Carlton Pānui

Friday 18th September

Principal's Message - Te Karere a Te Tumuaki

Kia ora e te whānau, Bonjour, Greetings, Salam alikoum, Ceud mìle fàilte, Talofa lava, Dia daoibh, Sin sibh, Annyeong haseyo, Guten Tag, Tēnā koutou katoa, Kumusta, Choum reap sor, สบายดี Sabaidee, Ni sa bula vinaka, Nǐ hǎo ma 你, Namaste, Sawubona.

With just one week to go in Term 3, we are reflecting on how busy, positive, and enjoyable the past few weeks have been. Our last day of term is Friday, September 25, and our tamariki have made the absolute most of every learning and co-curricular opportunity that has come their way.

This week, our whole school community has been celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori across all year levels. Classrooms have been sharing waiata, kōrero, and everyday conversational reo, honoring the whakataukī: Ko tōku reo tōku ohooho, ko tōku reo tōku māpihi maurea – My language is my awakening, my language is the window to my soul.

A highlight of the week saw a large rōpū of our tamariki and kaiako represent Carlton School in a combined schools hīkoi on Wednesday. The parade brought together kura from across the district, marching from City College down to Majestic Square. The energy was high, and seeing our students celebrate te reo together with our wider Whanganui community was fantastic – Ka mau te wehi!

Our Year 5 and 6 students have spent the last few weeks honing their moves in Ballroom Dancing sessions under the instruction of Mark Glastonbury. Today marks the point of their hard work, with our Carlton Dance Team competing at the Whanganui Championships at Memorial Hall. They’ve put a lot of work into perfecting their footwork, poise, and smiles, and we wish them all the best on the dance floor today. Congratulations to everyone selected for the team.

On Tuesday, our skills were on display as the Carlton Rugby 7s team went to Springvale Park for the Whanganui Inter-School tournament. Facing some tough competition from around the region, the team showed superb sportsmanship, determination, and a bit of mongrel throughout the day, representing Carlton with laughs and pride.

Running featured last Tuesday at the Whanganui Inter-School Cross Country event hosted by Aranui School. Our team tackled the challenging course with enthusiasm. We had several standout individual finishes, alongside heaps of personal bests, with every runner pushing hard right to the finish line.

Looking ahead to future milestones, our Year 6 cohort has been taking part in orientation visits to both Rutherford Intermediate and Whanganui Intermediate School. These visits provide a valuable glimpse into intermediate school life, giving students the chance to explore new subjects, meet future teachers, and ask questions about the next step in their educational journey. As decisions for next year’s schooling need to be finalised soon, we encourage families to complete enrolments so we can work with the intermediate schools to plan smooth transitions for all our leaving students.

Enjoy the upcoming break and I look forward to seeing everyone back for Term 4 on Monday October 12.

If you have any concerns or queries I can be contacted at 0278562962 or gjohnston@welearn.school.nz. Additionally, all our teachers can be contacted through their work emails, which are available on our school website.

Ko te pae tawhiti whāia kia tata, ko te pae tata whakamaua kia tina - Seek out distant horizons, and cherish those you attain

Mā te wā, See you soon.

Gary Johnston

2027 New Entrant Enrolments - Out of Zone

At Carlton School we operate an enrolment zone in order to reduce the risk of overcrowding. Students who reside in the home zone have an automatic right to enrol at our school. Full details of the enrolment zone boundaries can be found here.

If you would like your child to attend Carlton in 2027 and you live outside our home zone, you must apply to participate in the ballot. We have up to 20 out of zone new entrant spaces available.

Applications close on Monday 12th October 2026. If there are more applications than places available, selection will be by random ballot within each priority group. If required, the ballot will be held on Friday 16th October 2026.

All out of zone families will be advised of the result of the application by Wednesday 21st October 2026.

We encourage students who live within the home zone to complete the enrolment form as soon as possible.

Please contact the school office if you have any questions regarding enrolments for 2027.

Headlice

Please check your child’s hair and scalp carefully for headlice and eggs on a regular basis. Keeping on top of this helps to stop headlice from spreading to other children.

