Rimu Teams 5 & 6 - Term 3 Week 4 ending 17 August 2018

The Rimu Team

Term 3 So Far...

Just about half way through the term and the Rimu team is feeling GRATE. Our art was a huge hit at the art exhibition and we hope you all had a chance to see some incredible work from all teams in the school. We have been busy with inner city rugby and rippa, football trials and a fun week of Maths for NZ maths week. 

Keep up to date with what your children are doing through the SeeSaw app where the Rimu team is constantly reflecting on their work and sharing it on SeeSaw.

We have speeches getting closer and closer this term and will be beginning work on this in week 5. Don't forget that things will run differently than previous years and the students will need to choose from a range of different presentation formats: Traditional Speech, Flash Talk (Including slide show), Spoken Word and Rap. It would be a good idea for them to begin thinking about which category they would like to compete in.

Art Exhibition

Well done to the students who won an Art Award in the Rimu team. Skye McCarthy, Marcel Pou, Taylor-Jaye Raela and Stella Jordan. They each won a book voucher and will be able to use this to buy a new book to use for our Reading Zone. Congratulations guys!

Inner City Rugby and Rippa

Congratulations to all the students who took part in this! The rugby boys took out the whole competition and the rippa rugby team did incredibly well with only losing two games on the day.

Learning Conferences

Sven and I were incredibly proud of our students over these two nights. They were confident, knew what they were talking about and covered all the topics and more. 

Important Dates:

ICSS Soccer @ Seddon Fields - 23rd August

Disco - KidsCan "Get a Little Crazy - 23rd August
Photolife - Team & Portraits - 4th September

Te Wiki o te reo Maori - Maori Language Week - 10th - 14th September

ICSS Netball @ Onewa Courts - 13th September (Save day 20th)

Skip-a-thon Day - 21st September

Book Week - 24th - 28th September

ICSS Hockey - 27th September

Last Day of Term - 28th September

Rimu Teams 5 & 6 - Term 3 Week 2 ending 3 August 2018

The Rimu Team

Term 3 Already...

We're over half way through the year now and for our Year 6 students the end is in sight.  We are having lots of conversations about enjoying every last minute at our wonderful school because these last two terms are going to go so quick!

Term 3 is busy, busy, busy!

Our focus this term is science but as we have such a busy term we are going to do science based learning in class and we won't be expected to do 'Science Fair' type projects.  Instead we will be carrying out lots of mini experiments and learning about the 'Scientific Method' and how to develop and carry out a fair test.

We also have speeches this term but again things will run differently than previous years.  This year the inner city schools are running a competition called 'Rehu Tai' meaning spoken word.  Rather than just giving students the option of writing and presenting a traditional speech they will be able to choose from a range of different presentation formats: Traditional Speech, Flash Talk (Including slide show), Spoken Word and Rap.

The rationale is that oral language covers many facets of our student’s lives and the Rehu Tai festival is a way to embrace and celebrate the diversity of oral language within our community; both culturally and generationally.

The Art Exhibition is in week four and most of our art is finished.  You have to check out our awesome photography.  It will blow you away!

Learning Conferences

Conferences are coming up next week so if you haven't booked a slot yet make sure you do.  We have been working hard getting all our learning goals up to date to share with you. 

ASA Swimming Competition

We are currently trying to organise a swimming team for a school competition coming up this term.

Term 3 events are:

 25 Freestyle

25 Backstroke

25 Breaststroke

25 Butterfly

4 mixed Relay events:-

4 x Freestyle relay 

4 x Backstroke relay 

4 x Medley relay 

8 x 25 Grand relay

Competitions days are Saturdays and are held at Cameron Pools Mt Roskill.

Children must also be able to swim in at least two events. They don't have to do all the rounds but you would have to commit to at least 2 of the above dates. The races are normally held from around  2pm on wards. 

If you are interested please let Marie Batty know by the end of Thursday the 2nd of August. 

She needs to register teams by Friday 3 August. mabatty02@hotmail.com

Important Dates:

APPA Choir Rehearsal @  Kauri Park 10-1pm - 8th August

ICSS Rugby & Rippa @ Cox's Bay - 9 August (Save Day 16th)

Learning Conferences - 8th & 9th August

Art Exhibition - 14th August 

Possible NZEI Strike - 15th August

ICSS Soccer @ Seddon Fields - 23rd August

Disco - KidsCan "Get a Little Crazy - 23rd August
Photolife - Team & Portraits - 4th September

Te Wiki o te reo Maori - Maori Language Week - 10th - 14th September

ICSS Netball @ Onewa Courts - 13th September (Save day 20th)

Skip-a-thon Day - 21st September

Book Week - 24th - 28th September

ICSS Hockey - 27th September

Last Day of Term - 28th September

Rimu Teams 5 & 6 - Term 2 Week 8 ending 22 June 2018

The Rimu Team

We're almost there..

