Happy Environment Day! On Monday 5 June, the children at the school pre-celebrated the theme “BEAT PLASTIC POLLUTION!” The Prep/Grade 1 students displayed their work on Facebook to share with the public. More to show in the later part of this newsletter. Let me first update you with the rest of the term announcements and reminders before taking you inside the
classrooms for your children’s news!

IMPORTANT UPDATES

1. TERM NEWS::

It is now the end of week 8, moving into the end of the eleven week-long duration of this term. So much has been learned and achieved by our children. The longest of all four terms in the year, but equally compensated with three weeks of holidays after that. A term filled with lots of dedicated learning both in and
outside the classrooms. Many tests and assessments are done to prepare for the completion of the first half of the
year. It is a very important term when children are handed out their half-year progressive Reports for the year!

• Duration: 11 Weeks: From 17 April to 30 June 2023.
• Break: 3 weeks of school holidays, from July 3-21.
• All Term 2 fees must be fully paid to get the half-year Report.
• Term 3 School Fee Invoices are being circulated by this week. *To Be paid before Term Three starts on MONDAY JULY 24. YOUR support & Understanding are very much appreciated! TY.
• End of Term: Friday 30 July.
• End of Term Concert: Friday 30 July same day! Program to be made available later.
• Term 3 Commences: Monday 27 July – after 3 weeks of break. *All fees are to be paid in full before entry.
  Thank You.
• Ask Mrs. TIONE, Call 3258715 or visit our website for
  further assistance.

2. PLAYSCHOOL CLASS – MS MATUI & MS KOINDUO:

Hello from us. We are doing really well and have covered all our topics for this term. Topics the children have covered are:

• Jolly phonics volume 1 and 2. Children now can identify their Volume 1 “Satipn” Sounds and also the “Name of the Sounds.”
• For Volume 2 “Ckehrmd” – children can make the “Sounds with pictures.”
• Maths: Playschoolers have done 0-10. Children can count their Numbers 0-10 with the pictures. *They can say their Numbers Poem 0-10.
• Shapes and Colours: children can identify their shapes, red circle, yellow triangle, green square, blue rectangle, pink heart, orange oval, black diamond and purple star.
• Science: children talked about the 5 senses, parts of a plant, and animals. Children can identify the animals that live on land, in the sea, and that fly in the air/sky.
• Social Studies: children learned about the 7 days of the week, months of the year, the 4 kinds of weather patterns, and types of clothes to wear, etc.
• Health: Good Manners, Good Habits, Good and Bad food.

These are some of the topics the playschoolers have covered.

Meanwhile, they are practicing for the end of this term concert. So please parents bring the children to school every day.

Concert costumes
Boys: Yellow round-neck shirt with black shorts.
Girls: Yellow round-neck shirt with black tights.

Concert scripts are given for you lovely parents to practice with your children at home.

Thank you!
Ms Matui & Ms Koinduo – Class Teachers

3. PRESCHOOL – MS HEAGI & MR PAUL:

Hello from the Preschool class.
We are happy to share our stories this term because it was very challenging and interesting for our students. They have learned many things. These are some of the skills they have learned during this term.

Classroom Work

• Holding pencils and writing
• Spelling their names and writing their own names
• Spelling tricky words and saying them
• Reading words by sounding and blending
• We also have covered all our topics for this term (2)

English – Jolly Phonics Volumes 3 & 4 sounds

• Sounding and blending words
• Tricky words
• Alphabet letters Ff – Mm
• Opposite words and pictures

Maths – Numbers 0 – 20

• Numbers and objects counting
• Shapes and colours
• Positions and Directions

Science

• Plants
• Animals
• Living things and Non-living things
• Characteristics of living things
• Nature and manmade non-living things

Social Studies – 4 kinds of weather

• Colours of the rainbow
• Beach environment
• Mountain environment
• Low/grassland environment
• Water environment

Health – Good Habits

• Healthy way of living
• Good food and bad food
• 3 food groups (balanced meal)

The students also enjoyed doing some of the practical lessons we have covered this term.

• Fruit Salad. They brought 1 piece of fruit each from home and shared it with friends.
• Fairy Bread – created fairy bread by using a cooking cutter, butter, hundreds and thousands, chocolate sprinkles and bread. Students enjoyed the lesson.
• 3 food groups – (Balanced meal) They brought their own food from home and matched them to the 3 food groups.

For this, our thank you’s go to the parents who were really supportive of their child’s practical lessons in our class.

Assessment – Done
Please do bring your child to school because we are doing revision and will continue till week 11.

Concert – Please Also Note!

1. Concert scripts were given to your child for him or her to practice at home.
2. Concert costume girls – blue dress and brown sandals.
3. Boys blue collar T-shirt, black long trousers & brown shoes.

Thank you all.
Ms Heagi & Mr Paul – Class Teacher & Assistant

4. PREP & GRADE 1 CLASS – MRS MEA & MS RUTERA:

Greetings to our lovely parents!
We are pleased to share some updates from our class.

Assessments
The students have done their second list of tests.
Assessments will continue this week and next week.

Attention and discipline
There has been an improvement in this area. Please continue to support us by encouraging and reminding your child of good behaviours at school.

World Environment Day
The theme for this year is a solution to plastic pollution. “Beat Plastic Pollution.”

The children have learned the three types of pollution:

• Land pollution
• Air pollution
• Water pollution

These practical activities were done indoors/outdoors:

• Planting pawpaw seeds
• Collecting any plastic trash around the playground
• Reusing plastics to do craft activities
• Students bringing their pot plants to participate in the whole planting school program to commemorate World Environment Day on Friday 9th June 2023.

Concert Preparation

Please assist your child with the following:

• Concert Scripts will be given to your child to practice every afternoon at home with you.
• Concert uniforms to provide/purchase a plain white shirt and black trousers for boys and leggings for girls.

Thank you!
Mrs Mea & Ms Rutera – Class Teachers

5. UPPER GRADES CLASS – MR MEA:

Hello Parents, Guardians, and friends.
Welcome to our class news for this edition.

Classroom Work
We have been busy inside our classroom learning new ideas but revising and refreshing the old ones.
Our Health Practical last Friday was one good example. We all
created Fruity Kebabs and enjoyed them a lot too. Thank you all for your support. Other projects and assignments completed are already on display. Our children have surely done very well with your guidance and help.

Test/Assignments
This week is our Test week (Wk 8) and we are now done with them. Only a few projects left for all assessments to complete. Compiling of marks and Reports to are to be completed in the
following week for your convenience.

Exciting Excursion
Our class wants to visit Port Moresby Nature Park later this month. However, we have to make sure everything is okay and planned in advance. *Your permission will be sought out first.

Illness
Lastly, some children are sick and several reported to be down with “chickenpox.” Please keep your child at home if they have it to prevent it from spreading to other children and families!
They will not be allowed inside the school/classroom.

Thank you all and God bless.
Mr Mea – Class Teacher

6. LIBRARY CORNER – MS RUTERA:

Hello parents and guardians. The library has been always the place for students to read and to find books of their interest.

The Playschool Children also requested me to read their favourite “Ladybugs” book series while waiting for their pickups, especially the half-day students.
The Library is open for borrowing to those children with library bags. Please all children are encouraged and asked to buy a library bag for them to participate in borrowing.

Thank you.
Librarian – Ms Rutera

7. LIBRARY CORNER – MS RUTERA:

REGISTRAR – MRS TIONE

Hi Parents and Guardians, welcome back. We have now come to week 8 and time is closing in towards the end of this term. Certain Events notifications:

• Our Immunisation program has now been closed, as no child was registered within the time period provided by the Health Education awareness campaign. Should another campaign come we will let you know.
• Parents, please purchase a library bag (K20) for your child if you want your child to borrow books from the library.
• Thank you to our parent Bessie Omani mother of Kendalyn
  Dobi who donated Japanese Magazines and old newspapers to Bava International School. These are very useful for our children to use and will be stored in our library.

Some reminders for our parents & guardians

• School hours: Monday to Thursday: 7.30 – 12pm for half day children & full day 2.30pm. Friday: half day for everyone.
• Late pick-up fees apply. K20 payable at the school office.
• School fees: Must be paid upfront before your child attends School fees: Must be paid upfront before your child attends School fees: Must be paid upfront before your child attends classes. For any outstanding please settle now. Thank you.classes. For any outstanding please settle now. Thank you classes. For any outstanding please settle now. Thank you.
• Lunch orders: K20 for both morning tea and lunch.

Thank you.
Mrs Tione – Registrar

How exciting to read and know what progress our children are making so far.I am so impressed and how they have grown physically, emotionally, and socially in their manners and of course their academic outcomes. I do hope you enjoy the contents, please make time available to read them! Some very important information.

I do hope you are experiencing or being as observant as I am with the progress your own children are achieving! So many things are happening around the world and country so make sure to take care of yourself, your health, family, and lifestyle interest and goals to serve you according to your plans and desires.