Room 12 Other Information Part One

Part 1:

Dear Parents, Caregivers, Whanau and Students,

Kia ora and welcome back! I hope you and your families had an awesome break, kept warm and are ready for  a busy term ahead!

As we begin this term we congratulate Callum Higgison who was awarded Room 12 Student of the Term for Term Two.  Through out Term Two Callum displayed amazing leadership skills, cooperation, enthusiasm and respect in every aspect of school life.  He showed that he has fantastic manners and an amazing way of nurturing and working with the younger students.  Callum was dedicated, put time and effort into everything he was part of at school during Term 2.   He was always helpful and hardworking.  Congratulations Callum!  We look forward to finding out who Term 3’s Student of the Term will be.

It is wonderful to see the students back at school and enthusiastic about our upcoming learning and events. They are looking smart and tidy in their uniforms!  Please support us by ensuring that your child wears the correct uniform everyday, with pride!  As we begin the new term please ensure that all of your child’s school items are named clearly to avoid any loss of items, e.g. uniform, stationery, lunch boxes, drink bottles etc… Remember school wide brimmed sunhats are not compulsory in Term 2 and Term 3.

Term Three Team Kahikatea Learning:    What’s on this Term

Information about what PrEP [Primary Enterprise Programme] is and what your children will be doing this term.

PrEP gives students the opportunity to develop their own enterprise community, [Business or Service].  Students create their own Government and currency and are encouraged to make small products or services which are sold at market. We will have a Bank and a Storage Barn, plus the Government which has already been voted for at the end of last term, when we had our General Election for candidates wanting to stand for Government.  PrEP is designed as a term programme, or longer, which can be delivered throughout a team or right across the school. Students have chosen which class they will be working in for PrEP and the programme will run every Monday from 12.45pm until home time.  If you want to come along and help out at PrEP – please do, as all support will be greatly appreciated.  If you have any items at home which could be of use such as recyclable items, please bring them along to Room 12 – the Storage Barn.  For more information about PrEP go to:   yetrust.co.nz/enterprise-programmes/prep-years-1-8/

Other learning topics during Term 3 = Reflection and persuasive writing, Financial Literacy, Careers, Technology, EOTC, Year 8’s Powell Hut expedition, gymnastics, soccer, hockey and dance. 

Designcraft / Technology at Makoura:

Year 7 and 8 students attend technology sessions at Makoura College (Masterton) every Tuesday.  The Technology sessions cost $76 for the year.   A big thank you to those of you who have paid this already.  If you are unable to pay this in full you can make part payments.  This can be paid to the office or by automatic payment.  Thank you.    Please be aware that students are required to wear covered shoes at Technology for safety reasons. If they do not have the suitable footwear they are not permitted to attend the session and will remain at school.   Mrs Kennedy and I have spoken to the students about these points and we trust they will take responsibility for themselves.

Library and Computer Room:

We will be using the school library and computer room on a Thursday morning at 9:10-10:20.  While in the library students are encouraged to issue 2 books. They may keep these books for up to 2 weeks.  Please help your child to use and care for our library books as well as return them promptly.

For PE this term we are participating in gymnastics, soccer and hockey.  Please encourage your child to wear sensible footwear to school or bring trainers/sneakers to put on when needed.

Hub 3 is our buddy class.  We are calling this session Tuakana/Teina (Big kids helping little kids).  During this time we read, write, develop spelling and maths skills, as well as build friendships with our buddies.  This happens every Friday before lunch for 20 minutes.  This helps our older students develop leadership skills and gives the younger children great role models and a sense of belonging.