Week 7 in Kawaka Syndicate...

Kia ora Kawaka whānau,

This week brings us to our EOTC event - Pukaha Mt Bruce. 

Wednesday 28th November - Rooms 6 and 8
Thursday 29th November - Rooms 7 and 9.

Here is the link again to Pukaha Mt Bruce - a wonderful local resource for our children and us alike.
https://pukaha.org.nz/
Thank you to all of the parents who will be helping on the day.

Beautiful and special Manukura - the white kiwi. 

The long finned eels..
Freshwater eels in NZ (link)

Reminder of our wonderful Christmas sing-a-long - next Tuesday week 8 - 11am in the school hall. 

Ka puäwai, ka hiki ki te haere (our health lesson for this week):

We are looking forward to a wonderful last 3 weeks of this term and year. 

Week 6 - the year is going faaaast!

Kia ora Kawaka whānau: 

Reminders: 

Week 7 next week Pukaha Mt Bruce trip: 

Rooms 6 & 8 go on Wednesday 28th November
Rooms 7 & 9 go on Thursday 29th November

Wonderful things to look at on their website. https://pukaha.org.nz/

Please make sure you have let your child's teacher know if you are coming and paying the $10 entrance fee (special rate).

HEALTH LESSONS: 
Over the last few weeks we will be covering some of the following:

Week 8 - our Kawaka informal Christmas sing-a-long...your child should have given you this notice:

Week 5 - Kawaka Syndicate =)

Reminder: Strike day - Friday 16th November. No school for the children. 

WEEK 4 with Kawaka Syndicate.

Kia ora parents and caregivers...

Points to note: OUR SCHOOL ATHLETICS DAY this Tuesday 6th November.
Here is the timetable for years 3 and up...
TIMETABLE
Roll taken in home class 8.50-9am then meet on the South Field
Distance Races (y5-8) 9:10 - 10:00am
Round 1 10:00 - 10:30am
Morning Tea 10:30 - 11:00am
Round 2 11:00 - 11:30am
Round 3 11:30 - 12:00am
Round 4 12:00 - 12:30pm
Lunch 12:30 - 1:00pm 
Round 5 1:00 - 1:30pm
Round 6 1:30 - 2:00pm
House chants 2pm - 2.15pm
House Relays 2:15 - 2:45pm

Our health sessions this week will cover: 

SCHOOL CLOSED 

Teachers and Principals around New Zealand are still under contract negotiations with the Ministry of Education. The next proposed industrial action will be on Friday 16th November. Due to the large number of staff taking part in this action, our school will be closed for the day and parents will need to make alternative arrangements on this day. 

Hi Kawaka parents and caregivers...

SAUSAGE SIZZLE $2.00 each.

Friday 26th - please give money to the office either Thursday or Friday morning.

Ka puāwai, ka hiki ki te haere - health unit.
We are starting this unit in week 3......
Co-operation and creating a caring classroom environment.
Learning Intentions: Take action as a class member to develop a positive classroom environment.
Identify and explore how people's attitudes and actions contribute to a positive school environment.

PUKAHA MOUNT BRUCE EOTC trip:

Please check your child's bag for this notice that went home this week:

Please note that we need parent help on the day for each class - 4-5 parents for each class.

Welcome back to term 4

Kia ora, 

Wow into our new term - PLEASE check your child's school bag as there is a welcome to term 4 notice that will be in there. 

Home learning - basic facts, spelling and reading. Please read with your child, to your child or listen to your child read. 

One date that is on Tuesday is our annual health curriculum information evening.

I hope you all received the health letter via email. If not please contact one of the teachers and we will get a paper copy to you. Information can be found here: http://health.tki.org.nz/Teaching-in-HPE/Policy-guidelines/Sexuality.

This notice below is the one going home as a paper copy. Please note the dates of things coming up.

15.10.2018

Kia ora and welcome back to term 4, 2018

KAWAKA SYNDICATE

Here’s to a great last term of 2018 - how fast has this year gone?

Here’s to a great term from us teachers: Gaylene Hansen (R6), Rachel Burt (R7), Sue Lyford (R8) and Andrew Wattie for the 1st week back (R9) - and Mr Nick Adcock will be back teaching in R9 for the rest of term 4.

We are always thinking of Rhonda as she is continuing her getting well journey.

For this term Rachel will be filling in as Kawaka Syndicate leader, supported by our wonderful team.

• Uniform: School sun hat and please ensure all your child’s uniform items are named.
• Home learning: Goes home on a Monday and in on the Friday. Consists of: Reading, basic facts and spelling.
• Kawaka blog: https://kawaka2018.blogspot.com/

• Week 1:
• We would like to invite all our parents and whānau from across the school to our annual health curriculum information evening. This will be held in the school library from 5.30-6.30pm on Tuesday 16th October.  
• Friday 19th October - Our Greytown School Pet Day ( postponement will be the first fine day)
• (Please note that school finishes at 12.30pm for your child/ren).
• Week 2: Monday 22nd October - Labour Day
• Week 4: Tuesday 6th November - School athletics day (postponement date is: Wednesday 7th November)
• Week 6: Wednesday 21st November - Interschool athletics
• Week 7: Pukaha Mt Bruce trip - information will be sent home with the dates and cost of this. (The approximate cost will be around $20).  
• Week 9: Day to be confirmed: Kawaka Christmas sing-a-long and picnic lunch.
• Week 9: Friday 14th December - last day of term 4.

Term 4 Learning:

We have some very exciting learning coming up in term 4:

We will be doing ‘Ultimate Waste’ lessons which is part of the ‘Zero Waste Education programme’ run by Jo Dean (Zero Waste Educator).

