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nd Curriculum
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Reading
AFTER
YEARS AT SCHOOL
AT SCHOOL
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Copyright for the text, illustrations and/or photographs is as stated in the original publication.
Night is a Blanket
by Barbara Hill,
illustrated by Clare Bowes
Work together...
Help support your childs learning by building a good relationship with your childs teacher,
finding out how your child is doing and working together to support their learning.
READING
AT HOME
Make it real
Reading makes more
sense if your child can
relate it to their own life.
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ur c
to feel stre hild starts
ssed by wh
at
theyre rea
ding, take
a break and
read the
rest of the
story aloud
yourself k
eep it fun.
As parents, family and whnau you play a big part in your childs learning
every day, and you can support and build on what they learn at school too.
www.minedu.govt.nz/Parents
nd Curriculum
w Zeala
e
N
The
AFTER
writing
AT SCHOOL
YEARS AT SCHOOL
Wr
i
This example of student writing has been reproduced by kind permission of the writer Crown 2009.
Work together...
Help support your childs learning by building a good relationship with your childs teacher,
finding out how your child is doing and working together to support their learning.
WRITING
AT HOME
Keep writing
fun
and use any
excuse
to encourage
yo
child to write ur
about
anything, an
y time.
As parents, family and whnau you play a big part in your childs learning
every day, and you can support and build on what they learn at school too.
www.minedu.govt.nz/Parents
nd Curriculum
w Zeala
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N
The
AFTER
mathematics
AT SCHOOL
Math
em
at
ics
YEARS AT SCHOOL
Focus on number
During your childs third year at school,
6080 percent of mathematics teaching
time will focus on number learning.
Work together...
Help support your childs learning by building a good relationship with your childs teacher,
finding out how your child is doing and working together to support their learning.
MATHEMATICS
AT HOME
your child
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while you a Use the
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things toge
st
at works be
language th our child.
y
for you and
As parents, family and whnau you play a big part in your childs learning
every day, and you can support and build on what they learn at school too.
www.minedu.govt.nz/Parents