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!
