Tēnā koutou parents and whanau, We have had a busy week in Mānuka this week. Swimming is finished as the temperature continues to cool, and we have started WordLab in the afternoons. WordLab is our school phonics/ spelling programme that focuses on learning common ‘chunks’ of words. We will be putting up a list of Essential Words on our Weebly if you would like to continue spelling homework with your child at home. These words are just for you and your child to work through at your leisure and will not be prescribed from your child’s pod teacher. Kindness Friday Today we had a school wide focus on kindness after the sad events of last Friday. The day was a great success with students participating in kindness activities in our Mānuka community in the morning including making paper chain and hearts that you will see on our school fence this afternoon. This afternoon we had a school karakia, sung the National Anthem, had a moment of silence, school waiata and haka. We then practised kindness further with our whanau groups which was run by our whanau leaders. Rather than collecting money this mufti day, we asked our greater West Melton community to, if they could, donate to the Give-a-little page that has been set up for the families affected by last Friday. Thank you to all of you who have been able to donate. Here is the link again if you lost the email: givealittle.co.nz HYGIENE: Please be aware that there have been many different tummy-bugs doing the rounds through school at the moment. Continue to teach your child good hygiene routines to hopefully stop this spread. If your child is unwell, please keep them at home so they don’t spread their germs throughout the school. FETE: The Fete is rapidly approaching! We are sure you already have marked the 31st March in your diaries and Google Calendars. Prizes: We desperately need more prizes for our “fishing game”. Boys/ girl gifts between $1-$5 would be perfect. Please send in a gift or two to help us raise money - it’s only one week away! Also, we need a paddling pool for our game, if you have one we can borrow please let your child's pod teacher know! Sign up: to successfully run our two fundraisers we need your help. Neither require previous experience, just a smile and a willingness to have fun on Sunday. Please email [email protected] if you are able to help with any of these time slots. (Photo below) PLAY: Some students have started bringing toys from home to use during play in the mornings. As a teaching team, we are happy to leave this to your parental discretion. Equipment can be brought to school for play or running workshops, however we will not take responsibility for lost, stolen or broken property. Please discuss these risks with your child if you choose to send toys to school. Please make your children aware that this equipment is NOT to be played with at break times; it is for supervised in-class-time Learning Through Play sessions only. We would also love some cardboard boxes that can be used for creating different things. Cereal boxes are best for this as they are easy to cut with our little scissors. Any boxes can be placed by the sink. Thank you! SCIENCE: As I am sure you know Mānuka have been participating in Science with Dr Smalley for the past two weeks! The learners have been having a great time and we are excited to announce that it is finally Mrs Hawkins’ and Mrs Morgan’s literacy groups turn! So - if your child hasn’t had science yet, please ensure you ask at the end of the day what we got up to! Science is during literacy time so there may be a change in how many reading books come home ‘as per normal’ but keep rereading books your child has in their packet to practise fluency and reading whatever you have out from your public library during this time. We’re excited to see what Dr Smalley has coming up for us next... And that’s a wrap! Thanks as always to our amazing parents and caregivers who have come in and helped this week with play, putting away books or reading with our students. You are valued members of our community and we greatly appreciate all of your time, effort and willingness to help. Have a safe and happy weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday :) The Mānuka Teachers
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Bec Lowery
3/21/2019 08:58:45 pm
Manuka families I throughly recommend giving up some time to help with the fete. In my experience of the last fete, it was surprisingly fun to help on a stall or to contribute some time in some other way. Such a fabulous community event that requires the help of many. Even an hour will help and you’ll still get to enjoy the fete with your family. You won’t regret it 🙂
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