{"id":6417,"date":"2018-02-04T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T06:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=e281bdaeae7f361717e9ba75fbf26f3c"},"modified":"2018-02-04T19:10:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T07:10:47","slug":"welcome-to-kowhai-whanau-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/kowhai\/welcome-to-kowhai-whanau-2018\/6417","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Kowhai Whanau 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>
<\/a><\/div>Kowhai Information 2018<\/span><\/div>

<\/b><\/div>


A Warm Welcome!<\/span><\/div>
<\/a><\/div>
<\/span>
Welcome to 2018 with the Kowhai Team. We have a fun and action-packed year ahead, and we are looking <\/span>
forward to working with you and your child. Our first few weeks will be focused on our school values: <\/span>
We Care and We Get There Together. This newsletter will provide you with the information you need to know <\/span>
about the Kowhai Team.<\/span><\/div>

<\/span><\/div>
The First Weeks of School<\/span>
<\/a>Our focus in the first weeks of school will be about building relationships and getting to know each other. <\/span><\/a><\/div>
This will include supporting students to become familiar with daily routines including how to use the inside and<\/span>
outside spaces, how to move around safely and sensibly, how we use resources and materials and learning how<\/span>
to work together. Becoming familiar with the sequence of and expectations within a day of learning at school<\/span>
is important for all our tamariki.  We will be developing and growing the children\u2019s skills of working together, <\/span>
active listening and learning how we learn.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/span><\/div>
If you have any questions or concerns please let your child\u2019s home group teacher know.<\/span><\/div>

<\/div>

<\/span><\/div>
<\/a>Home Learning <\/span>
We are currently engaged in a review of our Home Learning protocols. We expect to have completed this soon <\/span>
and will inform whanau about the Home Learning expectactions.<\/span><\/div>

<\/span><\/div>

<\/span><\/div>
Parent Help<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/span><\/div>
<\/a>In the Kowhai team, we LOVE parent help! We usually give the children a month or so to settle into <\/span>
school routines. There are many ways to assist us at school, such as parent help either in the hub or<\/span>
\u2018behind the scenes\u2019. Please don't hesitate to make contact with one of us and we\u2019ll let you know how <\/span>
you can help.<\/span><\/div>

<\/span><\/div>

<\/span><\/div>
Communication<\/span><\/div>
We send home newsletters fortnightly (email) to inform you of our class programme. Essential dates and events<\/span> <\/span>
can be found on the school calendar and on our team blog: <\/span>http:\/\/teamkowhaibeckenham.blogspot.co.nz\/<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/div>
in hard copy. Teachers will communicate with you via:  newsletters, phone calls, text or email but, of course, <\/span>
we will always meet with you as and whenever necessary. We love to catch up before and after school whenever <\/span>
there is time too!<\/span><\/div>

<\/span><\/div>
paulette.newton@beckenham.school.nz<\/span><\/a><\/div>
anna.reid@beckenham.school.nz<\/span><\/a><\/div>
rebekah.stoop@beckenham.school.nz<\/span><\/a><\/div>
susan.walsh@beckenham.school.nz<\/span><\/a><\/div>
<\/span><\/span><\/div>
mike.matulewicz@beckenham.school.nz<\/a><\/span><\/div>

<\/div>
We look forward to the year ahead with you all! <\/span><\/span><\/div>
Kowhai Teaching Team<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n

Kowhai Information 2018<\/span>\n<\/div>\n


<\/b><\/div>\n
\n
\n
A Warm Welcome!<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n


<\/span><\/p>\n

\nWelcome to 2018 with the Kowhai Team. We have a fun and action-packed year ahead, and we are looking <\/span>
forward to working with you and your child. Our first few weeks will be focused on our school values: <\/span>
We Care and We Get There Together. This newsletter will provide you with the information you need to know <\/span>
about the Kowhai Team.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe First Weeks of School<\/span>
<\/a>Our focus in the first weeks of school will be about building relationships and getting to know each other. <\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\nThis will include supporting students to become familiar with daily routines including how to use the inside and<\/span>
outside spaces, how to move around safely and sensibly, how we use resources and materials and learning how<\/span>
to work together. Becoming familiar with the sequence of and expectations within a day of learning at school<\/span>
is important for all our tamariki.  We will be developing and growing the children’s skills of working together, <\/span>
active listening and learning how we learn.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
If you have any questions or concerns please let your child’s home group teacher know.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/a>Home Learning <\/span>
We are currently engaged in a review of our Home Learning protocols. We expect to have completed this soon <\/span>
and will inform whanau about the Home Learning expectactions.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Parent Help<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/a>In the Kowhai team, we LOVE parent help! We usually give the children a month or so to settle into <\/span>
school routines. There are many ways to assist us at school, such as parent help either in the hub or<\/span>
‘behind the scenes’. Please don’t hesitate to make contact with one of us and we’ll let you know how <\/span>
you can help.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Communication<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWe send home newsletters fortnightly (email) to inform you of our class programme. Essential dates and events<\/span> <\/span>
can be found on the school calendar and on our team blog: <\/span>http:\/\/teamkowhaibeckenham.blogspot.co.nz\/<\/span><\/a> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
\n in hard copy. Teachers will communicate with you via:  newsletters, phone calls, text or email but, of course, <\/span>
we will always meet with you as and whenever necessary. We love to catch up before and after school whenever <\/span>
there is time too!<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
paulette.newton@beckenham.school.nz<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
anna.reid@beckenham.school.nz<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
rebekah.stoop@beckenham.school.nz<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
susan.walsh@beckenham.school.nz<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
mike.matulewicz@beckenham.school.nz<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
We look forward to the year ahead with you all! <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Kowhai Teaching Team<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kowhai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6431,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417\/revisions\/6431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}