WELCOME TO WEEK 10!

WOW the last week of Term 3! What an amazing term we have had in Matawara with a heap of learning done through our Leadership Projects, our school Cultural Narrative interpretations and much more. 

Well done to our Kapa haka group who did an amazing job representing our school at the North Canterbury Festival on Thursday! They have practised hard, and all participants were 'Choosing to be MORE!' 

This week we have a LOT happening with Skiing, Top Team Games afternoon, and our Inquiry Celebration afternoon - we hope to see you at some stage!

KAIAPOI HIGH INTERVIEWS - 
Parents of students attending Kaiapoi High School in 2023, please remember the time you have booked to speak to the high school staff, on Friday. These meetings (with your child attending also) will take part in our school library. 

CALENDAR ART - 

We have been working on our Calendar Art for 2022 this term, and they are looking fabulous! Your child will post their art to Hero next week so you can see it, prior to purchasing. Please note - with the high level of absence over the last few weeks, there will be some children who will not complete their Art. 

YEAR 8 LEADERSHIP PROJECTS - 
The second to last stage of each Leadership Project is due at 9am MONDAY 26th September. These will be marked prior to the holidays, and students who achieve the benchmark scores can feel free to submit their Leadership evidence to be in the running for their Year 8 Leadership Badge. The criteria that we set at the beginning of the year is below.

These badges will be awarded in Term 4 at our Week 6 assembly, and students who are submitting evidence for this, can do so up until the end of WEEK 5. 

TECHNOLOGY NEWSLETTER - 

The Tech Centre's September newsletter is out! Find it HERE and catch up with what is new, what is coming up, and more at the Tech Centre. Note also, there is an Open Evening coming up, where you can go and chat to all of the Tech Teachers and learn more about the programme they offer. 

As the Term draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to both Jenny Collinson and Sue Caddie for the huge amount of work they have done over the term. They have both stepped up in Matawara and their HUGE amount of experience in teaching, has allowed for a completely seamless term, where the learning been enormous, and the expectations have remained the same. My time as a DP draws to a close now, and with Kris Barrow starting on the first day of next term, Linda will be back in our team on Monday 17th October also. 

We home you enjoy some time with your children over the holidays, and we will see you back here for the final term of 2022! Term 4 is always a mammoth time in Matawara, and we don't stop until the last minute of the last day!  

Have a great week!

Kristie, Jenny, Sue and Helen. 

WHATS COMING UP?

WEEK 10 -  A REALLY busy week... 

* MONDAY - Public Holiday! 

* TUESDAY - SCHOOL SKI DAY! (School as usual for those not skiing)

* WEDNESDAY - Top Team Sports Afternoon (Run by Sport Canterbury) 

* THURSDAY - School photos! Come spick and span :)

* THURSDAY - Camp Wellington Pizza Fundraiser! (Lois Monteba and Mel Mehlhopt are doing this one - please be set up in the Library by 8:30am )

* THURSDAY - Whole School community celebration (afternoon). NOTE: there will be no assembly on this day, as the Inquiry celebration will be an opportunity for all of us to come together. 

* FRIDAY - Kaiapoi High School Conferences with parents and students in Library (you will have already booked your time for this)

* FRIDAY - Sausage Sizzle - Order through Kindo

* FRIDAY - END OF TERM 3!

**TERM 4**

WEEK 1 - ATHLETICS ROTATIONS ALL WEEK (Afternoons)

* THURSDAY - Huxster Bike Race

* FRIDAY - Tech - ALL DAY - Bus leaves at 9:15am SHARP!

WELCOME TO WEEK 9!

 

We are at the second to last week of a busy, almost 'normal' term! 

This week we have been flat out with our Inquiry learning, and you will see the result of some of this in HERO coming out! Our whole team have been learning about Poetry, and how to use metaphorical language and imagery to present ideas. One of the tasks was to take our Cultural Narrative and "bring it to life" through the poem. The poems we wrote as a class were absolutely AMAZING, and we were so proud of our Team!

We also had the STRIKE! performance group come to play! It was OUTSTANDING, as you can see from the pictures! 

PLEASE NOTE - our community Inquiry Sharing afternoon, has been shifted due to the Public Holiday on Monday 26th September. This will now be held onTHURSDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER in the afternoon at 1:30pm. 

