Newsletter: Week 1, Term 4, 2022

“Motumaoho School is a quality-learning environment where our learners are nurtured to reach their individual potential”.

In This Week’s Newsletter

Principal’s Message
Calendar Art
Akoranga / Learning

Dates to Remember

Thursday 20th October – Livestock Day
Monday 24th October – Labour Day (Public Holiday)
Thursday 27th October – Morrinsville Children’s Livestock Group Day
Tuesday 1st November – School Photos
Friday 11th November – Rural Schools’ Athletics hosted by Tauhei School
Friday 2nd December (TBC) – Zoo Visit
Monday 12th December – School Prizegiving (at the Morrinsville Theatre, 7pm)
Wednesday 14th December – Last Day of Term 4

Principal’s Message

Kia ora koutou katoa

Welcome back and we trust that you had an amazing holiday. We are excited to start the last term of 2022, knowing that it is going to be short and very busy. Term 4 is a time to celebrate all the achievements of the year but it is also often a time to say farewell. This year we are sending our Year 6 students off to Intermediate and they will be missed. Enjoy your last term with us Year 6’s.

Staff Resignation

The Board is sad to inform you that we have received Miss Smith’s resignation. Miss Smith will be finishing her time here at Motumaoho School at the end of this term. We will farewell Miss Smith formally at the end of the year.

Nau mai haere mai / Welcome

This term we are welcoming the following new students to our school whānau. Villiami (and his whānau) and Tayla (sister to Riley) both joined Room Piwakawaka. We know you will have a great time here with us.

We would also like to welcome Celina Matila who will be working as a learning assistant. You will see her from Tuesdays to Fridays here at Motumaoho School.

Please make our new families and staff feel welcome.

Calendar Art

Just in time for Christmas! We have completed some beautiful art pieces for our Calendar Art this year.

Your children’s art will be on display in the classrooms for your viewing, after our animal leading competitions on Livestock Day, Thursday, 20 October. Samples of the items you can order such as calendars, diaries, cards are on display and can be viewed at the office. Please do not remove these from there.

We will be sending home order forms with your child today. All payments to be received and forms to be returned by Wednesday 2nd November please.

Akoranga / Learning

This term we will complete our final assessments for the year in reading, writing and maths. These will be completed in the first six weeks of the term.

Where possible Oral Language, Reading, Writing, Maths and Māori will be integrated in learning experiences across the curriculum.

Inquiry (Science Focus):

Living things have requirements in order to grow, change, stay healthy and survive.

How are living things connected?
Do living things rely on/impact each other?
What is our responsibility?

Reading, Writing, Oral Language and Te Reo Māori

Shared reading, poems, stories and visual language
Guided reading program based on group focus
The Better Start Literacy Programme will continue in Room Piwakawaka
Phonics and Spelling programmes specific to needs
Answering and asking questions (English and Māori)
Using graphic organisers e.g. venn-diagrams to make comparisons, plan for our writing, etc.
Writing recounts, explanations and information reports
Vocabulary development (English and Māori)

Maths teaching based on identified needs includes: