Wednesday 29 August 2018
Monday 27 August 2018
PTA Lunch
The next PTA lunch is on Wednesday 5th September.
Lunch will be HOT MINCE PIE $3.50 or 2 SAVOURIES for $3.00
Order on www.mykindo.co.nz from Friday 24th August from 3pm.
Closes Friday 31st at 2.00pm
Lunch will be HOT MINCE PIE $3.50 or 2 SAVOURIES for $3.00
Order on www.mykindo.co.nz from Friday 24th August from 3pm.
Closes Friday 31st at 2.00pm
Sunday 26 August 2018
Rātaka ō te wiki - Wiki Ono
Kia Ora whānau rāua tamariki,
Wow - so much to celebrate from the last week! Thank you to all those parents who were able to join us in celebrating our learning at assembly on Friday. Not only did Kahurangi show panekiretanga (excellence) and auahatanga (creativity) in our learning, but our Kapa Haka Rōpu Teina impressed us by showing wairua (spirit) with their beautiful waiata and fierce haka! Ka rawe koutou! For those of you who were unable to make it, please check out our video about Technological Advances on seesaw - we had many great people share their ideas about the mahi (work) we have been doing this term.
This week we will continue to explore robotics using the Sphero’s and Lego WeDo sets this week. Please make sure that your tamaiti (child) has the appropriate apps on their iPads needed to run these robotics. They require Sphero and Sphero Edu, as well as WeDo 2.0
Our year 6 representatives for the Super 10 competition will be playing tomorrow. We wish them all the best - they have been training hard and we are sure they will have a fabulous experience tomorrow!
Also this week, our TOM - Tournament of the Minds - team will be putting all their practice into action and showcasing their talents this Saturday at the Tournament of the Minds competition. Kia Kaha guys (be strong, get stuck in!) - we know you are ready for this!
The Whakarongo School Intermediate Years Open Night will be held on Wednesday, 5th September from 5:30-7pm in the Navigator Centre.
Senior Winter House Sports will be held on Tuesday 11th September from 9:30am-2:30pm. Our last Badminton Skills sessions will be held this Wednesday. It has been great to see the progress our students have made over the four sessions, and how engaged they have been.
House Waiata practices will be held on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 2:30 in preparation for the house waiata competition in Week 10. We hope our tamariki are treating you to a performance or two at home while practicing!
Pita Pit will now be available on FRIDAY’S ONLY! They will no longer be delivering lunches on a Tuesday.
This week our students will start preparing for Learning Conferences, which will be held in week 9. We look forward to having your tamaiti (child) share their learning with you. We will update you with more details once online bookings open.
Last week we set some homework to prepare our ākonga (learners) for our in class learning by asking them to be ‘problem seekers’ and identifying problems in our lives that we can solve. We have not had a great response to this so far - It would be great if you could spend some time talking with your tamaiti (child) about things in our world that we could improve / solve to ignite ideas for them to work on in class! For this reason, the homework will remain the same for this week.
As always, for those students who would like extra homework, there is basic facts and spelling homework available on the blog for students to access, alongside with Chapter Chat activities.
Ngā Mihi,
Kahurangi Pouako
Wow - so much to celebrate from the last week! Thank you to all those parents who were able to join us in celebrating our learning at assembly on Friday. Not only did Kahurangi show panekiretanga (excellence) and auahatanga (creativity) in our learning, but our Kapa Haka Rōpu Teina impressed us by showing wairua (spirit) with their beautiful waiata and fierce haka! Ka rawe koutou! For those of you who were unable to make it, please check out our video about Technological Advances on seesaw - we had many great people share their ideas about the mahi (work) we have been doing this term.
This week we will continue to explore robotics using the Sphero’s and Lego WeDo sets this week. Please make sure that your tamaiti (child) has the appropriate apps on their iPads needed to run these robotics. They require Sphero and Sphero Edu, as well as WeDo 2.0
Our year 6 representatives for the Super 10 competition will be playing tomorrow. We wish them all the best - they have been training hard and we are sure they will have a fabulous experience tomorrow!
