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OCTOBER 2019ISSUE #4

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TEAM MIRO NEWSLETTER

TERM 4,  2019Welcome back! We hope that the school holiday break has left you feeling refreshedand ready for the final school term for 2019! Hold on tight Team Miro students and

families...this Term will feel like the fastest and busiest one of all!

Learning focusin Term 4!

A brief overview of learning inTerm Four Oral LanguageThis term our oral language topics willbe linking to the learning and eventshappening in classes. A copy of thesubject we will be discussing eachweek, and the day your child will besharing with the class, will be sent homethis week. Inquiry/IntegratedOur inquiry and integrated focus thisterm will focus on Cultural Celebrations,where we will explore what celebrationslook like for the many cultures that makeup our school at West Park.Our students will be exploring andlearning about how to stay safe out inthe sun. Looking at what our bodiesneed and how to be prepared! We will also be putting our drama andperformance skills in action as we learnabout traditional fairy tales.

Linking these tales to somewonderful digital technology activitiesalso.We look forward to sharing highlightsof this through Seesaw! Math and ReadingThis will be taught based on theidentified needs of each student bytheir classroom teacher. Weencourage daily reading and the useof Mathletics at home to support theirlearning.

Important Dates:Week 1/2 - WPS Idol Auditions and Final

17 October - ASB TripWeek 2 and 3 - Swimming

6 November - R4 visiting Raroa Int7 November - African Drumming performance

8 November - R 2 & 3 visiting Raroa Int20 November - Kelly Sports Day

2 December - Y1/2 Concert and Picnic at5.30pm

5 December - Scholastic Book Fair10 December - Team Miro end of year trip

12 December - Junior Athletics Day13 December - Y1-4 Water Play

18 December - School closes for 2019!

OCTOBER 2019ISSUE #4

WEEK 2 PAGE 1

TEAM MIRO NEWSLETTER

TERM 4,  2019

Parent HelpersNotices...WARMER WEATHER!Please ensure children have a named, full brimmedsunhat to help protect your child when playing outside.We also strongly encourage sun screen to be appliedbefore school and students are welcome to have asmall bottle to re apply as needed throughout the day.This is often best stored in a zip lock bag to preventany leakages through school bags. ASB TripThis term will also include another trip to the ASBSports Centre on the 17th of October. Thank you tothose that have offered to come along and support thechildren! BOOK ROOM HELPERSAnyone who can volunteer to help put books away foran hour on a Friday morning please contact PaulaMcIvor by email (paulam@westpark.school.nz). This isa huge job for teachers and we greatly appreciatehaving a team of amazing parents help with this.Depending on numbers you might only have to do itonce a term.

If you are available to help out inthe classroom at any stage or ifyou are willing to help outside ofthe classroom creating resources,returning books etc, please contactyour classroom teacher as theywould love your help!

We all look forward to an awesome term

together in Team Miro!Kind regards,

Helen Ayres, Amanda Sharpe, Paula McIvorand Erica Leggett

• CONTACT US �

Helen Ayres –helena@westpark.school.nz

Amanda Sharpe –amandas@westpark.school.nz

Paula McIvor –paulam@westpark.school.nz

Erica Leggett –erical@westpark.school.nz

ROAD PATROLEvery morning and afternoon we haveresponsible Year 6 students who doRoad Patrol for our school to make sureour families can cross our busy roadssafely.We are looking for parents who cansupport and supervise our students outon Patrol. If you are available and willingto help on any morning from 8.20-9.10 orany afternoon from 2.45-3.10, pleasecontact Donna ondonnacg@westpark.school.nzt