Week 7 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia ora, 

Welcome to Week 7 of Term 3.  We also welcome Georgia (Miss Marsh) and Nic (Mr T) who are our student teachers for the remainder of the term.  Are you still checking out your child's blogs? We hope you are enjoying the videos.

SCHOOL PHOTOS
These are on Tuesday.  Can you please ensure that your children are wearing tidy uniform.

PATHWAYS
You should have received a slip of paper home on Wednesday, indicating what categories your child have completed in their pathways. They need to complete at least one from each category, and attain the stars that they require for the certificate (blue/white, red/black) or medal (black/white).

DEVICES AND APPS
If your child has a device that they can bring to school, this would be beneficial, as the use of devices will be huge amongst our teams.  The following apps or programmes would be helpful to have: Doink greenscreen and animation, stopmotion, imovie, google slides, google docs, google email, google drive.

FIELD PLAYING
Due to our winter conditions, if your child wants to play on the grass, they will need a change of mufti.

CALENDAR 

Week 7
* Tennis workshops (bring racquets if you have them) - Monday 2 September
* School photos - Tuesday 3 September
* Subway - Thursday 5 September
* North Canterbury Kapahaka - Friday 6 September (9:00-11:45)

Week 8
* Christchurch Cultural Festival (Kapahaka) - Wednesday 11 September - all day
* Assembly - Friday 13 September - 1:30pm

Week 9
* Parenting Week Talk - Tuesday17 September
* Year 8 Pizza Fundraiser - Friday 20 September

Week 10
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 27 September
* Last day of term - Friday 27 September

Have a fabulous week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

Week 6 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia ora, 

Welcome to Week 6 of Term 3. Are you checking out your child's blogs? These are where the children are keeping a record of their learning and reflections, and you are welcome to make comments on their posts.  The children will be posting their latest imovie this coming week.  We are impressed at how they are trying different digital skills.  Please feel free to come in during our company times in the mornings to see what is going on.  You should be receiving a Seesaw post about their storyboards.

DEVICES AND APPS
If your child has a device that they can bring to school, this would be beneficial, as the use of devices will be huge amongst our teams.  The following apps or programmes would be helpful to have: Doink greenscreen and animation, stopmotion, imovie, google slides, google docs, google email, google drive.

FIELD PLAYING
Due to our winter conditions, if your child wants to play on the grass, they will need a change of mufti.

CALENDAR 

Week 6
* School Ski Trip - Tuesday 27 August (school as per usual for those not skiing)
* Assembly - Friday 30 August - 1:30pm
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 30 August
* Father's Day - Sunday 1 September

Week 7
* Tennis workshops (bring racquets if you have them) - Monday 2 September
* School photos - Tuesday 3 September
* Subway - Thursday 5 September
* North Canterbury Kapahaka - Friday 6 September (9:00-11:45)

Week 8
* Christchurch Cultural Festival (Kapahaka) - Wednesday 11 September - all day
* Assembly - Friday 13 September - 1:30pm

Have a lovely week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

Week 5 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia ora, 

Welcome to Week 5 of Term 3. Are you checking out your child's blogs.? These are where the children are keeping a record of their learning and reflections.  You are welcome to make comments on their posts.  Please feel free to come in during our company times in the mornings to see what is going on.

DEVICES AND APPS
If your child has a device that they can bring to school, this would be beneficial, as the use of devices will be huge amongst our teams.  The following apps or programmes would be helpful to have: Doink greenscreen and animation, stopmotion, imovie, google slides, google docs, google email, google drive.

FIELD PLAYING
Due to our winter conditions, if your child wants to play on the grass, they will need a change of mufti.

CALENDAR 

Week 5
*Year 8 Pizza Fundraiser - Friday 23 August

Week 6
* School Ski Trip - Tuesday 27 August (school as per usual for those not skiing)
* Assembly - Friday 30 August - 1:30pm
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 30 August
* Father's Day - Sunday 1 September

Week 7
* School photos - Tuesday 3 September
* Subway - Thursday 5 September
* North Canterbury Kapahaka - Friday 6 September (9:00-11:45)

Have a brilliant week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

Week 4 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia ora, 

Welcome to Week 4 of Term 3. Are you checking out your child's blogs.? These are where the children are keeping a record of their learning and reflections.  You are welcome to make comments on their posts.

We are well into our Youtube/Website Company Challenge, beginning with tasks and workshops that will enhance your child's knowledge.  Ask them about Storyboarding, and what they learned in Maths this week.

Remember that our parent evening is on Wednesday, 14 August at 5pm. This is where we will share with you how we are structuring the learning for Asplore, and the fun we have had so far.  We would really appreciate it if you could please send us a quick email to let us know that you are coming, so we can accomodate you.  Please email: c.goldsack@clarkville.school.nz 

DEVICES AND APPS
If your child has a device that they can bring to school, this would be beneficial, as the use of devices will be huge amongst our teams.  The following apps or programmes would be helpful to have: Doink greenscreen and animation, stopmotion, imovie, google slides, google docs, google email, google drive.

