Hikuwai 1 - 2- 3
Hikuwai 3: Matua Blair
Team Leader
Hikuwai 2: Whaea Carolyn
Hikuwai 1: Matua Dan
Release Teacher: Matua Matt
Wednesday: Hikuwai 1
Friday: Hikuwai 3
Term 1 Week 11 Notices
Kia Ora Whanau
It has been a wonderful term. So much amazing work created by the students in Hikuwai this term. The teachers have been very impressed by the way they have handled moving into the Year 4-5 area of the school. Highlights of the Term have been Living Springs Camp for the Year 5's and everyone enjoyed the Top Team event. Everyone is looking forward to a two-week break and coming back energised for Term 2, where there will be more exciting events.
Term 2
Inquiry: This term we looked at the migration of animals and why they moved from place to place. In Term 2, we will be looking into why people migrate. If you have moved into the Lincoln area recently you might be getting asked why your family migrated to the Lincoln area.
Numeracy: We will be continuing to build on number skills and each class will be visiting a different teacher in their specialist area of geometry, probability and measurement.
Literacy: Reading stories about migration of people. Build up of great handwriting, learning the spelling (code). Writing different pieces of text including poetry, reports, narratives and descriptions.
Sport in Term 2.
The sports dates for term 2 went out in last week’s newsletter. It promises to be a busy term on the sports fields. If you have any questions please check the Sports pages on our school website or click on this link ASP Sports. Please watch the notices for messages about which sports your children have volunteered to participate in.
Ararira Cross Country event
Our Ararira Springs Cross Country event will be held on Friday 17th of May from 1:30 pm until 3pm. We will need volunteers as the course will be different this year and marshalls are required to stand along the route. If you can help please contact Whaea Meeghan as soon as possible.
Friday 17th May: Pink Shirt Day (gold coin donation to The Mental Health Foundation). Tamariki may wear their school uniform or something pink. The focus this year is 'Being an upstander'. More information can be found here.
Please refer to the school newsletter and the website for further information and dates.
Kind regards
Blair, Dan, Matt and Carolyn
Week 7 Notices
Another two weeks of great learning for the students in Hikuwai 1 - 3. All students are well underway in learning about the migration of animals. Our Inquiry topic this year is movement and we are starting with learning and understanding why animals move from place to place (migration).
The year 5 students in Matua Blair's class brought their bikes to school and were taught how to do a safety check on their bikes and were given challenges to demonstrate good safe biking habits.
Hi-Vis Vests
Due to the lack of sponsorship and administration, the school no longer provides these to our tamariki. Please purchase your own. These can be purchased from The Warehouse or similar. We have a few left available to purchase on Kindo.
NZEI Union Meeting
Wednesday 20th March - NZEI the teachers union, is holding a meeting for its members during the afternoon of Wednesday 20th March. Members are entitled as part of their Collective Agreement to attend 2 of these meetings per year and will be offsite from 1pm. School will remain open for supervision on Wednesday afternoon however there is an option for your child to leave school at 12.45pm. We would be grateful if you could complete the following google survey by 14th March.
What's coming up
Week 8
Wednesday 20th: NZEI Union meeting
Thursday 21st: Library day for all Hikuwai 1-2-3 ako classes
Friday: Curiosity Clubs
Week 9
Thursday 28th: Library day for all Hikuwai 1-2-3 ako classes
Friday 29th: Good Friday (school closed)
Easter:
Please be aware that school will be closed for easter on Friday 29th - Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd of April. The school will re-open on Wednesday 3rd April.
Have a great weekend
Kind regards
Blair, Carolyn, Dan and Matt
Week 4 - 5 Notices
Kia Ora Whanau
Wow, what a busy couple of weeks for the Hikuwai students. The Year 5 students in Matua Blair's class headed off to Living Springs camp from Wednesday to Friday. They had so much fun and enjoyment. Highlights were the meals, adventure stream and the monorail. Some students had a late night on Wednesday as their bunkroom took a while to go to sleep. Well done, to all of those who went on camp.
The Year 4's had a change to their timetable where they completed a wide range of steam topics, completed a listening activity and had a rotation of activities on Friday. A quick survey found that they enjoyed the listening activity as the class was so quiet and also different aspects of Friday.
Home Learning
Home learning will be available on this website for the week, this saves printing out 90 sheets every week. Remember this is optional and will be caregiver marked if the student chooses to complete it
Top Team: Parents Needed
All of Hikuwai Year 4 -6 will be participating in a Top Team event. The students will be put into different groups and they will participate in a wide variety of activities, some of which involve water and getting wet. So they will need to bring in a change of clothes. We do need quite a few parent helpers to help with the activities, everything will be given to helpers and it is quite easy to run the games. The Top Team will run from 12.45 pm until 3 pm.