More information here if wanted: https://www.zerowasteeducation.co.nz/

Our Inquiry Ka Puawai is health based and covers:

• How to show respect
• Self in relation to others – similarities and difference
• Self in relation to gender
• Identifying own strengths
• Making friends
• Identifying and managing feelings
• Body parts
• Growth
• Caring for the body

Maths we will be completing our multiplication/division unit, with fractions and probability to follow. Ending the year with Nrich and math word problems.

Day to day maths basic facts and hot spots.

Literacy we are going to be using a reading/writing contract in class where the children will be covering a variety of tasks in both areas.

Our library time we are going to focus on finding examples of expert writing to share with each other to encourage what the children are learning in class.

Arts: Mrs Kirkland will be taking her visual art lessons. We will be doing syndicate singing every week, leading up to a fun Christmas sing along nearer the end of term. We will continue using GoNoodle for daily fitness and dance.

PE: Athletics skills training leading to our school athletics day in week 4 and interschool athletics after that. We will then be doing Summer sports, playground games and continuing daily fitness.

EOTC: Before and after our trip to Pukaha Mt Bruce we will be doing learning around  native birds and eel. https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/conservation-education/resources/

Circle time and SHARP lessons: We will be continuing both of these.

We incorporate all subjects into all areas of our daily learning - to encourage real life learning.

Regards from the Kawaka team:

Rachel Burt R7, Sue Lyford R9, Gaylene Hansen R6 and Nick Adcock R9.

Week 9 and 10

Please see below this post for 3 other new posts published tonight (Disco, Scooter Safety and Pet Day)

Welcome to Mr Wattie (Andrew Watson) who is in Room 9 relieving for Nick Adcock. Home Learning will resume next week. Please check with your child's teacher if you have any questions about this.


Speech presentations are happening this week and next. We have been very pleased with the way the children have risen to this challenge.






Please check lost property during the next week - there are a lot of fleeces, shoes and other items waiting to be collected.

Scooter Safety

Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Constable Julie Orr will be in school to provide a 45-minute scooter safety lesson to all Kowhai and Kawaka students. Scooters and helmets will be available however children may choose to bring their own. Closed toe shoes are also needed.

Below is the timetable. Children will be allowed to ride their scooters at playtimes during Week 10.

School Disco

PET DAY

PET DAY - 2018 Greytown School Agricultural Day 

Friday 19th October 2018 ( Cancellation will be the first fine day)

This is Week 1of Term 4. Please note that school finishes at 12.30pm for your children. (It so happens to be the beginning of Labour Weekend)....

Please check the 6th of September School Newsletter on the Greytown school web page.

Kapa Haka Sausage Sizzle Fundraiser

Friday 14th September. $2.00 a sausage.

Summer Sport Sign up is tomorrow - 4/9/18.

Summer Sport Sign up is tomorrow - 4/9/18. 

1.20pm in the Hall for Juniors and 1.30pm for Kawaka, Kahikatea and Kauri. 

Confirmed clubs are: 

Tennis (young to teenagers catered for)

Twilight hockey (not for juniors)

Baseball

Greytown Martial arts club (Jnr classes full but need more seniors)

South Pacific Taekwondo

Greytown Swimming Club

TBC - Cricket and Athletics. 

Speeches and Home Learning

NO .... Home Learning of spelling and basic facts Weeks 7 and 8 (3rd September to 17th September)

During Weeks 7 and 8, your child will write and prepare a speech at home to present to their class during Weeks 9 and 10. 

Next week will bring home the information on how to prepare their speech and what they will be marked on. The MAIN aim of speeches is for each student to confidently present information to their class. If for some reason they do not bring this home please email or speak to one of the Kawaka Syndicate teachers.



PLEASE keep hearing your child read and you read to them. 

Week 6

The Changing Face of Learning and Our Future Greytown School Direction

Tonight Tuesday 28th August in the hall, 7-8pm we will be having an information evening for ALL our parents and whànau to begin to unpack The Changing Face of Learning and Our Future Greytown School Direction. This evening will be hosted by Donna Golightly from Using Technology Better and Patrice.



Gill and Esther from Enviro Schools are coming to speak to Kawaka Syndicate on Thursday as we continue to inquire into our Green-Gold status and how we (the children and teachers) can work towards sustaining our environment for the future.

Maths Week

This week Kawaka Syndicate will be moving around the four classes experiencing all sorts of exciting activities and problems as part of our Maths Week Celebration. Ask your child what they have been learning.

OPEN AFTERNOON for Maths Week is this Thursday
12:30 -1:30 in classes
1:30 -2 Afternoon Tea
2 - 3 Parent information session

VISITING PERFORMERS

To launch our Book Week and to encourage a love of reading across the school we have a visiting performance company coming on Thursday 16TH August.  Performance Education will be running two shows targeted to different age groups which kids will love and not want to miss out on!

Super Duper!  at 9:00am for (Years 1-4)
and Stemania at 11:00am for (Years 5-8)

*”It was an exhilarating and wonderful show to watch and I really loved how they engaged the audience. Overall the performance was extraordinary and the presentation gave us the true meaning of S.T.E.M.” - Groves Christian College, 2017

*“We are a full primary school, and ALL our children thoroughly enjoyed your shows! It is a great way for us to kick off our Book Week celebrations and encourage enjoyment of reading!” - Kihikihi School, 2017

The cost per child to attend the show is $4.50 . If you would like your child to attend please return the permission slip and money to your teacher before next Thursday morning.

Schlastic Book Fair

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR will run in our school library from Thursday 16th - Tuesday 21st August from 3.15pm – 5.00pm. It is a wonderful opportunity to purchase books for your child with a percentage of the total sales coming back to our library in books.