FIELD PLAYING
Due to our winter conditions, if your child wants to play on the grass, they will need a change of mufti.

ST JOHN WORKSHOPS
Our teams are lucky to be involved in St John workshops this next week.  Check in with your child about what they learned on Monday.

STAR JUMP JAM

Clarkville School will be taking part in JUMP JAM 4 StarJam 2019 on Friday 16th August. This exciting event is being held nationwide and will help us to raise awareness around disability and promote health and wellness in our community. Lexie and our Dance Troupe will lead a 30 minute Jump Jam session in the morning. Please show your support and donate a gold coin. Participants will receive a StarJam wristband. All funds raised enable StarJam to help young New Zealanders with disabilities unleash their full potential through the magic of music, dance and performance. We have Star Jump groups in Rangiora and in Belfast.

CALENDAR 

Week 4
* St John workshops - Monday 12 August
* Asplore parent information evening - Wednesday 14 August - 5:00pm
* Fish and Chips - Thursday 15 August
* Assembly - Friday 16 August - 1:30pm
* Star Jump Jam - Friday 16 August - 10:15am - gold coin donation

Week 5
*Year 8 Pizza Fundraiser - Friday 23 August

Week 6
* School Ski Trip - Tuesday 27 August (school as per usual for those not skiing)
* Assembly - Friday 30 August - 1:30pm
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 30 August
* Father's Day - Sunday 1 September

Have a fantastic week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

Week 3 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia ora, 

Welcome to Week 3 of Term 3. You should all be shared into your child's blogs.  These are where the children are keeping a record of their learning and reflections, which you will see on Seesaw throughout the term.  We are very proud of the collaborative skills that the children are showing (hence the whakatauki above).

TIMETABLE
Over the last few years, we have often integrated Literacy in with our Inquiry as much as possible (which meant that we were doing Literacy and Inquiry during the mid and last sessions of the day).

We will be fully integrating our Literacy, Mathematics and Digital Technologies programmes, into the great 'Youtube/Website Company Challenge!' Hōpara and Matawara will be combining their talents, in across team groups of 5 students, and will be  creating their own company. Each company will need to develop their vision and focus, and create content for their website that others will want to learn from or view. We can't wait to see what the kids come up with!

This programme will run Monday - Wednesday from 9:15am - 12:30pm and some time on a Friday, and will incorporate our core curriculum subjects, in addition to Leadership and our Pastoral Care programmes. Each student has their own 'home teacher' (not necessarily their 'team' teacher) who will be guiding them through this exciting learning, in addition to the associated assessment within it.

NOTE - you may receive Seesaw posts from teachers other than your child's team teachers this term.

DATES TO NOTE AROUND THIS - 

The following are workshops that will run to inform you about the processes we are following for this learning. Feel free to attend all!

* Parent information Evening - 14 August - 5pm

DEVICES AND APPS
If your child has a device that they can bring to school, this would be beneficial, as the use of devices will be huge amongst our teams.  The following apps or programmes would be helpful to have: Doink greenscreen and animation, stopmotion, imovie, google slides, google docs, google email, google drive.

FIELD PLAYING
Due to our winter conditions, if your child wants to play on the grass, they will need a change of mufti.

CANTAMATHS
Good luck to our Year 6s who are representing our team at Ohoka.

DISCO
This year's disco is on Friday, 9 August 6-8pm. The theme this year is Dancing Through the Decades - so pick your decade and find a costume to suit! Entry is $6 per child which includes a goody bag and with DJ Straya (Vikki) we promise great music, games and prizes for the most creative costumes. Clarkville students only at this event please and you will need to have your tea before you come as no outside food is allowed.

Please send your child with a named water bottle as we won't be providing bottles of water for the children again 

this year, this is to reduce waste.

Tickets will be sold prior to the disco via Kindo https://shop.tgcl.co.nz . Please purchase your child's ticket by 

midday on Friday, 9 August. There will be limited door sales so buying your ticket on Kindo will guarantee entry. 

You don't need to bring your Kindo confirmation with you, we will have a list at the door on the night.

If you have any questions about the disco please don't hesitate to get in touch with Krissie on 0274 782 114 

or jewellerybykrissie@yahoo.co.nz .

CALENDAR 

Week 3
* North Canterbury Cantamaths - Wednesday 7 August
* Disco - Friday 9 August  (6-8pm)

Week 4
* St John workshops this week
* Fish and Chips - Thursday 15 August
* Assembly - Friday 16 August
* Star Jump Jam - Friday 16 August

Week 5
*Year 8 Pizza Fundraiser - Friday 23 August

Have a super week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn