Prospect School Newsletter Thursday 14th March, 2019 Term 1, Week 7

Greetings, Kia ora, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Sabai Di, Namaste, Kia Orana, Fakaalofa Lahi Atu, Hola, Salaam, Bonjour, Kumusta, Buenos Dias, Konichiwa, Ni Hao, An Young Haseyo, Akwaaba, Yoboseyo Jam-bo, Bula Vinaka, Shalom, Dobra Dan, Sawadee, Endeminalachu, Mabuhay, Sabona.

A Matou Tikanga: A Matou Tikanga for this week is: Making good choices about looking after our environment without being asked. This shows the value of Responsibility.

Welcome: We welcome Hannah, Jacob and Nevayah who have started at our school. We look forward to a positive relationship with you, your family and the school. Nau mai, haere mai!

Year 5/6 Camp: Most of our Year 5 and 6 students went to camp at PSYV in Whangaparaoa last week. They had a fantastic time learning new skills, overcoming challenges and taking on responsibility. They took part in a number of activities including a water slide, burma trail, archery, rifle shooting, wall-climbing and building shelters. Many thanks to the staff at PSYV for the use of the facilities and for keeping our hungry hordes well fed and, as always massive thanks to our wh ānau members who stayed with us and those who came up to help with activities during the day. A camp like this is a lot of work and we would not be able to give our children these experiences without your support, he mihi aroha ki a koutou. For more photos, refer to our school facebook page.

EOTC - Junior School: Zoo Trip: The junior school trip to the zoo was highly successful despite the downpour of rain during the lunch time. This did not spoil our fun and we managed to see lots of exciting animals. All classes enjoyed their zoo activities and spent time in the zoo classroom learning about Keas, Giraffes and the jobs that happen at the zoo. A highlight enjoyed by all was riding the double decker bus. Thanks to all whanau who supported and came with us on the day. If you still owe money for the trip please get it into the office as soon as possible.

EOTC - Year 4: This year in Week 6, our Year 4s ran, jumped, worked, played, ate and sang their way through a fantastic EOTC week. All of the activities were aimed at helping develop our Hauora - or wellbeing - in all areas: taha tinana (physical health), taha hinengaro (mental/emotional), taha whānau (relationships) and taha wairua (spirituality/values). One of the most amazing things about the week was seeing just how well our Y4s - and some fantastic older pupils - were able to work together and "muck in" to overcome obstacles. It was fantastic to see the children showing the values of whanaungatanga and rangatiratanga through the huge inflatable obstacle course, in the tug-of-war, bivvy building, the swimming pool and at our in-school sleepover. The children really did themselves, their school and their families proud. Finally, a huge thanks to all our

support staff and school whānau who gave their time through the week and after school to make our events a success. Ngā mihi, Matua Joe and Koka Philly

Preliminary Reports: These will be sent home with your child shortly. The reports let you know at what level your child is achieving in reading, writing and maths as well their goals. We do know that students’ learning often slips over the holiday break so, the report will let you know if this has happened with your child. It will also show the learning goals for your child. We would also like to set a whanau goal as well. Please write in the whanau goal and bring this along on Meet the Teacher day on Thursday 21st March.

Library Volunteer Thanks: A big thank you to volunteers Cassie Keene (one of our parents) and David Tonks (ex pupil) who have helped us by covering books. in the library. We really appreciate you giving up your time to help us and the children. If you would like to volunteer some time to cover books, please let the office know. We will show you how it is done.

Meet the Teacher: Thursday 21st March is Meet the Teacher Evening. School will close at 2:00pm. There are two time slots of 2:15pm to 3:00pm and 3:00pm to 6:00pm. At the 2:15pm time slot, there will be a short presentation to the group by the teacher and, after this, you can have a 2-3 minute time with the teacher about your child. From 3:00pm, the interviews with each parent will be longer. If there are issues you particularly want to discuss with the teacher, please come between 3:00pm to 6:00pm.

Student’s Name/s Choose a time

Name:____________ Rm __ Name:____________ Rm __ Name:____________ Rm __ Name:____________ Rm __

2:15 - 3:00PM ☐

3:00 - 6:00PM ☐

BlueLight Disco: Tomorrow, Friday 15th March, there will be a disco organised by the New Zealand Police at the school hall from 3:30pm to 5:00pm . Entry is free. There will also be free sausage on bread available. This disco is for only students attending Prospect School. No siblings allowed.

Purple Day: For the second year running we are going to support those students in our school who live with the daily effects of epilepsy. Purple Day is the international awareness day for supporting epilepsy. On Tuesday March 26 wear purple, bring a gold coin and come along to the library for some fun Purple Day activities!

Mobile Bus Library: On Thursday 28th March, the mobile bus library will be making its second visit this term to Prospect School. Please have your library books issued last time back to your class teacher before this date so they can be returned.

Regards, Gay Turner Principal

COMMUNITY EVENTS:

Lego Club: When: Thursday 14th March Where: Glen Eden Library Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Entry: FREE Use your creativity and imagination to build whatever you like. Lego provided.

Pasifika Toddler Time: When: Thursday 21st March Where: Glen Eden Library Time: 10:30am to 11:am Entry: FREE A fun-filled time learning greetings, singing songs and reading books about the Pacific.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Tomorrow - BlueLight Disco @ 3:30pm Thu 21st Mar - Meet the Teacher Evening -

school closing @ 2:00pm Tues 26th Mar - Purple Day Wed 27th Mar - BoT Meeting @ 6:30pm Fri 12th Apr - Last day of Term 1