Totara
Class, Term 3 2015
Kia
Ora whanau and welcome back to Term 3. My name is Anna Tollestrup and I am very
excited to be leading Totara class for the rest of the year. I have had a very
busy holiday moving down to the beautiful Waikato from Auckland and finishing
my post graduate studies. I can’t wait to get to know your child and hear about
all the amazing things your family have been up to over the holidays.
I
come from a low decile school in Manurewa, South Auckland, where I have been
teaching throughout the junior school. I have just completed my Post Graduate
Certificate in Digital and Collaborative learning, where we explored 21st
century thinking skills and future focused learning concepts.
This
term we will be continuing to explore science as we lead up to our Science Fair
in Week 4. We will be experimenting with different solids and liquids and
looking at the relationships between them. We will then be moving onto
technology later in the term and will celebrate with a fashion show at the end
of the term.
Coming
up this term is also student led conferences, this is the chance where your
child will share their learning journey with you and celebrate their successes.
I
have an open door policy and I am happy to meet to discuss your child’s
learning. It is best to pop in before or after school to book a time if you
would like to discuss any class matters. Or else you can contact me at tollestrupa@hautapu.school.nz I
will endeavour to reply to emails as soon as I possibly can.
Blog-
I have set up a class blog where you can check out our amazing learning from
the week. You can follow us at http://hautaputotara15.blogspot.co.nz/. Feel
free to leave us a comment and share with family and friends.
Homework-
Your child will be sent home a reader every night. Please listen to their
amazing reading and ask them questions about what they have read. Get them to
retell the story or describe the main character/setting in detail. Support your
child to sound out those tricky words and reread the sentence so it makes
sense. Please continue to encourage your child to do 15mins of mathletics every
night as this helps them to develop their basic fact knowledge.
I
cannot wait to get stuck into this busy term. If you have any questions or would
like to put a face to the name please feel free to pop in at any time.
Kind
regards
Anna
Tollestrup
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