Week 5 Notices

This week

Monday

Young Vinnie's talent show auditions at lunchtime. 

Samoan language activities at lunchtime.

Tuesday

Young Vinnie's talent show auditions at lunchtime. 

Samoan language activities at lunchtime.

Wednesday

9.45am Visiting the Ko Hata Maria, te Matua Wahine o te Atua icon.
12pm - Senior School Mass
Samoan Language lunchtime activity

Warmer Wednesday - bring something small wrapped in tinfoil to heat up at lunchtime. 

Thursday

Library - bring books to exchange. 

Cross Country

Friday

Whole School Mass

School-wide house activities (pm)

Lunchtime Roller skating

Sausage sizzle

Only two words from Viv this week - Great Chefs. 

Wow, it's a busy week!

School Uniform

The children are wearing their winter uniform with pride and they look great, here are a few reminders. 
Polar fleeces are to be worn outside the class only. We had been wearing these in class as we had the windows and doors open, now we have our air purifiers it will be warmer in class. 

As it is getting a little chilly, the children may need to make sure they have their red knit jersey. They are able to put on their polar fleece when they go outside.
Jewellery - Earrings must be studs, religious and cultural jewellery is acceptable. No bracelets, anklets etc. Nail polish - Nail polish must not be worn to school.

Shoes - This information is from our Website.
In winter, boys wear grey knee high socks with black lace up leather school shoes and girls wear navy blue knee high socks or navy blue tights with black lace up leather school shoes or black Mary-Jane shoes - with a strap across the top of the foot.

We have Mass this week and it is expected that all children are in the correct uniform.

Cross Country

I will be sending an email regarding the transport for the Cross country later this evening. Sorry for the delay, unfortunately some parents have not filled in the form which has made the organisation drag on. 
We do have enough transport. 

Event overview:
12:45pm - Transporting children from school to the Redwoods Visitor Centre
1:10pm 9 yr old Girls
1:20pm 9 yr old Boys
1:30pm 8 year old Girls/Boys
1:40pm 10 Year old Girls
1:50pm 10 year old Boys
2:00pm 11 year old Girls
2:10pm 11 year old Boys
2:30pm - Transporting those children who catch a bus or require after school care back to school


Children come to school in full uniform and change into P.E. gear for the afternoon events. For the event students will need:
Running shoes & P.E. gear
Jersey
Drink bottle
Any medication required

Teacher Only Day - June 7

There will be no school on this day for the children. If you require child care you can contact Maryanne Rolling on 0211 215599.

Cooking with Grandma Gail

Every week small groups of students have been learning to cook waffles with Grandma Gail. We only have a few groups to go then we will move on to learning a different recipe. If whanau have an idea, please discuss it with your child to bring the idea into class. 

What else are the students learning during this time?

• To work as a team. 
• Helping others.
• To follow a recipe. 
• Communicating with peers and adults.
• To sequence the steps through the images and text, as above. 
• Have fun!

Remember, R4 students are also very lucky to spend time with Viv on Fridays cooking the sausages for the school. Almost everyone has had a go at this now. 

Warmer Day tomorrow

 During the winter terms R4 will be having Warmer day on Wednesdays. Students can bring something small wrapped in tinfoil to heat up for lunch in our mini oven. Some items the class thought might be suitable are:

• sausage rolls
• cookies
• savouries
• toasted sandwich
• hashbrown...

Please remember that it is just to warm up - not cook. This is not compulsory, it's a choice ;-)

Birthday Celebrations

A message from the Totara teachers. We understand that many children like to celebrate their birthday by bringing in treats to share with their class.  With COVID still having a presence in our school we do not want to be sharing food in this way.   It is also a financial strain on some families who feel they must keep up with the birthday sharing tradition, and therefore we would ask you to celebrate birthdays at home.

Thank you,

Totara Teachers

Week 4 Term 2 Notices

Parents/ Caregivers please ensure you have completed this Cross Country form, even if you can't attend or help. It helps our school plan for transporting students who require a ride.  Remember our Cross Country is on the afternoon of Thursday, June 2nd. Thank you. 

Pink shirt day

It was great to see the students supporting Pink Shirt day on Friday. We will keep the conversations happening in class. 

Classroom kai. 

We are planning to have some toast and spreads available for students in the morning before school.  There may be students in our school arriving without breakfast and I also appreciate that from breakfast to morning tea is a long time. Everyone will be welcome to have some toast.  Students will be informed when this is going to start, hopefully later this week. 

Monday

Tuesday

Gymnastics

Wednesday

Chess

Thursday

Library - bring books to exchange. 

Singing practice

Friday

Roller skating at lunchtime

Sausage sizzle

Cooking while hiding from the weather. 

Coming up:

June 2 - School Cross Country

June 7 - Teacher only day. 

Bullying, knowing about it can help.

 We discussed identifying bullying as  bullying as the following:

Whether bullying is physical, verbal, or social (relational), four widely-accepted factors can be used to identify it:

• Bullying is deliberate - harming another person intentionally

• Bullying involves a misuse of power in a relationship

• Bullying is usually not a one-off - it is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated over time

• Bullying involves behaviour that can cause harm - it is not a normal part of growing up.

This is from the Bully free NZ website. 

 Here is a short video we watched in class.

Continue the discussions. The best we can do is to educate and inform. As parents we should always be ready to listen and where possible teach through positive experiences, even when it might be tough. 

MOre information can be found here. 

