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This week we welcome Nikisha and Georgie, we are so pleased you are here. At home Literacy Thanks for all of your hard work in the Home Literacy books it is really making a difference when children are consolidating their learning at home. These books are coming home every day in place of a reader so that your child can share their learning and practise it at home. Cross Country Coming up on Monday 29th of June is our annual Cross Country (postponement date 30th June). All Year 0-4 learners will participate in the fun running event which will be held at school. Kōwhai will begin at 10am, Tī Kōuka will begin at 10.20am and Mānuka will begin at 10.40am; please note these times are a guide only. Children will wear their usual uniform to school with appropriate shoes. The learners would love parent support if you’re able to come and cheer them on! We look forward to seeing you there. Maths We will be sending out a sheet in the children's home learning book that we would love you to fill in please. This will help our maths teaching for the next couple of weeks. Arriving at school Thanks for all of your support with encouraging your child to continue to be independent in the morning. It is great to see these skills still developing and we have noticed how much calmer it is in the morning. We are still available by email and to chat after school. If you do decide to bring your child into class in the morning, you can empower your child by getting them to carry and unpack their own bag. Seesaw We have really missed sharing our learning with you on Seesaw. So we have decided to start back up with our Seesaw journals. This will look slightly different this time however as the app we were using was especially designed for Home Learning. Click on the link below and then you will be able to choose your child from the list. You can do this from your computer or your phone. If you use your phone once you are logged in it will ask you if you want to download the app. (Seesaw family app) BUCKENHAM POD https://app.seesaw.me/s/122-367-752 BEAUMONT POD https://app.seesaw.me/s/047-932-437 DUNLOP POD https://app.seesaw.me/s/137-448-176 HERRING POD https://app.seesaw.me/s/478-528-713 If you have any issues please come and see your pod teacher and we can help you through it! Library Day - Tuesday Just a reminder that our Library day is Tuesday for returning books. Have a great weekend Kōwhai Teachers [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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Welcome to Week 8!
This week we welcome Paige, Georgia, Peter, Cade, Albert and Kobe. We are so pleased to have you here. Pyjama and Teddy Day On Friday 12 June the whole school is having a pyjama and teddy day. Children can come to school in their pyjamas and bring a teddy. We will be having a full day of fun with our teddies for Discovery Friday! Westview Crescent An email has gone out from Mrs Jackson regarding the changes to traffic around Westview Crescent. Please make sure you have a look and follow the new one way system. Literacy We are full swing back into our literacy programme. Children will be bringing home follow up activities to support their in class learning. Please keep an eye out for these in reading packets and ensure they are returned the next day. Communication With children being dropped off and picked up at the gates we don't get to see as many of you as we used to, don't forget we are just an email away if you have any concerns. Keep warm over the weekend and fingers crossed for level 1. Kōwhai Teachers [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Welcome back to Term 2 we have loved seeing all of your children's faces. They have all settled back into school life so nicely. Thank you so much for all of your efforts over lockdown and for trusting us with your precious children. We feel very lucky to have such a supportive community.
A special welcome to Sophie, Emily, Levi and Hamish who have joined our community since our last K.I.T. notice way back when!! We are so pleased to have you here. Level 2 Thank you so much for your understanding about our new protocols around arriving at and leaving school. Thank you for your support and encouraging your children to arrive independently. We can not believe the increase in confidence in our Kōwhai children and how calm and settled the mornings have been. Keep up the great work. This week we have been focusing on reconnecting and re-establishing our class routines. We will slowly reintroduce different parts of our formal programme over the next couple of weeks. Library Books If you have any library books please return them to school and we will send them back to the library. Literacy Keep up the great work with learning the sounds and heart words with your children. It is great to reinforce how to read, say and write these sounds and words at home as well as at school. Communication If you have any concerns or questions please do not hesitate to contact your pod teacher. Stay safe everyone Kōwhai teachers [email protected] Over half-way through the term!! We have welcomed Evander and Jaxon to Kōwhai and we are so pleased to have you here!
