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Principal's Patch<\/h2>

Kia ora koutou<\/h3>Today we are emailing you the link to the newsletter, so that you read the newsletter by clicking on the link, and going to the website.
This is different to last week, where the newsletter was in the email. We expect the reading experience to be better from the website, and offer you the opportunity to visit the new website at the same time!
Please let us know if you have any challenges with reading or receiving the newsletter - our goal is to make it easy for you to access.<\/div>
We know that winter is well and truly upon us with the possibility of snow being mentioned in current forecasts. Of more concern to us, are the very cold early morning temperatures that are being predicted for next week, along with clear days. Therefore we are predicting possible ice hazards at school. Tony has been preparing the best he can today, getting in extra stocks of salt, and we will be using cones on pathways next week to identify hazardous areas.<\/div>Please would you ensure that your child(ren) are dressed appropriately for these winter temperatures. We are noticing a small number of children coming to school wearing just a short-sleeved shirt and no other layers to put on. A polar fleece is a minimum requirement and gumboots (along with a spare pair of socks in their schoolbag) is strongly encouraged.
If you don't have gumboots - the second hand clothing shop has been given some pairs to recycle - if you have spare children's size gumboots that you can pass on to the second hand clothing team, please bring them to the office.
The second hand clothing shop will be open next Friday, before and after school.

Ka kite
Sandy Hastings
Principal\/Tumaki

Important Dates<\/h2><\/div>

Upcoming Events<\/h3>Tue 9 Aug<\/b>
6:30-8:00pm, staff room - Positive Parenting Workshop<\/a> first of 6 weeks of free workshops sign up by clicking on link above

Thu 11 Aug<\/b>
6:00 - 8:30pm BOT meeting

Fri 12 Aug<\/b>
8:45-9:15am & 2:45-3:15pm PTA Uniform Room open.
9:15am-9:45am Celebration Assembly - All Welcome!
12:30-3:00pm - Winter Sport

Tue 16 Aug<\/b>
ICAS Maths

Thu 18 Aug<\/b>
Yr 7 & 8 Ski trip to Mt Hutt

2016 & 2017 Term Dates<\/a><\/h3><\/div>

Citizen of the Week<\/h2>

Sadie McLoughlin - Year 7<\/h3>
Sadie, you are a motivated, energetic student. The enthusiasm and creativity you bring to your learning, has seen you achieve outstanding results across the school curriculum. You are an empathetic member of our school, one who leads by example and regularly shows that she cares. You demonstrate a desire to immerse yourself in challenges and have developed an impressive work ethic. Keep embracing big mistakes, and celebrating your well deserved successes. Tino pai Sadie!<\/div>

Sharing our Learning<\/h2>

Koru Hub<\/h3>A very warm welcome to our newest Hub 12\/13 students and their families - Karda, Flynn, Harper, Ashleigh, Stella, Jack, Robin, Justin, Maggie, Bobby, and Davish.<\/span>

We love learning<\/h4>
\u201cDepriving young children of play experiences, the reverie of imagination, and open-ended explorations with the world around them contributes to the acceleration, fragmentation, and deterioration of young children\u2019s developmental possibilities\u201d  <\/i><\/div>
Thomas Armstrong, \u201cThe Best Schools\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/div>
Our lovely New Entrants begin each day with self selected learning activities to help make the transition from preschool to school a reasonably easy one. As well as direct instruction, we incorporate many guided play learning activities into the day based on children\u2019s current interests. <\/span>Recent favourites have been watercolour painting, retelling the Mrs Wishy Washy story using toy animals,making puppets, constructions using blocks and cars, playing teachers.Playing teachers is an age old favourite! Xavier decided to get a group of children around a table today and play word games.<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/span>
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<\/span>Our children enjoy drawing and writing on a daily basis. They can often be found making their own little books and writing messages.

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<\/span><\/span>Little penguins can be found incorporated into playful activities. Through play (guided play) the children are finding out about their world and developing their oral language and social skills. Music and movement are also a large part of our day too.<\/span>

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<\/span>Through drama we can be any character we choose.  <\/span>

Play<\/b><\/h4>There are 5 types of functional play; physical, language, exploratory, constructive, fantasy and social. All of these feature in the day of a NE child.

What the Research Tells Us About Play<\/b><\/h4>Play serves as a mediator between what is possible and what is actual \u201cBeing playful\u201d \u2013 is the drive to play. This compliments the curiosity drive. Curiosity motivates children to seek new knowledge, playfulness allows them to practice new skills and use them creatively through meaningful conversation.

<\/span>To be able to do this, children require the freedom to engage in authentic play. \u201cThis process of play may be the single most important thing that humans do.\u201d<\/i><\/span>
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(The Best Schools: How Human Development Research Should Inform Educational Practice)<\/i><\/span>

Parent Education Opportunity <\/h2>

Last chance to register - starts this coming Tuesday<\/h3>We are excited to be able to offer six, free, Positive Parenting workshops that are going to be held starting next week.
The sessions will run from 6:30pm to 8pm each Tuesday evening, starting on Tuesday 9 August and finishing on Tuesday 13 September.
The sessions are being facilitated by trained staff from the Christchurch Methodist Mission, and funded through their funding streams.
The school will provide supervision for children, if you need to bring them along to enable you to attend the workshop.
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Please register by clicking here.<\/a>

These are some of the topics that will be touched on: