R3 & 4 Parent meeting

Thank you to those who attended last weeks parent meeting. You raised great questions and ideas..
so good, in fact, that I have decided to share some via this blog .

How well do we achieve here at Tasman? How do we know?
How does this compare with other schools?
What standardized tests do we use?
What priority does literacy take?
How do we know how our children are achieving in relation to others?
What do we say to our children if they ask to go to another school?
How have we improved our literacy scores so much?
How can a year six student do the work in a class up to year 8 ( or year 4-6 class? )
What age should children move class level?
Why have some families chosen to send their child to intermediate?
What age is normal for moving through to secondary school?
How do children move from one room to the next? What are the criteria? When? end/ mid year? termly?
How well do our kids do when they get to secondary school?

Will pick up on some of these questions over the next few weeks.

Watch out for the Room One and Two parents' meeting soon!

NINE

We celebrated the 9th day of the 9th month 0f the 9th year of the new millenium at 9 minutes past 9am...by creating a -you guessed it_ number nine!

Speech competitions

Gosh ... So much to say ...so little time!
Congratulations to Hannah and Mark who spoke with authority, humour and confidence at the recent Motueka Speech competitions.
They were great ambassadors for Tasman school.