Top15 Baking with Kahikatea

The top fifteen heart card receivers from Take Flight had a blast making chocolate crackles with the children from Kahikatea. They wrapped their chocolate crackles in colourful tissue paper and tied them with a ribbon. I wonder if they'll share their treats with anyone at home..?

Take Flight's Reward Day

On Tuesday 31^st March Take Flight will be having our rewards day to celebrate all the students fabulous learning and behaviour this term. Our reward day is a tiered system with different levels of rewards based on the amount of HEART cards received. All Take Flight students will be having a movie and popcorn. The top 10 heart card receivers from each class (30 students) will also get a yummy easter egg. On top of this, the top five HEART card receivers from each class (15 students) will be baking some delicious treats with the children from Kahikatea.

Take Flight's special House Awards

Congratulations to the five Take Flight super star learners who received special awards at the Welcome Bay School Celebration Assembly on Friday!

HERON	Matt Lyford	You have set yourself a terrific reading goal and are going above and beyond to achieve this. Your hard work and positive attitude is helping you overcome any obstacle and build your belief in your abilities.
KEA	Arlen Coates	You have taken charge of your learning, pursuing your passions by researching information in books.During group work you are listening respectfully to the ideas of others and contributing creative ideas which are outside the box. You give positive feedback to others and are beginning to be reflective of your work.
ALBATROSS	Elly Abel	You are actively involved in every opportunity that comes your way in the classroom and out in the playground. Your positive attitude is reflected in your amazing progress and it's a pleasure hearing you share your thinking and seeing you light up when you achieve new things.
KERERU	Journey Kuka	You work successfully with a variety of different people within the classroom. You're seen always making positive comments about other students and willing to take your time to help and support others. Your kindness and loving nature is an asset to Pohutukawa this year.
FALCON	Dallas Thompson	You approach every situation with a 'can do' attitude. You're always quick to volunteer to try something new and approach it positively, even when you're feeling very nervous inside. Your great attitude towards learning reflected in the attitude of your peers. Ka Pai Dallas!

Take Flights beautiful art work

Check out the amazing art work Take Flight has been doing with Whaea Liz. They have been learning to blend pastels and to use a variety of materials to create collage. Both Teachers and student's are so proud of the creativity and quality of their work.

Sesame Street Letter G

This week Miss McGovern's letter land group is learning about the letter g (golden girl). Here is a video to support their learning. 

Making spelling practice fun at home

Making spelling practice fun at home

It's wonderful to see so many Take Flight learners enthusiastic about practising their essential words at home. Practising spelling at home is so important because repetition is the key to children retaining and recalling words. Having a bank of known words will help make story writing easier and more fun for children. There are lots of different ways to practise spelling at home, and it is important to keep spelling practise fun and motivating for children at this young age. 

Here are some tips on how to make spelling fun for your children at home. 

-Rainbow write spelling words using different colours for each letter

-Practice spelling the words out loud

-Practice words using magnetic letters on the fridge (can be purchased cheaply at dollar value)

-Call out the spelling words in the car for your child to practice

-Practice writing words with paint, felts or crayons

-Put letters on lego, popsicle sticks or bottle caps that the children can use to spell their words. 

-Write the words in the sand or in some flour

-Practice your words on a magna doodle

-Use scrabble tiles to make spelling words

-Write your words on the computer

-Write spelling words in fancy writing or block letters

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Sesame Street Letter 'm' clip

This week Miss McGoverns letter land group is learning all about the letter 'm' (munching Mike). Here is a cool clip all about the letter 'm'

Te Reo Lesson, Week 6

Kei te pēhea koe? How are you?

This week our tamariki learnt how to ask someone how they feel.

The four responses we haven't learnt to reply so far are:

Kei te pai   -   I am good.

Kei te hiamoe    -    I am tired

Kei te hiakai    -    I am hungry

Kei te riri    -    I am angry.

We played games where the tamariki needed to practise making the faces of each emotion to help them remember the te reo.

Hub 2 Swimming Display

A big thanks to all the Parents and Whanau who came along to support Hub 2 at our Swimming Display today. The children courageously displayed the skills they had been learning during our swimming time over the last five weeks, making both teachers and parents proud. Some Parents enjoyed a juicy with their kids to cool them down afterwards or shared a picnic lunch with us under the shady trees. Heres a few snaps from the day. 

                                       

Take Flight Rewards Day

On Monday Take Flight had a rewards day for all their fabulous work so far this year. All the children had a blast on the slippery water slide down the hill on the field. The top ten heart card receivers also got a fun swim in the pool. The top five heart card receivers also received a yummy juicy!