Heading towards week 8 :-)

Kia ora whānau,

Welcome to the end of Week 7.  Very surreal times for us all as adults, but for our children, it is largely" business as usual"! It is great that they are mostly still insulated from all the worldwide troubles that are surrounding us, and we are endeavouring to keep everything as normal as possible here at school. As per the MOE guidelines, please do keep your child home from school if they are feeling unwell- we greatly appreciate your support with this- we know it is not easy juggling sick children and work commitments.

We had our second session with Constable Ross this week and the children were well informed and engaged. Remember to keep filling in the 'Keeping Ourselves Safe' booklets that went home.

Please do encourage your children to leave special toys at home. If it is something valuable or extra special and they do want to "share',  please ask them to give these to their teacher and we can safely store these items in our teacher's office. This prevents these items from being used or carried around at playtimes and getting broken or lost.

Things to diarize:


Monday 23rd March:  School is closed for instruction as it is a Teacher Only Day.
Wednesday: TLC Mufti day. Please come in casual clothes and bring a gold coin donation to support the children's playroom at Christchurch Hospital.
Thursday: Library Day
PLEASE make sure your child puts their library books in the 'slot' in the desk and their library bags in the green box behind the desk before or on Thursday.

Friday: Poetry Day; IGNITE; Buddy Reading;

We hope you all have a lovely weekend. We know these are uncertain times for us all-  please take care and support each other and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries or concerns :)

Kind regards

Anna, Sarah and Wendy

Week 7

Kia ora whānua,

Welcome to the end of Week 6. A sad good-bye today to Josh Marriage who is returning to the U.K. It has been wonderful having you in the L Space Josh - and we wish you all the best at your new school in Cambridge.

We had our first IGNITE session this morning. Lots of different activities were on offer such as musical instruments, puppets, lego and dinosaurs.

We enjoyed the lesson we had with Constable Ross this week. We have another lesson with him next week. Remember to keep filling in the 'Keeping Ourselves Safe' booklets that went home.

Colour Your Day
It was lovely to see the children in all their colours today and to have the community here at lunchtime.

Library
Library day is Thursday. PLEASE make sure your child puts their library books in the 'slot' in the desk and their library bags in the green box behind the desk before or on Thursday.

The Week Ahead
Monday: Singing
Wednesday: Whānau Hui 5:30 - 6:30
Thursday: Library Day
Friday: Poetry Day; IGNITE; Buddy Reading; Year 1 Assembly 11:45 am

We hope you all have a lovely weekend :)

Ngā mihi nui
Sarah, Wendy and Anna

Week 6

Dear whānau
It's been another busy week but the children are well settled into our routines and are engaged in all our learning. Thank you for all your support at home.
We continue with our Keeping Ourselves safe programme this week with a visit from Constable  Ross, who will talk to the children about " Physically me". Please do support your child's learning by completing the homework book alongside your child.

We are starting to see a lot of "precious things" coming to school and unfortunately some of these things are going missing or getting damaged. Can we please leave toys at home, that way they stay precious and intact! Again, if your child does have something special attached to the outside of their bag, it may be safer to remove this and keep it inside their bags safely.

Tues/Wed 10/11th- Anna will be out of the team as part of her management role.
Wednesdays- Coding Club 3.15-4p.m HB12

Thursday –  Library day

Friday Week 7 20th March –  Timatanga Assembly 11.50 in the school hall. ** Please note the earlier start time.

Trash lab

Volunteers are desperately needed to help with the Trash Lab at lunchtimes. 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

Colour  your Day -  Friday March 13th 

Come dressed in colour!!

We would love our families and community to join us in this day of remembrance by also dressing in colour, and coming to share eating lunch with our children on the field at 12.15, Friday 13th March. If wet, your child will eat in their Home Base. As a school, we will also be showing our respect for the victims of last year’s tragedy, by observing a minute’s silence at 1.40pm.

Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington has chosen to not ask for a monetary donation for our students, but ask that they do come to school dressed in as much colour as possible. If you would still like to make a personal donation to St John- we will have a donation box available in the school office.

Registrations are currently open for Junior Netball- Years1-6
At Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington we, as staff, are not responsible for the overall running of these teams and they become parent-led teams during the season. We are however offering once again to collate the teams and enter them into the tournaments. In order for this to be done, we require all Registrations to be back by Friday 13th March. After this date, you may not be successful in getting into a team, or certainly the team you would like to. To register please visit https://forms.gle/S31JwqSCw2xB14XC9

We hope you all have a happy weekend. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions at all.
Kind regards

Anna, Sarah and Wendy

Week 5

Kia ora Whānau,

On Thursday we had a very interactive maths session with some of our senior students. They had made maths games and activities and joined us for our maths session to share these with us. All of the children were very engaged and enjoyed the time together.

What’s On Next Week in Year Two: Week 5

Tuesday 3rd March - Parent information session KOS

Wednesday 4th March - Coding Club 3.15-4p.m HB12

Thursday  5th March –  Library day

Friday 6th March –  whole School Assembly 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm.

Keeping Ourselves Safe programme

This programme enables children and young people to learn and apply a range of safety skills that they can use when interacting with others. More information can be found at the Keeping Ourselves Safe website here. All Timatanga Homebases will be working through this programme in weeks 5, 6 and 7 alongside our local community police office, Constable Ross.

We are having a parent information session run by Ross on Tuesday 3rd March at 2.15p.m in the school staffroom. If you would like to attend this- please RSVP to the office.

Reading:  Reminder for your child to keep all their instructional reading books in their Reading folder for the whole week. This allows them some browsing material for over the week and rereading texts is a brilliant way of building knowledge of sight words and increasing comprehension and fluency. Your reading teacher will empty your folder each Monday.

Poetry: We hope you are enjoying listening to your child read their poems from previous weeks and this week. Reminder to please put your poetry book in the poetry box every Monday.

We hope you have all had a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you tomorrow.