Posts from the Principal

  Bayfield School Newsletter - Wednesday 30th of June Inspired Today-Prepared for Tomorrow Dates to remember Friday 2nd of July - Matariki breakfast ( Year 5&6) Diversity Assembly 9am Matariki House Day (all children to bring a vegetable for soup) Thursday 8th of July - School Disco in the hall Friday 9th of July - last day of the term A word from Kerri  Collaborative Learning Spaces  (Modern Learning Environments) There are some common misunderstandings about how collaborative spaces work and as most of us never went to school in a building like Bayfield, we can feel a little out of the loop or perhaps have some preconceived notions about how the school day may be structured.  Whilst we have the luxury of allowing children to learn in a large open and comfortable space, we do have the same very clear and tight expectations that are in place in other “traditional” environments. In some spaces, children have allocated work areas, much like an allocated desk that y...

  Bayfield School Newsletter - Wednesday 16th of June Inspired Today-Prepared for Tomorrow Dates to remember Paid Union Meeting (PUM) - Tuesday 22nd June Bayfield @ the Movies - Sunday 20th June - info below BCG Meeting - Monday 21st June - 6:45pm Change of Date (due to Basketball) Hui and Fono moved to Thursday 24th June - 6:30pm Photolife (Class, Portraits & Siblings) - Wednesday 30th June Paid Union Meeting  On Tuesday the 22nd of June 1:30-2:20pm, all teachers are invited to attend the paid union meetings . Children will be supervised by the staff who are not attending the union meeting. If you are able to or want to pick your child up at 1:30pm that day, please let Linda in the office know. BAYFIELD AT THE MOVIES: RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON Sunday, June 20, 3pm at Capitol Cinema (610, Dominion Rd, above Clip N Climb) (trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VIZ89FEjYI ) PAYMENT INFORMATION: Please use the link below to purchase tickets https://www.eventbrite.co.nz...

  Bayfield School Newsletter - Wednesday 2nd of June Inspired Today-Prepared for Tomorrow Dates to remember Friday 4th of June - Teacher Only Day - school closed Monday 7th of June - School closed for Queen's Birthday  A word from Kerri  Mathematics at Bayfield School When we are learning to count as small children, we often learn to count to 10, 20, 100 and beyond quite quickly and little children are often very proud of their ability to count to the highest number possible.  Unfortunately most of the time numbers and counting is such an abstract concept that there is often no relationship between 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and 10 objects. You may find that when you ask a 5 year old, how many items there are they will start right back at 1 and count to 10, you ask them again and they count again, instead of saying “there are 10” This is why using their fingers, touching counters or moving objects into groups is such an important part of a child’s mathematical development....