MATAWARA RIVER TRIP - 

This is going ahead on MONDAY. We have enough parent helpers now, but please ensure you complete the PERMISSION slip BEFORE Monday, which is ESSENTIAL to your child coming on this trip. 

NOTE - all children are expected to be in SCHOOL UNIFORM - but dress warmly.

KAIAPOI HIGH SCHOOL ENTRANCE TESTING - 

Just a reminder that this will happen on WEDNESDAY in our MPF. Children who have enrolled to attend Kaiapoi High School, will be participating in this and it will begin at 9am sharp, as there are 2.5 hours of tests to be done. Please ensure your child is on time on this day, as lateness will likely result in needing to attend the catch up day at Kaiapoi High, in Week 10. 

REMINDER - If you have enrolled your child at KHS, but have since accepted a position in another school, please ensure you advise KHS out of courtesy to them, so they can keep all of their records up to date. 

YEAR 8 LEADERSHIP PROJECTS - 

The Year 8's will STILL hand in the next stage of their projects on MONDAY 26th SEPTEMBER at 9am. Because this is online, it will be able to be completed on this day, regardless of the public holiday. 

Have a great week!

Kristie, Jenny, Sue and Helen. 

WHATS COMING UP?

WEEK 9 - 

* MONDAY - Matawara River Trip - 9:15am - 10:45am

* WEDNESDAY - Kaiapoi High School Entrance Testing - in our MPF at 9am

* THURSDAY - North Canterbury Kapahaka perfomance (Ohoka School in the morning) 

* FRIDAY - Tech - ALL DAY - Bus leaves at 9:15am SHARP!

WEEK 10 -  A REALLY busy week... 

* MONDAY - Public Holiday! 

* TUESDAY - SCHOOL SKI DAY! (School as usual for those not skiing)

* WEDNESDAY - Top Team Sports Afternoon (Run by Sport Canterbury) 

* THURSDAY - School photos! Come spick and span :)

* THURSDAY - Camp Wellington Pizza Fundraiser! (Russinda Hunkin and Mel Mehlhopt are doing this one - please be set up in the Library by 8:30am )

* THURSDAY - Whole School community celebration (afternoon). NOTE: there will be no assembly on this day, as the Inquiry celebration will be an opportunity for all of us to come together. 

* FRIDAY - Kaiapoi High School Conferences with parents and students in Library (you will have already booked your time for this)

* FRIDAY - Sausage Sizzle - Order through Kindo

* FRIDAY - END OF TERM 3!

WELCOME TO WEEK 8!

This week we have continued with our Sexuality lessons, with the Year 8's participating in the Mana Ake 'Transition to High School' sessions. This has been a fun time, with the Mana Ake Facilitator commenting each time on how lovely our Year 8's are - which is always LOVELY to hear! We have our final session with Bernice next Tuesday. 

Year 8's Mana Ake Session... 

We have been busy developing our personal responses to our school's Cultural Narrative. Our focus has shifted from Art, to Literacy in this, with poetry taking centre stage! 

Week 8 is DISCO week! On Friday (16 September), everyone can dress up in their glad rags and come dressed as their favourite character from a Fairytale and boogie the night away! Remember the disco runs from 6pm and we like all children picked up by 8pm. 

TE WIKI O TE REO -

Week 8 is Te Wiki o te Reo Māori  or Māori Language Week. We have games planned for Wednesday morning. Students will be in buddy groups and rotate around four activities that have been planned in each team space. You are welcome to come and watch, participate and hopefully pick up some new activities to play at home.

The games will run from 9:15 to 10:50 with morning tea will being from 10:50 to 11:10.

KAIAPOI HIGH SCHOOL ENTRANCE TESTING - 

Just a reminder that this will happen on WEDNESDAY 21st SEPTEMBER in our MPF. Children who have enrolled to attend Kaiapoi High School, will be participating in this and it will begin at 9am sharp, as there are 2.5 hours of tests to be done. Please ensure your child is on time on this day, as lateness will likely result in needing to attend the catch up day at Kaiapoi High, in Week 10. 

REMINDER - If you have enrolled your child at KHS, but have since accepted a position in another school, please ensure you advise KHS out of courtesy to them, so they can keep all of their records up to date. 

COMING UP - 

We have a busy 3 weeks coming up in Matawara! We are attempting to organise a trip to see the river that our Team space 'Wairaki' is named after, in relation to our Cultural Narrative. Should this trip be able to happen it will be on MONDAY 19th SEPTEMBER and it will be transport by bus. We will keep you posted about this as we will require some parents who are happy to join us on this trip. It will be a short visit and is likely going to be from 9am. 