Ako Conversations Thanks to those that we have already met this week and we look forward to seeing the rest of you next week. We love the chance to catch up with you and your child to set some goals going forward this term. Swimming We have finished our swimming now for the term. The pool and weather are just too cold! Home Literacy Books Thanks for all of your support with this, practising at home is really consolidating the work we are doing in class. Please make sure the books and reading packets are at school everyday. Library Books Please remember to return them on a Tuesday afternoon or into the blue box by the door. World Map In Kōwhai we have a world map at our play end and we would love to hear where our children and their parents are from and pin it on our map. We would love to hear what brought you to New Zealand and anything thing else you would feel comfortable sharing with us. Wood and Nails We are on the hunt for some wood and nails for our carpentry table. If you have any contacts or any spare nails hanging around we would really love them! Playdough Calling any playdough makers! We need you! We would love to have some playdough to use next week for play. If you have any spare time over the weekend and enjoy making playdough, can you please send it along. Partnership Evening #3 Wednesday 25 March is the next evening and it is 7 pm- 8 pm. In the staffroom. This week's topic is School 101. This will give you an idea of what happens here at school. Have a great weekend Nicole, Sonja, Thelma and Jo [email protected] Welcome to Week 4 already!! We are really enjoying settling into our routines and getting well under way with our programmes.
Literacy We are well underway with our Literacy programme and have begun to send home our 'Home Literacy' books. These will take the place of a reading book and instead will follow up on work done in class. The activities may include learning songs, sounds, practising letter formation or learning to spell and write 'heart' words. Please look out for these in your child's reading packet and please make sure they come back to school each day. Thanks so much for your support with this. It is great to see the children sharing their learning with you at home. Junior Duathlon Just a reminder that our Junior Duathlon is happening on Monday 2nd March with the postponement date on Wednesday 4th March. Our races will be first up and we will split into waves. We will race in our pods. Please make sure that you name your child's scooter and helmet. On the morning please make your way to the front court to see Mrs Beaumont and she will help you find where to put your child's scooter. Ako Conversations These are coming up on Thursday 12 March, Tuesday 17 March and Wednesday 18 March. These are meetings that we have together with you and your child to check in to see how everything is going and a chance to set some goals for the rest of the term. A link was emailed out from the office with the details of how to book a time with your child's pod teacher. We look forward to seeing you all at these evenings. Swimming We will continue to swim on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon as long as the weather permits us to do so. Please make sure all of your child's belongings are named. Library Just a reminder that our Library day is Tuesday and this is the day that we return our books and issue new ones. There is always a box out in the class if you would like to return them earlier. Parent Survey If you took part in our transition week last year we would love to hear some feedback from you. Please fill out the following survey, we would love to hear from you. Parent Survey Partnership Workshops Keep an eye out on our school Facebook for information on our Partnership Evenings. The next one is on BYOD at our school. Wow, lots of information, sorry! Have a great weekend. Nicole, Sonja, Thelma and Jo (And Ally) [email protected] Welcome back everybody it is so lovely to see you all again and to meet new faces.
