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NEWSLETTER‘Whatthebestandwisestparentwantsforhisownchild,thatmustbewhatthecommunitywantsforallitschildren.’

JohnDewey

NewsletterNo3:Thursday16thFebruary2017

2017SchoolwideFocus:Resilience–KnowingourLearners,GrowingourLearnersImplementationandGrowthinourInnovativeCollaborativePractice

SchoolInquiryTopic:ArtAttack

DearParents,CarersandFriendsofLinwoodNorthSchoolKiaOrakoutoukatoa!Talofalava!Greetingseveryone!

FromthePrincipal’sDeskPleasereadthisNewsletter!Congratulations to Room 4whowon the Principal’s Free Play Treat for the highest percentage of Newsletter Returns last week. Ichallengetheclassestotryandachieveatleast75%returnsfromtheyoungestchildwhoseresponsibilityitistoensurethenewsletteristakenhomeandreadbyparentsandcaregivers.TheSchoolNewsletterisalsoavailableonourSchoolWebsite.GoalSetting OurteachershavevaluedmeetingwiththeirstudentsandwhanauthisweektocompletetheGoalSettingforeachstudent’slearningforTerms1and2.Ifyouhaven’tmadeaninterviewtimeordidnotattendyourarrangedinterviewtime,pleasecanyoumakecontactwiththeclassteacherASAPtocompletethisprocesswithyourchild.Pleaserememberyourchildneedsyoursupportbothatschooland at home to become a successful learner. New Zealand research has proven that Student Learning Success at School = Beingpresentatschool+Engagementofstudentsandwhanauworkingcollaborativelytogetheratschoolwithstaff. Principal’sAwards Itisanabsoluteprivilegeandpleasuretohavestudentsvisitmeinmyofficetoshowmeclassworktheyandtheirclassteacherarecelebrating. CongratulationstoTamaandtoTyrellfromRoom11whohavevisitedmethisweektoshowmetheirMathsclassworkingraphingforStatistics.Notonlyhadtheycreatedgreatgraphs,theycouldinterprettheirdata!Kapai! CarparkingBeforeandAfterSchool Thankyou to thoseparentswhocontinue to supportusbyparking inNgarimuorHollandStreetsandwalkingthroughthealleywaysintotheschoolgrounds.Unfortunately,duetoroadworksandtheconstructionofthenewSchoolHall,ourparkingintheschoolgroundsisextremelylimited.PLEASEDONOTPARKINTHE‘NOPARKINGZONE’INFRONTOFTHELARGEGATEENTRANCEINTOTHESCHOOL,INTHEWOODHAMROADCARPARK, EVENTODROPOFFYOURCHILDREN.This is the school emergency exitandmustbekeptclearatalltimes. UsingOur‘WITS’Skills Allourstudentsareencouragedtousetheir‘WITS’dailywhenanissueorincidentarisesforthemthattheyareupsetornothappyabout,sotheycanlearntobebothsafeandresilientatschool. WisforWalkAway TisforTellSomeone SisforSeekHelp UsingWITS encourages our students to becomemore confident in solving any annoying behaviour that upsets them and to takeincreasing responsibility for their own actions and consequences of these actions. ‘WITS’ has been the focus for this week’s PB4Llessons.IencourageyoutousetheWITSchartwehaveenclosedinthisweeksnewsletterinyourhomewithyourchildren;asthesearelifeskillsweallneedtoremembertouse.UsingWITShelpsustoallberesilientandhappy. AFriendlyReminder

• Stationery–Allstudentsrequiretheircompulsorystationeryurgentlytousedailyinclassplease.

AverywarmwelcometoLinwoodNorthSchool…..Wewarmlywelcomethefollowingstudentwhohasenrolledatourschoolthisweek.Wetrustyouandyourwhanauwillfindour

schoolanawesome,caringschoolwhereyouwillbe‘learningtotakeusplaces…!’Room6:AnyaAugust

ResilienceProverbForTheWeek‘‘Hutia te rito o te pu harakeke. Kei whea te komako e ko?

‘If you destroy the flax plant. From where will the bellbird sing?’ KindestregardseveryoneSandraSmithJPPRINCIPAL – TAUMUAKI

ParentsDiaryforSchoolEvents This Week Tomorrow Newsletter Returns to class please

8.30am Breakfast Club in the Kidsbase Room Next Week PB4LClassFocus:BeResponsible:Takenoticesandnewslettershome

Monday 20 February 9am: Whole School Whanau Assembly. You are welcome! Tuesday 21 February ‘Puss in Boots’ Performance at School. Please ensure

Activity Fee of $10.00 for Term 1 is paid for your child to attend.

