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Connect Communication
18th November 2020
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Another couple of weeks of fun learning and more to come as we head towards the end of the year. Two-thirds of the school headed of in buses this morning to take part in the Tough Kids Fun Run. It was so heartwarming to see children excited about being active.
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Teachers are busy writing summative comments about your children's ability as capable readers, writers and mathematicians. When all assessments are complete we will turn the graphs back on so you can see children's progress through the curriculum levels. Just a reminder that each level of the curriculum takes roughly two years to work through. We are looking for an upward journey on the graphs that will have a few flats and bumps due to the nature of learning.
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Our kapa haka group are busy preparing for a wee performance at Picnic in the Park next week. This is a kāhui ako event held at Lincoln Primary. There are lots of events scheduled so please keep an eye on our calendar which we will endeavour to keep up to date!
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Claire and the Ararira Team
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Dates to diary:
There are dates to diary for the next two weeks below but please be aware that we also put events on a community calendar, this is linked to our website.
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Wednesday 18th November - Tough Kid (Y3 upwards)
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Thursday 19th November - Y4 Football Tournament
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Monday 23rd November - Huarapa trip to LHS Xmas Grotto and show
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Wednesday 25th November - Children's University Graduation
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Thursday 26th November - New entrant parent information morning (8.45am)
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- Year 7 and 8 Science at LHS
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Friday 27th November - Picnic in the Park & Kapa Haka performance at LPS
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Tuesday 1st December - Boat/Water Safety (Kaunuku 1 & 2), Lake Crichton
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Wednesday 2nd December - Run, jump, throw afternoon (whole school)
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Friday 4th December -Top Team (whole school, afternoon event)
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Monday 7th December - Huarapa 1 and 2 visiting Lincoln University
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Tuesday 8th December - Huarapa 3 and 4 visiting Lincoln University
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Wednesday 9th December - Last I-sushi orders for the year
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- Final Board Meeting for year
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Friday 11th December - Last Subway lunch for the year
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Monday 14th December - Shared lunch, learning celebration and final Hui
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Wed 16th December - School finishes at 1 pm
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As we have a few very busy weeks, we thought we would remind you that most school communication from teachers comes through our HERO app.
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If you haven’t installed the HERO app on your phone or logged in via a browser - please read the attached instructions, use the email address that you gave on your enrolment form to register and contact Trine if you aren’t able to connect to HERO.
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Welcome to...
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Victoria who has joined Teretere, Benjamin and Emma who have joined Huarapa, Fox who has joined Kaunuku and Zarnder who has joined Hikuwai We know that you will soon love Ararira Springs Primary as much as we do!
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If you know of a family in Ararira Springs Primary enrolment zone with children aged 3 - 5 or know someone moving soon, please forward this newsletter to them and ask them to complete an enrolment form or call us on 420 0888 to help us with our planning for 2021 and beyond.
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With lots of events happening in and around the school at the moment, we have lots of great photo opportunities. We are happy for you to download a copy of any photos for your own use but please do not reproduce them, forward to other people or post on social media if they include children other than your own without permission of any other children's parents.
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Wellbeing week (Week 7, week beginning: 23rd November)
Next week our tamariki and school community will be focusing on Wellbeing. Our school's model for wellbeing is Te Whare Tapa Wha. Our tamariki will be looking at each dimension of the whare, completing activities and discussing how they can enhance their wellbeing.
As a Kahui Ako challenge, we invite our school community to take photographs of your whanau demonstrating ways of wellbeing. A small family prize is up for grabs! These can be emailed to: russ.ast@lincolnprimary.ac.nz. It would be great if you also shared your photos with your child's ako teacher on their "Learning from home" page on Hero.
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Te Hapori Tautoko |THT
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THT is a friendly and dedicated group of whānau who help support our kura in different ways. Our main aims are to create a strong school community and coordinate fundraising, school events and activities. Everyone has different levels of commitment and supports us as much as they can. If this is something you are interested in, please come along to our meeting at 7pm on Wednesday 4th November. It’s a great way to meet new people and give back to our school community.
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Tuesday Morning Coffee Group
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Anyone is welcome to come along for a cuppa and a chat. It is a great way to meet new people in our school community and preschoolers are welcome to come along.
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WHEN: Starting from 8.45 am
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Where: Putahi (School Library)
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The THT has organised an ice cream truck to visit towards the end of the
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‘Run, Jump, Throw’ event held on Wednesday 2nd December. The truck will be at school from 2.30 -3.00 pm. The cost is $2.50 per ice cream. A GF option is available in a cup instead of a cone.
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KELLY CLUB
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Next week at Kelly Club its Kids Choice week, the Kelly Club kids have made sure to pick all their favourite activities and snacks! Don't forget that when booking online search for Ararira, not Lincoln, or use the link kellyclub.co.nz/ararira
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TALENT SHOW
This year we are planning to have a talent show held during school time. If your child is interested they can come to sign up in Teretere with Whaea Hinehau.
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We will have solos, small groups and big groups. You can enter more than once for different items. Talents can range from musical instruments, dancing, singing, magic tricks, jokes, poem reciting etc. Your child is responsible for gathering any resources they may need and to practise during their own time. The final show will be during school time in week 9.
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On a cold Friday 6th November morning 25 Ararira Students headed to Nga Puna Wai to compete in the Lincoln Zone Athletics Competition. Luckily for all involved, the rain didn’t appear and all events went ahead as scheduled. All the students showed resilience and competitiveness in their events. They came up against some strong competition. To be invited to the Canterbury Athletics event students had to come either first or second in the event. Congratulations to the students below who made it:
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Antonia Stark-Merfield - Year 5 Girls High Jump
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Emma Southen - Year 6 Girls 1000m
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Teoni Jacques - Year 7 Girls 60m
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The students will be competing at Nga Puna Wai on Wednesday 2nd December and we wish them all the best.
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Active Leaders Fun Run
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Active leaders have been preparing for this event for a long time. They have tried to hold this event three times and because of COVID had to postpone it each time. On Wednesday 11th November it finally went ahead, the active leaders set out a wonderful course for all students to enjoy. It was all about being active and not being competitive. When the students were either waiting or finished they could still enjoy being active by dancing with the music or enjoying the various sports equipment put out by the active leaders. A big thank you to Jono who helped the active leaders in the run-up to the event and the wonderful active leaders themselves. Ka Pai.
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KIDS CHALLENGE - KAUNUKU 1
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On Saturday Sophia, Maya, Joel and Dan competed in the Kids’ Challenge at Lake Roto Kohatu Reserve. The event organisers promise that the “race emphasises teamwork, problem solving, sportsmanship, environmental awareness and fun”. They rogained, kayaked, and biked for an hour in teams of two. Sophia and Maya came second and won a spot prize.
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“I was exhausted but it was fun,” says Maya.
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“I enjoyed the sausage sizzle we had afterwards too,” says Sophia.
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“It was like a triathlon,” says Dan, “the best part was having McDonald’s on the way home.”
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“The biking was the best,” said Joel, “because my dad has just oiled my chains and it was a really smooth ride.”
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Thanks Eva for sending in these photos - we are really proud of our Ararira kids getting out there and trying new adventures!
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