Also this week, our TOM - Tournament of the Minds - team will be putting all their practice into action and showcasing their talents this Saturday at the Tournament of the Minds competition. Kia Kaha guys (be strong, get stuck in!) - we know you are ready for this!
The Whakarongo School Intermediate Years Open Night will be held on Wednesday, 5th September from 5:30-7pm in the Navigator Centre.
Senior Winter House Sports will be held on Tuesday 11th September from 9:30am-2:30pm. Our last Badminton Skills sessions will be held this Wednesday. It has been great to see the progress our students have made over the four sessions, and how engaged they have been.
House Waiata practices will be held on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 2:30 in preparation for the house waiata competition in Week 10. We hope our tamariki are treating you to a performance or two at home while practicing!
Pita Pit will now be available on FRIDAY’S ONLY! They will no longer be delivering lunches on a Tuesday.
This week our students will start preparing for Learning Conferences, which will be held in week 9. We look forward to having your tamaiti (child) share their learning with you. We will update you with more details once online bookings open.
Last week we set some homework to prepare our ākonga (learners) for our in class learning by asking them to be ‘problem seekers’ and identifying problems in our lives that we can solve. We have not had a great response to this so far - It would be great if you could spend some time talking with your tamaiti (child) about things in our world that we could improve / solve to ignite ideas for them to work on in class! For this reason, the homework will remain the same for this week.
As always, for those students who would like extra homework, there is basic facts and spelling homework available on the blog for students to access, alongside with Chapter Chat activities.
Ngā Mihi,
Kahurangi Pouako
Sunday 19 August 2018
Rātaka ō te wiki - Wiki Rimu
Kia Ora whānau rāua tamariki,
This term seems to be going far too quickly! Week 5 is already here - and as always there are a few exciting opportunities for our ākonga (learners) to showcase their many talents this week. Assembly, Super 10 trials, Robotics exploration and innovating solutions to problems in our lives are a few of the activities on this week!
Firstly, a big thank you for your support and understanding for the teachers strike last Wednesday. It was great to feel the tautoko (support) from our community - but even better to be back in the classroom on Thursday with your tamariki (children) doing what we love!
Kahurangi is proud to be hosting Assembly this Friday, and proud to offer our Kapa Haka Teina group (Year 5 Kapa Haka group) the opportunity to perform as a part of this! We would love to see our whānau there celebrating our learning with us from 2:15pm.
We will be exploring robotics using the Sphero’s and Lego WeDo sets this week. Please make sure that your tamaiti (child) has the appropriate apps on their iPads needed to run these robotics. They require Sphero and Sphero Edu, as well as WeDo 2.0
Due to another team being unable to attend the Super 10 competition, we are lucky to have the opportunity to enter a Year 6 football team. We had LOADS of interest in being a part of this team - and it was tough to narrow it down with all the keen and talented soccer players in Kahurangi! We have selected the team and notices regarding this tournament will be sent home tomorrow. We would like to thank all students who trialled. Also a HUGE thank you to Phil Riley for supporting our players and coaching the team.
Our Badminton Skills sessions have not been rescheduled. We had our third session on Friday, and our last session will be held next Wednesday, 29th September.
House Meetings will be held this Thursday afternoon. Pita Pit will now be available on FRIDAY’S ONLY! They will no longer be delivering lunches on a Tuesday.
Thanks to those of you who have brought in some items for our ‘Tinker Station’. Our students are keen to explore what they are made up of and how they work! If you have any other items that you do NOT need back that our students can dismantle and explore, please send them in!
Homework this week is for out ākonga (learners) to talk with whānau to seek some ‘problems’ in our worlds that we can that innovate solutions to in class. It would be great if you could spend some time talking with your tamaiti (child) about things in our world that we could improve / solve to ignite ideas for them to work on in class!
For those students who would like extra homework, there is basic facts and spelling homework available on the blog for students to access, alongside with Chapter Chat activities.
Ngā Mihi,
Kahurangi Pouako
This term seems to be going far too quickly! Week 5 is already here - and as always there are a few exciting opportunities for our ākonga (learners) to showcase their many talents this week. Assembly, Super 10 trials, Robotics exploration and innovating solutions to problems in our lives are a few of the activities on this week!