Please email blair.cook@ararira.school.nz if you are able to help with this event
What's coming up
Week 6
Mon 4th: Wool in school (students will learn why wool is an important resource for New Zealand). The container will be on site for two weeks.
Thurs 7th: Year 5 i-Bikes (All year 5 students from Matua Blair's class need a bike and a helmet)
Fri 8th: Curiosity clubs
Week 7
Mon 11th: Second week of Wool in School
Fri 15th: Top Team
Have a great weekend
Kind regards
Matua Dan, Matua Blair, Whaea Carolyn and Matua Matt
Notices Week 3
Kia Ora Whanau
What a wonderful two weeks we have had in Hikuwai. First, during the short week of Waitangi Day, the students kept learning about what a caring person at Ararira is and especially what that looks like inside the Hikuwai hapori area. The students are coming to terms with how the week is planned and what is expected of them in terms of work output.
It was wonderful to see so many of you turn out to the School picnic and come and listen to what we have planned this term. If you still have any questions please email your child's ako teacher. On Tuesday the students had a rotation of drama, science and art. The students from each ako class stated how much they enjoyed the variety of the subjects and for some of them re-connecting with previous teachers they have had.
Curiosity clubs started in 2024, this is a chance for the students to explore their passions and something that students look forward to each week. Check out the photos.
Notices
Year 5 only - please click on the link below, which will take you to all the information. If you have any questions please email blair.cook@ararira.school.nz
Devices: We welcome the students to bring their own devices every day from now on. The teachers will be going over digital safety and how the devices will be used in the space.
Week 4:
Wed 21st - Fri 23rd: Years 5 and 6 will be away at Living Springs Camp. Whaea Leonie and Matua Matt will look after Hikuwai 3 while Matua Blair is on camp.
Thurs 22nd: Hikuwai library day
Fri 23rd: Sushi
Week 5:
Normal week.
Kind regards
Blair, Carolyn, Matt and Dan
Hikuwai 1-3 Presentation.pdfHikuwai 1-3 presentation from Hapori picnic.
Term 1 Week 1 Notices
Welcome back, everyone. We have had an awesome first week with the students. All the students are enjoying the space and the activities the teachers have taught. During the first week the students have had to start thinking about sun safety, also looking closely at one of the school's values "Caring".
Introducing the team:
Matua Blair: Team Leader and has a Year 4/5 class, strengths in leadership, physical education and mathematics.
Whaea Carolyn: Teaching Year 4 class, strengths in Pastoral care, Te Ao Maori and literacy.
Matua Dan: Teaching Year 4 class, strengths in creativity and Te Ao Maori
Matua Matt: Matt will be coming into Hikuwai on Wednesdays to take Hikuwai 1 and Fridays to teach Hikuwai 3.
A few things to start off with
Devices:
If your child is bringing a device they will need to sign the BYOD forms, we have spare copies for any student who needs them . For the first couple of weeks, we will not be using devices.
Library is on Thursday for Hikuwai 1-2-3 ako classes.
Sun Safe:
Hats: Students are required to wear hats in Term 1 and Term 4.
Sunscreen: If it is going to be a hot day sunscreen on before they come to school would be great and the Hikuwai Hapori will have sunscreen so students can use it throughout the day.
Each Ako class will be learning how to be sunsmart in the first two weeks.
COMMUNICATION
The Hikuwai 1-2-3 team will be sending home notices fortnightly via this blog, in odd weeks. Please read these carefully as they have lots of important information.
The school newsletter will come out on Wednesday each fortnight.
If you would like to contact us please use the above emails or come in and see us. We do ask that you go to your child's ako teacher first.
Emails: ako teachers will respond within 24 hours of an email with either a response to that enquiry or to state they have read the email and will need some time to investigate any incidents. Please be aware that sometimes teachers have meetings after school and then go home to spend time with their families. So an email sent at 3.30 pm might not be seen until the next morning.
Term 1 Week 2: What's on
Tuesday 6th: Waitangi Day, no school
Thursday 8th: Library
Term 1 Week 3:
Tuesday 13th: School parent picnic (Times to be confirmed)
Thursday 15th: Library
Friday 16th: Curiosity Clubs start
Year 5's only
Camp: The Year 5/6 Camp is in Week 4 Wednesday 21st - Friday 23rd February at Living Springs, Governors Bay. Please find the packing list here.
Over the next two weeks, we will send out the bunk room allocation, camp menu and camp timetable. Parent helpers who were confirmed in Term 4 will be invited in for a meeting during the next fortnight.
iBike:
iBike is where Selwyn Sport come in a run sessions for the students on how to look after their bike, check that it is safe to ride, correct helmet fit and how to ride safely.
i Bike Google form - link
