Week Seven - Look After the Environment and Equipment

Kia ora whanau and caregivers,

It has been great getting to complete Numeracy and Literacy testing and seeing how far the children have come since the start of the year! Every student has made positive movements towards National Standards and it is so pleasing to see that they are also enjoying their learning.

There are a couple of important dates to keep in mind over the coming week.  Tomorrow (Friday 1st December) we have the Junior School Athletics Prizegiving, next Wednesday evening we have the Christmas Concert and next Friday is the school Leavers Assembly.

Please if any whanau would like to assist with the Beach Education trip on the last Wednesday of the term please let me know.

Nga mihi,

Nicholas Shimasaki

Week Six - Being Respectful by Following Instructions from Adults Straight Away

Kia ora whanau,

The end of this week has marked another step in the students learning journey for 2017. The students have done so well this term and their effort should be commended. Even though there are only three more weeks this year, the students continue to work very hard to achieve to their upmost potential.

Some of the important dates to keep in your diary for the upcoming week include; the Athletics Sports Prize-giving and the whanau gathering. Don't forget also that we have our Beach Education Day in Week 9. If you would like to be a parent helper please get in contact as soon as possible.

I thought that this week it would be a really cool opportunity to post some photos of the akonga from across the year and to highlight some of the amazing learning which we have completed in 2017. 

Nga mihi,

Nick Shimasaki

Week Five - Being Respectful by using 'Kind Hands, Kind Feet and Kind Words'

Kia ora whanau and caregivers,

What a fun week the students have had!  The effort and participation during the Linwood North School Junior Athletics was commendable and it seemed like all of the students had a great time!

Please see some of the wonderful photos taken during the event.

Nga mihi,

Nicholas Shimasaki

Week Four - Athletics Day and Show Day

Kia ora whanau and caregivers, 

Coming up in the following week we have two very important events. The first is the annual Linwood North School Junior Athletics Day and the second is the Canterbury A&P Show. 

I send out a warm welcome to any whanau or caregivers who would like to attend the Linwood North School Junior Athletics Day as I know how much it means to the tamariki seeing their; mums, dads, aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandads and caregivers out there supporting them. 

The Canterbury A&P Show is also a great event for putting the students into some 'real' learning scenarios. Not only do the children get to experience some great kai and entertainment, it is an opportunity for them to learn more about animals and the things they require for their care.

Finally, the homework which was given out today and will be due back next week. This is due to sickness among Room 5 staff and it being a short week next week. I felt that the fairest approach to the homework would be to hand it out today and give the students the rest of this week, the weekend and next week to complete it (but don't forget it will be due on Wednesday or Thursday of next week!).

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and I can wait to see all of the students again on Monday!

Nga mihi,

Nicholas Shimasaki 

Week Three - Back into Normal Routine and Beginning to Practise for Junior School Athletics Day

Kia ora whanau and caregivers,

What a week it has been! This feels like the first true week of summer with such consistently hot weather! Either that, or we didn't notice it last week as we were in the pool! 

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week and has got the opportunity to do some cool things to keep their minds engaged. At school the children have been working exceptionally hard to settle back into the normal routine after swimming. As the time until the end of the year creeps ever closer, Mrs Mackie and I are working exceedingly hard alongside the learners to try and help them to surpass all of their learning goals for Term 4 and blast into Term 1 of 2018. They are doing well so far and need to maintain this momentum going into next year.

Please remember to complete the weekly spelling and reading with your tamariki as they will earn 2 house points if it is complete and handed back in before Friday!

Below are some photos of your tamariki at AquaGym which we not ready to share last week when the blog was posted:

Nga mihi,

Nicholas Shimasaki