Hōpara 2021

Kia ora e te whānau  Welcome to Week 9! Our main focus this week has been speech presentations. We have been so impressed with the quality of writing and the creativity of the presentations. It is so evident that a lot of hard work has gone into these, and we have been thoroughly entertained while learning a range of interesting facts.  We've also found some time to build up speed in basic facts and demonstrate skill in coding during the Scratch assessment. Lynda Meyer was so impressed that she's going to get her grandson to teacher her how to code in Scratch! Next week we will move away from assessment and have a break with some creative projects. On Tuesday our Future Problem Solvers will have their 'lockup' competition from 8:45 am to 10:45am. There is also tennis coaching on this day. We will spend our afternoons practising skills for Athletics. Please make sure your child brings appropriate footwear throughout next week.  CLARKVILLE PET SHOW ENTRIES -  Entries were

Kia ora e te whānau  Welcome to Week 8!  This week we have been reviewing our learning from the mixed term we have had. We were lucky enough to have Alex and Oskar lead a scratch challenge, this involved three different levels of difficulty. Both boys showed incredible leadership and guidance towards others. Below are some photos of the boys in action!  On Thursday Hōpara continued with the science experiment we started before lockdown. Students were investigating how to build the best possible ramp while only changing one variable. Most students chose to investigate the length of the ramp and how it affected the distance a toy car would roll and the results were quite surprising. Combining the results from Thursdays and those from before lockdown, where they investigated the best angle for a ramp. Most of Hōpara now have a very good understanding of optimum ramp design. CLARKVILLE PET SHOW ENTRIES -  Entries were sent out last week. If your child is interested, please read below...  H

Kia ora e te whānau, It has been wonderful having everyone back together. We have spent the last two days focusing on whakawhanaungatanga and settling back into classroom routines. It sounds like everyone enjoyed their lockdown experience doing; baking, biking, walking, and having extra time to sleep in!  Today we had a whole school quiz. The purpose of this quiz was to reconnect as a school and catch up with our buddies. There were five rounds with a mixture of questions suited for all age groups. Well done to the winning teams! Below are some pictures from our awesome quiz!  CLARKVILLE PET SHOW ENTRIES -  Entries were sent out last week. If your child is interested, please read below...  Here is the information and entry form for our Clarkville Pet Show on FRIDAY 19th NOVEMBER. All children are expected to enter at least ONE event for this long running school event!  The information for this is here.  All entries need to be received by FRIDAY 1st OCTOBER.   AGRICULTURAL CLUB ENTRIES

Kia ora e te whānau  What a gorgeous weekend we have had, the sun definitely makes you feel good!  Last week we were impressed with the level of commitment and effort with learning tasks, especially in these unsettling times. We thank you as parents for your support and care with online learning, we couldn't do it without you!  Until we know what the government has planned for us, we will run this week as usual with a Monday morning hui regarding the tasks required. Here is the link -  meet.google.com/pta-ntdo-nxy A doc will also be sent out tomorrow morning with all of the required tasks for this week, this is so you can keep on on top of things too!  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PjyyHiw3nSTCyXb0Rh37rXDBMSFu682QPVMS37n67sg/edit Our daily 1:1 google meetings will continue, so please encourage your child to use this opportunity if they are struggling.  Until then here are some notices for the coming weeks..... CLARKVILLE PET SHOW ENTRIES -  Entries were sent out last week. If