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‘Am I making positive connections in the world?’ is the 2010 Learning Theme
Kia Ora Tatou, Greetings to all
Dear Parents
I hope you had a wonderful and exciting time over the holidays with your children. We have a very exciting learning term planned for Term 3.
Topic Programmes for Term 3 “I am a Geographer”
Students this term will be learning about the world around us through a geography lens. They will be looking at how people explore and interact with the world around them. Inclusiveness is the school value this term. To sustain our world, we need to live in inclusive communities.
The Junior School title for the geography topic is “My Maunga” (My Mountain).
Some of the key learning concepts that the Year 1 and 2 students will cover are:
- A geographer studies places
- A geographer studies where people live and how
- Maps show us what places are and help us to find our way around
- Places are important to people
- People are important to places
- We are surrounded by geographical features
The Middle School title for the geography topic is “A Tale of Two Cities”.
Some of the key learning concepts that the Year 3 and 4 students will cover are:
- Maps identify major features of a surrounding area
- People living in two different cities may have different cultures but they have the same needs
- Relationship between land and people – determines settlement, lifestyle choices, clothing
- Building cities changes the landscape
- Recognising that people have the same basic needs wherever they live
- Understanding and comparing our unique use of natural resources, eg water, energy
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Postal Address
Epsom Normal
Primary School
41 The Drive
Epsom, 1023
Phone Numbers
Ph: 09 630 5144
Fax: 09 630 0972
Latest News and Updates
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Around the World in 80 Days quiz
Here it is, the quiz that you have all been waiting for. Get your team together and enter in for your chance to win fabulous prizes. Click on the link below to view the questions that will be used for your quiz.
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ENPS Newsletter 29-07-2010
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IMPORTANT NOTICE about our Drop Off Zone
TOGETHER WE CAN DO IT!!!
Our school is again taking part in the “Auckland City Council’s Chaos at the School Gate” programme. This is one way of working together to make our school a safe place for students and making sure that the local roads outside our school are safe for the wider community. We know you will want to help us in this.
Being in the ACC’s programme means that parking wardens will be assisting us by visiting our school regularly (from Week 2 this term) to monitor the drop off zone and parking around the school. They will be issuing infringement notices where appropriate. We as a school agree to keep our community informed about safe practices by communicating with school families about how they can help.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
You can help us keep the school environment safe by:
- taking care to observe parking signage. Please note that the ‘2 minute zone’ requires the driver to remain in the car.
- making sure that when pulling into the drop off zone you move to the end rather than stop at the top (this allows others to pull in safely behind you).
- moving into the traffic carefully and going around the block rather than doing a ‘u turn’ to travel south.
- ensuring you model safe road crossing by using the zebra crossing if parking opposite the school.
- making sure that if collecting children you do not double park and ask students to walk between cars to get into your car.
- parking outside the yellow lines bordering the crossing so that sight lines are clear for our crossing patrols.
- parking a little further away from school and walking the extra distance to remove traffic from our gates.
- dropping children in safe places and ensure they do not alight from cars parked in traffic queues outside the school.TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Shelley Quinlivan Jane Cavanagh-Eyre
Deputy Principal Principal
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SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS 2010, Term 3
Many thanks to those of you who support the school by ordering from Scholastic Books. Our Library has benefited greatly with the addition of a whole range of new books.
This order (Issue 5) is due back to school by FRIDAY 13 AUGUST 2010.
NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTEDFor ease of processing, please follow these simple instructions:
• PLEASE ENSURE THE CORRECT MONEY IS IN THE SEALED ENVELOPE
• Make payment by CHEQUE or CREDIT CARD to SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB. If paying by cheque (please write your child’s name and room number on the back of it). NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED – IT WILL BE SENT BACK TO YOUR CHILD.
• Please ensure that your order is clearly labelled, both on the order form and on a sealed envelope with your child’s name, room number and Scholastic book order number. Please DO NOT staple your order form to the envelope.
• Only send the order form back - cut along the lines provided
• If you have any vouchers, please remember to put those in with your order – only the voucher will be accepted as proof, a note will not be accepted
• Please do not advise Scholastic when payment can be deducted from your bank account - Scholastic will not pay any attention to this
• Please return your order to the money post box located beside the office
• TO HELP ENSURE YOU RECEIVE THE CORRECT BOOKS, WE STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO KEEP THE ORDER BOOKLET AS A RECORD OF WHAT YOU HAVE ORDERED. SHOULD YOU ENCOUNTER ANY PROBLEMS, PLEASE SPEAK WITH YOUR CLASSROOM TEACHER.Thank you and happy ordering.
Shawn Creamer
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Year 2 (Totara) Term 3 Newsletter
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Senior Sector Term 3 Newsletter 2010
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