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Te Ngahere Newsletter #6 - Term 1 Week 11 2024

Mike Crawford - April 6, 2024

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Mike Crawford

PALS

Heading towards end of the term, here's what we have been up to!

Mathematics

We're finishing up our deep dive into multiplication and division for the term and will continue to revisit it throughout our maths and apply it on project based learning like our scale floor plans. 

To continue to gain mastery of basic facts timestable - We have our incredible Times Table Rockstar app that your child has access to. Here are our current top 10 that are constantly changing.

Top 10 — Image by: Mike Crawford

On a side note, congratulations to Rojelio Volkman who has briefly taken the top teacher spot from Zavier Price with an unreal time of .78 seconds per fact. 

End of Term Assembly

What a great assembly with a massive turnout. A big shout-out to Olly, Catherine, Aidan, Keira, Ella, Savanity, and Zav who presented - It really made the teachers proud to see Te Ngahere stepping up to lead the assembly. 

Here is a link to our slideshow showcasing a lot of the learning we have been up to this term.

Carter's grass Kart success

Carter 1st Place! — Image by: Mike Crawford

Carter Bastings completed in the NZ Grass Karting Championships over the Easter Weekend. Carter won his grade coming 1st in the Intermediate Standard!
Te Ngahere is super proud of Carter and his passion for racing, good luck on karting career ahead!


PALS

PALS — Image by: Mike Crawford

The PALS leaders had an awesome day learning new skills and games to share with the rest of the school. Below are some photos of them in action.

A massive thank you to Rachael for supporting them and being there for the whole day.

Click here to see some photos from the event

Hangi

We hope to see you at the hangi on Friday. Specific information around timing and events will be available this week. 

Farewell Grad Students

A big farewell to our grad students - Miriam Kavermann, Mikayla Cooper, and Keisha Gilling, we've loved having more teachers in training in our space, and you getting to know our awesome kids. 


He waka eke noa,

Mike, Caitlin, Katrina, Terence, and Rachael.