Welcome back to term 3.

Welcome to week 2

Please take the time to introduce yourself to our two Year 3 Canterbury University students, Brittany and Maddi. They will be with us for the next four weeks.

Just a reminder that the team space is open from 8:30am each morning, before this time we are often in meetings so are not available to supervise students.

 

What do you need to know:

• Ski trip jot form needs to be filled out be Wednesday if you are wanting your child to go skiing.
• Miniball - information about an upcoming competition came out yesterday on the school app. If interested read the information and fill out the jot form by the due date, there is a quick turn around for sign up.
• Sushi Wednesday order through Kindo
• Sausage sizzle Friday - order in the school library from 8:30pm
• Year 8 camp chocolate fundraiser after school Friday 

Lynn Moffitt is our new teacher aid and she is settling well into our team. 

Our Inquiry focus this term is around Perspectives.

We have also introduced circle time and a two minute buddy chat each day. Have a talk with you child about what they are enjoying about some of the new things we are implementing. 

Here are some photos from our two minute chat:

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

Have an amazing weekend

Ngā mihi nui

Paula, Molly, Lynn, Brittany and Maddi

End of Term

Last day of the term and the sun has come to visit!

Thank you all for your time over the last few weeks as we met to celebrated your wonderful child, with Learning conferences. Also thank you for supporting us with our shared morning tea today, it was very yummy.

We hope you all have a great break and you manage to get out and see our beautiful country. Molly will be enjoying some time on the ski field and Paula will be enjoying time with her new grandson and also heading away, to one of her favourite places in NZ, Mt Cook.

When we return in Term 3, we have two university students with us for the first 5 weeks. They are both Year 3 students on their last placement before heading into their own classrooms. We look forward to having their experience in our team.

Lynn Moffitt will be working in our team from next term. She has replaced Hayley and will be in our team Monday to Wednesday 9-12:30.

What do you need to know for the beginning of term 3:

• School starts Monday 20 July
• We have two university students with us for the first 5 weeks of the term
• Wednesday Sushi, order through Kindo
• Friday after school chocolate sales, for year 8 camp

Have a wonderful break, after what has been a crazy time. We look forward to a wonderful term 3.

Week 12

Welcome to Week 12 and last week of a long and interesting term.

Thank you to everyone that has joined us over this last week to celebrate your child's learning. For those of you booked in this week, we are looking forward to catching up with you.

What is happening this week:

• Learning conferences Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday school finishes at 12:30pm and the bus will leave at 12:35pm.
• Subway Wednesday, order through KINDO.
• Wednesday is also Hayley's last day at Clarkville. We will be having a bright hair day on Wednesday.
• Friday we are going to have a shared morning tea and movie, we have also said that the children can bring a soft toy on this day. Please bring something to share, but we would prefer this to be savoury not sweet.
• Friday is the last day of term.

Bird week 27- 5 July. Please click on the link to explore the NZ bird survey website. Some children did this last year and found it very interesting.

We have had a busy week working hard on our new CHILL programme. We have been really impressed at how are students are adapting and how deep they are taking their learning. We are really excited to she this develop and grow next term.

We have also been making a video and farewell present for Hayley. Hayley has been such a big part of our family in Tūhura over the last 8 years. She will be sadly missed. 

Ngā mihi nui 

Paula, Molly and Hayley

Week 11

Kia ora whānau,

Hopefully you're all looking after yourselves and others. We're already starting to bring Term 2 to a close with learning conferences starting next week. We're looking forward to seeing the children share their learning and having a good catch up with you all.

This week we planted some seeds, made some bags and planned for our learning conference.

What you need to know:

• School finishes at 12:30pm on Monday, to kick off learning conferences
• Please let Kathryn know if your child is absent by 9am. The quickest and easier way to do this is through the school app

On a sadder note, Hayley is leaving as at the end of the term. She has had some serious health issues over the last few years and she has now decided to spend more time with her family, she also has some new fun interests that she wants to follow up on. 

Ngā mihi nui

Paula, Molly and Hayley

Week 10

Welcome to week 10!

What you need to know:

• We are busy getting ready for Learning Conferences so please make sure you have booked you time.
• Just a remember of our uniform standards. The only necklaces to worn are ones of cultural significance, hair needs to be tied up if it sits on or below the shoulders, earrings can be worn but they need to be studs or sleepers only.
• If you need to pick you child up early for an appointment, please can you flick us a quick email as it helps us plan our day, especially when we are doing assessment.
• If you are looking at getting your child a device, please make sure you get the information about the deal Juliana and Linda have managed to get for our school.

Have a lovely weekend,

Molly, Paula & Hayley

Engage in Enviro

To celebrate Matariki, we will be having a whole school seed planting session before the end of term. 

Currently, our garden beds need some TLC and are after some nutrients boosting eg. horse/sheep manure and also some pea straw. These materials will help our gardens to be healthy for spring planting. 

Please let Molly know if you’re able to donate and deliver any of the above 

m.hindman@clarkville.school.nz

Week 9

Wow, how did it become Week 9 already......!

What is happening next week:

• Please make sure you book your learning conference.
• Make sure your child has all the equipment they need for learning. This week we have noticed a lot of students have not had glue sticks and whiteboard markers.
• Please make sure your child has a change of clothes if playing on the field
• With the weather getting colder, feel free to send your child to school with slippers.
• Please name all items that come to school eg. pencils, rubbers, drink bottles, clothing.
• Mana Ake drop in, in the office, Monday 1.30 - 3pm.

We have been doing lots of interesting learning for our Inquiry this week. We have put together some scenarios and the students had to work in groups to decide what they would do in the situation. Have a chat with your child about their groups question and what they would do in that situation.

Here are some photos from our collaboration and sharing:

Ngā mihi nui

Paula, Molly and Hayley :o)

Week 8

Kia ora whānau,

Where have these two weeks gone? We hope you're enjoying getting back to somewhat normal. 
We've had a great week of learning and the children are already showing an increase with their independence. 

Abstract art



What you need to know:
Change of clothes- it's getting to be that time of year again where the field is wet. If your child wants to play on the field, they need to bring a full change of clothes.


Please read through this weeks newsletter for any information regarding device purchases, as we are increasing our usage during our core learning time. 

Assembly next Friday- as gatherings have increased in numbers, we invite you to attend in person at 9:10am. 



Have a great weekend,

Molly, Paula and Hayley