Friday 24 February Student Council Sausage Sizzle Lunch. $2.00 per sausage

WeeklyPrincipal’sClassAwardsTheseawardsaregivenoutbyTeamLeadersatourteamassemblies,whichareheldintheTeamLearningCentresat9.05amonMondays.Parentsandfamiliesaremostwelcometoattend.ClassAwardsfor‘CaughtBeingGoodasGold’usingourSchoolValues:LincolnMehalski Room1 ForshowingRespectinsideandoutsidetheclassroom.KayleeLange Room3 ForshowingResponsibilitybybeingontimeandreadyforclassateachbell.SophieMcKenzie Room4 ForshowingResponsibilitybyliningupassoonasthebellgoes.FatemehQalandari Room5 ForbeingResponsibleandpackingupitemsafterothers.MitchellShannon Room6 ForbeingResponsiblebybeingintherightplaceontime.FerishtaAhmadi Room7 ForshowingRespectinclassandalwaysfinishinghertask.Sheisalwaysthefirsttohelporganise.LoganPaul Room8 Foralwaysbeingasgoodasgoldandbeingafantasticrolemodel.ArohaKerr Room9 HasmadesomegreatchoicesandhasbeenResponsiblebybeingintherightplaceattheright

time.SamThompson Room10 ForbeingaResponsibleclassmateandalwaysofferingtohelpout.LeahSimon Room11 HassettledintoLNSandRoom11.Sheislearningtouseourschoolvalues.ClassAwardsforLiteracyandNumeracy:LockieTwose Room1 Forworkinghardtolearnhisspellingwordsandscoring100%.BellKingi Room3 FortheprogresssheismakinginMathsandsharingherknowledgeofStatistics.IsraelSearle Room4 Whoisworkinghardtolearnhisspellingwords.KathrynPaul Room5 ForherinterestingandinformativeWriting.SusieBetham Room6 Foraddingextradetailintoherrecountwriting.DrakeChesmar Room7 WasgreatwithhisunderstandingofRecountandrememberedthelessontaughtthedaybefore.AlickHutt Room8 Forhisenthusiasmandworkinghardduringstatistics.JoshuaMcKenzie Room9 HasbeendoinghisbesttocompletehisWritingandMathsworktoahighstandard.TeAtuaHillman Room10 Forfocusingwellduringstatisticsandlearningtoreadandinterpretdifferentsortsofgraphs.TyrellSearle Room11 Canreadandinterpretlineandtablegraphs.

NewsFromTheSeniorLearningTeamForthefirsttwoweeksoftermRooms6,7,8,9,10and11havebeenconcentratingongetting to knoweach other (teachers and students) and familiarising themselveswithschool routines and expectations. As you can see from the photos there are manydifferentwaystoexpressthisartistically.Atthebeginningofeachyearmanystudentsstruggletoadapttotheroutinesofschoolafterthe'freedom'oftheschoolholidays.Theteachersareworkingveryhardtohelpthestudentsidentifywhathelpsthemtolearnsuccessfully,whattheirinterestsareandcreatingfuturefocusedgoals.Thank you to all parents who attended the Student-Parent-Goal SettingMeetings. Ifyou were unable to meet during the three days of interviews you can still book ameetingeitherbeforeorafterschool.

StaffProfile–JoyceMariaSoosai,TeacherinRoom7MynameisJoyceMariaSoosai.IamoriginallyfromSingaporebutIhavestudied,livedandworkedinNewZealandfor20years.IammarriedtoSimonandhavetwoschoolagechildrenJoannawhois9andJameswhois6.Ienjoydoingoutdooractivitiesandartandcraft.Ispendmyweekendwithmychildrenandaminvolvedintheirsportsbeingasupporter.This year I am looking forward to meeting you all and working alongside your child. I have beenrelieving in Linwood North School and other neighbouring schools in 2016. I have been teaching inAranuiSchoollasttermtohelpwiththeclosingoftheschool.The childrenhave settledback into school thisweekandhaveenjoyeddoing art and craft activities.Theyhavereallyenjoyedworkingtogetheringroupsandsharingtheircreations.Iamlookingforwardtoenjoyablelearningmomentsfortherestoftheyear.

QualityLearningfromRoom4andMrsMooreIt’sbeenagreatstarttotheyearinRoom4.WewelcomedNiah,OscarandTiuwhocametoLinwoodNorthfromotherschools.WebeganthetermlearningaboutStatisticsforMathematics.Wehavebeencollectinginformation,creatinggraphsandthenfindingoutwhatthegraphstellus.Herearejustsomeofthegraphswemade.

TahaMaoriFocusEachweekwehaveaMaoriphrasewhichwefocusonlearning.Thisweeksphraseis:Kiamaharakitetangoiakoutoupānuitekāinga.Remembertotakeyournoticeshome.

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Linwood College

Festival of Nations March 2 & 3, 2017

• Parade of Nations - March 2, 11am

• Ethnic Food & Craft Stalls - March 2, 11am–3pm

• Workshops & Bollywood Movies - March 3, 11am-2.30pm

• Cultural Music & Dances - March 3, 6pm-9pm

For more info. call: 03-9820100, Ext 894

ALL WELCOME!