We have some visitor students from Korea with us for a couple of weeks. They would love to experience Kiwi homelife before they head back to Korea. We have one girl and two boys at year six age level, and ideally would want a family with children around this age. The homestay fee is $230 per week

Thanks.

Our annual Meet the Teacher event now starts from 6:30pm, when I will present the Seesaw Digital Portfolio tool to parents through until 7pm. There will be an opportunity to visit classrooms after 7pm and to sign up with Seesaw (for free) if you haven’t done so already.

The picnic aspect of this even has been cancelled due to predicted rain from 5pm to 7pm for our specific area.

Seesaw is a new app we're using to share what your child is learning at school.Seesaw gives your child a safe space to document their learning and learn how to use technology.Each child gets their own journal and will add work to share what they're doing at school.When your child adds items, you'll be notified. Your child's journal is safe and secure.

Sign Up Instructions  iOS, Android and Computers with Chrome or Firefox

1. Download “Seesaw Parent Access”in the Apple App Store or GooglePlay Store - OR - go to    

    https://app.seesaw.me     using Firefox or Chrome and choose      "I'm aParent”.

2. Choose "Create Parent Account"and scan this QR Code.

3. Finish creating your account to view your child's journal

Other Smartphones and Computers

1. Go to          https://beta.seesaw.me/s/361-333-176     in any web browser.

2. Choose your child from the class list and create an account.

3. After you’ve been approved by your child’s teacher, you’ll get access to their journal.

**If you have more than one child using Seesaw, you can subscribe to both journals using the same account. 

Follow the sign up instructions again, but choose "Sign in" instead of "Create account”. 

Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 February - Student-Led Learning Conferences - focused on our new ePortfolio tool, the Seesaw app. School closes at 12:30pm both days. 

Our Tuck Shop will be open for morning teas but not for lunches on both days.

Conferences run from 1pm to 7:55pm. 

Junior school finishes at 5:35pm on second day.

Please Note: We will provide supervision for those children who need it between 12:30 and 3pm on Conference days. Please advise your class teacher, office staff, or email macash@mac.com stating children, room number, day and time supervision is needed. Thanks.

Online Booking - go to   www.schoolinterviews.co.nz    enter the code    MK7ZZ

... or ask at our school office if help needed.

I know this is a perennial problem for parents, but if there are not some changes made it is going to be expensive for some of our parents.

Palomino shopping centre put in poles to create a gap so backdoors to the shops could open. Parents were parking (on yellow lines) so close the shop people couldn’t open their backdoors - a real issue if there was a fire for example. Now parents are parking beside the poles (on yellow lines). Behind the shops is a no-go area for private cars. I have been asked to tell you they will be bringing in Parking Wardens and towing cars from now on. Please respect their requests.

For tonight - and other similar events at WHS - we will open up the main gates by the office admin area and allow parents to park in that car park and/or on our field. It’s the best I can come up with for now.

Children are encouraged to munch a FREE piece of fruit while their parents shop for their groceries.

What a brilliant idea!

Thanks to parent Trudi for sharing this in response to my post about the one I spotted in Rotorua.

Guess it shows I need to shop local. 😉

We are looking for warm, kind and caring host families for short term International Students arriving  for short periods in either  February / March / April

English as first language only.

Full board paid per week.

Please contact

Jenny Goodwin St Dominic’s College 021-0651942

jgoodwin@stdoms.ac.nz