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Connect Communication
22 March 2023
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It's been an exciting few weeks here at school. Children have been able to go 'no-ice' skating, take part in fire and flow workshops and today, listen to the Monster Music team at a lunchtime concert. What lucky kids!
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With a growing school, we have more children on the roads and footpaths. If your child is in Year 6 and above it might be time to talk to them about riding their bike on the road rather than the footpath. Let's save the footpath for our pedestrians and children just learning to ride their bikes. If you are riding your bike on the road is VERY important your wear both your helmet (the law) and your vest.
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I recently attended a session with my professional coach. Like most sessions, we started with what is on top for me. She shared that in her experience, the feeling of post-covid fatigue is real. In schools, we are sandwiched between fatigue and apprehension about the future.
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Education is at the crest of massive change. The change has been touted as a 'refresh' however, the reality is that it is about to have an overhaul. We have two teacher-only days to help learn about the changes. The first of these is scheduled for April 24th. Our plan is to share information about the change in future newsletters.
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When feeling overwhelmed a useful strategy I adopt is a combination of using Te Whare Tapa Wha and Steven Covey's Habits. Covey states that humans are made up of four dimensions. Each aspect requires continuous renewal to remain in balance. If one is neglected it will continually impact the other three. These are closely connected to Te Whare Tapa Wha. Here the premise is, if one wall of the whare (house) is not propped then the house (your wellbeing) will collapse.
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From the images you can see that;
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Body - Taha tinana (physical)
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Heart - Taha whānau (family and social)
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Mind - Taha hinengaro (mental and emotional)
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Spirit - Taha wairua (spiritual)
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Combining this knowledge with gratitude, I record in a journal what I am grateful for or have done to satisfy each area of my well-being. It is an exercise that doesn't take long but has a huge impact on my well-being.
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Until the next time, ka kite,
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Claire and the Ararira Team
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Te Kupu o te Wiki - This Week's Kupu:
Kei roto ngā kūmara i te umu.
The kumara are in the oven.
- this is an example of a locative sentence
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The name Temuka (a town near Timaru) comes from "Te Umu Kaha" meaning "the (place of) strong ovens".
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Student Absence Notifications/Late Arrivals - When late for school, please come and sign your child in at the office before heading to class. This is a safety check for both parents and the school as to a child's whereabouts. If you do not make contact you will receive a text and/or call from school enquiring about your child.
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Absences can be reported via:
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- Hero app
- Phone 03 42 00 888, press 1 and leave your message
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Headlice - We have been notified of several cases of headlice in Kaunuku and Hikuwai so please be extra vigilant in checking your children for any signs. More information on what to look for and treatment options can be found here.
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Welcome to Ararira Springs Primary!
This week we welcomed our 400th student to Ararira Springs! Welcome to Huarapa Isla C!!
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Huarapa would also like to extend a very warm welcome to Enzo and Charlotte.
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We hope you have all settled in, have made some new friends and that you will soon love Ararira as much as we do!
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If you know of families moving into the area or with preschoolers, please encourage them to fill out our online enrolment form soon as possible. This allows us to plan ahead and recruit the teachers we might need!
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Think before you park! - With our school numbers growing and more parents coming to pick up children before and after school please think before you park to make sure driveways of our neighbours are clear and you are not parking on yellow lines, especially around the crossing to keep our tamariki safe.
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IMPORTANT DATES - 2023
- 22 March - Board of Trustees Meeting, 6.30pm in the staffroom (tonight)
- 23 March - Life Education arrives at school
- 24 March - Hui, 9.15am in the hall
- 24 March - Curiosity Clubs
- 27 March - Hot Cross Buns ready for collection (details to come)
- 30 March - THT Meeting, 7.00pm in the staffroom
- 31 March - Hui, 9.15am in the hall
- 31 March - Curiosity Clubs
- 18 May - Lincoln High School Open Evening (presentations by Principal and students at 4pm and 5.40pm)
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SCHOOL HOURS
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Block 1 - 9:00am to 10:30am
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Break - 10:30am to 11:15am
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Block 2 - 11:15am to 12:45pm
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Break - 12:45pm to 1:30pm
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Block 3 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
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Supervision of the school grounds commences at 8.30am and ceases at 3.15pm.
