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October Newsletter

Welcome back! We are looking forward to a busy and exciting Term Four. This term our focus is report writing. The children will be researching different countries and writing about them. To start with, we will be looking at the special features of New Zealand then the children will choose a country of interest to research.

New students
A warm welcome is extended to Fatima and Dan who started school last term. These students have joined the ESOL programme.

Change of hours
This term Judith and Glenys' working hours have changed. Judith will work Monday 11.45am-2.15pm, Tuesday 9.45am-3.00pm, and Wednesday 9.00am-2.15pm. Glenys will be teaching ESOL all day Tuesday and Wednesday, and Thursday 9.00-11.45am. The latest version of the ESOL timetable is displayed in the ESOL classroom windows.

Parent Talk Time
It is wonderful to see new families coming along to our Parent Talk Times. All parents are welcome to join us on Wednesday mornings 9.00-9.45am in ESOL 1 (blue room).
Our topics for Term four are:
20 October (Week 2): National Standards and the English Language Learning Progression reports.
3 November (Week 4): Class placements and giving information to teachers.
1 December (Week 8): Social event and farewell to leaving families

Cultural Parent Meetings
We are looking forward to catching up with you all! Meetings for the cultural parent groups will be held on the following dates:
27 October (Week 3): Japanese parents
10 November (Week 5): Chinese parents
24 November (Week 6): Korean parents

Meetings with ESOL teachers
The ESOL teachers will be contacting parents of children who started on the programme during Term 3 and 4 to discuss your child’s learning and his/her participation in the ESOL programme. These meetings will be held during Week 5 (8-11 November). If other parents want to discuss their child’s progress at ESOL, please feel welcome to contact your child’s ESOL teacher and book a time.

Using the school crossing
For the safety of your children please remember to cross Clyde Road using the marked crossing. When doing this it is important that you wait until the student monitor has lowered their arm before you start walking.

Blog
Have you seen the latest postings on our blog? The children have recently added comments about our Arts Week activities. Check us out at http://fosesol.blog spot.com

Please remember that we value contact with parents and caregivers. If you have any questions, concerns (or compliments!) about our ESOL programme please feel free to contact us.

Chinese plates

Today we painted a Chinese plate. We painted branches with white paint. Then we put gold paint in a flower shape. We put dots in the middle of the flower. I enjoyed it because I learnt about another country. Ji Won

Today we painted a Chinese plate. The plate was used for serving guests tea. The plate was red for good luck. I liked painting the branches because of their wiggly shape. So Won

Today has been fun because we painted Chinese plates. We used red paper and white, gold and black paint. We painted the branches with white and the flowers with gold paint. We dipped the back of the brush in black paint to make the circle in the middle. Tomorrow we will draw around the outside with vivid. Stephanie

Chinese tea trays

Today we made plates. These plates are from China. They have flowers on them. You can put your drinks on them to celebrate. They are made out of shells and wood. I liked doing it because we got to paint. Michael

We were painting from China. We were cutting the circle. We were putting flowers on it. Samuel

First we cut a circle. We put white paint to make a branch and tree trunk. We were so careful drawing a flower with three circles on it. We put on flower spots using the back of the brush. We touched carefully on that flower. I liked doing it because I like painting. Jake

Chinese tea trays

I liked painting the branches with white paint. Jason
I liked doing the golden flowers on the branches. Yea Jin
I liked the golden flowers on the branches. Laiba

Making a Chinese tea tray

Today we have been painting a tree on a plate and it was a flower plate. The flowers were gold and the trunk was white. The dots were black. Raphael

Today we were painting on a red plate. We painted a Chinese tree and the trunk was white. The leaves were gold and black. I like to paint and it was exciting. David

Making a Chinese tea tray

I liked painting the flowers. Thomas
I liked painting the tree. Hayley
I liked painting the inside because you just needed to do a dot. Eunseo
I liked painting the trunk. Andy
I liked cutting the circle with scissors. Marcus

Painting a Chinese tea tray

I liked painting the gold. Lennart
I liked painting the black dots. Bing Da
I liked painting the black dots. Fatima
I liked making the black spots. Dan

Planting a daisy

On Wednesday of Week 7 the ESOL people planted shrubs in the ESOL garden. I planted a daisy with Raphael. First I pushed the bark off the weed mat. Bark is hard. Next Mrs Anthony cut the weed mat. We had turns to dig a hole. The soil was wet. Next we took the daisy out of the pot and put it in the hole. Last we put dirt over the roots and put bark on top of the weed mat. Bark is dark brown. The daisies smell good.

Planting a Hebe

In Week 7 Orange group and Yellow group planted hebe and daisy plants in the ESOL garden. First we pushed the bark back until we could see the weed mat. Then we cut the weed mat in a cross with scissors. Under the weed mat there was dirt so we dug a hole in the dirt with the metal trowel and we put the dirt in the bucket. Then we took the hebe from the pot and spread out the roots and we put the hebe carefully in the hole. Last of all we put soft soil into the hole and pressed it down hard. Next we folded the weed mat on top of the dirt. Then we put the bark over the weed mat. I enjoyed planting because it was interesting and my Mum likes gardening too. Next time my Mum is gardening I will help my Mum. The hebe's colour is my second favourite colour so I like hebes. I want to do planting again because it is fun to do gardening work.