Week 6 already! Not long until Christmas.
This week we welcome Hazel to Kōwhai, we are so pleased you are here with us. Athletics Day We had a great day today for our Athletics Sports. We were impressed with the determination and vitality shown throughout the activities. Duathlon Don't forget that we have our Duathlon coming up on Friday 6 December. This is carrying over from Term 1 when it was cancelled. Children will be bringing their scooters from home - can you please make sure the scooters are named. If there are any issues with your child participating please contact your child's pod teacher. Kōwhai/Manuka Prizegiving This will be held on Friday 13 December at 11 am at the Community Centre. We will send out more information closer to the time. Transition Week During Week 9 we will be spending time with our 2020 classes. This will be happening over three days during different parts of the day. On Wednesday 11 December students will be spending the afternoon in their new community and can be collected from there. This will give parents a chance to meet their new teachers and ask any questions you may have. Library books Just a reminder that all library books need to be returned to the library. We will not be issuing any new books for the rest of the year. Have a good look around home to see if you have any hanging around and please return them to the library box by the door in the community. Lost Property We have a large number of items that are missing, please check at home that all of child's uniform is named and has the correct name on it. Sometimes jumpers and hats can accidentally jump into different bags. Queenstown Marathon Big congrats to all of the Kōwhai parents out there that participated in any of the running/walking events over the weekend! We are super proud of Mrs Neal who ran her first full marathon! Last day of school Just a reminder we will be finishing school on Tuesday 17 December at 12:00. Keep up the great work everyone and have a lovely weekend Thelma, Sonja, Jeanette, Julia, Janette and Jo [email protected]
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Man, this term is flying by! We have had such a busy term already! We welcome Jaxon and Isobel to Kōwhai. We are so pleased you are here. Junior Athletics On the afternoon of Friday November 22nd, we will be having our Kōwhai Athletics Afternoon. We will be starting at 1:35 for a Jump Jam warm up, followed by a rotation of 4 activities. Parents are welcome to come and support and cheer your children on. The activities will include running, jumping and throwing. Please ensure your child has appropriate shoes, their hat for the day and warm clothes in case it is cold. Can you please send your child to school with suncream on and we will reapply some at lunchtime. If it is wet, this event will be cancelled. Junior Duathlon Friday 6 December. Please put this date in your diary, we will need some parent help to run this event. We will send out more information closer to the time. Mrs Herring We welcome Mrs Herring back. We have really missed her and she is now a nana to beautiful Cooper. Lost Property We have had a lot of people looking for lost items. Can you please take a moment over the weekend to check that all of your child's uniform has the correct name on it. Literacy in Kōwhai Thank you to those who have attended our information sessions on our Literacy or came in to ask questions. We hope that the information we sent out last week explained what we are doing. Thanks to those parents who have been reading to their children and discussing rhyming words and syllables. We are really happy with how the children are progressing with their sound work, writing and spelling. We have seen great progress in such a short time already. Important Dates Friday 15 November - Show Day (School closed) Monday 18 November - Teacher Only Day (School closed) Friday 22 November - Year 1-4 Athletics (more information to come) Friday 6 December - Year 1-3 Duathlon (more information to come) Toy Drive One of our Kōwhai students is doing a toy drive and was wondering if anyone would like to join her, See the details below. Keep up the great work everyone and have a lovely weekend Thelma, Sonja, Jeanette, Julia, Janette and Jo [email protected] |
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