Week 2

Kia ora whanau,

Yes! Athletics on Tuesday. Hopefully the weather plays the game. If we are needing to postpone, information will be shared on Monday.
Extra things to remember:
• Drink bottle
• Hat/Sunblock
• Running shoes

What else is happening next week?
Friday:
• PTA Sausage Sizzle - order via KINDO
• Ag Club Pet Projects due Friday 25 October
• Grow Projects and Photography due Friday 25 October
-please bring these to Tūhura
Ag Club Garden Projects are not due until Monday 25 November

Other important things to know:
Friday Week 3 - Pet show and Farmers Market

Ngā mihi nui
Paula, Molly, Ali and Hayley

Welcome back to Term 4!

Welcome back to Term 4!

Hope you have all had a nice relaxing, fun time with your families.

So what's happening this week:

• We are very happy to welcome Hayley back into our team this term.
• We welcome back our University Students, Rosanna and Lucy, who were with us in term 2, they are in our team for the first 4 weeks of the term.
• Athletics practise is everyday this week, please wear correct footwear.

Please make sure your child has a named hat and drink bottle at school this term.  Every child has to wear a HAT in term 4, when outside. 

Please make sure your child has all the equipment they need for learning, like glue sticks, pencils etc. We know that these can often go missing and this is hard for us to keep track of, but if all items are named this is helpful. For some children less is more, so perhaps you can keep a supply at home and only allow them to bring one pencil case, with a few items and you can replace these as needed.

With Ali joining us for Literacy for the first part of the term, we are changing our daily timetable around. So starting week one, literacy will now be in the mornings starting just after 9am. Handwriting and spelling will still be done at our CHILL time of 8:30 to 8:55am. 

Please be aware that the teachers often have morning meetings so the classroom is open for learning from 8:30am, before this time there is no guaranteed supervision for students.

We look forward to a fun term with your fabulous children.

Ngā mihi nui
Paula, Molly, Hayley and Ali

Week 10- Last week of term!

Wow! Where's the term gone! Hopefully you're all looking forward to the holidays.

What's on next week:

Monday: Cricket for Year 3's

Wednesday: 
* Choose to be talented Top 10 auditions
* Play's Shared with the team. Your child is taking part in a play and they have been asked to learn their lines. The book has been sent home to practise and some dress ups might be required for certain groups.
Friday: 
* To celebrate an awesome term in Tūhura we are going to have a fort building Day with a shared morning tea. Your child can bring a few items to make forts with others. Items like a cushion, blanket, favourite toy. 
For our shared morning tea, please bring along a little something to share. We ask that there is nothing with Peanuts and that you try to bring something savoury rather than sweet food. NO drinks are needed we have plenty of water on tap!

* Sausage Sizzle- it's Tūhura's turn to be in charge of running this. We require two parents to support this as it is a PTA event. "He waka eke noa"- we're all in this together. Please let Theresa Aitchison know if you are available to help.
Order via KINDO

* Last day of term!

Have a lovely weekend!

Molly & Paula

Week 9

Kia ora whānau,

Well done to all those that went to kapahaka. It was a great day and everyone enjoyed themselves. 

Litter free lunches.......... 

Three rubbish bins worth of rubbish was found around our school yesterday.

These are some reminders that our food should not be coming to school in packaging. This rubbish cannot be recycled and will end up in landfill. Clarkville has a responsibly to think about our carbon footprint and make conscious decisions regarding how we are buying our food. 

Week ahead:

Monday: Morning tea bake sale. Bring some spare change, food ranging from 50c. 

Tuesday: Parent evening 7:30pm in MPF. 

Friday: 
• Buddy group day. Everyone to come dressed in their buddy group colours. More information about this will be given out on Monday.
• Pizza Fundraiser. Please order this in the Library the morning of.


Here is a YUMMY easy recipe you could try with your child, to replace wrapped muesli bars:

Week 8

Kia ora koutou,

This is what we've been up to this week....

• We have been doing Pause, Breathe, Smile' mindfulness in our team.

We have been making pest trackers:

• Those that didn't go to Kapahaka made apple muffins to share with the Kapahaka children when they got back to school.

What is happening next week:

Te wiki o te reo Māori
It's Māori language week, so set a goal with your whānau to learn some new kupu (words). Start with these greetings:
*mōrena (good morning)
*pō mārie (good night)

Wednesday
•Cultural Festival. A notice has gone home today outlining the last few details.
•Choose to be talented videos handed in


Things you might need to know:

Choose to be talented- A one minute video on a named flash drive to be handed in by Wednesday next week.

Have a lovely weekend,

Molly & Paula

Week 7

Week 7:

What is happening this week:

Monday: 

*Tennis session Monday afternoon for our team. If your child has a racquet they can bring this, but please make sure it is named.

*ICAS Monday and Wednesday for those children that has already signed up for this.

Tuesday: School Photos, dress in your best!

Thursday: 

*Tracker building Thursday, parent help would be great. 

* Subway-order via KINDO

Friday: North Canterbury Kapahaka Friday at Ohoka. Everyone taking part in this needs to at school by 8:35am

Everyone has someone they look up to and everyone wants to be looked up to. Being a role model to others helps us chose the actions that we take and to make a change. This is a focus in our team at the moment. Ask your child who their role model is, you might be surprised. 


Have a lovely weekend,

Molly, Paula, Linda & Hope

Week 6

Ski week is here!!!! 

So what is happening this week:

• Skiing Tuesday-All payments should have been made to the office. Remember a big lunch and to be at school no later than 7:30am
• Tuesday $2 Hot chocolate and cookie for those that are not skiing
• Sushi Wednesday
• Sausage sizzle Friday
• Assembly Friday afternoon 

Thursday 11:45- We are calling on some parents to help us make pest trackers at school. We ask to set these trackers on the properties of our Clarkville families surrounding Silverstream reserve. Once set, they will need to be checked the next day.

Our team has a tennis session on Monday 2nd September. If your child has their own racquets they can bring this along on the day.

Thank you again to every parent that put their name forward for parent help on camp. We had a whopping three times as many helpers as needed. We have sent home today police vetting forms for those parents who are coming on camp. For those that we can not take, we thank you for your support and wish that we could take you all.

Ngā mihi nui

Paula, Molly, Linda and Hope