Swimming Sports at Stratford Pools with our local schools! Both junior and senior.

Parent Interviews for new teacher child combinations week 4

Staff professional Development
Andrea Harding will be running 6 sessions at Too School with two teacher only days. Focus on direct acts of teaching within the reading and writing programs.

Testing PAT mathematics
AsTTLe reading
NZCER spelling

Athletics Sports at Toko School
This year 6 age champions out of 16 possible. A pretty reasonable result!

Teams and coaches made for Jones Cup organised an fields at the ready.

Non contact time all staff involved in 3 days PD. 2 with Lane Clarke on assessment and 1 with Andrea Harding.. ongoing literacy development

Swimming and water survival skills plus sun safe as well to encourage the understanding of the need for sun hats.

All classes have intensive swimming instruction which culminates in an interschool swimming carnival. The skills developed are rather obvious. It is a big deal here that children learn to swim to save themselves!
Include some some safe and why hats are needed!
A feedback sheet.

SOS
Save our Seas

Save Our Seas.
An integrated unit focusing on the Worlds oceans and NZ coasts and the impact that man is having on them.

Art Unit embedded in the save out seas learning.

Science
Solar System

and Scientific Processes

The Final Frontier
A science based unit with objectives coming from the Planet Earth and Beyond strand. Five or 6 activities from the Planet earth and Beyond teacher resources is meant to ground it firmly within the science curriculum. As usual individual classes adapt to suit their children and their age...
Some inquiry as well hopefully using the developing Toko School Inquiry model!
Plenty of practical opportunities to begin to understand planet earth and its place in the solar system!
This is a feedback sheet unit.

Kids for Kids concert 15 children from Year 5 to 8 involved!

Jones Cup Day and preparations May 18th

Interschool Play day Year 1 to 4 at Midhirst School

June Reporting to the BOT, assessments in reading, writing, mathematics and spelling available.

Parent Interviews
A major undertaking to get it all right, well prepared ad ensure that the children's voice is clear.

Every Monday throughout the term teachers, including 4 "relievers" will be taking an extension group in an area of expertise for the teacher and either talent or interest for the children. This is a significant component of the school term. Check out more details here This will run for the entire term and will be organised late in term 1.
Starts week two term 2.
Feedback Sheet

A mathematical unit focusing on research and investigations skills in a mathematical context. This is for Years 5 to 8. Year 7 and 8 spend up to 4 weeks in preparation. Work heads to the Methanex Spectacular competition in NP .Awesome Results
Year 5 and 6 more like two weeks.

We enter into the group investigations for Year 7 and 8 rather than other areas as I believe it develops a cooperative atmosphere in the classroom however could be a good individual project for keen kids to complete at home..
A feedback sheet.

TARANAKI FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

Methanex

Debating

SCIENCE

This is about melding a growing knowledge of early NZ with a school performance for Grand parents... and other extended family members.
We will prepare, invite Grandparents in, share the classrooms, share lunch, and then all head to the Toko School Hall for a performance! A relatively short time frame to prepare so Imagine it will dominate classroom programs!!!!

Year 7 and 8 Mathematical Investigations ..I believe that Year 5 and 6 will also be involved in much smaller but purposeful investigations in mathematics.

Playgrounds have become to safe in NZ schools!
A great topic for speaking and writing! Debates are on the agenda, and perhaps this is a real opportunity to write explanations as well!




Bending and extending light!
Well it might get a bit lost in the rush.. but we have purchased $600 of resources to be able to better deliver the science objectives around light. Science in the classroom is a focus at Toko School. ANy look at the planning or a view back through the calendar will show a continued effort to bring science forward!

This is McLeod and Hurlestone Shield term! Lots of school rugby and netball . The first 6 weeks are all go for this event for Yr 7 and 8

Strike Percussion

Debating.
Toko School run this event.
Yr 7 and 8 basically.

Grandparents Day!

Police BBQ

Speech Board Exams about week 8.

Interschool Cross Country Our group is joining the Rawhitiroa School Cross country with our cluster

Year 7 and 8 Camp

Ngaere School Sports Interchange.

New Zealand Speech Board Exams

Oral Language

Senior School Camp.

NZ Speech Board Exams
A MAJOR school wide focus. The actual exams are scheduled for Week 8

Preparation any less than 4 weeks leaves the children under prepared. However, be careful not to memorize the content. It is a fine line between the two.

We completed this in 2004, and 2005 and 2006 and 2007 and 2008. I believe this has had very positive results with children's oral language developing and their confidence developing too.

Please note that staff have a new syllabus and this should be read !! A very clear link with the school charter outlining oral language as the basis of all other learning! We are maintaining this initiative in 2009 at a cost of over $2000, however in 2009 this is covered through a 2008 EDI Application to the Ministry of Education.
Children are involved in preparation for a full four weeks to allow them the time needed to be successful.
A feedback sheet.


The children in Year 7 and 8 head to whakapapa between the 7th and 11th of September. I predict perfect weather, and a great time for all!

How Does Your Garden Grow

End of Year Concert Preparations

How does Your Garden Grow
The continuation of an integrated cross the school unit with a science base. Children will develop skills of gardening along with a wider appreciation of how things grow, the need for good food, budgeting and costs, health and food, caring for plants. Clear links exist to world hunger/ poverty.

Concert preparations including songs and dances and lines!

Swimming in Stratford 6 sessions over three weeks.

Lions Speech competition Yr 6 to 8

Swimming in Stratford

Tabloid Sports at Midhirst School at end of term.

SCHOOL REPORTS

School Production

Production Preparations ...............

At the end of the year a significant amount of time is used in the development of the end of year concert. Year 7 and 8 take on the majority of the "acting", however, dance and movement, and singing is a large part of the preparation as well and extends right across the school .Preparation time!!!!

Oral
Visual
Music
Dance