Carlton Pānui

Friday 4th 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.

We are smashing through the term, with Week 7 already ticked off the calendar. It’s been another busy fortnight filled with energy, fun, and community spirit around our kura.

Last Thursday, we held our annual Carlton Cross Country and Fun Run. What an awesome afternoon. The main focus was all about getting active, giving it a go, and enjoying ourselves, and our tamariki certainly delivered. It was fantastic to see heaps of parents and whānau cheering from the sidelines. Your support makes a massive difference to the kids as they push hard. I was very pleased to see that our student attendance figure that day was one of the highest all term.

Following on from our school event, our Carlton team is heading off to the Aranui Interschool Cross-Country next Tuesday. All the best to our runners representing the school. Run hard, enjoy the challenge, and feel the pride of competition.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the Whānau Walk-Through on Tuesday afternoon. It was brilliant to see so many parents and whānau joining in. It provided a great opportunity to pop into the classrooms, connect with our students, and see the amazing learning in action.

We extended a welcome to join us next Monday afternoon at 2.30 for our school assembly. We have a He Puna Puaki Reo sharing a special item, alongside a performance from Miss T’s dance group. It’s set to be a fantastic showcase of our students' talents, and a chance to celebrate some successes.

Our Year 5 and 6 students have enjoyed Ballroom Dancing over the past few weeks with Mark Glastonbury. An official Carlton Dance Team has now been selected to compete at the Whanganui Championships on Friday, September 18, at the Memorial Hall. Congratulations to those selected.

Finally, our student-led lunchtime Volleyball Tournament has been a massive hit. The enthusiasm has been obvious, and we are now closing in on the final pool games to decide our champion team. Kudos to the students for running a tight, fun competition.

Thank you for your continued support of Carlton School. The partnership between home and school is one of our greatest strengths, and together we can ensure every child experiences success, feels valued and enjoys coming to school each day.

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 tōku reo tōku ohooho, ko tōku reo tōku māpihi maurea - My language is my awakening, my language is the window to my soul

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. Out of zone places for 2027 will be advertised on our website by 15th September 2026.

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.

Early Pick Ups

If you need to pick up your child from school before 3pm, you will need to come to the school office to sign them out, then you will need to go to their classroom to collect them from there yourself. This minimises the disruption to their learning and the rest of the class.

Library Stocktake

We are doing a stocktake of our school library during the last week of term. Please make sure your child has returned any library books you have at home by Friday 18th September.

Year 5 and 6 Camp Payment

A reminder that payment for the Year 5 & 6 2026 camp is due by Thursday 24th September. The true cost of camp is $270 per child, but we are asking families for a minimum contribution of $40 per child. Families who are able to contribute more are very welcome to do so.

Payment details:
Account: 02-0792-0018259-05
Name: Carlton School Board of Trustees
Reference: Child’s name + “Camp”

Thank you to the whānau that have already made payment.

Upcoming Events

House Skipping Challenge

Students have recently been participating in a school wide skipping challenge during fortnightly house meetings. They have been practicing skipping techniques and skills, including single rope and long rope skipping.

Cup Winners - Week 6

Academic Cup🏆

Coviehy-Lee Nepson-Rerekura - for independently remembering her sentence at writing time and using her phonic skills to write with accuracy.

Sportsmanship Cup 🏆

Leo Smith - for supporting his classmates during swimming lessons by demonstrating water skills to his peers willingly. Pai tō mahi Leo!

Perseverance Cup 🏆

Lily Rowe O’Reilly - for developing a positive growth mindset and showing hard work and determination in Maths and Reading, even when learning feels challenging. Keep it up!

Cup Nominations - Week 6 and 7

Winners will be announced at school assembly on Monday 7th September, 2:30pm.

Academic Cup

April Toy - for challenging herself each day as a writer by developing and writing her own sentences.
James King - for using spelling rules he has learnt when writing words and sentences independently.
Vesper de Ruiter - for making amazing progress in her reading and developing a strong knowledge of letters and sounds. She is now reading a year ahead of where she should be.
Breanna Lett - for working hard to stay focused during maths and showing great understanding of our current maths learning about telling time.
Liam Hall - for excellent progress in reading, consistently putting in hard mahi across the whole year to develop his fluency and comprehension.
Casey de Ruiter - Casey has put a lot of effort into his independent reading work lately, and he’s soaring. Well done, Casey!
Aurora Wilson - some incredible effort and achievement at Maths time lately as we have been working on decimals.
Levi Beckham-Saunders - Levi has been working hard with his independent writing. He stays focused and on task to produce well developed pieces of writing.

Sportsmanship Cup

Grace Swinburne - for showing enthusiasm while completing the cross-country race and encouraging others along the way.
Zodiak Haami-Raerae - for completing the Carlton Cross Country Fun Run with enthusiasm!
Evelyn Spittal - for showing wonderful sportsmanship during our whole-school skipping get-together by encouraging and supporting her house members. Although skipping can be tricky for Evelyn, she showed great kindness and enthusiasm in supporting others.
Mikaere Tepu - for working hard during practice, keeping on trying, even when things felt hard, and seeing that perseverance pay off with a great result in our recent cross country event.
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.
Jaxson Thomson - Jax is a fair player and a great teammate.
Ares Hunapo-Harrison - always giving a friendly greeting first thing in the morning when entering the class.
Dylan Wright - Dylan is keen to join in with all games and sport activities. He cheers on his team-mates and encourages them to keep going.

Perseverance Cup

Te Rau Kaua - for persisting when doing Science experiments and talking about what he saw happen.
Aqua-Rose Sharrock - for showing wonderful perseverance in her learning by having a go at everything, explaining her thinking, and understanding that mistakes are a natural part of learning. Aqua is able to self-edit, identify when something needs changing, and confidently fix it.
Te Ariki Rask - for being a positive learner, giving all activities a go and especially staying focused in Mathematics to complete his mahi.
Bailee Blackmore - for showing perseverance in reading by challenging herself with tricky books and working hard to sound out unfamiliar words.
Te Ahuru Young - Te Ahuru has worked hard on his information report. He’s taken on feedback to improve his writing and has learned not to start a sentence with “and”.
Skyler Cunningham - better choosing times to let minor inconveniences go, increase effort, and produce more learning to be proud of.
Lilly Apiata - for focusing and working through a challenging maths problem; demonstrating independent work.
Isaac Duncan - for perseverance in Maths. Isaac has been working on using the column method for addition and subtraction.

Duffy Winners ✨

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

Grace Swinburne, Hailey Bowie, James King, Izzy Conder, Matai Hodson, Amen Lee Walden-Henry, Pippa O'Brien, Bailee Blackmore and Wolfgang Ratana.

Kei runga noa atu tēnei rōpū tamariki!

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