Kia ora Kowhai parents and caregivers,
A warm welcome to Term 2! It's been lovely to see all the children back at school, and to catch up with all the holiday news. We hope you've managed to settle back into school routines with the challenge of colder and darker mornings. Welcome An extra special welcome to Tessa, Larisa, Immy, Emily and Jack H who have started school for the first time this week! And also to Alex H who started school in the last week of Term 1. We hope you have a wonderful time in the Kowhai Community and a great start to your school years. Sunhats Sunhats are not required at school in Term 2 or Term 3, so please store these somewhere safe at home until Term 4. All sunhats were sent home at the end of last term, so if yours hasn't made it home, you may need to check the lost property boxes. As the weather gets cooler you may want to send gloves, a warmer hat and a warmer jacket for your child to wear to and from school, and at break times. If you do this, please ensure everything is clearly named (especially gloves!) as these bulkier items often don't make it into school bags for storage, and are easily misplaced. Please also make sure that all lunchboxes, drink bottles and snack containers are clearly named - there were several at the end of last term which were not claimed. Sandpit Wow! Have you seen our new 'mega' sandpit?! Over the holidays we've had a bit of a make-over in our outdoor area, and we were all super excited to see our sandpit when we came back to school! We're on the scrounge for some buckets, scoopers, spades, anything 'sand-pitty' - if you have things at home that your child has outgrown (or perhaps you no longer have a sandpit?!) we'd really appreciate your kind donations! One of the most amazing (and most used) things in our sandpit is actually several small lengths of PVC piping (in varying diameters). If you have any of this lying around at home, or have a secret source, again, we'd love your donations! Cross Country Next Tuesday is our school-wide cross country. We have been practising very hard this week, and learning to pace ourselves so we can run for long distances without stopping. Some of us have had to work very hard to not be distracted by dandelions or small dogs passing on the footpath! We're really looking forward to showing you our running skills on Tuesday! There have been several emails home with full details about the time and course for Tuesday. Please see your child's pod teacher if you have not received this information, or need more information. Parent information sessions You should have received emails from the office advising you of two up-coming evening information sessions. On Wednesday May 10 there is a session about Learning Support. On May 17 it is our Intermediate Open Evening, and on May 23 there is a session about supporting your child in reading and writing. Other sessions this term include Digital Citizenship and maths. Please check with the office if you have not received email information about the Learning Support or Literacy evenings. Inquiry In our inquiry time this term we are talking about being creative and innovative. You'll hear lots more about this over the term, we're sure! Perhaps over the weekend you could ask your child what the two words mean, and help them to notice instances when they are being creative or innovative. Lost Frazer has been missing his school sweatshirt since Tuesday / Wednesday of this week. It was put in his schoolbag, but may have fallen out and been accidentally 'tidied' by another child. Please have a look in your child's bag to check it hasn't come home to your house! Just to keep you on your toes, the sweatshirt will be named with 'Nash' or 'Ryder'. :o) That's it everyone! Have a great weekend - here's hoping for a mild start to Saturday morning for winter sports. We'll see you all next week! Thelma, Nicole, Jo, Christina, Louise & Natalie kowhai@westmelton,school.nz
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