Week 4 Blogpost

Kia ora e te whānau! 

Gosh it has been a hot one this week! Thank you to all of the parents who attended our Parent evening on Tuesday, we had a very pleasing turn out. We hope you gained a greater understanding of what our programme entails. We have been really impressed with how the children have settled into groups and follow ups this week, it has been a big learning curve for many! Next week Linda will be Ashley for the week, this is to allow her to do some of her Kāhui ako mahi. Swimming sports is approaching very fast and I have attached some photos of our training. 

Week 6 Class trips 
In Week 6 Hōpara will be attending two class trips one is to Baynon's Brake (In support of our work in the local community as an Enviroschool) and to Tuahiwi Marae. Please fill out the permission forms on the School App if you haven't yet. 

Gala Notice: 
The Clarkville School Twilight Gala is now 2 weeks away and the PTA needs your help! Please have a read of the Gala information that was sent home on the school app last week, keep an eye out for all other Gala correspondence. You can get in touch with Kristy Pritchard on newhaven72@gmail.com to let her know how you can help.
There are many jobs to be done so please don't be shy - the PTA needs as many helpers as they can get to make the Gala happen and if you are new to the community this is a great way to get to know people.

Term 1 Learning Rubrics/Goals: These have now been posted onto the Hōpara website. These goals will correspond directly with the focus of core-learning workshops and follow up tasks. https://sites.google.com/clarkville.school.nz/hopara-2020/home

Pathways: 

As a school we had a discussion around our home learning programme and its value. It was decided that we wanted our home learning programme to be more core-learning focused (spelling, reading, basic maths skills) to build on the students current needs and goals. 

Chill clubs: 

Chill (children leading learning) clubs is a programme we introduced last year in Hōpara. It involves students designing and choosing from a range of "clubs" in which they have a particular passion. These clubs have a mentor attached to them who guides them through the design process. At present the four clubs they could choose from are Music, Coding, Food Tech and Design. All children in Hōpara have a slideshow on their drive where they have written a proposal to be in a particular group. It was made very clear to choose your group wisely in regards to some of the costs. If you would like any further information around this programme please come and see Ashley or Nick. 

Gala Groups and Activities: These are the groups your children have chosen to be in (if your child has been away they will not be on here). We have had multiple discussions over the last few weeks around Gala stalls and there was an expectation for the students in Hōpara to discuss this with you first. 

Swimming training.... 

WEEK 5 - 

TUESDAY 2nd - Swimming Sports 
FRIDAY - Community Assembly - 9:10am

Ongoing Reminders:
Devices - 
If your child has their own BYOD device they can now start to bring it to school.We will support them with getting it functioning on our school wifi. Devices need to come to school fully charged.

Togs - 
Children in Hōpara can now begin to bring these on daily basis. Please provide a note if your child is unable to swim.

Summer Terms - Please ensure children are putting on sunscreen before school, bringing their hat, have their togs each day, and are armed with a drink bottle also. 

Ngā mihi 

Ashley, Mr B, Linda and Helen