Firstly, a big thank you for your support and understanding for the teachers strike last Wednesday. It was great to feel the tautoko (support) from our community - but even better to be back in the classroom on Thursday with your tamariki (children) doing what we love!
Kahurangi is proud to be hosting Assembly this Friday, and proud to offer our Kapa Haka Teina group (Year 5 Kapa Haka group) the opportunity to perform as a part of this! We would love to see our whānau there celebrating our learning with us from 2:15pm.
We will be exploring robotics using the Sphero’s and Lego WeDo sets this week. Please make sure that your tamaiti (child) has the appropriate apps on their iPads needed to run these robotics. They require Sphero and Sphero Edu, as well as WeDo 2.0
Due to another team being unable to attend the Super 10 competition, we are lucky to have the opportunity to enter a Year 6 football team. We had LOADS of interest in being a part of this team - and it was tough to narrow it down with all the keen and talented soccer players in Kahurangi! We have selected the team and notices regarding this tournament will be sent home tomorrow. We would like to thank all students who trialled. Also a HUGE thank you to Phil Riley for supporting our players and coaching the team.
Our Badminton Skills sessions have not been rescheduled. We had our third session on Friday, and our last session will be held next Wednesday, 29th September.
House Meetings will be held this Thursday afternoon. Pita Pit will now be available on FRIDAY’S ONLY! They will no longer be delivering lunches on a Tuesday.
Thanks to those of you who have brought in some items for our ‘Tinker Station’. Our students are keen to explore what they are made up of and how they work! If you have any other items that you do NOT need back that our students can dismantle and explore, please send them in!
Homework this week is for out ākonga (learners) to talk with whānau to seek some ‘problems’ in our worlds that we can that innovate solutions to in class. It would be great if you could spend some time talking with your tamaiti (child) about things in our world that we could improve / solve to ignite ideas for them to work on in class!
For those students who would like extra homework, there is basic facts and spelling homework available on the blog for students to access, alongside with Chapter Chat activities.
Ngā Mihi,
Kahurangi Pouako
Thursday 16 August 2018
Super 10 Football Tournament - Year 6's Only
This year Whakarongo School is hosting the Super 10 Intermediate football tournament. This tournament will be held on Tuesday 28th August at Hokowhitu Park in Palmerston North.
Unfortunately, one of the schools competing in the Super 10 competition has pulled out and we only have 9 teams entered. We have decided that we will enter a Year 6 team to play in this tournament as it will be a great opportunity for our students to see what is available for them next year in regards to sport.
Your child has expressed an interest in playing for the school in this tournament. However, due to the amount of students wanting to play for this team, we will need to hold a trial to select players to represent the school. We will be holding the trial on Monday 20th August and students will be notified later in the week if they have been selected. For the trial students will need to have a change of clothes, shin pads and boots.
We look forward to seeing our Year 6’s out there footing it with other Intermediate schools from around the region.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me at kradford@whakarongo.school.nz
Unfortunately, one of the schools competing in the Super 10 competition has pulled out and we only have 9 teams entered. We have decided that we will enter a Year 6 team to play in this tournament as it will be a great opportunity for our students to see what is available for them next year in regards to sport.
Your child has expressed an interest in playing for the school in this tournament. However, due to the amount of students wanting to play for this team, we will need to hold a trial to select players to represent the school. We will be holding the trial on Monday 20th August and students will be notified later in the week if they have been selected. For the trial students will need to have a change of clothes, shin pads and boots.
We look forward to seeing our Year 6’s out there footing it with other Intermediate schools from around the region.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me at kradford@whakarongo.school.nz
Monday 13 August 2018
School Photo's 2018
These have arrived and look great. The photos are bigger than in previous years so may not fit in school bags without being bent or squashed.
They will be available from PODs on Thursday if you would like to collect them otherwise they will be sent home with students on Thursday afternoon.
Thank you.
