Huatoki Team Pānui/Announcements: Rooms 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15

Term 1, 2024  Weeks 5 and 6: (26 February - 8 March)

Focus: Make good choices, be fair, care and share 

Key Competency: Relating to Others - Whanaungatanga 

Tena Koutou Whānau, Haere Mai. 

• Seesaw: If you have not already signed up to this, we encourage you to do so. If you are having difficulties, please contact your child’s teacher. 

• Swimming: A reminder that students are required to bring their togs and a towel ready to swim each of their swimming days. We also encourage them to bring them every day, just in case an extra swimming spot pops up. If they are unable to swim, please send them with a signed note explaining why

• Swimming Sports: Save the date -Wednesday 13 March. We invite whānau to come and support our students as they take part in the school swimming sports. There will be participation events for widths and then competitive events for lengths. More details in the next pānui. 

• Taranaki Anniversary: Monday 11 March. No school on this day. 

• Home and School News: We have our first pizza lunch coming up on Friday 1st March.  Please place your orders through your kindo app.  Remember to change your child's class number as this is the first lunch order for 2024.  Orders need to be placed by 7 pm on Wednesday 28 February.

Year 5 and 6: Vertical Horizons Camp (6-8 March)

• Thank you to all those who have filled in the digital permission forms. For those who have not, paper copies will be sent home today or tomorrow. Please fill these in and return them by this Friday (1 March) at the latest. 

• Remember to start gathering and naming all your gear for camp. It is much easier to find an owner when it has a name on it. 

Huatoki Team Pānui/Announcements: Rooms 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15

Term 1, 2024  Weeks 3 and 4: (12-23 February)

Focus: Make good choices, be fair, care and share 

Key Competency: Relating to Others - Whanaungatanga 

Tena Koutou Whānau, Haere Mai. 

The Huatoki Team teachers are all enjoying getting to know our new classes for 2024. Thank you to everyone who was able to make an appointment to our ‘Meet the Teacher’ day on Wednesday 31st  Jan, and to those who were able to make the whānau picnic organised by our Home & School Committee.   Currently, our key focus is establishing positive relationships and setting up classroom routines and expectations.  During this time teachers are also busy establishing learning groups that best meet the needs of all learners in our new classes. 

• Swimming: Each class will swim 3 times a week. This is an expectation and they learn important skills at these times. Please come prepared on these days. If, for some reason, your child is unable to swim, they require a signed note. Your child swims on  Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday

Note: This Friday, 16 February, can all children in the Huatoki Team please bring their togs to school even if it is not their usual class swimming day.  We have Chloe Dickinson from Swimming NZ coming into our school to provide support with our swim safety skills.  Each class will be having a swimming session with Chloe.

• Library: Classes go to the school library once a week to issue books for both in-class and home reading. Your child goes to the library on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday

• Seesaw: We apologise that this has not been working on our server for some reason for those classes using Google logins. We are endeavouring to get this sorted! Thank you for your patience. Note: This is an important online tool to share our students’ learning and communicate with whanau. Once able, please take the time to join up to this and register for your child’s new class using the QR code once provided.

• ICT Responsible User Agreement: These were sent home last week. If you haven’t already, please read through, discuss with your child and sign so students can begin using devices in class. 

• Teachers’ emails: first name and last initial@welbourn.school.nz eg. tracyr@welbourn…

Year 5 and 6: Vertical Horizons Camp (6-8 March)

This week, you will be sent more information about this (a paper notice, as well as digital permission and health forms). Please read carefully and return all necessary documentation as soon as possible. Thank you for your assistance in this.