Week 2 Term 4

Athletics week after a long weekend!

What a positive and busy first week back. It was great to see all your lovely students slotting back into school mode and ready for learning.

Yes it athletics on Tuesday. Please make sure your child has a drink bottle, extra lunch, sunblock and their SCHOOL SUNHAT!

What is on this week:

• Sunhat's are compulsory from next week, please make sure these are names clearly. This term we are asking the students to leave their hats in their bags so as to not encourage anymore headlice.

• Camp: there has been a change in the cost for any special dietary requirements, it was $15, but we have just been emailed to say this is now $12. Kathryn is aware of this. PLEASE RETURN LAST WEEK NOTICE BY TUESDAY AT THE LATEST, AS WE NEED TO PASS THIS INFORMATION ONTO LIVING SPRINGS.

• Sausage Sizzle Friday.

• Choose to be Talented Friday afternoon.

Ngā mihi nui

Paula, Molly and Hayley

Week 1, Term 4

Huge welcome back to everyone. We hope you have all had a fantastic break and ready for a busy and fun filled, Term 4.

It is with great happiest that we welcome Hayley back into our team. We have really missed Hayley's positive, supportive and smiling face in our team and we are overjoyed to have her back with us!

So what's happening this week:

• ERO will be in the school all week.
• Camp is Week 4, 7-9 November, a second notice will be coming home tomorrow (Monday). This will have two forms attached that you need to fill out and return.
• Athletics is Tuesday of Week 2. We will be practising every afternoon this week, so please make sure your child is wearing sports shoes.
• Please remember that the team space is open for students from 8:30am each morning, not before this as we often have meetings and there maybe no one in the team space to look after your child, formal learning starts at 9am.

Please know that we are always available if you need to chat about anything. It is not always possible in the morning, due to how busy the team can get, but we are only any email away, and we can make a time to meet with you.

Ngā mihi nui

Paula, Molly and Hayley

Week 10

Last week of term is upon us already. Hope you all have a relaxing holidays ahead of you.

What's on this week:

• Tuesday 25 September: Shared Inquiry afternoon 1:30 - 2:30, if you can, please come and see what we have been learning this term in Inquiry.
• Wednesday 26 September: North Canterbury Kapahaka, please see the notice that came home today
• Friday 28 September: Assembly and Sausage Sizzle
• Friday last day of the term.

When some of the team were up skiing, those of us back at school enjoyed an innovated fitness come maths session:

Then back into the team for some collaborative art:

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Anne.

Week 9

Week 9 already!

What's on this week:

• Ski day Wednesday, please check your notices to see the information you need. Please ensure payment is made by Monday at the lastest.
• On Wednesday Gemma Kemp-Inwood, with the support of Cookie Time, will be doing a fundraiser $2 hot chocolate and cookie at morning tea. Please bring $2 and your own cup.
• Pet show notice has come home today for those students who take part each year in the Arg. Club Pony, Calf, Sheep and Gardens. Please not that we are not going to the AMP Show this year as stated in the newsletter, sorry this was my fault (Paula)
• Athletics notice came home today also.

Please can you return your Head lice notice asap.

We are also still waiting for a few North Canterbury permission slips to be returned. 

Look at this fantastic piece of Collaborative Art that the student who didn't go to Kapahaka last week did:

Yesterday the Year 3"s had a cricket session, check out the photos below:

Thanks you to the few families that took part in our 'Give it a Go' Te Reo challenge this week. Children love to see their parents attempt new learning.

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Anne.

Week 8

Kia ora whānau,

REMINDERS:

Please bring your head lice notice back.

Te wiki o te reo Māori Week 8
More information about this has come through via email. We challenge you!

We will be doing Seesaw reflections this week so if your child has a device at home, this will relieve the demand on our classroom devices. Thanks!

Next week:

Thursday:
-Yr 3 Cricket
-Fish n Chips. Please order before Tuesday Night via KINDO.

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Anne.

Week 7

What on this week?

Cultural Festival in Town this Friday - students need to be at school at 9am and they will not be back until 3:30pm.

There is a head lice letter coming home for you to sign and return. This is to help us keep on top this problem and hopefully make life easy for you by as all working together to try and control this problem.

Thank you to all the fantastic Grandparents that joined us on Thursday as part of our Inquiry. The students loved the conversations and it gave them some real authentic insights into how life use to be.

Please remember to return your Kapahaka North Canterbury Cultural Festival notice asap. 

Check out some photos below:

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Anne.

Week 6

Week 6 and what a busy week it's going to be!

Kia ora whānau

What's on this week:

• Tuesday St John's

• Wednesday Ski day

• Thursday Tūhura Grandparent Day

• Friday Sausage Sizzle

If you are going on the Ski Trip payment ids due to Kathryn no later than Monday.

St John's
On Monday and Tuesday Paula Hart from St John will be coming in to run First Aid sessions for our children. Year 1-6 will have the Injury Prevention module and Year 7-8 will have the Responding to an emergency module. The school will cover the cost for these sessions.

Here are some photos from our trip to town, our Huts and Tennis.

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Anne.