From The Principal's Desk

21 June 2022

Dear parents, whanau and caregivers,

I hope this newsletter finds you well. It has been so good to be able to continue with school events in these times, particularly with the winter weather.

As a school it has been so lovely to be in the hall together for assemblies. Hearing the students sing is so good for the soul and so good for them as well. We did some work recently in regard to anxiety and found out that singing and humming can help along with breath work.

Sporting events have been able to go ahead, e.g., soccer and netball, as well as chess. We look forward to dance and gymnastics coming up, along with EPro8. Seeing (and hearing) the children engaged in school life is wonderful. We have had great feedback as to how the children have behaved and how well they represent our school when they are out. Something we are proud of.

Our after school classes are also up and running this term.  We have art, Chinese Language, soccer and skateboarding.

We have been really lucky at school we didn’t have to split any classes in term 1. This term we have only had to split four classes, and two of these were the one class. We know that many schools have had a lot more disruption, so we are lucky. Thank you for playing your part in keeping your child home if they are unwell. I also thank our staff, they have been fantastic throughout this whole time while keeping up with ventilation and our hygiene practices.

It was great to see everyone at the PTA disco last Friday. The COLA was buzzing with the chatter of students and adults alike. And even though Mr Harder didn’t get his nails painted, it was wonderful to see the children enjoying themselves. You helped to fundraise for this COLA and it has been a fantastic asset to the school.

We hope to have Room 10 and 11 move into their renovated shared space in week 9 of this term, Te whare o Mahitahi – working as one. The students and the staff again have been fantastic in the way they have kept teaching and learning the focus while the building has been going on.

We had a great Teacher only day on the day after Queens Birthday and we look forward to the next one of our awarded days on the last day of term, Friday 8th July.  We will have our parent teacher sharing on Thursday 30th June. Teachers will be able to share with you the strengths of your child and the progress they have made. We want to work together with you to build on where they are at now in their learning and moving forward.

Wes look forward to the rest of this term.

Colleen Margison
Principal/Tumuaki

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