The Garden Maze

In the place there is a couple of weird shapes. The bushes looks like picture frames and it looks 2D and 4D. It looks like a robot maze. Some of the bushes look like curly, soft green liquorice. It’s really fancy and rich. When the water comes the water explodes from the fountains and all the water is expensive. There are lots of circles and pathways. All together it’s beautiful.

By Kyan 

Thank you Sarah

One of our break through groups, made this video to say thanks to Georgia's Mum, Sarah for coming in and helping us learn how to make cupcakes. 

We used the learning process to help us apply our understandings about what we have been learning on the Explain Everything app.

YEAR 2/3 COMMUNICATION UPDATE

Year 2/3 Communication Update 

Kia Ora and Welcome to our Mid-Term Parent Communication,

We have had a busy, fun and productive start to the year! It has been wonderful to see learners settling into routines and getting stuck into their learning. Please take the time to read this update and the reminders below.

HOME LEARNING

Lessonzone

This week your child’s login will be coming home in their book bag. This site helps to support your child’s reading both in school and at home. Please click the link above to read more information about Lessonzone. Please take advantage of this great programme which the school has already purchased to support learners in Reading.

Mathletics

This is a great online programme to support your child’s Maths learning. It costs $20 for an annual subscription which is used in school and at home. We encourage all learners to subscribe to this programme. You can pay via the School Website. Click on the School Online Shop button on the home page.

Spelling

Learners will bring home Essential List spelling words every term to practice at home. Hub 8 learners have theirs already. Hub 9 learners are bringing theirs home from next week.

Reading Logs

All learners need a Home Reading Log. This was not included in the stationery list for this year. Year 2 learners may already have one and can bring this in to use. All Year 2 learners need a yellow reading log and all Year 3 learners will need a green reading log. We will send these home in book bags once the order arrives at School.

Reading Home Learning

Children will bring home a reader from the teacher 2-3 times per week. All learners are expected to read every night. This may be a reader from school, a Lessonzone book, a library book or a book from home. All these may be recorded in their Home Reading Log.

CAN YOU HELP?

We sincerely appreciate the amazing support and help we receive from you as parents.  If you have some spare time and are available to help with any of the following please let us know!

• Hub 9, would love to have some parent volunteers who would be able to assist with returning our Home readers to the school library book room on a weekly basis. We desperately need your help with this, please let one of the teachers in Hub 9 know if you are able to assist.
• Break Through (Fridays 9:00am-1:00pm)

If you have a special talent, skill or interest and would be able to help with a breakthrough group next term, we would love to hear from you!

• If you can assist with any odd jobs like cutting, laminating, displays and cleaning tables this would be appreciated too.

REMINDERS

Chromebooks

Just to let you know, Chromebooks will be starting to come home from this week, for those learners who have shown us that they can meet the Kawa of Care during their learning time.

Lost Property

Please ensure all school items are named. This includes lunchbox, school bag, all clothing, hats, etc.

Each hub has a green lost property tub where learners can look for lost items. This is regularly sent to the red lost property cupboard outside the school library.  

Art Shirts: We would love donations of old business shirts for the hubs to use as art shirts.

Our doors are always open and we are very happy to have a chat before or after school. If you have any questions or concerns and need a longer time to meet with us, please feel free to contact one of the hub teachers to make a scheduled time to connect.

lh8teachers@stonefields.school.nz

lh9teachers@stonefields.school.nz

Kind Regards

Hub 8 and 9 Teachers

Meet the Teacher

Thanks to all the parents that came to our Meet the Teacher evening last night. It was great to meet some new families and catch up with some familiar faces.

Here are the slides from the presentation we gave for those of you who could not make it or if you are wanting to look back at the information. If you have any further questions, please just ask!

Our break through week!

We had a whole week of break through learning! There was so much going on in our hub! We had art, magic, construction, dancing, singing, researching...and the list goes on! We loved sharing how we had used the learning process to help us with our break through projects.

This is a story about fireworks, by Xzavier

I fly into the air. Zoom and boom I explode.  I do a triple back flip 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Boom! I got to the biggest planet. When I got there I got to Jupiter and I could do lots of tricks AND then when I got back home there was aliens. Oh on aliens I wall get you.

Then I had a sword and then my sword and I knocked out the aliens. I am the fastest firework king in the world.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

I will go back to the moon so I am going back to the moon. I will give you a ride Weeeeeeeeeee. I had fun on the ride. Thank you for the ride King.

People going in a bus by Danielle

One day there was people who were waiting for a bus. They were waiting and waiting until the bus came. They read the sign and it will come at 1 to 4. It came to 5 to 9 and they had left. The bus driver did not see them because he was late to pick up them. They went to a different bus. It came to 1 to 4 and they went on that bus. They took them anywhere. Then they went down the street and they saw a dog. The people and the dog barked at them. They left.

The End

Kaichi 's - fireworks

I am a rocket and am about to explode. I  went to the moon and I went boom.  I was like a Rainbow. It looked like all different colours.  I heard boom.

Me the firework by Michael

I wish I could be lit because last year I didn't get to be lit. My colour was purple and yellow.
When I was blowed I came out like lighting. I was really loud like it was a danger tornado turning to chase us around. The people was saying to me look at that really amazing pretty firework that is shooting out in the sky and I went boom snap and clash.

How to be a firework, by Lily.H

3 2 1 blast off. I am a firework exploding boom! Boom! I am as blue as the sky and as pink as a pig. The sky is dark. I was as hot as the sun and as dark as black. Then the other night I saw the moon. Bye bye that was fun. I wish we could Do that for every day. Bye see you soon next time. The end.