Pink Day this Friday

 On Friday we are wearing pink to show our support for stopping bullying. Please bring a gold coin donation. 

In R4 we will start the learning tomorrow by exploring what makes us unique and how we all have our own superpowers. 

Today James, Tamba and Lennox cooked some waffles with Grandma Gail. Apparently they did very well and even cleaned up after themselves.  

 

Week 3 Term 3 Notices

 It was nice hearing students update whanau on their learning goals last week. If you weren't able to make it, or have not yet made an appointment please contact Mr J to make a time to meet. This is an important step in student learning journeys. 

This week:

Monday

School Photos

Cross country training, bring PE gear. We'll run after we've had our photos taken. 

Fun gym at lunchtime

Tuesday

Cross country training, bring PE gear

Wednesday

Cross country training, bring PE gear

Chess with Mr G at lunchtime

Thursday

Cross country training, bring PE gear

Library - bring books to exchange

Book club at lunchtime

Friday

Cross country training, bring PE gear

Sausage sizzle 

Roller skating in the hall at lunchtime

Coming up: 

Cross Country June 2 (see below)

Teacher only Day June 7

Structured Literacy Parent Information Meeting. Here is the information to put on your blogs.

Are you curious about the new approach to spelling and reading taking place at school? You may have learnt a little about this at your parent conference this week. 

Come along and learn about the structured literacy approach, what this means for your child and how you can support their learning at home.

Our consultant, Marion Kirby from Learning Matters will give you a brief overview of how the brain learns to read - you may learn a thing or two yourself!

See you upstairs in the Staffroom at 3.15 pm Wednesday the 18th of May. Tea, Coffee and snacks provided. 

Cross Country information for parents of Year 4-6 children 

 Cross Country 2022

On Thursday 2nd June we will be holding our annual Cross Country for Year 4-6 in the Redwoods. Please could all parents and caregivers fill in the form below?

Cross Country form

Principal for the day raffle. 

Winners

We are runners-up in a Sunflower competition growing competition. Students who are currently in our class and were also with us last year have been helping Mr G. in the gardens a lot. 

We have won two worm farms and a gift voucher for $150 which we will use to buy more items for our school gardens. 

The students below have also entered a pumpkin growing competition. 

 

Week 2 Term 2 Notices

 Remember - bookings made for 3-way conferences on Tuesday are transferred to the same time on Thursday. Wednesday bookings are unaffected. 

If you still need to book a 3-way conference time here are the details:

 How to make a booking

Bookings are now open. How do parents make a booking for their child's Three Way Conference?

 There are a number of ways bookings can be made. Either:

 1) Go to the School App and then the Links section then School Interviews. Enter the code akwma

 2)  Go to www.school interviews.co.nz and enter the event code akwm

Monday

Cross country training - bring PE gear. 

Tuesday

Cross country training - bring PE gear. 

Wednesday

Cross country training - bring PE gear. 

Chess and indoor bowls in the hall at lunchtime. 

3-way conferences after school, parents and students to attend. 

Thursday

Cross country training - bring PE gear. 

Library - bring books to exchange

3-way conferences after school, parents and students to attend. 

Friday

Cross country training - bring PE gear. 

Sausage sizzle

Coming up:

Monday 16 May - School photos. 

Cross Country

On Thursday 2nd June we will be holding our annual Cross Country for Year 4-6 in the Redwoods. Please could all Parents and Caregivers fill in the form below

Cross Country form

Viv said these two were awesome on the bbq. 

Week 1 has flown by

Lost: A student lost his grey school shorts today. Can parents of boys in R4 please check school bags to check they aren't at your house. Thanks. 

We have crammed in a lot this week, our class has been super busy and everyone has been doing some fantastic learning.

We have made some manu tukutkuku (Maori kites) to help us learn about the Maori legend of Hatupatu and the Birdwoman. 

 

We chopped up our giant pumpkin and we are giving it away. We have kept some seeds to plant next year as well.

 

Leonardo shared a wonderful piece of art that he has been working on at home.  

We continued our waffle making with Grandma Gail, maybe some Mums will get waffles on Sunday?

Alex shared some videos of him flying with his Grandad, which the class were very interested in. 

Week 1 Term 2 Notices

 Welcome back for Term 2.

A few reminders:

• Students should be wearing winter uniforms. Items can be purchased here. 
• PE gear is required every day as we are training for the Crosscountry. 
• We are wearing masks in class, see Mr Macmillan's notice about this here. 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Library - bring books to exchange. 

Friday

Sausage sizzle

A notice from Mrs Bye:

My Mother is helping organise a container of items to be shipped to Ukraine. They are wanting toiletries and clean used warm clothing. If you have anything you would like to donate you would need to bring it to me on Monday as everything is being collected next Tuesday or Wednesday.

Week 2 Term 2 Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences

 We have Three-Way Conferences (for Parent/Student/Teacher) scheduled for Tuesday 10 May and Wednesday 11 May. Families can choose the day that will work best for them. 

 Students and their parent(s) need to attend a 10 minute appointment on one of these two days. Details are provided below for how to make an appointment.  

 Appointments available

Tuesday 10 May 3.15 - 6.45pm

Wednesday 11 May 3.15 - 5.35pm

 How to make a booking

Bookings are now open. How do parents make a booking for their child's Three Way Conference?

 There are a number of ways bookings can be made. Either:

 1) Go to the School App and then the Links section then School Interviews. Enter the code akwma

 2)  Go to www.school interviews.co.nz and enter the event code akwm