Kia ora e te whānau,

The term is racing by!

Our kaiako are working hard reporting on your child's progress in literacy and numeracy in line with our new curriculum. 

At the end of the term we will send home paper reports that celebrate your tamariki, and you will be invited to make an appointment with their teacher to discuss any questions you may have about the report. Teachers will be available on the afternoon of Tuesday 15th & Tuesday 22nd July. We will send out a seperate notice with information on booking a time slot should you wish to catch up and discuss your child's learning. 

We have enjoyed having the Life Education Trust truck here with us the last week, our tamariki have been taking part in lessons all about friendship, being a kind friend, and learning about positive relationships with others and themselves. 

This Thursday we are taking our whole school out to Waikawa Marae for the day. We will be bussing there on the Queen Charlotte buses. If you have any questions or concerns, or do not what your child attending this trip for any reason please get in touch with me directly principal@picton.school.nz 

On Friday we will be celebrating filling up our ticket jars with values tickets, by having a rotations block of fun activities like lego, jump jam, and arts and crafts. Our Friday assembly will be hosted by rūma Tōtara. We look forward to seeing those who can make it at 2.15pm in the hall. 

Kia pai te wiki, have a lovely week! There are lots of bugs about so please show manaaki to yourselves and others and stay tucked up in bed if you need to. 

Keep warm,

Katie

Kia ora e te whānau,

Welcome to Week 4! This week we have the Life Education Mobile Classroom here with us, and the focus of these lessons is around friendship, working together, and being kind. Have a kōrero chat with your child about what they have learned. 

We celebrated our inquiry learning about our sacred stream, the MIGHTY WAITOHI with a trip on Friday, thank you to all of our whānau who came along to join us!

On Thursday 29th May we are taking a whole school trip to Waikawa Marae. We will be bussing down in groups, and will be taking the Queen Charlotte College buses. We will spend the whole day at the Marae. 

If you do not want your child to take part for any reason, or do not want them to travel down on the buses please email me directly at katie@picton.school.nz

Thank you,

Katie

Kia ora e te whānau,

Welcome to Week 2 (and sorry that this is a day late!) 

It is shaping up to be a busy term already! 

We welcome Midori who will be running our Kids' Edible Garden program, as well as our science group this term. We are busy prepping the quality of our soil, and ensuring that we have the right conditions for our plants to thrive. Keep your eyes out for fresh vegetables coming! 

Our tamariki have been practicing showing our value of the term Te Tautuhi (we are ready, resilient, and respectful). As we transition into the colder weather we are eating our lunch in the hall, tamariki are sitting in their house groups and earning house points by showing this value. On Friday we will celebrate the house with the most points with a hot chip lunch! 

I have sent out a separate note regarding our trip to the Waitohi Awa on Friday 16th May, if you are available to attend we would love some parent helpers! If your child needs support on this trip to be successful their classroom teacher will contact you directly. 

On Wednesday 4th June we are having a performance from the UpBeat Orchestra in our hall, this very exciting musical performance will showcase a wide range of instruments for our tamariki. We are however on the hunt for a piano playing whānau member who might like to feature...if you can play a simple tune on the keyboard or piano please let me know!

This term we will send home paper copies of a written report detailing your child's progress in reading, writing and math. 
This report will be based on the new curriculum we are working with. Teachers are supporting your child's achievement against the progressions in the new curriculum, which outlines clear next steps for learning. We look forward to sharing this with you. 

Please keep an eye out for a separate notice regarding the KidsCan shoes and jackets. A huge thank you to one of our mums Cat who has come in and organised these so that they can go home as soon as possible! 

If you have any questions, concerns, or kind words please feel free to pop in any time and see your child's teacher, or come and see me in the office.

Enjoy the sunshine this afternoon. 

Katie