An extra special welcome to all of our new students Oscar, Kaiden, Laila, Isabelle, Hugo, Archie, Sebastian, Clara, Jaxon, Charli, Himari, Kate, Jake, Carlos, Connor and Sophia. We hope you have an amazing time in Kōwhai. We are super lucky to have Ms Ally Colton all the way from America here in Kōwhai to teach with us for Term 1. She is working alongside Sonja to learn all about the New Zealand Curriculum and how New Zealand schools function. Please make her feel welcome! Swimming Our swimming days this term are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please make sure the children have all of their things named and in a separate swimming bag. While you are checking if everything is named can you please have a look for Carlos' shorts. They went missing after swimming on Wednesday and may have ended up in someone else's bag by mistake. Library We will be going to the Library on a Tuesday now, please make sure any library books are in the reading packets on a Tuesday ready to be returned. Literacy We are beginning to start our Literacy Programme next week. We will be sorting children into groups and looking at how we can best meet their needs. Powerful Connections This takes over from Meet the Teacher. This year it will be held on in Kōwhai Wednesday the 19th of February over two sessions. The first session is 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm and the second is 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm. We will be discussing how our programme works and our daily timetable - similar to our New Entrant Presentation. All About Me Next week we are focusing on 'All About Me' on Friday we would really love all children to bring along a bag with 3 things that are special to them (for example favourite book, toy, photos of special places etc). These will go home again on Friday. To make our classroom feel like a home we would really love you to send a framed photo of your child so that we can display it on our mantlepieces for the year. If you do not have a frame we have a few spares in Kōwhai. These will get returned at the end of the year. Duathlon We are sending out a notice today all about our Junior Duathlon. Please have a look and return the notice if you are available to help. Keep Monday 2nd of March free so you can come along and cheer on your little athletes! Book Club Keep an eye out for the Lucky Book Club that came out today. If you are wanting to purchase from this you can return it to the office or order on line. All of the details will be on the form. Wow, that was a long KIT notice! These come out every fortnight so make sure you take the time to read them because they contain lots of great information about what is coming up! Have a great weekend Nicole, Sonja, Thelma and Jo [email protected] Only one full week left!! We welcome Bayley to Kōwhai this week, we are so glad you are here.
Wow, we have been so busy in Kōwhai with Athletics and today we had our Duathlon!! Duathlon Wow, all of the teachers were so impressed with the effort that all of the children put in and how much determination they showed to finish!! Some of the teachers will be feeling a bit sore after todays teacher race as well. We are hoping to put some photos up later on today. A big thanks to all of the parent helpers who made the event run so smoothly. Swimming We had our first swim of the new season on Thursday, thanks to everyone who sent along named togs and towels. We are aiming to go swimming again on Tuesday (and possibly Thursday or Friday) if the weather is warm. If you would like your child to swim please send along their togs and a towel on those days. The aim of our sessions is just to become confident in the water and to have fun! End of Year Prize Giving Year 0-3 This is on Friday 13 December at 11 am in the West Melton Community Centre, you are all welcome to attend. We will be singing a couple of songs for you. After the prize giving we welcome you to come back and have a picnic lunch with your children at school. Reports On Wednesday we sent home our end of year reports, completed goal sheets and next year placement forms. If you haven't already seen these, you may need to search the reading packets!! Reading Books All of our reading books will be collected on Friday or Monday. If you have any floating around at home please make sure that they are returned to school by Monday please. Also Library books should all be back by now. If you have any spare time in the mornings after drop off we would love some lovely parents to help us return all of the books to the book room. Lost Property There is an unnamed XS polar fleece in Kōwhai. If you think it might belong to you please come and claim it from a teacher. Transition Week A reminder that next week will be Transition week where the children will be visiting 2020 classrooms. On Wednesday the 11 December children will be spending the afternoon in 2020 communities, you are welcome to come and visit your child's 2020 learning space and pod teacher from 2:30. All children can be collected from 2020 community spaces on this day and if your child is not returning to West Melton School can be collected from the Wharenui. What a wonderful year! We feel very privileged to have taught your children this year and to have spent time with all of our Kōwhai whānau. Thank you very much for sharing your children with us! For those who have children moving on to Ti Kouka (Year 2) we will miss you and feel free to come and visit us anytime. For those whose children are remaining with us in Kōwhai next year, we look forward to seeing you after the holidays. Keep safe and have a lovely holiday with your family Thelma, Sonja, Jeanette, Julia, Janette and Jo [email protected] 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] 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] Welcome to Term 4,
We welcome Reid, Ella, Jonah, Grace, Will, Bailey and Greta. We are so pleased to have you with us. Literacy Programme We are streamlining our Literacy programme where we take all of the things that we have been currently doing and bring them altogether as well as adding some more specific targeted teaching. What does this mean for you?
Kōwhai Sanctuary Trip Thank you so much to all of our wonderful parent helpers. We have had a great day, we will add some photos on our blog and on Seesaw. If you haven't already connected with us on Seesaw please follow the link below: Hats Just a reminder that Term 4 is a hat term where all of the children need to wear their hats when going outside. Upcoming Events Monday 28 October - Labour Day (School closed) 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) |
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