Piwakawaka Year 0 - 4 Swim Fun DayWe will be holding our annual swimming event for the year 0 - 4 students in Blake, Hillary and Taylor rooms on Thursday 28th February. There will be more details to follow next week. Year 5-8 Kereru Swimming SportsWhat a beautiful sunny day we had today for the year 5-8 swimming sports. There was great competition throughout the events. Congratulations to all our students on the day for placing and participating. It was nice to see everyone that came along to support the children. Thank you to the parents who helped on the day. TaylorIn Taylor, we have been picking up rubbish in the school to help the environment. It is part of Environment Duty which is our responsibility this week. In class we have been learning about ways people help the community as part of our Who We Are inquiry. We are helping our Te Hihi School community by being volunteers and picking up rubbish to keep it clean. Here are some action shots of us keeping our school community clean. HillaryHillary children engaged in fun learning through maths games. Helping your child to be independentAt Te Hihi we have our SHINE awards. The award for S is self-managing. It is important for your child to learn independence and be self-managing. As such, we ask that you encourage your child to become a self-managing student. To do this we recommend parents/caregivers to: Get you child to pack their own bag before they leave home. It is easier for you to work with your one child on how to do this effectively and efficiently than the teacher as he or she has 35-30 students that need help. Let your child walk themselves into class and get ready for the school day. Say your goodbyes at the gate, not in the classroom. Please make sure your child is at school by 8:30 so they have enough time to put their bag away and get ready in the classroom. Please remember, school finishes at 2.45 pm. Allow your child to get themselves to the gate rather than coming into the school. If you want to come into the school, please do so but wait up by the admin block. Not only does this help with their self-management, children get distracted as soon as they see a mum or dad outside. Fulton Swim SchoolFulton Swim School lessons are well underway and the students are really enjoying them. It is important that your child takes full advantage of this programme and brings their togs daily. Please don't allow your child to opt out of swimming because they don't want to do it, encourage them to take full advantage of the programme just as you'd expect them to do with any other aspect of their learning. Bus ChangesIf your child travels by bus from school the class teachers need to know of any changes in the morning when they are doing the bus lists. Please send a note with your child or email before 8.45am to make these changes. We are having a lot of children unsure of how they are to travel home. If your child's transport home has changed in anyway from last year please email the office or phone so this can be changed on the system. LunchesPlease try to ensure your child has a healthy lunch e.g. sandwiches, fruit, snacks and water. We don't allow lollies and sweets at school so please keep these for after school. Birthday CelebrationsDue to the number of allergies, the size of some of our classes, and regulations like the Food Act, we ask that lollies and cakes or similar aren't brought in to celebrate birthdays. It is best that birthday celebrations are kept for after school. In class the teachers will ensure your child's birthday is recognised Music LessonsMusic lessons for piano/keyboard are available at school. If your child is keen to take up this opportunity, please call Kathryn Ganter on 0272487752. Teacher of piano/keyboard, saxophone, flute and clarinet. You are warmly invited to attend the first FoTHS meeting for 2019, to be held in the school staffroom on Wednesday 20th February at 7pm. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 20th February. Please contact Ana Smith Ana Smith asmith7562@aol.com or Nikki Barry fairbarry@gmail.com if you have any queries. Calendar Term 1Please check this calendar weekly as dates may change and things may be added.Fulton Swim School will be in school Tuesday 5 Feb, then from 11 Feb every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to 27 Feb. 20 Feb - FOTHS Meeting 21 Feb - Family Fun Night 5pm-7:30pm 22 Feb – Yr 7-8 North Counties Swim Sports 28 Feb – Yr1-4 Swim Sports 06 Mar – Yr 5-6 North Counties Swim Sports 08 Mar – Yr 7-8 Zone Swim Sports 12 Mar – Yr 5-6 North Counties Summer Sports 14 Mar – Yr 5-6 North Counties Summer Sports (Save Day) 15 Mar – Mufti Day – Child Cancer 12 Mar – BOT Meeting 22 Mar – Sharing the Learning 28 Mar – Yr 7 Have a Go Day 11 Apr – Disco 12 Apr – Term 1 Ends 29 Apr – Term 2 Begins The term dates for 2019 are:Term 1: Wednesday 30 Jan – Friday 12 April Term 2: Monday 29 April – Friday 05 July Term 3: Monday 22 July – Friday 27 Sept Term 4: Monday 14 Oct – Thursday 13 Dec School Policies on School DocsUp for review this term: · School Swimming Pool (Board/staff/parents) · Alcohol / Drugs and other harmful substances (Board/staff/parents) To review and provide feedback for the above policy please visit our School Docs website. Enter the user name (tehihi) and password (karaka) 1. Read the policy. 2. Click the red Policy Review icon at the right-hand top corner of the page. A new screen will appear. 3. Select your role (board member, staff member, or parent/caregiver) from the drop-down list. 4. Enter your name (optional). 5. Submit your ratings and comments. If you want to view any of our other school policies please do so. Community NoticesWAIAU PA HOCKEY CLUB JUNIOR MUSTER / REGISTRATION We are looking for players for every grade, U7 (yr 1 &2) , U9 (yr 3 & 4), U11 (yr 5 & 6) and U13 (yr 7 & 8).
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