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.
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Monday, October 18, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
July Newsletter
Welcome
A warm welcome is extended to Bing Da, Eunseo and Hayley who started school last term. We also welcome Jake who has started this term. These students have joined the ESOL programme.
Change of hours
This term Judith and Glenys' working hours have changed. Judith will work Tuesday 9.45-3pm, and Wednesday 9-12.30. Glenys will be teaching ESOL Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning. To reflect these new hours and also the changing needs of our students, our timetable has changed significantly. Please see the latest version on the ESOL window.
Term three topics
The focus of our learning for Term three is self esteem, friendships and report writing. You can support your child's learning by discussing their special qualities and the qualities of other family members. We plan to give your child specific skills to assist them with making friends, being a good friend and inviting friends to their home. This will be celebrated with an ESOL party planned for Week six. Look out for your invitation in Week 4.
Japanese parents meeting
Our meeting for Term 3 will be on Wednesday 4 August at 9am in the ESOL room. Please put this in your diary and tell any other Japanese parents who do not receive this newsletter.
Parent Talk Time
We are thrilled to see so many parents regularly joining us for ESOL Parent Talk Time. Please remember we start at 9.00am sharp with the content of the session. This is particularly important when we have visiting speakers.
Our topics for Term three are:
Wednesday 28 July: Week 2 - Independent Learning (Visiting speaker Toby Stokes, AP)
Wednesday 4 August: Week 3 - Japanese Parents meeting
Wednesday 11 August: Week 4 - Heath services for primary school students (Visiting speaker Public Health Nurse)
Wednesday 25 August: Week 6 - ESOL Party
Week 8 - No Parent Talk Time
Wednesday 22 September: Week 10 - Code of Practice from students, social, planning Term 4
Blog
Have you seen the latest postings on our blog? We have recently uploaded videos of some groups retelling Narratives! Check us out at http://fosesol.blogspot.com
Books with audio CDs
To help your child develop their oral language skills it is important for them to hear correct models of English. One way to do this is to listen to stories on CD. We have a box of book and CD sets in the library specifically for ESOL families to issue. Your child can borrow these in their library time or at lunchtime. Parents are welcome to visit the library to borrow books either before or after school, not during class time. There is a limit of two book and CD sets per family.
Maths websites
At our Week 8 Parent Talk Time we shared a couple of great maths websites. The web addresses for these are www.arcademicskillbuilders.com and
www.numeracy123.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.
Kind regards,
Judith Anthony and Glenys Williams
ESOL Teachers
judith.anthony@fendalton.school.nz glenys.williams@fendalton.school.nz
A warm welcome is extended to Bing Da, Eunseo and Hayley who started school last term. We also welcome Jake who has started this term. These students have joined the ESOL programme.
Change of hours
This term Judith and Glenys' working hours have changed. Judith will work Tuesday 9.45-3pm, and Wednesday 9-12.30. Glenys will be teaching ESOL Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning. To reflect these new hours and also the changing needs of our students, our timetable has changed significantly. Please see the latest version on the ESOL window.
Term three topics
The focus of our learning for Term three is self esteem, friendships and report writing. You can support your child's learning by discussing their special qualities and the qualities of other family members. We plan to give your child specific skills to assist them with making friends, being a good friend and inviting friends to their home. This will be celebrated with an ESOL party planned for Week six. Look out for your invitation in Week 4.
Japanese parents meeting
Our meeting for Term 3 will be on Wednesday 4 August at 9am in the ESOL room. Please put this in your diary and tell any other Japanese parents who do not receive this newsletter.
Parent Talk Time
We are thrilled to see so many parents regularly joining us for ESOL Parent Talk Time. Please remember we start at 9.00am sharp with the content of the session. This is particularly important when we have visiting speakers.
Our topics for Term three are:
Wednesday 28 July: Week 2 - Independent Learning (Visiting speaker Toby Stokes, AP)
Wednesday 4 August: Week 3 - Japanese Parents meeting
Wednesday 11 August: Week 4 - Heath services for primary school students (Visiting speaker Public Health Nurse)
Wednesday 25 August: Week 6 - ESOL Party
Week 8 - No Parent Talk Time
Wednesday 22 September: Week 10 - Code of Practice from students, social, planning Term 4
Blog
Have you seen the latest postings on our blog? We have recently uploaded videos of some groups retelling Narratives! Check us out at http://fosesol.blogspot.com
Books with audio CDs
To help your child develop their oral language skills it is important for them to hear correct models of English. One way to do this is to listen to stories on CD. We have a box of book and CD sets in the library specifically for ESOL families to issue. Your child can borrow these in their library time or at lunchtime. Parents are welcome to visit the library to borrow books either before or after school, not during class time. There is a limit of two book and CD sets per family.
Maths websites
At our Week 8 Parent Talk Time we shared a couple of great maths websites. The web addresses for these are www.arcademicskillbuilders.com and
www.numeracy123.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.
Kind regards,
Judith Anthony and Glenys Williams
ESOL Teachers
judith.anthony@fendalton.school.nz glenys.williams@fendalton.school.nz
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Newsletter
June 2009
Dear Parents,
Resthome Visit
To help us to share our learning with the wider community, we are planning a trip to Mayfair Resthome on Tuesday 23 June for Year 3-6 students. We will be travelling by car, leaving the school after lunch, and returning just before 3pm. We will be sharing our slide shows about retelling traditional stories. Our children will also have the opportunity to talk about their learning one to one.
As well we have been busy baking, as part of our learning about Measurement, and have some yummy fruit loaf and lollie cake to share with the residents. Also children will be taking their Maths folders to share the work they have been doing on Geometry.
Parent Talk Time
We are working on making changes to ESOL online. Therefore Parent Talk Time will now be in Week 10 Tuesday 30 June, instead of Week 8. We look forward to seeing you there.
Kind regards,
Glenys Williams and Judith Anthony
Dear Parents,
Resthome Visit
To help us to share our learning with the wider community, we are planning a trip to Mayfair Resthome on Tuesday 23 June for Year 3-6 students. We will be travelling by car, leaving the school after lunch, and returning just before 3pm. We will be sharing our slide shows about retelling traditional stories. Our children will also have the opportunity to talk about their learning one to one.
As well we have been busy baking, as part of our learning about Measurement, and have some yummy fruit loaf and lollie cake to share with the residents. Also children will be taking their Maths folders to share the work they have been doing on Geometry.
Parent Talk Time
We are working on making changes to ESOL online. Therefore Parent Talk Time will now be in Week 10 Tuesday 30 June, instead of Week 8. We look forward to seeing you there.
Kind regards,
Glenys Williams and Judith Anthony
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