Week 6

Half way through the term already!

We have had awesome week, with some fantastic learning happening with the launch of our Inquiry on Tuesday. We had fun learning about the Pony Express, Morse code, Hieroglyphics and Virtual Reality and how communication has changed over time.

We was great to see how much our students learnt and retained from the day, when we reflected on Wednesday.

Assembly is this Friday 9.10am

It has been great to see our students coming in each day ready for learning.

This is the email that was sent home yesterday:

As teachers we often have after school meetings and we are not available to supervise students. The school rule is to head to the yellow benches by the office to wait for parents. Some of our students have younger siblings in Whakarewa, we ask that these children also go to the yellow benches. The reason for this is that the students in Whakarewa wait on the playground for their parents as this is a safe place, if we have siblings going over there, there becomes to many children in a small area and this can be overwhelming for the younger students.

Gala is Friday 20th March. Please check out the Gala information that was added to the school app and emailed out this week.

This information below was emailed out to our parents yesterday:

As you all know the Gala is fast approaching, once again this year Tuhura families are asked if they could please contribute to the bake sale. 

It would be great if every child from Tuhura could provide something to be sold at Gala, this could be some cookies, a cake, slice, fudge or even some chutney or jam, the options are endless, it would be appreciated if there could be some gluten-free items also. 

We ask that you could support us by making sure these items are packaged ready for sale, if not we can support this. All items will need to be dropped to the MPF by Friday 20th  March by 9 am, please.   

A list will go up on the classroom door, if you could please add your name and item of baking you are doing, this provides us with an idea of what to expect on the day and to make sure we get a good range of baking to sell. 

If you have any questions please get in touch 

Jess - 027 509 2491

Thanks 

Jess

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Hayley

Week 5

Week five is upon us!

We have had a busy week getting into our literacy and maths sessions. We are still doing some testing to make sure all our students are in the correct groups to support their learning going forward, so some groups may change.

Please keep an eye out for a seesaw post from your child's literacy teacher about what they are focusing on and how you can support this at home. 

Have a chat with your child about 'Bliss Time', that we have introduced this week.

We are just putting the last of our Team Treaty together, so this should be up on the wall at the end of the week.

We are planning on doing some science experiments over these next few weeks, so if you have any jars at home with lids, we would love them.

This week we have started an 8 week programme called Pause, Breathe, Smile. This programme is about building resilience, mindful breathing, gratitude, kindness and emotional literacy. This programme supports our conversation around our treaty and how we need to work as a team all the time. We will send home some information, next week, about this programme.

Calling for a gardener!
Is there anyone in our community that would like to help us out in the school garden? Thanks to Zac and Rico's stall, we have money for some winter seedlings and would love to get these in before the weather changes.  

Please pop in or email if you have anything you want to chat about.

One of our key focusses this term is how we can Manage Ourselves. One of the biggest things we are noticing is that a lot of our students are very tactile, we are talking lots around how touching others can be annoying. We ask that you please take the time at home to chat with your child also, this will help our tamariki know that we are all working together.

Hope you all have an amazing weekend.

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Hayley

Week 4

Kia ora whānau,

We've had a lovely couple of weeks building our team treaty and will hopefully be on display sometime next week. Time's been spend on understanding who we are and how we want to treat each other, some great conversations were had. 

Some things you need to know:

Literacy: this is starting next week and you'll be notified who is teaching your child when the goals/rubrics are posted on seesaw. Please arrive at school before 9am as our literacy will be starting at 9:10. 

Maths: this will also start on Monday, but we are still doing some testing so groups may change over the next few weeks.

Harry Potter: We are looking at reading the 1st Harry Potter book as our serial story. Please let us know by Monday if you have any questions or concerns about this.

CLARKVILLE PRODUCE

SWAP or DONATE

It’s harvesting time of year and we all know that anyone with a garden is sick of
the fruit or vegetables they’ve grown themselves. 

So look out for a stall set up by the office over the next couple of weeks where
you can come and trade-in your harvests for others around the community. 

Don’t have anything to swap? Not a problem, just make a donation that will go
towards the school enviro group.

Johny is doing a fundraiser as part of his Stepping Stones. Please read the notice below to see how you can help:

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Hayley

Week 3

Week 3 is here already.
Hope everyone had a nice Waitangi day and long weekend for some!
This week we will be starting some maths, looking at our literacy groups and doing some testing to support these groups. 
Our big focus will be finishing our treaty and making sure that everyone has a feeling of belonging in our team. 

Please remember:

• Sunhats need to be at school everyday
• Please make sure your child has sunblock on each day
• Bring a drink bottle each day
• Mini ball will start on Tuesday 18th February
• Here are the links for the jot forms to sign up to Mathletics and Reading eggs. Payment is due Monday 17th February Mathletics   Reading Eggs
• Our class is open for learning from 8:30, before this time the teachers will not be available as we are often in meetings.

Here are some photos from our team building on Wednesday:

Just a notice from Kathryn, please check your child's hair for headlice.

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Hayley