Sunday 12 August 2018
Rātaka ō te wiki -Wiki Wha
Kia Ora whānau rāua tamariki,
What an amazing weekend we just had! It is fabulous to hear of all the exciting adventures of our tamariki over the weekend, enjoying the sunshine!
It is also great to see the fields open finally for our ākonga to get out and enjoy a bit of sport and play at break times. It is still quite wet out there so it’s a good idea for those enjoying some field time to bring some spare clothes just in case they get a bit muddy out there!
Congratulations to our students who took part in the Mathex competition on Friday - you guys were awesome! We’re always so proud to see our students being amazing Whakarongo Kids out and about in the community - and Mathex was no exception. Perseverance, innovation, collaboration and respect were all showcased on Friday - Ka rawe koutou!
Thanks to all of those who participated in, and donated to, Crazy Hair Day - it was a fabulous turn out for a fabulous cause! Here’s a pic of us all! More are available on our blog and seesaw :)
School will be closed on Wednesday due to strike action. We appreciate your support in this as we continue to negotiate for better outcomes for our students. Please find attached information regarding this action on the blog.
Unfortunately this means our Badminton Skills sessions on Wednesday cannot go ahead. We are still in the process of finalising alternative times for make up sessions and we will let you know as soon as we do.
Just a bit of advance notice that Kahurangi will be hosting assembly next Friday, 24th August. We look forward to sharing our learning with the kura (school) and our whānau - we would love to see you there!
We have had some fantastic homework coming in this week for our ‘technological advances - why and how is technology changing’. Due to this we will continue this activity for another week - if you haven’t already, this could be a fun activity to look at with your tamaiti (child) and get creative with!
Please find this on the blog.
For those students who would like extra homework, there is basic facts and spelling homework available on the blog for students to access, alongside with Chapter Chat activities.
Ngā Mihi,
Kahurangi Pouako
What an amazing weekend we just had! It is fabulous to hear of all the exciting adventures of our tamariki over the weekend, enjoying the sunshine!
It is also great to see the fields open finally for our ākonga to get out and enjoy a bit of sport and play at break times. It is still quite wet out there so it’s a good idea for those enjoying some field time to bring some spare clothes just in case they get a bit muddy out there!
Congratulations to our students who took part in the Mathex competition on Friday - you guys were awesome! We’re always so proud to see our students being amazing Whakarongo Kids out and about in the community - and Mathex was no exception. Perseverance, innovation, collaboration and respect were all showcased on Friday - Ka rawe koutou!
Thanks to all of those who participated in, and donated to, Crazy Hair Day - it was a fabulous turn out for a fabulous cause! Here’s a pic of us all! More are available on our blog and seesaw :)
School will be closed on Wednesday due to strike action. We appreciate your support in this as we continue to negotiate for better outcomes for our students. Please find attached information regarding this action on the blog.
Unfortunately this means our Badminton Skills sessions on Wednesday cannot go ahead. We are still in the process of finalising alternative times for make up sessions and we will let you know as soon as we do.
Just a bit of advance notice that Kahurangi will be hosting assembly next Friday, 24th August. We look forward to sharing our learning with the kura (school) and our whānau - we would love to see you there!
We have had some fantastic homework coming in this week for our ‘technological advances - why and how is technology changing’. Due to this we will continue this activity for another week - if you haven’t already, this could be a fun activity to look at with your tamaiti (child) and get creative with!
Please find this on the blog.
For those students who would like extra homework, there is basic facts and spelling homework available on the blog for students to access, alongside with Chapter Chat activities.
Ngā Mihi,
Kahurangi Pouako
Wednesday 8 August 2018
Monday 6 August 2018
Sunday 5 August 2018
Rātaka ō te wiki - Wiki Toru
Kia Ora whānau rāua tamariki,
It’s always fabulous to start off our newsletter celebrating some student achievements. Congratulations to Ava Brock and Adiel Ngirazi who competed in the Manawatu Science Fair this weekend. Both received awards in the Fonterra Science and Technology Junior Category with Ava receiving a highly commended for her project on rabbit water consumption, and Adiel placing 3rd for his project on Plastic Wrap Polymer! Ka mau te wehi kōrua!
