Our Mission is “To Foster Well-being and Learning for All”
TOTARA GROVE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
2016
09.02.16
excited by their learning. Reading at home should be fun and easy – something you both look forward to - a time for Dear Parents/Caregivers, laughter and talk. What a great way to start the year – two short Share the reading, take turns or see whether weeks in a row! The school year has started your child wants to read or be read to today positively and class teaching and learning All children like to be read to, so keep reading programmes are well underway. Thank you to them. parents, for making sure the tamariki are well Visit the library together and help them prepared for school and have everything they need. This makes a big difference in childrens’ choose books to share attitudes to learning. Read emails from family or whānau aloud Play card and board games together. You may have noticed there are ladders and Here's a tip - talk a lot to your child while you are scaffolding around the school – the exterior of doing things together. Use the language that the school is being painted over the next few works best for you and your child. weeks. The main colour will remain the same, Talk about reading but the accent colour will be changed from Talk about pictures in books brown to blue. There will be some disruption around the school while the work is carried out, Sing waiata and songs, read poems and but the fresh, clean paintwork will make a make up rhymes together – the funnier the better positive difference to our school environment. Be a role model. Let your child see you The interior of the hall will also be painted. enjoying reading and talk about what you are Please make sure you read the Team enjoying newsletters that are being sent home. They Point out words on signs, shops and labels contain lots of important information about Play word games like "I Spy" and "Simon Says…" class organisation and team events, including Meet-the Teacher sessions. Energise Nugget: Here are the energise nuggets for this week. Change of Details: If any of your circumstances have changed over the holidays or even last year and you have moved or got a new phone or emergency contacts have changed please advise the school office as soon as possible so that details can be updated in our system. It is very important that we are able to get hold of parents / caregivers.
Enrolments: We have enrolled 32 new
students for the start of 2016 and we are delighted to welcome the children and their whanau to Totara Grove School. Unfortunately we had to refuse enrolment to numerous families because of the enrolment zone that has been introduced by the Ministry of Education. In order to help us plan ahead, will you please let us know of any in-zone preschoolers who will be starting this year. We encourage parents to enrol children well ahead of time so that before-school visits can be organised.
I Have a Dream: The I Have a Dream project is ready to start. Staff have been recruited and they were welcomed to our school at last week’s powhiri. Each year level from Year 3 up has a “navigator” assigned. Once these navigators have settled into their roles we can expect to see them actively involved in school activities.
Supporting your child’s learning at home:
You can help your child’s learning every day, by supporting and encouraging them and being
Dates to Remember: Thu 11 Feb Tue 16 Feb Wed 24 Feb Wed 2 Mar Thu 3 Mar Fri 4 Mar Tue 8 Mar Tue 22 Mar Fri 25 Mar Mon 28 Mar Tue 29 Mar Sat 9 Apr
Senior Meet the Teacher Junior Meet the Teacher Middles Meet the Teacher Junior Swimming Sports Middle Swimming Sports Senior Swimming Sports WPSSA Swimming Sports WPSSA Summer Sports Good Friday - school closed Easter Monday - school closed Easter Tuesday - school closed Weetbix Triathlon - Waitangi
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Lana Wolfgram Principal Community Notices: Sistema: Welcome to Term 1 of Sistema Whangarei – Toi Akorangi. Programme Dates: Tuesday, 9th Feb - Tuesday, 22nd March 3:30 pm All Groups Thursday, 11th Feb – Thurs, 24th March 3:30 pm Kakariki and Koromiko groups only Location: 173 Lower Dent St, Whangarei For children with their Full License please remember to bring your instrument on these days. We look forward to another exciting year of music and fun! If you have any questions or need more information contact Fiona on 021 317 437 or Sam on 027 434 3967 Barnardos need people, single/couples and families to provide respite care for children of all ages. As a respite carer you will provide a safe supportive home for a child to give them a holiday /time out from family stress, usually for only a few days. We will provide training, support; resources and financial reimbursement. Please talk to your family, friends and colleagues about this rewarding opportunity, and give me a call at Barnardos. Fae Allen, Foster Parent Co-ordinator
[email protected] Phone: 09 95560813 - Mobile: 0274 080 408 Northland Kenpo Karate Self Defence School: Classes for 2016 begin at Maunu Primary School Hall on Tuesday 9 February 2016 at 6pm (juniors) (and thereafter each Tuesday – excluding school holidays). Separate classes available for primary, secondary and adult students. For further information please phone on 021 567 507
