Term 3 ‘Learning for the Future ‘ 5th August 2015

Dear Parents & Caregivers, Tena koutou katoa

What is the Six Year Net/Six Year Observational Survey?The Six Year Net is a set of tests given to students on or immediately after the students sixth birthday. The tests are administered one on one by our Reading Recovery teacher. It is a powerful assessment tool that leaves teachers with a huge amount of data on each child. By the end of the test teachers will know exactly what their students can and can't do in relation to reading and writing. The results are used to…

a) Inform teaching and address the needs of students within their classb) To identify which students will be withdrawn from their class and given specialist

remedial help with their reading i.e. Allocated Reading Recovery positions. (The individual students with the lowest scores are given priority access to the Reading Recovery Programme.)

The Six Year Net assesses students on six areas of literacy. A brief description of each area follows.Running Records (Reading Level) Your child is tested to find an easy level, and an instructional level. The running records are then analysed to see what strategies your child uses and neglects on each level of text. It is also noted how your child sounds on each level (fluency/phrasing/expression).Letter Identification The student is tested on letter identification of both lower and uppercase letters. They are able to give an identification, sound or word response.Concepts about Print The student is tested on what they know about orientation, directionality, first and last concepts, reordering of letters and words, reversible words and punctuation. Word Reading (Clay) The student is asked to read a list of high frequency words. Writing Vocabulary Students are asked to write all the words they know independently. Teachers are able to ask them to write from a list of words. They have ten minutes to complete the task. No teaching or prompting is allowed.Hearing and Recording Sounds in Words (Dictation) The student is asked to record a story dictated by the teacher. They are assessed on how well they hear and record sounds in the correct sequence.

Ken Ward - Principal

SCHOOL NOTICESStationery - Reminder Activities contributions/School Donations are now due please pay ASAP.Bank a/c number is 12 3093 0156736 01 - Please put child’s name and a reference: eg activities contribution/donation Contribution Fee $14.00 per childSchool Donations are now due - 1 child $60.00 Family $90.00

Private lessons for rhythm guitar and song. Ed Archibald will be taking this on Thursday mornings at Kamo Primary School. $20 per 20 minute lesson. Must have own suitable guitar. Minimum age 7 years old. Enquiries to Ed 4352252 or 0212152098.

OPSM - Parents of children up to the age of 15 years who hold a current community services card are entitled to the ENABLE subsidy. This will cover the cost of an eye exam with an Optometrist and in most cases the entire cost is covered of the spectacles prescribed.If no subsidy is available or a family does not meet the requirements to hold a community services card we also have VISION-PLAN. This allows families to pay for their spectacles in installments (interest free) and will in almost all cases cover the entire amount required. Please phone OPSM Whangarei on (09)4384930 or online at www.opsm.co.nz

Wanted - For our spare clothes box, some girls and boys shorts and long pants and boys t-shirts. Sizes 4 - 10. Please drop at the school office.

Choir - The school choir will be performing at Forum North on Tuesday 18th August and Wednesday 19th August at 7.00pm .Tickets now available at the Forum North Booking Office.

Room 12 are collecting any coloured milk bottle lids please, to use for an ART project.

Pest Control Operation in Pukenui Forest 1st September 2015 to 31st March 2016.

Scholastic Book orders due back Thursday 13th August.

Glenbervie School Art Exhibition 2015

You are warmly invited to our upcoming Glenbervie School Art Exhibition

- Monday 24th August 2.30-5.30pm- Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th

August 2.30-6.00pm- Glenbervie School Hall, entry by gold coin donation

per person.

Every child in the school has a 2D and 3D art work on display.

A visual extravaganza awaits!

Yesterday the Minstrel came to school with his lovely wife. They did singing and dancing. The Minstrel said we need to wear a life jacket in the water and put the big and baby fish

back in the water.Hannah Frost Room 3 Year 1

Kowhai Syndicate - Merit CertificatesRm 3 - Marsh Peihopa - Welcome to Room3.Rm13 - Tyla Kirk - Super Speller.Rm13 - Shaun Heperi-Dixon - Magnificent maths.Rm 14 -Oliver Marsh - Great maths with numbers to 20.Rm 15 - Brooklyn Faulkner - Excellent independent writing.Rm 16 - Liam Bill - Awesome effort in all areas.Rm 16 - Nico Van Dyk- Awesome effort in all areas.Rm 16 - Tyson Garton- Great attitude and trying hard.Rm 17 - Nash Haywood - For huge improvements in storywriting.Rm 18 - Julius Dry - Improvement in writing.Rm 19 - Annalisa Gabler - For being a valued class member in Room 19.

Sports NoticesHockey - Hockey prizegiving will take place at school on Thursday 20th August at 3.15pm.Please return any trophies from last year.

Gold lost 4-3 POD Paige HanleyYellow POD Rebecca Jesen-WalkerPink won 1-0 POD Lily-Mae Knapp

Kia ora Whanau,After our successful kapahaka noho marae, it has been decided to enter a

KPS kapahaka roopu in the Primary School Regional Kapahaka Competition to be held in the Far North on Saturday 5th September. Forty children will be

chosen by Matua Charles, Matua Thomas and Kaysen to represent our school. Between now and September they will have two full days of practise.

Only those committed to putting in their best effort will be chosen. We wish them well in their endeavour.

Nga Rerenga Kōrero o te Wiki

Here is your phrase for this week.  Practise on the women in your life, especially your daughters.  They will love to hear this!

Tō ātaahua hoki!        You’re so beautiful!

Kamo Primary School Cross Country 19th August at the Kamo Recreation Ground.Students will run according to their age as at 1st January 2015.

9.20am New entrants (under 5’s) girls9.25am New entrants (under 5’s) boys9.30am 5 year old girls9.35am 5 year old boys9.40am 6 year old girls9.45am 6 year old boys10.00am 7 year old girls10.15am 7 year old boys10.30am 8 year old girls10.45am 8 year old boysBreak11.40am 9 year old girls12.00pm 9 year old boys12.20pm 10 year old girls12.40pm 10 year old boys

The Home and School will be running a sausage sizzle after the event. A separate order form is with today’s newsletter.One order per child .

Welcome to the new Children/Families who have started at Kamo Primary this week.

Te Paea Bercic Marina Maheno

Maunu School PTA Trivia night Pick your decade Fancy dress, Saturday 22nd August, Pompallier College Hall 7.00pm, Teams 8, $160 per table, includes light supper, bar and eftpos facilities availableBook a table at Maunu School office 438 8060 or office@maunu.school.nz

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