative
• Time out (on the steps outside the staffroom)
• Detention (inside the office area)
• Positive
• Gotcha awards
• Classroom systems such as sticker charts, super star etc…

7. • Get your child to school between 8.30 and 8.50 and
encourage them to do their “Morning Jobs”
• Make sure your child brings their book bag back to school
everyday
• Wait outside the classroom if you pick your child up (it is often
a busy time giving out notices etc)
• NAME CLOTHING
• Make sure your child has a named drink bottle for water
• Each class has their own blog. Feel free to make comments
and keep up to date by checking the blog regularly.
• Teachers check their emails most days. Feel free to email us
if you need to.
• Most importantly, make sure you have a chat with your child’s
teacher if you have any questions – no problem is too big or
small!

9. From all of us in the Te Waharua Tahi Team