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Week  4  -  Term  1 -  2021

 
 
 
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Thank you again for your patience and support last week during Level 3. While we are really hopeful this won’t become a regular occurrence, we are working on plans to ensure we are best prepared  for any future need for Distance Learning. More info on this soon.

Another important reminder is that we still officially finish at 3pm. We have a 2:55pm Sibling Announcement but this is a signal for older children to go and collect their younger siblings. 

It is not a signal for parents to come to class and collect children please. 

 
 
   
  
 
 
 
 
 

An Important Reminder - Please Support Us On This:

PLEASE do not double park your car in our drop-off zone and then leave your car to collect your children. 

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Thanks To Our Level Three Teaching Team:

 
 
 

Whaea Lisa supported by Sharon and Rebecca  did a fabulous job teaching those children who were with us during Level Three.

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
 
 
 
 
 

Junior School Parents’ Evening - An Event Not To Be Missed:

 
   
 

Our Junior School Parent Evening can go ahead now we are at Level One. To ensure we can get as many people along as possible, it has been put back to Wednesday 3 March, next week.

Our Junior School Leaders Annette Pram and Dana Taylor, along with all their teaching team, will be sharing our Play Based Learning Approach and our new Literacy approaches and initiatives.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Every new initiative we introduce is based on the latest research, and is thoroughly researched. 

You could not find two more passionate and committed Team Leaders than Annette and Danah. They are absolutely driven by the desire to do the very best for our young children. We are incredibly fortunate to have exceptionally talented Team Leaders and they are blessed to have teams of teachers who give their very best day in and day out.

Our school has a phenomenal reputation, and it is simply because of the incredible team we have here making this place what it is.

We look forward to seeing you next Wednesday, in our school Hall at 6pm. 🙂

 
 
 
 
 

Enjoying Summer Sounds:

 
 
 

Our Dance Stage and Sandpit are popular year round. In the summer the canopy protects from the sun’s hot rays. In the winter it protects from the rain. It means our kids can “go to the beach” or the “beach hop” all year round.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Julie and Kathryn’s Lunchroom is Open For Business:

 
 
 

Julie and Kathryn’s Tuckshop is open for morning tea and lunch orders every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

They cook really yummy food, are environmentally conscious and have good prices too.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Do you eat Noodle Box or Noodle Canteen Noodles?

If so, did you know this…?

I didn’t.

PS Sorry about the missing “d”.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Slice of Kiwi:

 
 
 
 
 
   
  
 
 
 

Saw this cool sign on my summer sojourn around the North Island. If you have a cool “Slice of Kiwi” to share, please send it to me via my usual email - macash@mac.com.  Thanks.

 
 
 
 
 

This Week’s “Mind Blown” Fact:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

While 12 people have walked on the Moon, only four have been to the deepest natural point on Earth.


It's funny how we know more about an orbiting celestial body 384,400 kilometres away than we do about the deepest parts of our oceans here on Earth. 

From our limited knowledge, we've to create some ocean floor managed maps, but even then we've only managed to look at less than 10% of the ocean floor. Considering Earth's surface is 70% ocean, that leaves an awful lot of our planet unexplored. The least understood biological habitat on Earth happens to be its largest. Go figure! By contrast the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States recently released the highest resolution near-global topographic map of the Moon ever created. Famously, it included its lesser known dark side, which IS not in our line of sight from Earth. We are familiar with all the Moon's major geological terrains, the impact craters and its volcanic features.

Of the 12 people to set foot on the surface of the Moon to date, all were astronauts from the Apollo program, which NASA ran from 1961 to 1972. Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin of Apollo 11 , were the first to land. Over the next three years, NASA managed another five successful excursions to the lunar surface. Back here on Earth, the deepest natural point on its surface is at the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean. The maximum known depth is 10,994 metres. To give that some context, if you were to drop Mount Everest into the trench, it would comfortably fit with two kilometres to spare above its peak. So far, only four people have been to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. In 1960, oceanographers Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard descended in their submersible. In 2012, Canadian film director James Cameron travelled to the bottom and in 2019 businesssman Victor Vescovo undertook the same incredible journey.

 
 
 
 
 

Thursday’s Thought:

 
 
 
 
 
   
  
 
 
 
 
 

This Week’s Life Hack:

 
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Reminders:

 
 
 
 
   
   
 

Reminder:

If you double park in our Drop Off Zone you must stay in your car. 

Do NOT Lock and Leave your car when double parked please.

 
 
  
 
 
 

Greenstone TV is pleased to announce that Kitchen Science 2 is coming, with more science bundled up in edible entertainment, helping tamariki all over New Zealand create results that are literally, good enough to eat!

You can find the show from Monday 1st March on HEIHEI – TVNZ On Demand.  You can find HEIHEI on: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/categories/heihei.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nanogirl extraordinaire, Michelle Dickinson, returns with 18 brand-new kitchen experiments for kids and the whole whanau to enjoy – with the added-bonus that all of them are simply, delicious.

A host of fantastic children join her again, to show viewers how your home kitchen doubles a science lab – as they bake, pour, stir and whip up a variety of tasty treats that also demonstrate the science behind cooking.

Our Kitchen Science tamariki fans are in for fun a plenty as we take ingredients you can find in your kitchen, and unravel some interesting facts that might surprise people and help us look at food in a whole new way.

This series is all about encouraging young viewers to turn their own home into a laboratory! No bunsen burners or test tubes required, just some basic kitchen equipment, a desire to have fun and a healthy appetite.

 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 

This Week’s Humour:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ash Maindonald

Principal

 
 
 

Have a great week. 

Stay Safe and Be Kind.

Thank you for supporting our awesome school and wonderful teachers.

 
 
 

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