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

Week 2 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia Ora, 

Welcome to Week 2 of Term 3. What a huge learning week we have had around Blogs.  Thanks for your patience while we get these all sorted.  These Blogs are where children are keeping a record of their learning and reflections, which you will see on Seesaw throughout the term.

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!

* Attitude (from the Parenting Place) - coming to Launch the idea of an Online Company, and the responsibility within this to all of the students of ASPLORE - FRIDAY week 2 at 9:30am. 
* After the Attitude presentation, if you have any questions about how to access your child's Blog via Seesaw, then please come and see us, and we will help you through this.  OR, email us so we can make some changes from our end.

* 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.

CALENDAR 

Week2
* Year 8 Pizza fundraiser - Friday 2 August
* Attitude - Talk with Yr 5-8 - Friday 2 August
* Assembly - Friday 2 August (afternoon)

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

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

Have a super week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

Term 3, Week 1 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia Ora, 

Welcome to Week 1 of Term 3. We hope you had a lovely rest from the school routine, and we look forward to another term of great learning.

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!

* Attitude (from the Parenting Place) - coming to Launch the idea of an Online Company, and the responsibility within this to all of the students of ASPLORE - FRIDAY week 2 at 9:30am. 

* Parent information Evening - TBA

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.

LIFE EDUCATION
We are very lucky to have Life Education working with us over the first week, and we have selected these goals to learn about:

• Why is it important to show empathy towards others?
• Students explore the concept of empathy, and how we can respond to others.
• What is peer pressure and how can we deal with it?
• Peer pressure has both physical and emotional effects. Students explore what those are, relate them to different real-life situations, and formulate strategies to deal with them.
• How do the choices I make online affect me and others?
• Our online behaviour affects others as well as ourselves. How can we make good choices in a digital environment? What differences are there between our behaviour in a digital environment compared to a physical one?

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

CALENDAR 

Term 3, Week 1
* Life Education visits this week
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 26 July

Week2
* Year 8 Pizza fundraiser - Friday 2 August
* Attitude - Talk with Yr 5-8 - Friday 2 August

Week 3
* North Canterbury Cantamaths - Wednesday 7 August
* Assembly - Friday 9 August

Have a brilliant week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

Week 10 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia Ora, 

Welcome to Week 10 of Term 2. This is our last week of a very busy and great learning term.  Thanks for your support throughout this term.

LEARNING CONFERENCES
We look forward to the learning conferences, where your child gets to spend approximately 20 minutes with you and share their learning.  At 15 minutes, our phone timer will go, to indicate that we need to finish within the next few minutes.  As we have back-to-back conferences, we do need to stick to our times.  Please have phones on silent.  Thanks for your consideration with this. You are welcome to come in and wait at the opposite end to where we are holding our conferences, to escape the cold.

Please take note of the early closure on Wednesday 3 July.

Learning conferences will be held:

Week 10

Tuesday 2 July             3.10pm – 7.30pm

Wednesday 3 July       1.30pm – 5.30pm

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

SILVERSTREAM

Dear Parents

We are planning a trip to Silverstream Reserve on Tuesday 2 July from 10am – 12.30pm. We will travel to and from the Reserve by bus and there is no cost for families.

Children are encouraged to come to school in warm mufti clothes with gumboots or strong shoes. Bringing a uniform to change into afterwards would be ideal.

We would love some parents to accompany us on this trip. Please let your team teachers know if you are available to help out. 

Ngā mihi nui

Juliana Rae

Tumuaki/ Principal

CALENDAR 

Week 10
* Learning conferences - Tuesday-Wednesday
* Whole school trip to Silverstream - 10:00am Tuesday
* Early closure for conferences - 12:30 Wednesday 3 July
* Make a wish mufti day - Friday 5 July
* Year 8 Pizza Fundraiser - Friday 5 July

Term 3, Week 1
* Life Education visits over the next two weeks
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 26 July

Week2
* Year 8 Pizza fundraiser - Friday 2 August

Have a super week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

Week 9 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia Ora, 

Welcome to Week 9 of Term 2. What an awesome trip we had on Thursday - finding wildlife in the river, and searching for markers around the Groynes (orienteering). Thanks again to those that were available to help.

LEARNING CONFERENCES
We look forward to the learning conferences, where your child gets to spend approximately 20 minutes with you and share their learning.  At 15 minutes, our phone timer will go, to indicate that we need to finish within the next few minutes.  As we have back-to-back conferences, we do need to stick to our times.  Please have phones on silent.  Thanks for your consideration with this. You are welcome to come in and wait at the opposite end to where we are holding our conferences, to escape the cold.

Please take note of the early closures on Monday 24 June and Wednesday 3 July.

Learning conferences will be held:

Week 9

Monday 24 June         1.30pm – 5.30pm

Tuesday 25 June         3.10pm – 5.10pm

Wednesday 26 June    3.10pm – 5.10pm

Thursday 27 June        3.10pm – 7.30pm

Week 10

Tuesday 2 July             3.10pm – 7.30pm

Wednesday 3 July       1.30pm – 5.30pm

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

OPTIONS/SPORTS
This started in Week 4, and we value your children being prepared with the right gear for what they are involved in. Our last session will be Week 9, this next week.

SILVERSTREAM

Dear Parents

We are planning a trip to Silverstream Reserve on Tuesday 2 July from 10am – 12.30pm. We will travel to and from the Reserve by bus and there is no cost for families.

