Kia ora koutou, Kōwhai whānau,
There was no KIT notice last week due to the excitement of Pet Day - we do hope you didn't miss us too much! Today's notice has information from the last two weeks, as well as information about important events coming up. A big Kōwhai welcome to Hamish, who started school last week for the first time - we hope you enjoy your time in the Kōwhai Community. Pet Day We hope you all enjoyed the Pet Day experience (at least half as much as the children did!) There were some very creative craft entries and floral arrangements, and some delicious cupcakes and fruit and vegetable animals! Thank you for your support of the children as they created their crafts and prepared their pets. Lost property We've started a new 'lost property' box to cope with all the abandoned sweatshirts, hats and polar fleeces. We're encouraging children to check this box when they can't find things, and we've let them know that the teachers are no longer picking up their clothing after them. We're hoping for an improvement in self-management, but this might be a 'work in progress'. To help your child out, please ensure that any clothing (including mufti items) is named clearly with their own name. We have some items in our lost property box that are named with previous owners' names, or are not named at all! New Entrant visits and parent meeting This afternoon we hosted a group of pre-schoolers from our local preschools who will all be turning 5 in the next few months. We look forward to welcoming these children and their whanau to school. In a couple of weeks we will be holding our next NE parent meeting, to inform parents about what happens at school, and to answer any questions they may have. If you know of any NE children starting at West Melton school in the next six months, please check they have received their invitation to this meeting, or email Mrs Herring ([email protected]) for more information. Discovery Friday Today was a mega Discovery Friday. In fact - it was so amazing, that we wrote a blog post about it. Have a look here to find out more, and have a chat to your child to see what they learnt! Athletics fun day On the morning of Friday November 23, a team from Sport Canterbury will be leading an extra special Athletics day for the Kōwhai and Mānuka teams. We will not require any parent help for this event, but do invite you to come and watch if you would like to. There will be more information about specific timing in next week's K.I.T. notice. Farewell and thank you to Miss Tay Today was Miss Tay's last day of placement. We have thoroughly enjoyed hosting Esther in our Learning Community. Esther was patient, kind, gentle, took the time to get to know our learners and our routines, and shows great promise as a future teacher. We wish you well, Esther, as you return to University, and hope you will come back and visit us! Coming up:
Kia pai tō mutunga wiki! Thelma, Sonja, Jo, Lisa, Rachel, Christina & Esther kowhai@westmelton,school.nz
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