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Board of Trustees News
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NEXT MEETING - 22 March, 6.30 pm in the Staffroom (tonight)
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Te Hapori Tautoko (THT) News
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THT - Te Hapori Tautoko - providing opportunities to tautoko (support) and connect our school community and fundraising for school initiatives and resources.
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NEXT MEETING - 30 March, 7.00pm in the Staffroom. All welcome.
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Second-Hand Uniforms - The THT has a small selection of second-hand uniform items available for purchase. We are also looking to increase our selection and would welcome donations of good-quality uniform items. All profits are used by THT to improve our school and provide resources for our tamariki. If you have uniform items to donate or would like to see the selection we have, please contact Charlotte via charlotte.mcmenamin@ararira.school.nz
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In our efforts to make it easier to find what you are looking for we have created a new link to read the Sport News pages. We have added a new button on the Sports Corner Webpage.
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A huge congratulations to Henry EP, Zoe W, and Amelia M who placed in the top three in their races. Henry and Amelia both placed in the top two positions in their races and will be taking part in the Canterbury Swimming Competition.
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If you would like to read the full Sport update please go to the website and click on the button or click on the button below.
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Congratulations to Matua Michael for completing his two years of teaching to become fully registered. We are so lucky to have you at Ararira. Thanks to Sam for mentoring Michael and to our awesome LA Debbie for making the cake!
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We had lots of fun ice skating in the hall last week!
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The staff curling competition before team meetings was hotly contested.... well done Whaea Sam and Matua Michael for taking out the trophy! Even Mākū the penguin got into the spirit!
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Cyclone Gabrielle - Our Selwyn mayor, Sam Broughton, has matched local schools with schools in the North Island who were affected by the cyclone. We have been matched with Kaiti School in Gisborne. Our fundraising of $1200 will go directly to the school and they have asked their student leaders to identify what to spend it on. Thanks so much for your generosity, we will let you know how they use the money. So nice to know exactly where your money goes!
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Te Ahi Ora Fire Performance - We enjoyed an exciting night watching the fire performance and then having a go! Thanks to Te Ahi Ora and to Whaea Danielle for organising this for us, such a different experience and so much fun. https://teahiora.co.nz/
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If you have an automatic payment directed to the school account, we would be grateful if you could please change to this an automatic payment to your Kindo account.
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Making regular payments into your myKindo account means you will always have funds available when you need them!
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On the top up account page, you will see the Bank Transfer (allow 2 days) option.
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Your personal details and the Kindo bank account number are listed here.
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These are all the details you need to set up an Automatic Payment with your bank.
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All orders will be delivered to school in batches and distributed to the classrooms as they arrive. Any orders marked as gifts, we will put to one side and contact you when they are ready to be collected.
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Next week we will be having a blast whilst we pretend to be fit and famous. We will be making our very own Hollywood walk of fame stars, playing frisbee and much much more. Make sure to book your space online!
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Payments and School Donations Our community’s socio-economic status means our school is not eligible for the government’s school donations scheme. Our equity index means we receive less operational funding than other schools. More information can be found at the bottom of this post. Due to this, we request donations from parents. Voluntary Donations The Ararira School Board has set the …
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The structured literacy spelling approach involves explicitly teaching tamariki how to encode (spell) the English language. It connects the reciprocal nature of reading and writing together. English is an Alphabetic Code It uses symbols of the alphabet (letters or graphemes) to represent speech sounds (phonemes). There are 26 letters and 44 speech sounds in the English language however there are …
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At Ararira Springs we use the Family Planning programme ‘Navigating the Journey’ to teach Relationship and Sexuality Education. This is taught appropriately to your child’s age and stage by your child’s ako teacher. Relationships and sexuality education sit within the Health and Physical Education strand of The New Zealand Curriculum and is compulsory for students up to year 10. Parents …
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