We're in week 8 and the term is almost coming to a end. It's been a very full on term for everyone in the Rimu team and our students have done a lot of incredible work. In literacy at the moment students have written some incredibly detailed narratives with Sven. With Jack, they have created some very persuasive debates that even Kerri came down to help judge. Art is well underway, with the two groups creating some stunning photography and kakahu.

Congratulations

Congratulations to the Bayfield Inner City Ki O Rahi team that won the tournament last Thursday. They went through the tournament undefeated and faced a very tough Westmere Primary to win the final. They showed great determination and sportsmanship during the day. Well done to all the students who took part.

Cats

The Rimu team has been off to see the play Cats on Thursday! We actually have two of our very own students performing in it. The whole team was excited to see the show this Thursday. It's perfect timing as the students in our team have been doing an inquiry into the different types of art. We went with the Kauri team who also have students performing. 
Well done to Francesca Eglinton, Alex Fleming & Lucy Gibson our budding actresses!
It was a fun day!

Important Dates:

ICSS Rugby League @ Cox's Bay - 28th June

Hammertime Fundraiser - 29th June
Rugby League Champ of Champs - 3rd July
Rugby League Champ of Champs (save day) - 5th July
Last Day of Term - 6th July

Rimu Teams 5 & 6 - Term 2 Week 6 ending 8th June 2018

The Rimu Team

The Term So Far..

We are over half way through the term now and what a great term it has been.  
In math we have started learning about algebra and patterns in number.  We are also revisiting decimals and fractions as we needs lots of work on these.
We have switched up our writing groups and our narrative writers are now writing persuasive texts and vice versa.  We have also started extra workshops around spelling rules, grammar and punctuation.
Reading Zone is still going strong and we are really seeing the benefits of reading every day at school and also half an our each night at home.  Just to reinforce though it should be the same book and we should be remembering to bring our books back to school the next day.  A big thank you to those who have donated books to our class library.  We really appreciate it and encourage students if they do have really good books they aren't using to bring them in.  Kids ask your parents first!

X- Country

Congratulations to all of our amazing team who competed last Thursday at the inner city competition.  We came 2nd overall and managed to pick up first place in 3 of the 4 races.  Piper Lodge, Vincent Carter and Gus Dallow all won their categories to claim the title of inner city champion.

Positive Puberty

This was a fantastic experience for our year 6 students.  They have been encouraged to come home and discuss the things they learnt with their parents and ask any further questions they may have...so be prepared.

Art

Are artwork form our first rotation has turned out so well.  Check out some examples below of our Kakahu (cloaks) and photography. We have started displying some in our learning space so come and check them out.

Emails:

Svenc@bayfield.school.nz

Jackp@bayfield.school.nz

Important Dates:

ICSS Rugby League @ Cox's Bay - 28th June

Hammertime Fundraiser - 29th June
Rugby League Champ of Champs - 3rd July
Rugby League Champ of Champs (save day) - 5th July
Last Day of Term - 6th July

Rimu Teams 5 & 6 - Term 2 Week 4 ending 25 May 2018

The Rimu Team

The Term So Far..

Art is definitely underway now with Jack's photography looking really incredible and Sven's Korowai cloaks beginning to take shape.  Parent help is always needed during this time so feel free to drop Jack or Sven a line if you can help out.

Writing this term has been a great time for the students. Sven's group have created some great narratives that will slowly begin to appear on the walls in our space, in our new Published Section. Jack's group have looked at persuasive writing and are now using that to take part in some class room debates which are looking really strong from all sides.

We will also start Genius Hour every Friday which is very exciting as it allows us to explore things we love and are passionate about.  Below is a link to a website with lots of useful information and background history on Genius Hour

Genius Hour

X- Country

X-country hopefully this week! As Wednesday was postponed we are hoping it will be all go on Thursday 24th at Cox's Park. We will need to ensure we have running shoes and comfy exercise clothing every day as we will be practicing every day after lunch.  Sven and I have been stoked with how many students have turned up to our morning practices and are sure the ones putting in the hard work will see the results on the day.

The order of races are:
Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 non-competitive 1 lap
Year 4 girls competitive 1 lap
Year 4 boys competitive 1 lap
Year 3 girls competitive 1 lap
Year 3 boys competitive 1 lap
9 Year old girls competitive 2.2km course (top 8 go to inner city event)
9 Year old boys competitive 2.2km course (top 8 go to inner city event)
10 Year old and over girls competitive 2.2km course (top 8 go to inner city event)
10 Year old and over boys competitive 2.2km course (top 8 go to inner city event)

Positive Puberty

This will be taking place in Week 5 on Monday the 28th May for all of our Year 6 students. Thank you to all the parents who turned up for the information night, it was much appreciated.
 Below is a link with some information about the programme.
Positive Puberty

Congratulations

Congratulations to all the Bayfield students who took part in the Inner City Swimming Event. Although we weren't able to defend the cup this year, our swimmers did such an incredible job. We had a lot of students either place or win the finals and all our students should be very proud. They represented Bayfield so incredibly well!

