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!