HAPPENING THIS TERM
Term 4 begins Monday 12th October
Tuesdays from week 2-7 we will be involved in the senior Senior Leadership Cadet programme. You will need to be in tidy, correct uniform with running type shoes on your feet. You need to have a hat, sunblock, lunch, drink bottle and a change of clothes (black for Room 5 and white for Room 6 if you can). Be prepared to move so make sure you have activewear not jeans etc.
Technology begins at Hukerenui School for year 7 and 8 students every Thursday - Remember to bring your lunch and closed toed shoes. Year 5 and 6 students will be in Room 5 or 6 for this day.
This term we welcome Matua Chayse into Room 5. He is a student teacher who will be with us until the end of Week 8.
Week 1:
Friday - Pink Shirt Day
Week 2:
Thursday/Friday - Cricket
Week 3:
Monday - Labour Day (NO SCHOOL)
Testing this week (Writing sample, PATs)
Week 4
Monday/Tuesday - Whaea Dianne in
Saturday - Kapa Haka Regionals - Good luck Te Rau Pau Manawa!
Week 5:
Testing to be finished this week.
Week 7:
Wednesday - Blake NZ VR Show
Week 8:
School Swimming Sports Fun Day
Thursday - End of year prize giving
Friday - Room 5 Assembly and Matua Chayse's last day :(
Week 9:
Year 8 Graduation
Final Assembly
Reports go home
Week 10
WHO ARE WE?
Kia ora, we are Room 5 and 6 at Kawakawa Primary School.
We are Years 6,7 and 8.
Our teachers are Whaea Dana and Matua Paul
There are 25 students in each classroom.
Whaea Dana
Kia ora koutou, I have been teaching for 13 years at Kawakawa Primary School and love it here. I enjoy teaching, especially helping my students to reach their full potential and find their passion for learning. I like teaching sports, science, visual arts, maths and reading. In my spare time I love to relax at the beach or sit in a quiet space and read. I also like to spend time with my whanau and friends.
My personal goals for this year is to improve my te reo Maori so I use it more within and outside the classroom, and also to improve my digital technology skills, especially in coding and film making.
Matua Paul
Kia ora koutou. My name is Paul Lindsay. I have been teaching in Northland schools for just over twenty years, Prior to that I have taught in Australia, Papua New Guinea and England. I believe that the most important factor in the teaching and learning cycle is the relationship between the student and the teacher. I intend to try to build a strong relationship with each child by getting to know them, who they are, who they are connected to and where they’re from. I particularly like teaching mathematics although reading and writing are equally important. I love sport and physical education, especially water sports. I’m really looking forward to working with the students from Kawakawa Primary School in 2020.
