Parent Class
Owairoa Primary School provides “Living In New Zealand” lessons, which look at all aspects of the New Zealand lifestyle, including customs and cultures, legal, political, health, social, traditions, food, language etc. Also included one afternoon per week is a cooking class for all class participants.
We value parents of International Students and like to give them the opportunity of communicating with and bonding with other parents of students at our school.
As a goodwill gesture, these classes are free of charge to all parents of International Students enrolled at Owairoa Primary School. Parents are welcome to enrol for classes, which are from 9am – 10am every weekday morning during school term time.
My Thoughts...
Every morning from 9 to 10am I have Parents Class. I’m the youngest student in the Parent Class. This is a special international class. We are from different countries from all over the world. In the last three months, I have made lots of nice friends. My best friend is a Japanese girl, my new younger Mum is French.
This is a special class. Every student can speak abut anything they want. We talk about languages, cultures, weather, food, travelling and so on.
This is an interesting and useful class. I still remember that my first class here was not in the classroom but the bush. Last Friday we had our class in the kitchen, so we are learning by doing.
Exactly, the most important thing is our teacher is a good teacher. She always speaks slowly and clearly, she always explains to us patiently. Of course, all of us have made big progress in oral English. We have lots of fun. I really enjoy it. Thanks to my teacher and my friends.
Yanjun Wang – May 2011