Kia ora parents and caregivers,
Welcome to our week six KIT notice. We hope you enjoy finding out what we've been doing in the amazing Kowhai Community. Furthermore we hope you all enjoyed the long weekend and the Crusaders beating the Highlanders. WELCOME This week we welcomed Tyler and Jayden. C We hope you both have a great time in the Kowhai Community. BUS TICKETS Congratulations to the many, many children who received a bus ticket (or two) this week. A special congratulations to Anna who got one of hers pulled out at the Celebration of Learning today, to have a Picnic with the Principal for lunch. Receiving a "bus ticket" is a type of positive reinforcement, like a mini certificate and is linked to our school vision and values of ICE DRIVER. Once your child has attained five bus tickets they will receive a certificate through the mail. There is also the opportunity to have their name pulled out at the Celebration of Learning to choose a prize (five children) or have a Picnic with the Principal for lunch (another five children). Unfortunately they don't get a ride on the bus although we're working on something in the background. LOCKDOWN PROCEDURE The children may have come home today talking about being locked in the Kowhai Community, or being told to hide in a breakout room/space for some time this afternoon with their teacher(s). This was a chance for the whole school to practise the Emergency Lockdown Procedure. We hope that we'll never have to use it however we need to be prepared for any circumstance. We explained that it could be due to excessive weather/a storm, a scary dog on the loose, etc., however some children have told other stories of their own hence the reason we are mentioning this. In case you need clarification of todays event. LEARNING CENTRE VISIT On Wednesday we were lucky enough to have some children from the Learning Centre come to visit us and look around our learning space. It was great for some of the children to see some familiar faces of friends that will be starting soon. PARENT VISITS (INQUIRY) Over the last couple of weeks we have been lucky enough to have two parents come in and share how they use creativity and innovation in their jobs. Many thanks to Helen (Anna's mum) and Tammy (Tegan's mum) for giving up their time and talking to us. It was great for the children to hear how these attributes are required and used in the "real world". PLAY DOUGH We'd love some more play dough if anyone has time and is happy to make some. It won't matter if we get more than one lot - the more the merrier! The children love using it for learning/playing. PARENT CONFERENCES These are coming up on Thursday 6 July from 3.30pm-8pm and Friday 7 July from 8am-4pm. You will receive more information in regards to this very shortly eg, how to book, school hours, expectations. REPORTS Some children will be receiving a progress (6 or 18 month) or anniversary (12 or 24 month) report in week 10. If your child got a report last term they will not receive one this term. Similarly if your child hasn't been at school for 20 weeks they will not receive a report. NUMERACY EVENING Thank you to those who came to this evening - it was great to see so many Kowhai parents there! A copy of the presentation and handouts will be posted to the blog this week. LITERACY EVENING We received a follow-up letter/query from this in regards to what and how things are taught in our community. As a result of this, we thought others may have the same queries therefore with parent permission we have posted the letter/queries onto the "Your Questions" part of our blog along with the reply. UPCOMING EVENTS Friday 16 June - Alison Mooney, Parent Workshop at Rolleston College, 6-8pm Friday 23 June - New Entrant Information session for new parents/families and the CCBS (Crazy Cool Beginning School) get together for the children Thelma, Nicole, Jo, Christina, Louise and Natalie [email protected]
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