Here is a step by step guide to checking hair:

Step 1: Find a comfortable spot with good lighting.

Step 2: Check the hair from the scalp to the end of the hair strand. First, look at the hair at the back of the neck, behind the ears and above the forehead. Then, check the rest of the head.

Step 3: You are looking for headlice and/or live nits (eggs).

Head lice can move very quickly. Combing the hair with a fine-toothed nit comb can help find headlice. Wetting hair or using conditioner prior to combing may also help find headlice.

Live nits (eggs) are glued to hair close to the scalp (less than 1.5cm). Nits are white to light brown in colour and may be confused with dandruff. Nits are firmly attached to the hair and do not move unless you slide them down the hair strand.

Step 4: If you find head lice or live nits, check all household members. Treat only those who have head lice or live nits.

Step 5: Let the school know if your child has head lice or nits.

Remember:

Make weekly head checks part of your routine.
Scratching and itching of the scalp may be a sign of head lice.
If your child has long hair, keep it tied back.

Term 4 Sports Registrations

Use this form to sign up for Term Four sports.

Please complete the form before Tuesday 22nd September. Registrations close at this date. Use a seperate form for each child if you are registering more than one.

After-school sports are additional activities that we can offer with parent support. We believe that these opportunities are important for our tamariki. The teams are not part of the curriculum, and are not school funded. Carlton offers a few sports each term, but they can only be run when we have parent volunteers to take teams and support. We have had many fantastic people take on these roles over the years, and they are very much appreciated.

We must have coaches to enter teams. If you are able to assist, do complete that section. We will assist those new to coaching to get you sorted and running. If we do not have enough players, or a coach, unfortunately we can not enter teams. Coaches children do not have to pay fees.

Sports:

Volleyball

Friday afternoon

Venue - Springvale Sports Stadium

Grades: Year 3/4 and Year 5/6

Cost: $40.00 per player

Touch

Tuesday afternoon

Time - 3.45pm - 5.30pm

Venue - Springvale Park

Grades: Year 3/4 and Year 5/6

Cost: $30.00 per player

Teeball

Saturday morning

Venue - Whanganui Ball Park, Gonville

Grades:Under 7 (5 and 6 year olds)

Under 9 (7 and 8 year olds)

Cost: $15.00 per player

Sunhats

In Term 4, it is compulsory for all students to wear a sunhat while outside. Sunhats can be any wide-brimmed blue hat.

Andersons Uniform Hub sell a great Carlton School hat, The Warehouse and Postie also have a range of plain blue wide brimmed hats. Please make sure your child has their hat clearly named and they bring it everyday from the first day of next term.

Sweet Treats Camp Fundraiser

We have one more day of frozen sweet treats for sale next week. Orders must be placed by 9am on Thursday 24th September in the office. Payment can be made online to our bank account: 02-0792-0018259-05: Carlton School Board of Trustees. Items for sale are all $3 each - icecream cones, iceblocks and spiders.

End of Term

Friday 25th September is the last day of this term. Term 4 begins on Monday 12th October.

2027 Term Dates

Term 1

Tuesday 2nd February - Friday 9th April

Public holidays:

Waitangi Day – Monday 8th February (observed)

Good Friday – 26th March

Easter Monday – 29th March

Easter Tuesday – 30th March (school holiday)

Term 2

Tuesday 27th April - Friday 2nd July

Public holidays:

King’s Birthday – Monday 7th June

Matariki – Friday 25th June.

Term 3

Monday 19th July to Friday 24th September

Term 4

Monday 11th October - Tuesday 14th December

Public holiday:

Labour Day – Monday 25th October

He Puna Puaki Reo Assembly Item

At our last assembly, He Puna Puaki Reo (Room 11) shared what they have been learning in class along with their amazing beach art. Here is their explanation:

This term, we have been learning about our awa and our moana.

We learnt that fish, birds, crabs, eels and other animals live in or near the water. Plants also grow around the awa and the sea.

The sea gives us kai, such as fish and other seafood. People also use the awa and the sea for swimming, fishing, boating, travelling and spending time with whānau.

