Week 6 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia Ora, 

Welcome to Week 6 of Term 2.  We hope you are starting to see Seesaw posts that are coming through about the children's learning.  Thanks for your comments on their posts.

INQUIRY TRIP - we still need more helpers please.
You should have received a notice home about our Inquiry trip for Wednesday 5th of June plus an email copy. This will connect with our learning about native plants.  If you have not put your name down for parent help, and you can assist us on this trip, we would really appreciate it.

MUSICAL BINGO

Musical Bingo is next Friday night, 7 June.

Have you got your tickets yet?

$20 per person, 7pm start, a fun night guaranteed!

Click here to buy tickets :
https://events.humanitix.co.nz/clarkville-school-musical-bi…

OPTIONS/SPORTS
This started in Week 4, and we value your children being prepared with the right gear for what they are involved in.

EGGS
Please remember that we have a child who is highly allergic to eggs, so just a reminder that we request no eggs at school (e.g egg pie).  However, there can be eggs in baking.

CALENDAR 

Week 6
* Queen's Birthday - Monday 3 June
* Inquiry trip - Hōpara - Wednesday 5 June (pp. Thursday 6 June)
* Famine after school - Thursday 6 June
* Famine morning tea - Friday 7 June
* Assembly - Friday 7 June
* Musical Bingo - Friday 7 June
* Winter Sport/Options - Friday 7 June

Week 7
* NZ Playhouse Performance whole school - Wednesday 12 June
* Subway - Thursday 13 June
* Year 8 Pizza fundraiser - Friday 14 June
* Winter Sport/Options - Friday 14 June

Week 8
* Matariki breakfast - Wednesday 19 June
* Canterbury Cross Country Championships - Wednesday 19 June
* Hōpara - Groynes water testing trip - Thursday 20 June
* Assembly - Friday 21 June
* Winter Sport/Options - Friday 21 June

Have a brilliant week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

Week 5 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia Ora, 

Welcome to Week 5 of Term 2.  Have a chat with your child about how they are choosing to be more with their learning.  Some possible discussion ideas could be: why is learning about soil and plants so important, what is something you have learned in Maths this week and can you show me, what is the persuasive argument you are writing about, and why do you believe in your statement, etc.

INQUIRY TRIP - We really nearly more parent help please
You should have received a notice home about our Inquiry trip for Wednesday 5th of June plus an email copy. This will connect with our learning about native plants.  If you have not put your name down for parent help, and you can assist us on this trip, we would really appreciate it.

TEACHER ONLY DAY
Below is an excerpt from the newsletter that was sent out last week (Skids will be open if you need to enrol your child):
In addition to these events, our Community of Learning (Kahui ako) will meet
at a teacher only day on Friday 31 May. This will involve 9 Kaiapoi schools and provide
teachers with professional development alongside those from neighbouring schools. We
hope this will offer families the opportunity for an extra long weekend when combined with
the Queen’s Birthday holiday on Monday 3 June.

TEACHER STRIKE DAY + TEACHER ONLY DAY
Kia ora koutou
Our Kāhui Ako or Community of Learning has 9 schools and we want to collectively put out a letter to our school whanau about the upcoming strike and Teacher Only Day. As you will be aware there is a teachers’ strike planned for Wednesday 29th May. In addition to this, Kātote Schools Kāhui Ako have a Teacher Only Day planned for Friday 31st May.

The date for the Teacher Only Day was set last year so all schools could commit to it and allow us to
book keynote speakers and presentations. With the strike day being set now on Wednesday 29th we
understand the disruption both days falling in the same week may cause some families. Some schools
will be able to offer OSCAR programmes on one or both of these days, however our schools will all
be closed for instruction on both days. The exception is St Patrick’s who have been able to staff
their school with non union teachers on Wednesday 29th May.We greatly appreciate your support as we aim to ensure our schools are better resourced for teachingand learning and continue to provide opportunities for the professional development of our staff.

OPTIONS/SPORTS
This started in Week 4, and we value your children being prepared with the right gear for what they are involved in.

CALENDAR 

Week 5
* Whole school water education (at school) - Tuesday 28 May
* Pegasus Cross Country - Wednesday 29 May (may be changed)
* Teacher Strike Day - Wednesday 29 May
* Teacher Only Day - Friday 31 May

Week 6
* Queen's Birthday - Monday 3 June
* Inquiry trip - Hōpara - Wednesday 5 June (pp. Thursday 6 June)
* Famine after school - Thursday 6 June
* Famine morning tea - Friday 7 June
* Assembly - Friday 7 June
* Musical Bingo - Friday 7 June
* Winter Sport/Options - Friday 7 June

Week 7
* NZ Playhouse Performance whole school - Wednesday 12 June
* Subway - Thursday 13 June
* Year 8 Pizza fundraiser - Friday 14 June
* Winter Sport/Options - Friday 14 June

Have an awesome week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

Week 4 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia Ora, 

We can't believe that we are into Week 4 of Term 2.  We are so proud of our team who got to teach a younger team how to Scratch code this week.  It was great to hear them reflecting on how their teaching went, and we look forward to more teaching opportunities.  Have you tried their game?

INQUIRY TRIP
We are in the midst of organising an Inquiry trip for Wednesday 6th of June.  This will connect with our learning about native plants.  As soon as we have had quotes returned, we will send the notice home via email/paper.

INQUIRY
This term, we are looking at what are the best conditions for native plants to grow at Silverstream, and how we can produce native seedlings to thrive in this environment.  We have already started with pH testing of different liquids, before we move onto soil.

TEACHER ONLY DAY
Below is an excerpt from the newsletter that was sent out last week:
In addition to these events, our Community of Learning (Kahui ako) will meet
at a teacher only day on Friday 31 May. This will involve 9 Kaiapoi schools and provide
teachers with professional development alongside those from neighbouring schools. We
hope this will offer families the opportunity for an extra long weekend when combined with
the Queen’s Birthday holiday on Monday 3 June.

CALENDAR 

Week 4
* School Cross Country - Monday 20 May (postponement Tuesday 21)
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 24 May
* Winter Sport/Options - Friday 24 May
* Assembly - Friday 24 May

Week 5
* Whole school water education (at school) - Tuesday 28 May
* Pegasus Cross Country - Wednesday 29 May (may be changed)
* Teacher Strike Day - Wednesday 29 May
* Teacher Only Day - Friday 31 May

Week 6
* Queen's Birthday - Monday 3 June
* Inquiry trip - Hōpara - Wednesday 5 June (pp. Thursday 6 June)
* Famine after school - Thursday 6 June
* Famine morning tea - Friday 7 June
* Assembly - Friday 7 June
* Musical Bingo - Friday 7 June
* Winter Sport/Options - Friday 7 June

Have a super week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

Week 3 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia Ora, 

Welcome to Week 3 of Term 2.  It is great to see the effort that the children are putting into their learning - we are going to have some great future debaters.  Hopefully you got to see our awesome assembly item.  We say goodbye to Kai next week, as he makes a big shift, and wish him all the best in his next chapter of his life story.

DEAR
Thanks for helping your child have a chapter book in their bag to read.  This could also be non-fiction (if that is what they enjoy reading).

WACKY HAIR DAY
As part of Bullying Free Week, we will be holding a 'Wacky Hair Day' on Wednesday.  There will be no cost, however we ask that children think of something kind that they could do for someone on that day.

INQUIRY
This term, we are looking at what are the best conditions for native plants to grow at Silverstream, and how we can produce native seedlings to thrive in this environment.  We have already started with pH testing of different liquids, before we move onto soil.

TEACHER ONLY DAY
Below is an excerpt from the newsletter that was sent out last week:
In addition to these events, our Community of Learning (Kahui ako) will meet
at a teacher only day on Friday 31 May. This will involve 9 Kaiapoi schools and provide
teachers with professional development alongside those from neighbouring schools. We
hope this will offer families the opportunity for an extra long weekend when combined with
the Queen’s Birthday holiday on Monday 3 June.

CALENDAR 

Week 3
* Mother's Day - Sunday 12 May
* Wacky Hair Day - Wednesday 15 May
* Fish and Chips - Thursday 16 May
* Pizza Fundraiser (Year 8) - Friday 17 May

Week 4
* School Cross Country - Monday 20 May (postponement Tuesday 21)
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 24 May
* Winter Sport - Friday 24 May
* Assembly - Friday 24 May

Week 5
* Whole school water education (at school) - Tuesday 28 May
* Pegasus Cross Country - Wednesday 29 May
* Teacher Only Day - Friday 31 May

Have a brilliant week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

Week 2 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia Ora, 

Welcome to Week 2 of Term 2.  We have dived straight back into learning - persuasive arguments, pH testing, Flamingo Boy, new ChILL assignment, etc.

TEACHER UNION MEETING
A notice came out via Facebook with information about this.  Teachers will be attending a  meeting on Thursday 9 May at 1:30pm, that was postponed from last term.  We would really appreciate it if you could pick your child/ren up at 1:00pm on this day.  If this is impossible, can you please let Kathryn know by emailing her at: admin@clarkville.school.nz
Thanks for your co-operation in this important matter.

SEESAW
Over the holidays, you should have received three rubrics on Seesaw (Writing, Reading and Mathematics).  This week, we have sent out a Values and Inquiry document.  We will be working with these during Term 2, and any Seesaw posts coming home about these curriculum areas will refer to these rubrics/documents.

DEAR
This term, we are planning to have DEAR (drop everything and read) most days.  We would appreciate if your child has a chapter book to read, in their school bag (hopefully one that they are reading at home as well).

INQUIRY
This term, we are looking at what are the best conditions for native plants to grow at Silverstream, and how we can produce native seedlings to thrive in this environment.  We have already started with pH testing of different liquids, before we move onto soil.

CALENDAR 

Week 2
* PTA meeting - Monday 6 May - 6:45pm
* NZEI teacher meeting - Thursday 9 May - afternoon
*Assembly - Us sharing - Friday 10 May - 1:40pm
* Mother's Day - Sunday 12 May

Week 3
* Fish and Chips - Thursday 16 May

Week 4
* School Cross Country - Monday 20 May (postponement Tuesday 21)
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 24 May
* Winter Sport - Friday 24 May
* Assembly - Friday 24 May

Have a brilliant week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn