Learning for Term 1, 2025

Across the school our timetable :

Our timetable is a bit different this year. We start our day with structured literacy and mathematics. These are important lessons and we need all our children to be in class and settled ready for learning. This is intensive skills that they will need to access their learning across the curriculum for the rest of the week.

Literacy and mathematics skills are also taught throughout an engaging and exciting middle block where we cover the curriculums.

Curriculum Coverage:

We cover each curriculum each term to ensure that our students are well informed across the curriculum. Our overarching theme influences our other curriculum and they link together. This year we have an overarching theme of Sustainability - Kaitiakitanga (Meaning Guardians of environment that we live in).

Key concepts for term 1 are: Maori people use the local area of Paremoremo as a resource. Being a Kaitiaki of the area we live in is important for Future generations. 

Science: we will be exploring texture and structure of soil and the relationship between soil and water. 

Technology: Students are learning about technological practice through developing a plan for sensory garden.

Social Science: We are learning about a Powhiri, Treaty of Waitangi - Te Tiriti at the beginning of the term. For the rest of the term we will be exploring how Paremoremo has changed over time and what natural resouirces the local area has access too. We will be developing our understanding of Hapori (community) learning through this curriculum subject.

Health: We are learning about the Hauora using the Whare Tapa Wha Health Model and studens will get an opportunity to look at their own families understanding of holistic wellbeing and create their own model.

PE: Swimming - please ensure your child brings their swimming togs. 

Visual Arts: Using natural resources to create nature pictures and sculptures. 

We have a school trip to Wataikere Ranges planned but this will happen in Week 1 of Term 2 due to bookings. 

Open Days - At the end of each term we will host an open day which students learning will be on display for parents to be able to come in and see all their amazing learning.