We learnt that we need to be kaitiaki. This means looking after and protecting our environment. We can help by putting rubbish in the bin, keeping the water clean, and caring for the animals and plants.

We also made beach-themed art. First, we drew our beach scene by watching a video and following the steps. Then, we painted our picture one section at a time. We used blue paint for the sky and sea, and brown paint for the sand.

We mixed sand into the brown paint to give our artwork some texture. This made the sand look and feel rough, just like a real beach. Finally, we coloured and added beach pictures, such as sandcastls, buckets and spades, beach balls, and palm trees.

By Izzy and He Puna Puaki Reo.

Cup Winners - Week 8

Academic Cup🏆

Breanna Lett - for working hard to stay focused during maths and showing great understanding of our current maths learning about telling time.

Perseverance Cup 🏆

Te Ariki Rask - for being a positive learner, giving all activities a go and especially staying focused in Mathematics to complete his mahi.

Sportsmanship Cup 🏆

Ford Tangaroa - for being the most enthusiastic contributor to our Virtual Adventure step challenger. Ford is the first person to put on his pedometer in the morning, joins in all physical activities and regularly checks in to keep us active all day.

Cup Nominations - Week 8 and 9

Winners will be announced at school assembly on Monday 21st September, 2:30pm.

Academic Cup

Mahir Patel - Mahir has really developed his confidence when working with numbers to ten by putting the Numicon shapes in order and adding the numeral to match.
Scarlett Takarua - for holding a sentence in her head and writing most of the words and letters sounds down independently.
Matai Hodson - Matai has shown excellent perseverance in his writing, working hard to write independently. He is remembering to include the important parts needed to make his sentences clear and meaningful.
PJ Cullen - working hard and doing his best in all areas of learning.
Theo Stevens - Theo is showing that he is an accurate and fluent reader. He shows that he understands the meaning of a text by finding evidence in the text to support his answer to a question.
Reigns Housiaux-Broughton - showing thoughtful understanding of what he is reading.
Riley Fitness - for writing an incredible fantasy narrative and using wonderful figurative language. Ka pai tō mahi, Riley!

Perseverance Cup

Grace Swinburne - for showing persistence while designing and creating her pet rock home by trialling different ideas when something wasn’t working.
Zaide Staite - for showing persistence while making her pet rock home and carefully adding details from her design.
Vesper de Ruiter - Vesper has shown wonderful perseverance with her reading as she moves up through the levels. She continues to work hard and try her best, even when the texts become more challenging.
Sene McCaw - for staying focused, following instructions, and reaching his class goals.
CJ Kaweka-Gedye - for being determined to focus on his learning and moving away from others if he is getting distracted. Well done CJ!
Tema Young - a willing attitude to give schoolwork true effort in class and set a higher standard.
Neeva Deighton - for persevering during our paragraph writing lesson and spending extra time afterwards to edit your own mahi. Kia kaha!

Sportsmanship Cup

Vanessa Phillips - for supporting new students to learn how to play fitness games and encouraging them to join in.
Azahlea Collins - Azahlea has shown excellent sportsmanship during our maths-based sports activities. She listened carefully to Margot, followed directions and supported her buddy with kindness and encouragement.
Tiffany Sok - setting a great example by giving her best in all activities and proudly representing our school at cross country.
Skyh Baxter - Skyh enjoys participating in sports activities. She is always prepared for swimming. When she is in the pool she follows instructions diligently.
Mackie Cook-Hall - bringing his togs, getting in the pool, and actively practising different ways of floating in the water. Keep up the water safety Mackie 🏊
Skyla Te Aho - for encouraging her peers to participate in a kind and caring way. Ka pai tō mahi!

Duffy Stars✨

Congratulations to these students who have received Duffy awards in class over the last two weeks:

Ella Lumby, Ace Cairns, Max Nadal, Poppy Rothnie, Kenzo Elli, Te Rau Kaua, Te Rangimarie Nepson-Rerekura and Charlotte Toy.

Ka pai tō mahi koutou!

Cross Country Results

Well done to our team of students who went to the Interschool Cross Country at Aranui school last week. Please see results below.

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