Week 1 Term 3 Newsletter 26 July 2016 IMPORTANT DATES Entertainment Books The new issues are on sale now, and can be purchased from the school, or digitally. Please see Wed 3 Aug the school or visit www.entbooks.co.nz/1543q19 Orchestra Trip Yr 3-6 Kia Kotahi - Working Together For A Brighter Future Fireworks Extravaganza 2016 Tues 23 Aug On Saturday 5th November the annual Fireworks Extravaganza will be held at the Morrinsville BOT Meeting Domain. School has been invited to sell food and other items as a fundraiser, the A warm welcome back to all of our students, families and the Kiwitahi community. It is a pleasure to see all of our proceeds of which are for the children at our school. We will be needing many parent helpers as Fri 26 Aug children return with such great attitudes, prepared for learning and excited about the forthcoming term. It is staggering there is a setup process before the event starts, and then sales during the evening which will be a School Speeches to think we are well over halfway through the year already. This term is another action packed one, filled with very busy time. Please keep this date free and let Katie, Tarsh, or Pip know if you are able to help. opportunities for all of our children to have success with their learning and push the limits of what they can achieve. Thur 15 Sep Subsidies Interschool Speech Comp In term three we will be taking a close look at the Olympic Games, following team in their pursuit to Those parents who help at the Fireworks Extravaganza will receive a subsidy towards the end of achieve excellence. All of the children will have the opportunity to enquire into aspects of the Olympics including the year activity/trip that is being planned for the whole school. different countries, cultures, and sports. We will be having a session for the children to share their learning with you towards the end of this term. We also plan to hold a mini Olympics where all the children will have a chance to Orchestra Trip compete. On Wednesday 3rd August the older children will be going to the Trust Symphony Orchestra Education Concert. The theme is Music From Around The World, providing an Following the success from last year, we will again be hosting some Morrinsville schools for our Speech Competition. At introduction to different time periods and cultures. Parents will be contacted regarding this stage we have David Street, , Saint Josephs, , and Tauhei coming along to compete. The transport, and there is a $5 per ticket cost for this. children in Years 1 & 2 will memorise a poem of their choice to recite, Years 3-6 will write and deliver a speech of their chosen topic. As a school we will have our own competition first. From this students will be selected to represent our school in the formal speech competition. Have a great week! Jordan, Karen, & Raewyn Over the last 18 months the teachers and I have been focusing our students on setting achievable and meaningful goals for their learning. We are placing an emphasis on all children knowing their next steps for learning and taking ownership of what they need to do to make progress. I encourage parents to talk about what your child has done each day, beyond the normal usual comments, to discuss what they have learnt and what they are trying to achieve.

I look forward to another wonderful term of learning with our brilliant staff and students. STUDENTS OF THE WEEK TERM 2, WEEK 9

Chelsey Matthews

Ryan Littlejohn Our childrens mixed media looking fantastic on display in the hallway

Orca Swim School Lessons for Term 3 start on the 25th July Tommy is sharing his impromptu speech with his group Room 1 working hard on their writing To book please contact Wyn Jacobs Email: [email protected] Phone: 07 888 9456 or 021 186 4661

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Do you want to get better at reading and writing, or does someone you know have so much trouble they can’t read this? Type to enter text The Adult Literacy Trust has free one-to-one coaches who can help you for half an hour a day by phone or video conference. The Trust also have some easy and fun online practice software you can use from a library computer or from home. Busy children at work sharing their writing Some great handwriting by Grace in Room 2 Contact Wendy - Phone 0800 891 339 - Fridays 9.00am to 2.00pm

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