The Year 8's will hand in the next stage of their projects on MONDAY 26th SEPTEMBER at 9am. 

We also have our Inquiry Celebration afternoon, Ski Trip and Sport Canterbury's Top Team competition, we hope to see you at one of these fantastic events! 

Have a great week!

Kristie, Jenny, Sue and Helen. 

WHATS COMING UP?

WEEK 8 - "Te wiki o te reo Māori - Māori Language Week"

* TUESDAY -  Cookie and Milo Day - $1.00 each - Lunchtime @ 12:30pm (BYO CUP)

* TUESDAY - Strike Performance Group presenting to the school

* TUESDAY - Mana Ake working with Year 8's (Transitioning to High School Workshops) 

* THURSDAY - Assembly in MPF 9:10am. 

* FRIDAY - School Disco "Fairytale Theme" 6-8pm. 

* FRIDAY - PTA Subway Lunch (Order through Kindo)

WEEK 9 - 

* WEDNESDAY - Kaiapoi High School Entrance Testing - in our MPF at 9am

* THURSDAY - North Canterbury Kapahaka perfomance (Ohoka School in the morning) 

* FRIDAY - Tech - ALL DAY - Bus leaves at 9:15am SHARP!

WELCOME TO WEEK 7!

What a lovely week of fine weather we have had, and long may that continue! Spring is definitely in the air, and as you may have read on HERO, we are able to be back on our field at lunchtimes. We do ask that a change of clothes occurs, as it is still very wet! It will be great for everyone to have the option to kick a ball around and let out some of the excess energy!

Our Inquiry is progressing with some wonderful learning around poetry happening, so that we can begin to explore how we might show our understanding of Clarkville School's cultural narrative. We have our school wide Inquiry celebration in week 10, so look out for that information coming out soon. 

The PTA Lego Fundraiser is happening on Thursday afternoon - thank you to the Matawara Leaders who have offered to assist with this event. Get out there and support it - it is always LOTS of fun! 

YOGA! 

This is a weekly activity in our Team, and always has us in interesting formations!

WHAT'S COMING UP IN HERO? 

We have completed our Maths assessment this week, and you will see this coming out Thursday next week. Please note if your child was out of the class at the time we did the assessment they will not have it Hero.  

YEAR 8 MANA AKE "TRANSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL WORKSHOPS - 
Mana ake have seen a need across schools to better transition students to High School. We are lucky enough to have 3 sessions for our Year 8's around 'dealing with change positively.' This is fitting in really nicely with our Sexuality lessons and will occur on the afternoons of 5th, 6th and 13th September. 

Some of the topics include -

• Looking after our hauora  
• Communication - assertive/aggressive/passive  
• Bullying - bystanders, upstanders etc  
• Managing Anxiety - what is anxiety and recognising anxious thoughts  
• Preparing for Change - circle of control and the ladder of success  
• Emotional Regulation  

NORTH CANTERBURY KAPA HAKA - 

If your child is in this group, a notice will have come home earlier. Please note the ticket sales information, as tickets are booked, and not confirmed until payment is received. We are limited to the first 50 paid orders. 

KAPA HAKA PERMISSION SLIPS ARE NOW DUE - please return as soon as possible, if you have not done this already. 

Have a great week!

Kristie, Jenny, Sue and Helen. 

WHATS COMING UP?

WEEK 7 - 

* MONDAY / TUESDAY - Mana Ake working with Year 8's (Transitioning to High School Workshops) 

* THURSDAY - PTA Lego Fundraiser in the MPF - 3:30pm 

* FRIDAY - Tech - ALL DAY - Bus leaves at 9:15am SHARP!

WEEK 8 - "Te wiki o te reo Māori - Māori Language Week"

* TUESDAY -  Cookie and Milo Day - $1.00 each - Lunchtime @ 12:30pm (BYO CUP)

* TUESDAY - Strike Performance Group presenting to the school

* TUESDAY - Mana Ake working with Year 8's (Transitioning to High School Workshops) 

* THURSDAY - Assembly in MPF 9:10am. 

* FRIDAY - School Disco "Fairytale Theme" 6-8pm. 

* FRIDAY - PTA Subway Lunch (Order through Kindo)