Children are encouraged to come to school in warm mufti clothes with gumboots or strong shoes. Bringing a uniform to change into afterwards would be ideal.

We would love some parents to accompany us on this trip. Please let your team teachers know if you are available to help out. 

Ngā mihi nui

Juliana Rae

Tumuaki/ Principal

CALENDAR 

Week 9
* Learning conferences begin - Monday through to Thursday
* Early closure for conferences - 12:30 Monday 24 June
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 28 June
* Winter Sport/Options (last one) - Friday 28 June

Week 10
* Learning conferences - Tuesday-Wednesday
* Whole school trip to Silverstream - 10:00am Tuesday
* Early closure for conferences - 12:30 Wednesday 3 July
* Make a wish mufti day - Friday 5 July
* Year 8 Pizza Fundraiser - Friday 5 July

Term 3, Week 1
* Life Education visits over the next two weeks
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 26 July

Have a fabulous week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

Week 8 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia Ora, 

Welcome to Week 8 of Term 2.  Learning Conferences times are filling up fast.  Please check your emails for details on how to book.  These are a valuable insight into your child's learning and what they are proud of. 
Please take note of the early closures on Monday 24 June and Wednesday 3 July.

Learning conferences will be held:

Week 9

Monday 24 June         1.30pm – 5.30pm

Tuesday 25 June         3.10pm – 5.10pm

Wednesday 26 June    3.10pm – 5.10pm

Thursday 27 June        3.10pm – 7.30pm

Week 10

Tuesday 2 July             3.10pm – 7.30pm

Wednesday 3 July       1.30pm – 5.30pm

NEXT INQUIRY TRIP
You received a notice and an email last week for our Inquiry trip into the Groynes.  We will need at least 10 parent helpers or more for this trip to happen.  Thank you in advance for your assistance.

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

OPTIONS/SPORTS
This started in Week 4, and we value your children being prepared with the right gear for what they are involved in. Our last session will be Week 9.

MATARIKI BREAKFAST



SILVERSTREAM

Dear Parents

We are planning a trip to Silverstream Reserve on Tuesday 2 July from 10am – 12.30pm. We will travel to and from the Reserve by bus and there is no cost for families.

Children are encouraged to come to school in warm mufti clothes with gumboots or strong shoes. Bringing a uniform to change into afterwards would be ideal.

We would love some parents to accompany us on this trip. Please let your team teachers know if you are available to help out. 

Ngā mihi nui

Juliana Rae

Tumuaki/ Principal

CALENDAR 

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

Week 9
* Learning conferences begin - Monday through to Thursday
* Early closure for conferences - 12:30 Monday 24 June
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 28 June
* Winter Sport/Options (last one) - Friday 28 June

Week 10
* Learning conferences - Tuesday-Wednesday
* Whole school trip to Silverstream - 10:00am Tuesday
* Early closure for conferences - 12:30 Wednesday 3 July
* Make a wish mufti day - Friday 5 July
* Year 8 Pizza Fundraiser - Friday 5 July

Have a super week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

NZ Playhouse Show

NZ Playhouse Show coming to Clarkville

For the last two years we have had NZ Playhouse visit the school to perform for us in the MPF. Their performances are of a high quality and have had us all laughing in our seats.

We are pleased to welcome back New Zealand Playhouse for their show The Tortoise and the Hare.

After beating the Gingerbread Man in the finals of ‘Who’s the Fastest Of Them All?’ everyone knows The Hare is the undisputed ‘Master of Faster’ and if they don’t they soon will thanks to the Hare’s boasting and gloating about their momentous momentum. In fact, the only creature the harebrained Hare hasn’t beaten in a race is the Tortoise, but why bother when everyone knows it would be a walk-over and a run-over. Or maybe not.

New Zealand Playhouse will be coming to us on Wednesday 12 June at 1.50pm. The cost is $5 per student and this amount will be added to your account.

Any parents who would like to join in the fun would be very welcome. The show will finish just before the end of the school day. There is no cost for parents but we would appreciate you arriving before 1.50pm to avoid interrupting the show.

Thank you for your support.

Ngā mihi nui

Juliana Rae

Tumuaki/ Principal

Week 7 Home Communication

Whiriwhiria kia eke panuku! 

(Choose to be more!)

Kia Ora, 

Welcome to Week 7 of Term 2.  Learning Conferences times are filling up fast.  Please check your emails for details on how to book.

NEXT INQUIRY TRIP
A notice should have come home yesterday about our next Inquiry trip, and this has also been emailed.  Information will need to be returned to us.  We will need at least 10 parent helpers or more for this trip to happen.  Thank you in advance for your assistance.

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

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

MATARIKI BREAKFAST



SILVERSTREAM

Dear Parents

We are planning a trip to Silverstream Reserve on Tuesday 2 July from 10am – 12.30pm. We will travel to and from the Reserve by bus and there is no cost for families.

Children are encouraged to come to school in warm mufti clothes with gumboots or strong shoes. Bringing a uniform to change into afterwards would be ideal.

We would love some parents to accompany us on this trip. Please let your team teachers know if you are available to help out. 

Ngā mihi nui

Juliana Rae

Tumuaki/ Principal

CALENDAR 

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

Week 9
* Learning conferences begin - Monday through to Thursday
* Sausage sizzle - Friday 28 June
* Winter Sport/Options - Friday 28 June

Have a super week!

Chris, Nick, Lynn

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