HUB NEWSLETTER

ROOMS 22, 23 & 24

St Albans School - Year 5/6 - Term 1 2016

MEET THE TEAM

From Left to Right:
R:23 Renee (Team Leader)
R:24 Trish & Ros
R:22 Shelley

ABOUT THE TEAM

NAU MAI, HAERE MAI

SWIMMING

MISS RENEE KAKE

Im pleased to be teaching and leading
our hub of Year 5/6 students. I look
forward to seeing our Year 6 students
demonstrate leadership within our hubs
and school. Welcome to our Year 5
students, I am excited to see you grow
and develop your learning and
independence. Its going to be a great
year!

Welcome to the 2016 school year. All three

classes in our hub are a combination of Year 5
and Year 6 students. Each class has an equal
mix of abilities and start with around 30
students. We will be working on naming our hub
in the next few weeks.

We will be making use of our school pool as a

part of our swimming programme. We will
swim every Monday, Wednesday and
Thursday. In Week 4 we will be participating
in the Aqua Gym programme. A separate
permission form and information will be sent
home with your child before this time. Please
ensure your childs togs and towel are dry
and ready for swimming on each of these
days.

MRS SHELLEY BARBOUR

It is very exciting to be teaching Year
5/6 again - working with fabulous
students and brilliant colleagues. I have
a passion for science and look forward
to sharing this will all students across
our hub. I look forward to seeing all the
students learn and push themselves to
reach new highs this year.

W H A T S H A P P E N IN G T HI S TER M?

This year all classrooms across the school will

be working in collaborative environments.
What does this mean for your child?
Your child will be taught by all four of us across
the curriculum. Initially, we will be doing some
of our integrated topic together. We will be
establishing routines, expectations and our Hub
Treaty. As the term and year progresses we
will be able to share with you more what this
looks like in our hub.
Our Learning Information Evening will be held on
Monday 22nd February in Room 13 (where the
Admin block used to be) at 6:15pm.
If you have any questions or concerns please
take the time to ask your childs home base
teacher. Feel free to pop in and see us, phone
or email. All of our details are below:
Renee renee.kake@stalbans.school.nz
Shelley shelley.barbour@stalbans.school.nz
Ros ros.tippen@stalbans.school.nz
Trish trish.bunting@stalbans.school.nz

TOPIC
Our overarching theme for this year is
Change. Our topic focus for the beginning of
this term will be getting to know each other
and establishing strong relationships. We will
be finding out more about ourselves, us as
learners and our roles in our community.

CAMP
This year all Year 5/6 classes will be having
their annual camp in Hanmer Springs during
Term 4. More information will be sent home
soon about dates and costs.

HUB BLOG
This year we will be running a hub blog instead
of individual classroom blogs. Our blog will be
able to be accessed through our school
website shortly. We are in the beginning
stages so give us a little bit of time to get it
up and running. We look forward to sharing
lots of interesting learning with you all :)

MRS ROS TIPPEN

I am so thrilled to be teaching in the
Year 5/6 team. It is great to catch up
with children and families that we have
got to know through their time in Year
4. I know that together we are going
to have many wonderful, meaningful
learning experiences, which will excite
and challenge you as learners.
MISS TRISH BUNTING
I am really looking forward to being part
of our Senior School Team and love
seeing lots of familiar smiling faces. I
think our Year 5 and 6 students are
lucky to have so many new learning,
leadership and sporting opportunities
ahead of them. I know they feel like
they have waited a long time!!! and am
sure they are going to do a great job.
Bring on the fun 2016.

HUB NEWSLETTER

ROOMS 22, 23 & 24

St Albans School - Year 5/6 - Term 1 2016

POSITIONS OF
LEADERSHIP
Year 6 students can now start preparing their
applications for Head & Deputy Head Student.
Information and application forms for Head &
Deputy positions will be sent home shortly. Mr
McKenzie will ask that these applications be
placed in the drop box around Week 5 (dates
to be confirmed). Expressions of interest for
House Captain will be asked for shortly.
After the above positions have been filled Year
5/6 children can also apply to be leaders in the
following areas:
- Eco Warriors
- Digi Ops & Communications
- School Council
These positions are for Year 5 & 6 with a
designated teacher/s having responsibility for
overseeing and the care of these groups.

HOME
LEARNING
The expectations are
to complete reading,
basic facts and spelling
each day. Children
read their personal
book each night
(suggested 20
minutes). Basic Facts
needs to be practised
by children also. Their
spelling lists may consist
of words from their
list, draft writing or
topic vocabulary. A
home learning sheet will
be sent home each
week except for the
last week of this term.

SPORTS
Each term we compete in the Hagley Sports
competition on a Friday afternoon (12:45 3pm). This terms sports are Rippa Rugby,
Kiwi Volley, Futsal, Softball and Cricket.
Children have trialled for teams and these
have been named. It is very important that
they listen carefully to the daily notices for
information regarding sports. Those who do
not participate in the teams competition will
participate in a Sports programme at school.
If you are interested in coaching any of the
summer sports team or would like to know
more please contact Jodi Archbold
sport@stalbans.school.nz

UNIFORMS
We aim for consistency with our school
uniform. Please ensure that correct school
uniform is worn everyday. School hats are
compulsory in Term 1. They can be
purchased from the office for $20.

TERM EVENTS
Week 1

04 - 05 Feb

First Day of Term 1

Thursday 04 February

Week 2

08 - 12 Feb

Waitangi Day Observed

Monday 08 February

Week 3

15 - 19 Feb

Hagley Sport begins

Friday 19 February

Week 4

22 - 26 Feb

Learning Information Evening

Monday 22 February 6:15 - 6:45pm
Aqua Gym
All week

Week 5

29 Feb - 04 Mar

Swimming Sports
Thursday 03 March

Week 6

07 - 11 Mar

Week 7

14 - 18 Mar

Zone Swimming Sports

Tuesday 15 March

Week 8

21 - 25 Mar

Good Friday
Friday 25 March

Week 9

28 Mar - 01 Apr

Easter Monday & Tuesday

Monday 28 & Tuesday 29 March

Week 10

04 Apr - 08 Apr

Canterbury Swimming Sports

Thursday 07 April

Week 11
Last day of Term 1
Friday 15 April

11 - 15 Apr