Mathex competition will take place this Friday, 10th August, at the Racecourse. Please note that both those year 5 and 6 students need to be at school by 8:15 am so they are ready to leave at 8:30 am. Year 6 teams will compete at 9am. Year 5 team will compete at 10am (but will leave at 8:30am to to watch our year 6 team compete).
At the end of last term we started tuakana teina sessions with our Poutama buddies. This term we have extended this to include time with Toa Pod also. It is a great opportunity for our students to show whanaungatanga (kinship / relationships) and build a sense of belonging for all students in our school community. We hope you will enjoy seeing seesaw posts about the shared learning experiences of our tamariki (children).
This week we continue our Badminton Skills sessions on Wednesday - it is fantastic to see our students build their skills and confidence in both badminton and tennis. Wednesday is fast becoming a favourite day with our ākonga - as well as the pouako!
With the weather still a bit hit or miss, we ask those students who are keen to get out for a kick around (when the fields are open) to bring a spare change of clothes. We love to see our ākonga enjoying the fresh air - but it can sometimes result in muddy and uncomfortable afternoons!
Aroha are running our Whakarongo School Assembly this week. Assembly starts at 2:15pm in the hall.
Crazy Hair Day is to be held on this Thursday, 9th August. It is great to hear our tamariki getting into the spirit of things and planning some outrageous hair do’s! We will be collecting gold coin donations to support KidsCan on this day if you would like to contribute to a great cause.
This week the homework is set to support our Conceptual Curriculum focus for the week of ‘technological advances - why and how is technology changing’.This could be a fun activity to look at with your tamaiti (child) and get creative with! Please find this on the blog.
For those students who would like extra homework, there is basic facts and spelling homework available on the blog for students to access, alongside with Chapter Chat activities.
Ngā Mihi,
Kahurangi Pouako
It’s always fabulous to start off our newsletter celebrating some student achievements. Congratulations to Ava Brock and Adiel Ngirazi who competed in the Manawatu Science Fair this weekend. Both received awards in the Fonterra Science and Technology Junior Category with Ava receiving a highly commended for her project on rabbit water consumption, and Adiel placing 3rd for his project on Plastic Wrap Polymer! Ka mau te wehi kōrua!
Mathex competition will take place this Friday, 10th August, at the Racecourse. Please note that both those year 5 and 6 students need to be at school by 8:15 am so they are ready to leave at 8:30 am. Year 6 teams will compete at 9am. Year 5 team will compete at 10am (but will leave at 8:30am to to watch our year 6 team compete).
At the end of last term we started tuakana teina sessions with our Poutama buddies. This term we have extended this to include time with Toa Pod also. It is a great opportunity for our students to show whanaungatanga (kinship / relationships) and build a sense of belonging for all students in our school community. We hope you will enjoy seeing seesaw posts about the shared learning experiences of our tamariki (children).
This week we continue our Badminton Skills sessions on Wednesday - it is fantastic to see our students build their skills and confidence in both badminton and tennis. Wednesday is fast becoming a favourite day with our ākonga - as well as the pouako!
With the weather still a bit hit or miss, we ask those students who are keen to get out for a kick around (when the fields are open) to bring a spare change of clothes. We love to see our ākonga enjoying the fresh air - but it can sometimes result in muddy and uncomfortable afternoons!
Aroha are running our Whakarongo School Assembly this week. Assembly starts at 2:15pm in the hall.
Crazy Hair Day is to be held on this Thursday, 9th August. It is great to hear our tamariki getting into the spirit of things and planning some outrageous hair do’s! We will be collecting gold coin donations to support KidsCan on this day if you would like to contribute to a great cause.
This week the homework is set to support our Conceptual Curriculum focus for the week of ‘technological advances - why and how is technology changing’.This could be a fun activity to look at with your tamaiti (child) and get creative with! Please find this on the blog.
For those students who would like extra homework, there is basic facts and spelling homework available on the blog for students to access, alongside with Chapter Chat activities.
Ngā Mihi,
Kahurangi Pouako
Thursday 2 August 2018
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