This document provides information about the upcoming term for students at The Gardens School. It states that students will focus on designing and creating pieces of wearable art related to different decades as part of their inquiry topic. It also notes that students will be assessed in literacy and math skills in the first few weeks as teachers prepare mid-year reports. The document provides classroom contact details and encourages parents to check class blogs and wikispaces for updates.

1. P.E.
This term students will
be learning large ball
skills, including soccer,
Futsal, netball and Rippa
Rugby.
We are lucky enough to
have Counties Manukau
Tennis teaching our Year
5 and 6 students tennis
skills in Weeks 2-4.
Students are given the
opportunity to try out
for interschool sports
teams. The Kio-rahi team
h a s a l r e a d y b e e n
finalised. If your child is
in Year 5 or 6 and would
like to be in a school
soccer and/or rugby
team they need to put
t h e i r n a m e o n M r s
Cosford’s whiteboard
outside her office.
Students are encouraged
t o b r i n g t h e i r P . E .
uniform daily, as P.E.
lessons are known to
change.
Our P.E. sessions are
scheduled for:
Pukeko 1 - Tuesday
Ruru 3 - Tuesday
Tui 3 - Wednesday
Takahe 2 - Wednesday
Tui 2 - Wednesday
Welcome back to Term 2, we hope you had a relaxing Easter
break. In the holidays, our 3 e-Learning classes moved into the
relocatables on the field. The students and teachers have all
settled into their new rooms. We have a busy term ahead, with
assessments being carried out and Wearable Arts design and
creating beginning.
If you have any concerns and want to talk to your child’s teacher.
Our new classrooms are:
Tui 3 - Ms Julia Delany (Team Leader), Y5/6 e-Learning
juliad@thegardens.school.nz
Tui 2 - Mrs Lily Bradshaw, Year 4
lilyb@thegardens.school.nz
Pukeko 1 - Mrs Yolande Mathlay, Year 4/5
yolandem@thegardens.school.nz
Takahe 1 (Weka 4) - Mrs Tracey Kuba, Y 5/6 e-Learning
traceyk@thegardens.school.nz
Ruru 3 - Mrs Carly Kidd, Y5/6 e-Learning
carlyk@thegardens.school.nz
S T R I V E F O R T H E B E S T
PUKETAPAPA newsletter
T E R M 2 , 2 0 1 5
SCHOOL UNIFORM
• No summer hat is necessary
•Girls can wear long black socks or black tights (not
footless)
•White OR black short socks can be worn with plain black,
closed-in shoes
•No t-shirts to be worn underneath the school polo other
than the official TGS long sleeved grey t-shirt
•Optional winter uniform items like scarves, beanies, unisex
black cargo pants etc are available from our on-site
Uniform Shop
•Please ensure ALL items are clearly named. If they are
found, they are returned by the office ladies.
UNIFORM SHOP OPEN
TUESDAYS (8:30-9:00AM), THURSDAYS (2:45-3:15PM)

2. H O M E W O R K
It has been pleasing to see the quality of Homework being submitted each fortnight by students. We love sharing
the children’s efforts in class and occasionally we have time at our team assemblies. Please continue to encourage
your child to complete their homework.
Our homework expectations are:
★ SPELLING - Each week, the student will have a new spelling list of a minimum of 10 words. These
need to be practised each night.
★ MATHS – 1000 points or more each week on Mathletics. Teachers will check this on Friday morning.
★ READING - Read for 20 minutes each weeknight. Students may choose from a variety of reading
material e.g. comic book, magazine, website etc.
★ HOW MUCH TO DO? All students will complete all the above plus one activity per week selected from
the grid. Year 4 students may do one activity per fortnight.
Teachers expect students to do the same quality of work at home as is expected at school. Work should follow
our Book Standards, which will also be glued into the student’s Homework book.
eLearning students turn their Homework in online. Please check their Homework Guidelines if you are unsure.
These have been sent home and can be found on their Wikispace.
Our main inquiry topic of “Through the Decades”, has continued in Term 2, morphing into
Technology, as students begin to use the knowledge learned about their class’ chosen
decade to design and construct a piece of wearable art, to reflect the decade. When
working with Mr Fowler, students will be learning skills that will help them construct their
art, so it holds together well for performance and display.
In the first 3 weeks of term, students will be assessed as teachers prepare to write the mid-
year report. Students are being assessed in areas of Literacy and Maths.
In Maths, students will be learning about Geometry, in particular, position and orientation.
This relates to reading maps, co-ordinates, directions etc. Last term in writing, students were
exposed to a variety of genre and learned a variety of skills, such as planning, language
devices, sentence structure, proof reading and editing. This term students have a focus of
“Writing to Entertain”, which is to write narrative and poetry.
What are we learning this term?
Follow us online!
Keep up to date with your child’s class and
check out our Wikispaces and blogs!
Tui 2: http://2015bradshaw.blogspot.co.nz
Pukeko 1: http://2015lia.wikispaces.com
Takahe 1: brightsparx.wikispaces.com
Tui 3: http://superstarlearning.wikispaces.com
Ruru 3: http://kiddslearningspace.wikispace.com
WANTED
newspaper,
aluminium can tabs,
women’s magazines,
ribbon, wool, string
lolly & chocolate wrappers
old chairs for decorating,
anything you might think may be useful for
Wearable Art