Kia ora whānau, 

We have had a busy two weeks in the Kōwhai hub, and it has been lovely to finally see some sunshine and be able to get outside! 

Celebration Assembly

Last Friday, Izzy and Poppy hosted the Junior Celebration Assembly. Well done to our students who have received Kete awards and some Citizen of the Week awards at last week's assembly.  Charlie also gave a fantastic presentation all about Cambodia. Here are some photos of the assembly.

Rakau 

We are continuing to make our own rakau in our te reo sessions. If you have any old magazines at home, please send them in with your child. 

Here is a video of the song that we have been practising our rakau with. Perhaps you could have a go at home! 

Learning Through Play

Our tamariki have been making, creating and discovering many new things during Learning Through Play over the last few weeks. Here are some photos of their learning. 

We hope you have a lovely weekend. 

Ngā mihi, 

The Kōwhai Team 

 Kia ora whānau, 

We have had a lovely week in Kōwhai this week. It is great to have the weather becoming nicer, so we can do more activities outside. 

It was fantastic to see so many caregivers at our Student Led Conferences. It feels like it has been a very long time since you were in the hub. We loved having you back in and being able to chat with you about your tamariki, the year they have had and any wonderings about next year. 

During Week 5, 6 and 7 the student leaders have been leading House Games on a Thursday at 12pm. It is a great opportunity for our tamariki to get together with their houses and play a variety of team games. 

Kapa Haka

Next week we will be filming our Kapa Haka performance to share with you. If your child is part of Kapa Haka please make sure they are wearing their correct red uniform top on Thursday. 

Here are some pictures of some of the activities we have been doing in the hub over the last few weeks. 

Have a lovely weekend.

The Kōwhai team 

 Kia ora whānau, 

This term is just whizzing by! We had a fantastic Junior Athletics Day today, with the students participating in Discus, Sack Races, High Jump, Egg and Spoon races, and Javelin. This year we were unable to have our whole school house relays so we held a Kōwhai house relay. It was a very exciting race!

The students all showed our school values today, especially We Get There Together and We Love Challenge today. We are so proud of them. 

We hope you have a lovely long weekend. 

Ngā mihi, 

The Kōwhai team - Laura, Quyhn, Nick, Meagan and Rowe 

 Kia ora whānau, 

We have had a lovely start back into our final term of school for this year. It has been great to see all these smiley faces again. This week many of the home groups have been using clay to create sculptures. We have seen some amazingly artistic creations. 

Athletics 

Next week we will start practising our athletics sports in the afternoons. The Junior School Athletics Day is being held on Thursday the 11th of November.  

Unfortunately due to Level 2, we are not able to have parents come and watch the sports day this year. 

Reminders

• During Term 4 the children are expected to wear a hat whenever we are outside, so please help them remember to bring it to school. 
• Please help remind your child to bring their drink bottle every day. The drinking fountains are closed during Level 2 and the days are starting to warm up! 
• Please remember that when you come on campus in Level 2, you need to sign into the office and wear a mask while on campus. 

Here are some photos of what we have been up to for the last few weeks. 

Have a lovely weekend! 

The Kōwhai Team - Laura, Nick, Rowe, Quynh and Meagan

 Kia ora whānau, 

What a whirlwind of a term! We are so proud of how our tamariki managed themselves this term, coping with changes in various levels and heading back into online learning. It has been a lovely couple of weeks back in the hub to end the term. Next term is a shorter term with lots of events, such as Athletics. We will send out information around these as they come up. 

Term 4

Next term is a summer term so the students will need to bring their hats back to school for play. Please remind them of this. 

Next term the home groups will be moving spaces. 

The new spaces will be as follows:

Nick - The Nook

Quynh - The Theatre

Meagan - The Breakout space

Laura - The Pathway

Rowe - The Atrium 

Term 4 will start on Monday the 18th of October. 

Here are a selection of photos from Term 3. 

We hope you have a relaxing holiday, and keep safe and happy. 

The Kōwhai Team - Laura, Nick, Rowe, Quynh and Meagan