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Konnichiwa, Ni Hao, Talofa Over the past two weeks, we have had a few visitors to our school. Last week, we had the Principal and Deputy Principal from Ashhurst School visit to see how we have implemented personalised and differen?ated learning across our classes. They were very impressed with the engagement and enjoyment of our children and the rich programmes that we have developed. This week, we had a Chinese Teacher visi?ng to learn about our approach to teaching and learning and beEer understand the New Zealand Curriculum.
Over the past week, we have welcomed Leo (Room 12), Wiremu, Nasharna and Blessing (Room 6) to our school. We also extend a very warm welcome to your family and whanau. Our school roll is currently 463.
Makerspace Development Some of you may have no?ced the builders working in the library removing all the wall lining and wondering what was happening. At the beginning of the year, the Board agreed to transform and renovate the library into a Makerspace. A Makerspace is an area in a school where students and teachers can come together to create, invent, design, build, explore, craT, draw, code, explore, cook -‐ make! Students work collabora?vely using a variety of tools and technology to create and make. The plan for the Makerspace will include; the installa?on of a kitchen, with three ovens, 3D printers, sewing machines, craT materials, lego and the opportunity of space for children to design and build. The Library will not be completely lost, rather redistributed. Much like Te Takere and the Palmerston North City Library, which have been repurposed from the tradi?onal library, the Makerspace will s?ll house some of our library collec?on, while also allowing for crea?vity. The rest of the books will be placed in library towers and be posi?oned in classes and break out areas across the school, so our children will have immediate access to a range books within their classes. The Makerspace is an incredibly exci?ng ini?a?ve for our school and we look forward to it’s comple?on.
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Empowering learners to be positive, self-directed and engaged life-long learners Our Vision:
Fairfield School Te Kura o Whiratea
Term 2 Week 5 1 June 2017
School Closed: Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 June
From the FCG… Thank you to all the parents and staff who aEended
the recent FCG AGM mee?ng. The elected office holders of our FCG are:
Chairperson: Sally Rollinson, Vice Chairperson: Louise Grimstone, Co-‐Secretaries: Jodie Shuker and Colleen
McQuillan, Treasurer: Raylene Tarrant.
The next fundraiser for the FCG, in conjunc?on with the Student Council, will be the school discos.
These will be held on Thursday 6 July.
Kiwiana Icons -‐ Room 8
On Wednesday evening Mr West and I aEended the Safeguard New Zealand Health and Safety awards in Auckland. This was a pres?gious event, with a number of large businesses and companies in aEendance, such as Air New Zealand, Kiwi Rail and Vector. While we did not win in our respec?ve category, we received numerous compliments and accolades from many people congratula?ng us on our entry.
While we have safety strips on many of our deck surfaces, they can s?ll be very slippery on wet or frosty mornings. Please tread carefully when using these decks during these condi?ons.
Teacher Only Day A reminder that we have our Teacher’s Only Day on Tuesday 6 June (day aTer Queen’s Birthday). On this day, our staff, along with staff from Levin North and Levin School, will be at Kawiu Marae learning about the history and kawa of Muaūpoko.
Enrolment at Fairfield School As you know, our school is governed by an enrolment scheme. Enrolment Schemes are designed to prevent overcrowding or the likelihood of overcrowding in a school and our enrolment scheme is strictly adhered to. The Board of Trustees have determined that we will not be taking any out of zone enrolments for the remainder of the year. If you know of anyone who lives in-‐zone with a pre-‐schooler and they intend enrolling at our school, could you please encourage them to make contact with us. This will greatly assist us with managing our roll.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Week 6 Monday 5 June Queen’s Birthday: SCHOOL CLOSED
Tuesday 6 June Teacher’s Only Day: SCHOOL CLOSED
Thursday 8 June Kowhai/Rata Assembly, 2.00pm
Friday 9 June Rimu/Totara Assembly, 2.00pm
Week 7 Monday 12 June ICAS Wri?ng
Wednesday 14 June ICAS Spelling
Thursday 15 June Pasifika Fono, 6.30pm
Week 8 Thursday 22 June Kowhai/Rata Assembly, 2.00pm
Friday 23 June Rimu/Totara Assembly, 2.00pm
Week 10 Tuesday 4 July Board of Trustees Mee?ng, 5.30pm
Thursday 6 July School Discos
Friday 7 July End of Term 2, 2.50pm
Pink Shirt Day Thanks to your support last Friday of Pink Shirt Day -‐ we raised $288.80!! This money will be donated to the
Mental Health Founda?on.
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