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 * [[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTN2EPB8yN5PgCicFND55KBGKHLLZ8WbfzG8rwHbxLczikOjW-hcmmZ9c-s width="117" height="170" align="center"]] ||  || MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.

Looking forward to seeing you all safe and well next year.

School starts back on Wednesday Feb 2nd, 2011

Hope everyone gets heaps of presents and has heaps of fun and happiness with their whanau

See you next year Aroha tino nui, Koka Manny XXOO ||  ||
 * WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY

I hope you had a great holiday and enjoyed your time with ur whanau

The last Term is upon us now and for some of you it will be your last term inb this class as you will be moving on next year to Room 11. (sob sob) ||  ||   ||   || Looking forward to seeing you all again in Term 4.
 * Have a wonderful holiday! Be safe, have fun and take care!

Remember: Monday is Teachers Only Day You come back to school on Tuesday 12th October ||  ||  ||   ||
 * [[image:cooltext470483243.png width="124" height="175" align="center"]] ||  || Last night we had our Red carpet night to celebrate the children and to showcase all of the cool things we are doing at our school.

It was awesome to see our parents and whanau there supporting our tamariki. Nga mihi nui!

Photos to come soon! ||  ||
 * Nati Award links

The home page of Te Rangitawaea []

An explanation of the challenges and what is involved in the Awards

Room 8 and Papa Hemi's entry Haati Nati [] ||  || NATI AWARDS.

On Wednesday I was lucky to be one of the teachers who went to the Nati Awards in Ruatoria. We had 4 nominations and Phoenix in Room 3 also won best actor in a short film.

While we were there we were treated to performances from the World Hip Hop Womens Champs, the dance troupe ReQuest

Click the link below to watch their gold medal winning performance

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Speech placings for room 10 in the syndicate speech finals this year are:

Year 2 Roberta Tarawa

John Horua

Year 3 1st Royce Kaa 2nd Billy Kerr-Nash ||  ||  Mathletics was a hot topic again this year. Well done to those who participated in both the Practice and the Challenge weeks. Looking forward to next year when we can join in again SPECIAL OFFER AVAILABLE NOW ﻿Mathletics until the end of January for $10. Usually $99 for the year. Let me know through the survey if you are interested. Please make sure this is returned promptly so that I can register and the kids can get in there and play and learn!!!  COMING UP SOON:

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<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #800080; line-height: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">An exciting programme similar to Mathletics but involving spelling and word work.. Looks like

<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #800080; line-height: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">another AWESOME programme. This will take place in Term 4! ||  ||

<span style="background-color: #ff7100; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Kia ora koutou, My name is Manny Horua and I will be the teacher of year 2-3 class this year. I am a wife and busy mother of 4 and I'm really passionate about teaching and helping our tamariki to learn To see the stationery list for this year, please click on the link on the left.

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Make sure you go and visit our school website which is being developed and added to all the time http://www.schoolground.co.nz/Waikirikirischool

**<span style="background-color: #00ff91; color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">KEY COMPETENCIES Managing self **
<span style="background-color: #00ff91; color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">This competency is associated with self-motivation, a “can-do” attitude, and with students seeing themselves as capable learners. It is integral to self-assessment. <span style="background-color: #00ff91; color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Students who manage themselves are enterprising, resourceful, reliable, and resilient. They establish personal goals, make plans, manage projects, and set high standards. They have strategies for meeting challenges. They know when to lead, when to follow, and when and how to act independe ntly. We are learning to Manage ourselves by: <span style="background-color: #0002ff; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Go to Our Class page to see the class of 2010 and to go onto our own pages
 * bringing our homework back to school every day
 * taking our clothes and shoes home
 * making sure we have the tools ready to learn with.
 * pencils sharpened
 * have blue and red pens for writing
 * put our books in the right box so we can find them when we need them
 * reading the Taskboard so we know what what task we are meant to be doing.
 * setting personal goals and knowing what we need to do to achieve them