Newsletter 202007 - 11 March 2020

Basketball

Basketball starts on Monday’s with Taal Smith at Northland College from 4-6pm…

Skills sessions are on Monday 16th and March 23rd. The purpose of these sessions is to build basketball skills and confidence to help players and teams to be more game-ready for the upcoming modules. These skills sessions are available for all tamariki that are keen to participate in the modules.

Whakapakari Challenge

A group of senior students will be participating in the Whakapakari shield challenge Thursday 26th March 2020 playing against Ōhaeawai School. Chosen sport is soccer. They will leave at 10.15am from school and return by 2.00pm.

Tryathlon

Many of our Tryathletes are doing a great job and coming to training however there are some children that need to put more effort into making sure they are at training please. Training will continue every Tuesday and Thursday at 1pm. The school has paid for all registrations so we need all children to be committed. We only have 3 weeks left of training, the event is on Sunday 29 March. We are concerned that a few children are missing training and won’t be ready for the event. If your child is one of these expect a call from Whaea Lydia this week or feel free to contact her to check in. Children must bring their bikes to school for training.

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club has started and runs from 8:00 - 8.45am. 

All tamariki are welcome to come to the school hall to have a breakfast kai to start their day. Weetbix, fruit, yoghurt, baked beans and toast. Yum!

Kī-o-Rahi

There is a Year 5 and Year 6 Kī-o-rahi tournament being held at Lindvart Park on Thursday 19th March 2020. Our school will be participating in this event. All are welcome to come and support.

Waitangi Marae visits

This term we have planned day visits to Waitangi to coincide with our term topic – Who are we?

Dates for classes are as follows:

16th March - Room 8 - Rangimārie and Room 9

18th March - Room 5 - Manawanui and Room 7

19th March - Room 3 and 4

20th March - Room 14

There is no cost for this trip as it is part of our learning programme. The children will travel by bus leaving school at approximately 9.15am and returning to school by 2.15pm. Any queries, come and see your child’s teacher.

WaterSafe

Water Safe with Whaea Beth 

For the next 3 weeks Rooms 10-17’s sessions are on a Monday. Please ensure your child brings their togs every Monday as this is a really important and effective program to keep our water babies safe. Any queries please see Whaea Lydia in Room 6.

Water Saving Tips

Here are a few tips for at home to keep saving water:

• • Flush the toilet less

  • If you have half flush use that or put a soft drink bottle in your toilet cistern to reduce quantity of water you flush

  • Use hand sanitiser or wipes instead of washing them from time to time

  • Place a large tub in the shower, stand in it and collect water for reuse

Keep a bottle of water in the fridge to drink rather than running water to fill a glass of water