Aroha 6: Kia Kaha Christchurch !!!

In support of our Muslim community and whanau near or far. Our Aroha goes out to you all. Kotahitanga! Together we stand as one!

Kia Kaha!!! 

This week we have revisited our school lock down procedures ensuring everyone is aware of our safety procedures. Lockdowns are an important part of school safety.

Furthermore we have had a special school assembly lead by Mr Naidoo introducing a  message from our Prime Minister explaining the tragic events that took place in Christchurch.

Along with our Rowandale community will stand strong and support those that have been affected.

In support of the Paper Doll project our Rowandale whanau supported this kaupapa by sending our paper dolls chains to Christchurch to form a single line colourful chain representing harmony between cultures.

Aroha 6: Room 6: School Mission statement on point!

In Aroha 6 we grow our people through reflecting on our positive actions and having fun learning alongside each other.  One highlight for this term was learning together our "Mission Statement"  adding a few creative meaningful actions...

 Wahoo!  Enjoy!

Aroha 6: Room 6: Its Ice cream time!

Today Aroha 6 arrived so excitedly ready to support our tuakana by bringing a gold coin to buy a scoop or more of ice cream.  Being such a hot day having delicious ice cream on our last block was exactly what we needed.  

Cheers Year 6 whanau for keeping us cool!!!

Wishing you all the best at camp and have heaps of fun learning new things!

Thank you Aroha 6 for supporting this kaupapa.

  

Team Aroha: Room 6: Celebrating success!

Congratulations to Giana for receiving "Aroha 6 Classroom Award " along with

 Hyrum for caught being good and receiving the "Duffy certificate" 

Ka pai nga ko rua!

Team Aroha: Room 6: WOW! Half way through term 1

Time flies when your having too much fun... We are halfway there for term 1 Well done Aroha 6! 

Thank you for coming to school on time in full uniform, with healthy food options, completed homework and showing your PRIDE values...

So proud of you all! Keep it up!!!

Here at Rowandale our school vision is "We grow our people" along with our school theme being 

" Building our champions!"

Aroha 6 have been learning this through our curriculum areas such as reading, writing and maths. In fact they have almost accomplished learning our school mission statement off by heart watch this space...

Congratulations Skylar for receiving our Aroha 6 School PRIDE value Integrity award at our School assembly. Along with our SKIDS winners for their awesome achievements.

 Ka mau te wehi!  

Team Aroha : Room 6 Best Classroom Award!!!

Congratulations to Aroha 6 for receiving 

"Best classroom award" at our Aroha team assembly. Wahoo!!!

Well done to our following recipients for their fantastic achievements:

School PRIDE Respect Award and Duffy certificate: Pratik

Classroom award : AJ

Team Aroha: Room 6: Curious learners exploring DMIC...

This term Aroha 6 have been introduced to DMIC.

What is DMIC? 

Developing Mathematical Inquiry Communities

DMIC is all about working together as a team, taking turns, becoming risk takers, sharing ideas and problem solving together in small groups...

Over the past weeks Aroha 6 have become experts in DMIC, they have enjoyed reading different stories,  understanding and identifying problems followed by working together to demonstrate how they came up with their solution...

Team Aroha; Room 6: Team Aroha celebration time!!!

Here at Rowandale we enjoy celebrating our students achievements... In support of helping our people grow, every even week our Aroha team have assemblies in celebration of our team achievements. This week, congratulations to Lesego for receiving Aroha 6 Classroom award and to AJ for caught being good and receiving the Duffy certificate. 

Keep it up Aroha 6!!!

Team Aroha: Room 6: It is swimming time. Wahoo!!!

In support of physical education and health, every even week from 1.45pm to 2.15pm,  Aroha 6 are provided the learning opportunity to explore and gain confidence and competence in the pool environment.  

Today a few of Aroha 1 learners excitedly joined us. It is always an awesome feeling building on our tuakana teina relationships.  Together we learnt to follow simple instructions about pool safety such as learning the Rowandale pool rules and how to enter and exit the pool safely using the ladder.   Followed by slowly walking alongside the edges and hanging onto the rails inside the pool.  We sure had a lot of fun learning alongside each other including submersion and breath control through the surface.  We definitely can't wait for our next swimming sessions... 

Team Aroha: Room 6: Celebrating Heart kids day!

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In celebration of Heart kids day,  Aroha 6 joined forces with the whole school and showed their support by  proudly coming to school dressed in red along with bringing a golden coin for koha.  What a successful outcome it was too...  Aroha 6 learnt that "Heart kids day" is all about supporting life long care for children and their families that have heart defects.

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Team Aroha; Room 6: First school assembly of the year 2019!!!

Wahoo!!! Our very first school assembly for the year 2019.  Welcoming everyone back and celebrating our school's achievements...

 Here at Rowandale school our vision is  

" We grow our people!" Our Focus for this term is "Building Champions!" How exciting is that?

The PRIDE focus for this week is PARTICIPATION!

Congratulations Eliki for receiving Aroha 6 Participation award " Ka rawe to mahi!"

 Aroha 6 sure had fun learning along side each other while building reciprocal and responsive relationships.  They are now becoming experts in learning our new mission statement" With Aroha and PRIDE we Empower,  Encourage,  Engage and Nurture each other along our journey towards growing our people!"

Team Aroha: Room 6: Nau mai Haere mai Welcome back!!!

Nau mai, Haere mai, Nga Mihinui, Tenâ kotou katoa. Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Kia orana, Nisa bula vinaka, Taloha ni, Fakalofa lahi atu, Ni hao, Namaste, and Warm greetings to you all.

Talofa lava, my name is Whaea Rose, and I am very excited to be a part of your child’s learning journey this year in Aroha 6, and being part of this amazing passionate team here at Rowandale School. It is always so great to see children eagerly returning to school. Their enthusiasm for learning is a joy to see. I look forward to contributing to their learning and development in a fun, safe and stimulating way while building new relationships with your child and your whanau.

Here at Rowandale we have an open-door policy so please pop in to say hello or ask me any questions before or after school. If these times do not suit, please phone the office and make an appointment.

Uniform & Attendance: Please ensure that your child is at school every day and wearing the correct uniform when at school. All uniform items and any materials / equipment of their own, need to be clearly named with their first and last name.

Lunches: We are proud to be a healthy eating school so thank you for ensuring your child has a healthy morning tea and lunch on a daily basis.

Homework expectations: A reading book and spelling list will be brought home each night in separate notebooks to read with their parents/ guardians or whanau.  Please ensure to have both books signed off once completed, and feel free to provide feedback. Reading at home will reinforce your child’s learning at school, so we will appreciate your support with this. All books must be returned to school the next day in your child’s book bag.

Poetry is part of our reading programme.  Your child will also bring home their poetry book and a reader on a Friday. After reading the poem together, they will need to put the poetry book back in their book bag and return it to school on the Monday.

I look forward to working together with you to ensure with Aroha and Rowandale PRIDE we Empower, Encourage, Engage and Nurture each other along our journey towards GROWING OUR PEOPLE!

Nga mihi nui

Whaea Rose