Last week of Term!

 

I'm sure you're all in need of a holiday, this term has thrown us some curve balls. 

Here's some things that we've been up to this week:

Truck safety

Te rā o te reo Māori - Māori celebration day 

•Harakeke weaving

•Tī Rākau

• Kupu scavenger hunt

• Ki o rahi

What's on next week?

As a celebration of finishing reading the BFG, we would like to watch the new release movie as a team next week. Please email us if you have any concerns regarding this.

Tuesday: Top team. This is a Canterbury Sport run whole school event. Come to school dressed in your buddy/house colour!

Wednesday: Tennis coaching. If you have your own racket, feel free to bring it along

Thursday: Ski day (Providing we're in Level 1) - be at school no later than 6am! 

Friday: PTA Sausage Sizzle. Please order via KINDO

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Lynn

Week 9

Please take the time to read this blog as we have a lot on over the next week:

So what is happening next week:

• We have a truck education team coming to see the whole school throughout the day on Tuesday. Each team will have time to learn about truck safety.
• Māori language week is all next week. We are having a full celebration day on Wednesday. Also we hope you all take part in the school wide competition. Your child has brought one of these sheets below home today.
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• Sushi Wednesday
• Anika's basketball fun day Wednesday after school.
• Chocolate Sales for year 8 camp after school Friday
• Friday is the school disco. Depending on the countries Alert Level, we will either have this in the evening, as planned, or we will have a celebration day at school. We will keep you updated.

Paula is away next Wednesday and Thursday on a Wellbeing 2 day course. Whaea Sue Brown will be in the team with Molly.

We are still busy diving deeper into our Inquiry around waste and different peoples perspectives. 

Here are some photos of one of our activities. We had to find pictures to match this question 'What do I know about ENERGY?' 

Today we had a House Day, run by one of our fabulous year 8's Issie. Check out some of the great photos, plus a few from the NZ Playhouse show.

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Lynn

Week 8

Welcome to week 8! 

We know that Molly's happy about having a second winter, but are you? At least we have the blossoms and daffodils to smile at. 

Only 3 weeks left of the term, time's flown by! 

Thank you for supporting your child with the inquiry task this week. With our Inquiry theme being exploring different perspectives around 'Waste', last week we touched on food waste, this week we're looking at Money waste and a new character will be introduce next week. 

What you need to know:

• Look out for Seesaw posts, including our BFG triorama's
• Tuesday-School Photos
• Friday- Subway (Order via KINDO), Assembly, NZ Playhouse performance 1:45pm

Look who popped in for a visit today. Ms. B is one of the best storytellers we know. While she was with us, she read some of our serial story, The BFG, we were all captivated.

Check out the poster below. This is an after school event being run by one of our Year 8 students as part of her leadership project. More information will come out closer to the time.

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Lynn.

Week 7

 This term is flying by. 

As we are staying in Alert Level 2 for awhile, please keep in touch via emails if you need to know anything or if you need our support. We are here for you all!

We've been busy this week learning about how we can preserve food to reduce waste. 

What's happening this coming week:

• Pizza Friday

Please remember that the team space is not open until 8:30am. We often are in meeting and for health and safety reasons, we don't want students in the team space.

A friendly reminder that your child should be reading their book sent home from school. 

Have a nice weekend,

Molly, Paula & Lynn

Week 6

 

Welcome to Week 6. Over half way through the term already! We've said goodbye to our UC students Brittany & Maddie. 

As you might know, our Inquiry focus this term is understanding perspectives. We will be taking this further by looking at different perspectives of waste. Watch this space!

Science- we've been learning to measure and gather data. Check out the pictures below of us measuring how big a splat, playdough can make if it is dropped from different heights.

What's on next week?

Wednesday- Cricket for Year 3's

Friday:

• Assembly

• Sausage Sizzle

Newsletter is coming out today!

Ngā mihi nui Paula, Molly and Lynn

Week 5

 

What a week! We are once again playing the waiting game and hope you are managing to find things within your day that make you smile. We understand that this is a stressful time for some people and we want you to know that we're thinking of you. Let's hope for the best outcome this afternoon. 

Please make sure you are signed up and using our School App, as all information about Alert  levels and how this affects us here at Clarkville will come via this portal. On the app make sure that you are signed up to received alerts from the general/important section of the app.

What's happening next week?

• ICAS for the students that have signed up
• Pizza fundraiser Friday
• Disco 6pm Friday

Inquiry:

We have been diving deeper into our Inquiry, by sharing our perspectives on different subjects and been open to changing our own perspective. 

Here are some photos of us sharing our ideas and listening with a partner.

Ngā mihi nui

Paula, Molly and Lynn

Welcome to Week 4......Ski Week

Yes, it's ski week. 

Hope the weather plays fair and allows for a great day up at the snow.

What is happening this week:

• Wednesday: Ski Day- 7:30am in MPF
• Thursday: Fish n Chips, order through Kindo
• Friday: Assembly 9:10am
• Friday: Chocolate sales after school for Year 8 Camp, $2
• Please remember that the the team space is not open for students until 8:30am each day

We have a lot of sickness in our team and the school at the moment. Please keep your child home is they are unwell and just remind them about how to wash their hands correctly. We have done this at school, but it would be great if you could reinforce this at home.

Our students have been working on their Mihi this week. These will be displayed in the team space, but ask your child if they can say their Mihi to you.

Please follow this link to Ski information here is a  link.

Have a great weekend,

Paula, Molly and Lynn