Emails:

Svenc@bayfield.school.nz

Jackp@bayfield.school.nz

Important Dates:

Year 3 - 6 X Country @ Cox's Bay - save day 24th May

Positive Puberty Sessions (Year 6 only) - 28th May
Pons Int visiting Yr 6 - 30th May
ICSS Cross-Country - 31st May
Queen's Bday - 4th June
ICSS Cross-Country (save day) - 7th June
ICSS Rugby League @ Cox's Bay - 28th June
Hammertime Fundraiser - 29th June
Rugby League Champ of Champs - 3rd July
Rugby League Champ of Champs (save day) - 5th July
Last Day of Term - 6th July

Rimu Teams 5 & 6 - Term 2 Week 2 ending 11 May 2018

The Rimu Team

Wow it has been an incredible start to the term!  Camp and EOTC completely rocked our socks off!  During the week we had so much fun and learnt many valuable lessons and skills along the way.  Whether it was facing our fear of heights by climbing a wall or learning the art of orienteering or just having a blast hiding in the dark hoping not to get spotted with the torch during spotlight, it was incredible! Camp and EOTC week will be memories we cherish forever!  Once again a massive thank you to all of our amazing parents that helped out during this week.  We really couldn't have done it without you!
A lot of very tired kids though...

This Term...

This term our focus will be on the arts.  We will be working on individual and collaborative projects as we prepare for this year's Art Exhibition.  Parent help is always needed during this time so feel free to drop Jack or Sven a line if you can help out.

We will also start Genius Hour every Friday which is very exciting as it allows us to explore things we love and are passionate about.  Below is a link to a website with lots of useful information and background history on Genius Hour

Genius Hour

X- Country

X-country has been moved to week 4, Wednesday 23rd May due to Cox's Park not being available on our original date.  This means that we have more time to train and prepare.  We will need to ensure we have running shoes and comfy exercise clothing every day as we will be practicing every day after lunch.  

Positive Puberty

This will be taking place in Week 5 on Monday the 28th May for all of our Year 6 students and there will be an info session for whanau on Monday 21 May at 6.30pm.  Below is a link with some information about the programme.Positive Puberty

Emails:

Svenc@bayfield.school.nz

Jackp@bayfield.school.nz

Important Dates:

ICCS Swimming - 10th May

Positive Puberty Parent Evening (6.30pm) - 21st May
Positive Puberty Sessions (Year 6 only) - 28th May
Pons Int visiting Yr 6 - 30th May
ICSS Cross-Country - 31st May
Queen's Bday - 4th June
ICSS Cross-Country (save day) - 7th June
ICSS Rugby League @ Cox's Bay - 28th June
Hammertime Fundraiser - 29th June
Rugby League Champ of Champs - 3rd July
Rugby League Champ of Champs (save day) - 5th July
Last Day of Term - 6th July

Rimu Term 1 Week 10 ending 13 April 2018

The Rimu Team

The last week of term is already here and man has it come along super fast. It has been an incredible term getting to know all our students, The Rimu team has really gotten into the swing of things this term and a lot has been learnt by the students and the teachers. A very busy term has come to an end and we hope you and all the children get a good rest during the holiday break.

Bayfield Get Inspired

Our students had an incredible time on our Get Inspired Day and if you took part, thank you all very much for your help! The school couldn't have done it without you. Football, mountain biking, Mind Lab, cooking, Rangitoto and more! It was a fun filled day and we hope your children were inspired by something new and had an awesome day. Pictures will be up on the school website if you would like to see photos of the day.

Reading Zone

Don't forget students must be taking their Reading Zone books home each night to read for at least 30mins.  It must be the same book that they are reading at school. During the school holidays the students should try to get in the 30mins - 1hr a day.

Camp

Don't forget that camp begins for the year 5's on the first day of term 2 and then for the year 6's the day after. Hopefully you have read all the information about this. If there are any  questions you have unanswered feel free to email Sven or myself. The students have just written down who they want to bunk with so they are all getting excited for it already. It's going to be a fun week.

X- Country

X-country will be taking place in the third week of term 2. This takes us around the Cox's Bay park, with the students running in their age groups. If the students would like to get a head-start on the competition feel free to encourage them to go for some runs during the holidays. Otherwise training will start for this after camp is over.

Goodbye Peter

Last week was Peter's last week on the job as he is moving on to a new school and a new challenge. We wish him all the best at his new school! Peter has been an integral part of the Bayfield staff for quite some time now and it is very sad to see him leave. He will be at the school assembly on Friday this week, where we will send him away in the Bayfield style. Peter has been incredible with his help around the school, feel free to attend the school assembly this week to join us in saying goodbye to Peter.

Sven and I want to thank you all for any help that has been offered this term. We have really enjoyed getting to know our students and of course you, the parents. We hope everyone enjoys their holiday! We will see you all in two weeks!

Emails:

Svenc@bayfield.school.nz

Jackp@bayfield.school.nz

Important Dates:

Term 2 begins - 30th April

Year 5 Overnight Camp - 30th April

Year 6 Camp Begins - 1st May

ICCS Swimming - 10th May

Y3-6 X Country - 16th May