Thorrington Year 2 2019

Kia Ora and welcome to Week 6

• Remember to book for your Mid-Year Face-To-Face Discussions: Week 7/ Week 9 Please follow this link for more information.https://hail.to/thorrington-school/article/jjhba89
• Please keep your baby and whānau photos coming in- the kids are loving seeing themselves up on display!
• Please return any  permission slips for our  performance next week- The Tortoise and the Hare on the 10th June
• TLC Mufti day Wednesday 5th June- Gold coin Donation towards Ronald McDonald House.

Trash Lab:

Parent volunteers are desperately needed to help with the lunchtime Trash Lab. The Trash Lab is well loved by the children and we need your help to keep it running.  This involves being at school once a month or even once a term from 12.30-1.30pm. We will work in with what best suits you.

To go on the roster, if you have any questions, or would like to pop down one lunchtime to see what it’s all about please email thorringtontrashlab@gmail.com

School Mihi Competition:

We are very excited to announce that Thorrington School will be holding its first ever Mihi Competition this coming Matariki (Week 8, Term 2)! The purpose of the competition is to encourage the confident speaking of Te Reo Māori and to promote it as one of New Zealand’s three official languages! A mihi (otherwise known as a pepeha) is a formal way of introducing yourself in Māori, and can include details such as the names of family members and where one is from. Students at Thorrington School have spent time during Term 1 learning their own mihi, and will be asked to speak it in front of their Homebase during Week 6. Finalists from each Homebase will speak their mihi in front of the whole school during Week 8, and prizes will be awarded for displaying confidence, proper pronunciation and detailed content. It would be great if you could encourage your child to start practising their mihi at home as much as possible. The website https://pepeha.nz/ provides a neat way to formulate a personalised mihi if your child is unsure of what their mihi is. Whether excited or nervous, we encourage all students to do their best and know that they will grow in confidence from this experience.

Some key dates to be aware of:

• Library Day is each Tuesday
• Sausage sizzle this Friday $2 per sausage.
• TLC Mufti day Wednesday 5th June- Gold coin Donation towards Ronald McDonald House
• Whānau Hui- 5.30-7p.m Staffroom. All are welcome.
• Both Mrs. Booth and Mrs. Moore will be on CRT release on Tuesday
• 10 June Playhouse  performance of the Tortoise and the Hare 
• Arion Farm visit - Week 9  26th June Yr0-1,27 June- Year 2's
• Learning in action school Observations Tues 11th - Thurs 13th June Week 7
• Interviews  Week 9 Mon 24th - Tues 25th June
• TLC Tues 2nd July Pyjamas and Hot choc day.

Year Two learning

We are continuing to do some great learning within the team- please come and look around our walls at what we have been up to!

 We are very excitedly awaiting the arrival of our eggs this week!  We were very lucky and had a visit from Monique the hen last week. Her Mum Alba taught us lots about how we should take care of our eggs and also what they will need when they hatch out of the eggs.

Have a happy long weekend- hopefully you are all tucked up inside away from the cold and wet of outside!

Wendy, Andrea and Sarah.