Room 20

Whakaahua (Teacher Bio)

Maumaharatanga

Teenaa koutou e te whaanau,

Welcome back to Term 2 in Room 20. I hope you all had a refreshing break and are ready for the exciting term ahead! We have an action-packed term, and year, full of learning and fun! A major focus this term will be Sports Camp and our production, which will keep many of our senior students very busy.

Thank you to all the families who joined me for the Parent, Student, and Teacher conferences at the end of Term 1 — it was wonderful to meet you all.

Please remind your child that we will be outdoors for Physical Education this term. It is important they bring a spare change of clothes in case they get wet or dirty.

Ngaa mihi,

Mr. Hunia

rANGAHAU (INQUIRY)

This term's Inquiry focus is Ecology. Our tauira (students) will develop an understanding of this concept and how human beings and their activities can affect the environment.

We will focus on our flora and fauna, how they respond to environmental change, and how they depend on the creation of sustainable environments.

Technology and Arts

In Years 7 and 8, children travel to Te Au o Tamatea each Thursday for Tech Arts. Throughout the year, they spend one term each in Food Tech, Art, Hard Materials, and Innovations.

Year 8 students need to be at school by 8:30 a.m. on Thursday mornings to take the bus to Tech.
Year 7 students depart at 12:00 p.m., after spending the morning at school, focusing on a variety of topics, including a focus on coding.

THURSDAY LEARNING AT SCHOOL

When children are not at Tech Arts on Thursday they rotate around each of the five classes at school.

Throughout the course of the year they will spend a 7 week block with each teacher.

Mr Louden - Science

Mr Trafford - Speechcraft (7's) and Debating (8's)

Mrs Hoskin - Spanish

Mr Hunia - Ukulele (7's) and Drums (8's)

Mrs Wilson - Dance (7's) and Dance and Drama (8's)

literacy learning

This term in writing, we will focus on developing rich vocabulary and crafting strong, effective sentences. These skills will support our information writing, which will be linked to our Inquiry focus.

In reading, we will explore appropriately levelled journal stories and work on building a deeper understanding of the texts.

Our Literacy programme will also include typing, spelling, handwriting, and oral language activities.

If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact me at:

ihunia@terapa.school.nz

Mr. Isacc Hunia
Room 20 Teacher

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