New Lynn School

Rimu Team Newsletter Term 3 2024

Kia ora e te whānau! Welcome back to term 3. Here is an overview of this term’s learning for our tamariki:

Writing: Recount, Narrative, Poetry

Reading: Strategies for Comprehension

Maths: Ratio, Decimals and Percentages, Geometry - Shape & Space

Topic: Social Studies/History - Arrival (Settling in a new country)

Physical Education: Creating/Modifying games, Dance

Arts: Dance/Drama integrated with other curriculum areas, Visual Arts: Mixed media

I.C.T: Internet Safety - Hector’s World Videos (view video, discuss content as a class, becoming CyberSmart learners)

PB4L: Integrating Mitey (mental health education) across all subjects and revisiting our school values - respect yourself, respect the environment and respect others

Key competencies: Managing self, Relating to others, Participating & Contributing, Thinking, Using language symbols & texts

Important Dates to remember:

Garden to Table: Rimu 3, Rimu 5 & Rimu 6 (Wk1-R3, Wk2-R5, Wk3-R6)

Blockhouse Bay Int. Principal Visit: July 24th @ 12PM

Last Day of Term: Friday September 24th

School Day

Our school starts at 8.55am. We encourage children to arrive no earlier than 8am as teachers are not available for supervision before this time. 

Breakfast Club

Our Breakfast Club is open from 8am most mornings in the Learning Centre next to the office. They are always looking for volunteers, so please let us know if you are free to help out.

Absences 

It is very important your child attends school every day so they will not miss out on any learning. If your child is away please contact the school office prior to 9am on (09) 827 4382 or notify the school office via the Skool Loop app. If this is not possible please send a note the next day. If you need to take your child out of school during the day you will need to sign them out at the school office before collecting them.

Uniform

Please make sure that all uniforms are clearly named. Please remind your child about putting their clothing straight into their bags when they take something off. Check clothes regularly as names do come off in the wash! With summer around the corner, students are encouraged to bring a hat to school each day. School hats can be purchased from the school office or NZ Uniforms. Any unnamed lost property that is found around the school will be sent to our lost property bins in the learning centre.

Lunches

A reminder that we are a water only school, so please - no juice, hydration drinks (e.g. Powerade, Prime), fizzy drinks or flavoured milk drinks. 

Homework/Home Learning

Rimu Syndicate homework will be sent home with a spelling list and some activities at the beginning of each week and is due back on Fridays. We encourage students to do 15-20 minutes of reading each day and would love for parents/whānau to discuss the reading with them.

Kind regards,

Kusum Singh (Team leader), Neelesh Desai, Leitu Vaega, Christina Fortes and Ji Gao