Week 7

Kia ora whānau, 

Well done to all the children that participated in the cross country. They put a lot of effort into training and we were very lucky with the weather on Friday. Some photos are included below. 

 Thank you for all the items that are coming in for the wearable arts and to the parents who have offered to help with sewing. If you have any shimmery material or large bits of material that you no longer need we would love to use it in our costumes. 

 If you have not already done so please remember to send a black top and pants/short in a named bag for your child to wear under their costume. 

Week Ahead

Thursday 

Library 

Friday 

Poetry Day 

Sausage Sizzle

We hope you have a lovely week.

Sarah, Wendy and Anna

Cross Country Photos

Week 5

 Kia ora whānau,

As the term moves towards the second half we are getting very busy with planning for our wearable arts celebration. This week the children have decided what costume they want to wear. They have then planned and designed their costume. Ask your child what they are going to be. Please see below for further information.

Unfortunately, some of our dear wee poppets have been removing the springs from our pens which results in them not being able to be used! We have also got incredibly low supplies of glue sticks. Please could you purchase over the weekend two pens and one glue stick for your child and get them to give them to their teacher. Many thanks :) 

Next week we welcome Hannah McCoy into the L space. Hannah is a student teacher from Canterbury University that will be working with L3 until the end of the term. She is a Year 2 student and we are looking forward to having her at Huriawa Thorrington.

Wearable Arts

We Need Your Help

Wonderful L space helpers needed to support teachers with the creations of wearable arts costume for our performance in Week 10.

a). ALL children are asked to bring to school (in a named bag) a black top and black leggings/shorts by WEEK 7, please.

b). Can you sew? Do you have a sewing machine? Please give Mrs Booth or Mrs Moore your name if you are able to help sew some very basic wearable arts.

c). The following materials are needed:

wire

bolts of cloth 

big boxes of cardboard

plant pots

elastic

ribbons

hosery (unholed)

If you have something that you think might be useful, let us know.

Week 6

Tuesday: 

Mufti Day gold coin donation

Thursday: 

Library

Friday: 

Cross-country (to be confirmed)

Sausage sizzle

Poetry

Orderings

Your child should have brought a coupon home this week to support the school through purchasing from Orderings this weekend - 22nd and 23rd August, 10% goes to the school - an easy fundraiser for our new playgrounds.

Library

The time has come to start preparing for the redevelopment of our wonderful school. As part of this preparation, our library is being relocated temporarily to HB13 (prefab behind Bill’s shed). We are looking for volunteers to help us relocate books and small shelving units. If you are able to help please email pta@thorrington.ac.nz. Tasks will include packing the boxes, pushing the trolley with boxes to the new library, dismantling and reinstalling shelving, and unpacking the books. Any help will be greatly appreciated. 

School Photos

School photos will be taken on Friday 4 September. Children should wear winter uniform.

If you wish to have a family photo (only siblings who are at school please), please advise the office at sandy.vallance@thorrington.ac.nz   with name and Homebase.

Other rooms will go in class order, starting with the youngest children. We are hopeful that all will be done by lunchtime.
 
Many thanks
Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington PTA

Many thanks

Sarah, Wendy and Anna

Week 4

 Kia ora whānau

Well done to the children that participated in the zone cross-country this week. We continue to run every afternoon to prepare for the school cross-country in week 5 (Monday 17th August).

Week 4

Monday

• Cricket

Thursday

• Library
• Cross-country rehearsal

Friday 

• Poetry day (please return the poetry book on Monday)
• Sausage Sizzle
• Whole school assembly 2-2:45pm

This week to continue our preparation for Wearable Arts we looked at pictures and decided whether they were art or not and started to form a definition of what art is. Then we looked at different types of art and working in groups we classified them into similar types of art. 

The children worked very well together in groups to debate whether their picture was the same type of art or not. Your child can show you our learning on the whiteboard and posters we made.

We hope you have a lovely week.

Wendy, Anna and Sarah