Newsletters

Middle Team Newsletter— Term 2

Dear Parents and Caregivers

Welcome back to school. We hope you had an enjoyable Easter break and not regretting all those extra chocolate eggs and hot cross buns that we all just had to eat !

Lake Whakamaru Camp— The Room11/12 camp was a huge success and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. (that’s teachers, parent helps as well as children !!) A very big thank you to all the parent helpers on the camp. Your enthusiasm and involvement with the children really contributed to the camps success. The behaviour and wonderful attitude of everyone from Pekerau was commented on by the camp staff.

Home learning– Yes, we do actually do this each week! If your child is not bringing it home they should be !!Thank you to all the families that support their children with their homework. We are careful not to make the homework too time consuming because we are aware that children have already put a full day in at school and many are involved in after school activities. We have gone with the grid style home learning again this term because it was so popular and we loved the high level, original presentation. Please support your child with their reading and spelling, each evening, at the very least.

Drink bottles—Although the weather is still cooler, children still need to remain hydrated in class and often get thirsty. Please supply your child with a named sipper type water drinking bottle. If they have their own it is more hygienic and children do not need to leave the classroom to get a drink during lesson time.

Named clothing—Please check that all items belonging to your child are clearly named ( or be prepared to come and look for lost unnamed clothing yourselves. )Teachers simply do not have the time to look for lost clothing that you have not taken the time to name. All teachers in this team have vivid marker pens you are welcome to pop in and use to label your children’s property. Please remember that children are expected to be in correct school uniform everyday.

Stationery— Please check, with your child, that they have every thing that they need for school activities. If children all have their own equipment it saves a lot of time each day. If your child comes home with a stationery request please respond as quickly as possible so that children can get on with tasks without frustrating delays. Thank you to the families who have already done this.

School absences— if your child is to be away from the school for the day please let the office know and then send a brief note along with your child when they return to school or chat to the class teacher.

Thank you very much for your ongoing support and feel free to pop in and see your child’s class teacher, at a time that is convenient to you both, if you have any concerns (or compliments !!) We look forward to another great term.

Anne, Lesley, Colleen, Ginny and Bronwyn. ( The Middle Team alias ‘Dream Team’ )

Dream Team Newsletter— Term 3 2007

Dear Parents and Caregivers

Welcome back to school. We hope you had an enjoyable Winter break and everyone has managed to shake off those nasty flu bugs. There has been some changes in our team over the holidays with Bronwyn Whiteman leaving and Anne Mackey replacing her. We wish Bronwyn luck in her new teaching position and welcome Anne to the ‘Dream Team!’

Inquiry Topic—This term will be looking at ‘The Environment and Us.’ Your child might come home and talk about ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ etc so please encourage them.

Home learning– Yes, we do actually do this each week! If your child is not bringing it home they should be!! Please follow up on this promptly rather than let weeks go by before you act on this. Thank you to all the families that support their children with their home learning. We are careful not to make the home learning too time consuming because we are aware that children have already put a full day in at school and many are involved in after school activities. However there has been a distinct fall off in the regularity of home learning for some children. Please support your child with their reading and spelling, each evening, at the very least. We have also requested that anything presented from the term learning grid be done on A4 sized paper or put in home learning books. We hope this will save time and expense.

Drink bottles—Although the weather is cooler, children still need to remain hydrated in class and often get thirsty. Please supply your child with a named sipper type water drinking bottle. If they have their own it is more hygienic and children do not need to leave the classroom to get a drink during lesson time.

Named clothing—Please check that all items belonging to your child are clearly named (especially uniforms) or be prepared to come and look for lost unnamed clothing yourselves. Teachers simply do not have the time to look for lost clothing that you have not taken the time to name. All teachers in this team have vivid marker pens you are welcome to pop in and use to label your children’s property.

Stationery— Please check, with your child, that they have every thing they need for school activities. We seem to have a rather desperate shortage of rulers, pencils and glue sticks. If children all have their own equipment it saves a lot of time each day. If your child comes home with a stationery request please respond as quickly as possible so that children can get on with tasks without frustrating delays. Thank you to the families who have already done this.

School absences— if your child is to be away from the school for the day please let the office know and then send a brief note along with your child when they return to school or pop in and chat to the class teacher.

Parent interviews— These will be in week 4. More information will come home about these soon. If you have not already met with your child’s teacher or if you have any concerns please make an appointment for parent interview times.

Thank you very much for your ongoing support and feel free to pop in and see your child’s class teacher, at a time that is convenient to you both, if you have any concerns (or compliments !!) We look forward to another great term.

Anne F, Lesley, Colleen, Ginny and Anne M. ( The Dream Team)