Letter to students

Dear Tautoru,

We are writing to you to let you know a little about ourselves and to find out about you.  We would like you to answer the questions within the letter after discussing them with mum and dad or anybody else that you have at home.

We are looking forward to new things in Tautoru. Our new inquiry is about change. Change is always exciting and sometimes a little scary but we are going to make sure that change is good and even sometimes fun!

Nicola is into running, tramping, gymming, travelling and getting outside. Scott likes making music or noise, collecting toys and records and spending time with family.  Chrissy enjoys Maths, shopping and travelling. She likes to keep fit by trying new things like Barre, Zumba and dancing in the dark! Shona likes running, walking, swimming in the sea, fishing, tramping, reading, cooking and spending time with family.

What do you like? What do you like to learn about?

Please tell us something that you are excited about this year.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours Sincerely,

Nicola, Scott, Shona and Chrissy

Some of us will be responding to this letter next week. Please discuss at home. We are interested in what our students like, what they enjoy learning, what they find challenging and what excites them.

Assembly 19th February

Thank you to our wonderful presenters who organised our assembly.

Mahutonga shared their trapping stories.

Autahi shared their class treaty

Tautoru shared their "Beautiful" writing.

Principal Awards for thinking.

Beach Trip Tuesday: Parent help needed

Dear parents & caregivers,

Tautoru will be heading to the beach on Tuesday afternoon as a part of our inquiry- we require parent helpers to walk down with the kids and back up again. If you are available in Tuesday afternoon please let your child's base group teacher know on Monday

More details to follow on Monday regarding this trip.

Many thanks,

Team Tautoru

George the rubbish collector

"Hmmmmmmmmm I'm not so sure about George. I saw him drop some lunch wrappings and do you know what.........he didn't put them in his lunchbox and take them home! I think you need to teach George about doing the right thing!! But- you know he can make a mistake........and then fix it and move on.....that's fine. Have a word with him though please!"
Jude 

George felt very sorry and decided to collect rubbish around the school. Please make sure that rubbish goes back into your lunch box as we are a rubbish free school. 

Thinking outside of the box

Our inquiry is about change. We asked students to draw a rectangle and change it into something else. What could they create out of that rectangle? Here are some of our ideas...

George's Blog

In Tautoru, we have a giraffe named George. He likes to go home with a different student each night. You can check out his blog at: http://georgethebluegiraffe.blogspot.co.nz/

 

Created with Padlet

Wow Wall ... Something beautiful

Here is some of our writing inspired from the views of Worser Bay.