Kia ora koutou, Kowhai Parents and Caregivers, It's the end of another busy week in the Kowhai Learning Community. We've managed to squash lots into this week - no wonder we're all a bit tired today! A special welcome to Ella who started school this week. We were super lucky this week as it was Kowhai's choice for the bell music across the school. We chose one of our favourite new songs - Three Little Birds. We really like the reminder in this song not to worry about things! Feel free to have a sing-a-long over the weekend with your family! This week we continued to build on our early routines and expectations, as we began the more formal learning parts of our programme. We look forward to continuing this next week as we settle into the year and our regular programme. Life Education This week each pod group has spent two sessions with Harold the Giraffe (Life Education), finding out about how each of us are Very Important People, and how we can 'boost' each other with kindness, rather than 'bug' each other. We expanded on these ideas with our Discovery Friday theme today, so you will find more information on today's poem, and by asking your child to tell you about what they did when they visited Harold. BYOB (Bring your own book) As discussed at our Powerful Connections Meeting, we are encouraging all children to bring a book from home to share with a buddy on a Friday. This might be a picture book or an early chapter book, and will be kept in your child's reading packet and read just after morning tea. Poetry books Please ensure poetry books are left in reading packets for the week. This means they can be used throughout the week as an independent reading option, and also means they will definitely be there when they are needed on a Friday morning! Powerful Connections Meeting Our sincere thanks to those parents who were able to attend Tuesday night's Powerful Connections Meeting (meet the teacher). We appreciate that it is often difficult to schedule and attend meetings in the early evening. We enjoyed the opportunity to explain our programme in a little more detail, and to answer your questions about what we do each day. For those of you who were not able to attend, we have endeavoured to 'catch' you at school pick-up or drop-off and give you the handout we distributed on Tuesday night. We've also linked to an electronic copy here, so you can refer back to this information as the year goes on! We'll be continuing to give this out to new parents as their children start school. Parent help As mentioned at the Powerful Connections Meeting, we'd love some help in our Learning Community. Our thanks to those parents who have already offered to help return reading books each week. There is probably room for one or two more helpers with this important job - it would help to spread the load and would be a great way to meet other parents! :o) We'd also love some play dough, and someone who is able to source a regular supply of (untreated) wood for our keen builders and hammerhands! If you are able to make some play dough over the weekend, or if you'd like to come in and make some first thing Monday with a small group of children, that would be fantastic - please comment below so we know to expect you! And if you're able to source some wood, material, wool or assorted cardboard (or if you pass the printers at Templeton and could pick up some off-cuts for us!), again, please comment below so we can start making some plans. Our thanks in advance for your support of our learning. Mufti Day Next Friday (February 23) there will be whole-school mufti day. Children may come in mufti of their choosing (with parental guidance, of course!) - there is no 'theme' for this mufti day. All children are asked to bring a gold coin (or coins) and to contribute to the coin trail that is planned for the front court. This Mufti Day will be a fundraiser for those in Tonga who have been affected this week by Cyclone Gita. If you have any questions, please comment below. A reminder that next Tuesday we have another Community information evening about the introduction of NPDL across our school (full details in last week's K.I.T. notice, or in the school newsletter); and that the following week we have an information evening about play-based learning. You are warmly invited to both of these evenings! Kia pai tō mutunga wiki (have a great weekend), Thelma, Sonja, Jo & Christina kowhai@westmelton,school.nz
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Sharlene
16/2/2018 05:11:58 pm
Hi. Sorry working full time I can't really donate time... but I can probably swing alot of screws and nails from work.
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kowhai team
16/2/2018 07:06:51 pm
Completely understand the pressures of full time work - and we love catching up when you do get in! Thanks SO much for the offer of screws and nails - we'll definitely take you up on that!!!!! :o)
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Adele Staples
16/2/2018 08:37:19 pm
Will work on getting some wood for you. :)
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kowhai team
16/2/2018 09:30:39 pm
Oh yay! Thanks Adele - that would be fabulous. :o)
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