Reports.

Well that's it for 2011 for the children. Reports were handed out after the final school assembly. The children can now have a well earned holiday. But please, parents, help them retain what they have learned this year.


Give them plenty of opportunities to read. The Twizel Community Library is open for most days except for Sunday and statutory holidays. Help your child choose books to read, and choose some books to read to them. A child is never too old to be read to. You can also buy great magazines written for their age group and these have lots of puzzles and activities they can do.


Let them write. Write Christmas cards to friends and relatives. Write thank you cards or letters. Buy a book to use as a diary and write the about events they do. Take photographs and put these in the diary. A hard covered notebook and colouring in pencils or felts will help make this an enjoyable task. Buy some stickers that they can use in their diary to make it attractive. Give them a spelling word or two each week to learn.
Don't forget Maths. Practice counting objects. If travelling in a car, ask them to count cars, trucks, red cars and blue cars.  Work on money skills. Help them budget their pocket money. Talk about values of coins. Which coin is worth the most? What coin buys the most? Ask them simple problems and help them work out the answer.  
eg: I have three chocolate Santa's and I eat one. How many have I got left?
eg: There are six presents for you under the Christmas tree. You open one. 
      How many have you got left to open?

Have fun with your family. I wish you all a very

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.


PS: Keep checking back during the holidays.
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