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Peria School Friday 14th June 2024 Newsletter Mahi Tahi at Kauhanga Marae “Aio te mahi ngatahi Kia ako Kia Hanga Kia Tupu” “Working in Harmony To Learn Create & Grow”
Kia ora e te whānau, I have been off all of last week due to illness but I was so thankful to all the staff, students and whānau for carrying on as normal and making it a really enjoyable week for our students. We know there is a lot of sickness around and we thank you all for keeping your children home if they are sick, this safeguards our students and our staff who really need to be well to keep our school ticking along. Just a friendly reminder that the best way to communicate an absence is to either use the Skool loop app or ring the school and leave a message on our phones. This ensures that the message gets through to the right person. It is also really important that students are signed in when late and signed out if they leave early. This ensures that in the event of an emergency we can keep your children safe because we will know who is onsite. Attendance Matters We know that it has been unsettling times with sickness but it is really important that if your child is fit and able that they are attending school regularly. It really makes all the difference in terms of your child's learning and engagement in school to be at school on time and in regularly. We know that in Winter that the attendance rates drop drastically. Just know that in winter our classrooms are warm, cosy environments and although the outside elements may seem rough, inside the class is nice and toasty and our students need to be social and be learning on those dark gloomy days. We also know anxiety around flooding is a concern and we now have a new phone system where we are still able to text and call and receive calls from parents even if our power goes out, so you can rest assured we can be in communication even in those times. We would never leave your children in the lurch these days and supervision is always available until every child is safely able to make it home. Regular attendance at school helps build and maintain a child's learning and positive daily habits and routines, as well as promoting their wellbeing by connecting them to their peers and learning new things. We know some whānau struggle to get their children to school for a variety of reasons and we really appreciate those whānau members who have let us know what those barriers are and we have worked collaboratively together to find solutions to get your children to school on time and when they are well. Below you can see some of our attendance data from Term 1 which is collated for us each Term by the Ministry of Education. It paints a really interesting picture. Peria School
In term one our highest average attendance rate for the week was on the 26th of February with an average of 89% of students attending in that week. Our lowest was on the week of the 25th of March with an average of 61% of students in attendance on that week. Our Peria School Target for average attendance is 90% or above, so we have a bit of work to get ourselves there. We know that with a collective and supportive effort we can do it. We are not saying to send your child if they are sick but we are saying to send them any other time. Another concern is our data on students arriving late. Late is definitely better than not attending at all but our rates for lateness may shock you. See below for the percentage of students that were on time to school in Term 1. This means that on average 47% were late to school. We have a total of 78 students so that means that across the term on average up to 37 students were late to class on any given day. Late at Peria School is any time after 8:30 am. Let’s look at this week’s attendance rates by Class and see if we can improve on those over the coming weeks. Te Puna 68% average attendance Te Awa 79% average attendance Te Moana 69% average attendance Te Rangi 75% average attendance We hope you have a wonderful weekend. We thank all those whānau that are trying their very best to get their children to school. We really appreciate you all. Ngā mihi, Whaea Ari
Board of Trustees Notices If you would like to get in contact with the Board of Trustees please email Nikole and attention BoT at office@peria.school.nz Our next BoT meeting will be held on the 26th of June 2024, 5:30pm at Peria School Peria School Policies and Procedures We utilise SchoolDocs for its set of policies and procedures. SchoolDocs policies incorporate all of Peria School's legislative and regulatory requirements. To view our complete set of policies and procedures, please follow this link. Sign in with username: peria and password: oruru Once in use the search feature to locate school policy or procedural information. Dental clinic contact details Phone: 0800 698 3384 Mobile: 021 576 594 Website: https://www.northlanddhb.org.nz/myteeth KAUHANGA MARAE PERIA - HEALTH CLINIC TUESDAY 18 th June 2024: 10.00am – 1.00pm TUESDAY 23 rd July 2024: 10.00am – 1.00pm FREE CONSULTATION – Exam vitals – Scripts Please register inside the Marae on arrival Consultation in Mobile Clinic FREE FLU VACCINATION ALL WELCOME Peria School Peria School
Kia ora e te whānau, Many of our students are moving reading stages. Please make sure that if your child is in Moomins (at stage 1, moving to stage 2) that they know the first 8 alphabet sounds (m, s, f, a, p, t, i, c) and how to read the heart words ‘the’ ‘my’ and ‘I’. If your child is in Snufkins (stage 6, moving on to stage 7.1) please make sure they continue to work on their literacy goals in their goal book to help them become more fluent readers. Te Puna started their inquiry topic last week: plants! We have been learning how to ‘think like a scientist’ and how to draw scientific drawings with labels. Our specific focus has been flowers. Part of this means being able to use our maths skills to count up the number of petals that our flower has and accurately copying the correct shape of the petals to our picture. Another component to this is learning the names of the parts plants are made up of. Next time you’re in the garden with your child ask if they can see any flowers and if so, can they label its parts? Lastly a reminder to continue to bring in a jumper or jacket every day as it is getting colder. A spare change of clothes would be great too, because accidents happen. Nga mihi all! Warm regards, Whaea Dominique The book we illustrated and took home. Beau carefully copying the ovary in our dissected hibiscus flower. Some of Myles’ illustrations of pollinators and flowers. What we did with our flowers after drawing them. Te Puna
Kia Ora Whanau, Te Awa is busy this week completing all sorts of learning tasks to showcase their learning. One morning we managed to fit in three long spelling tests. I was so impressed that everyone was able to focus well and persevere to get them done. One thing that has really helped with these tasks is the confidence students now have with handwriting. They are more fluent writers because their handwriting is becoming automatic. For our Inquiry on Plants, we are thinking of questions and discovering answers by experimenting and researching in our library books that have come from the National Library. Today Ben discovered in one of the books the answer to our question; “Why are plants green?” He discovered the green colour was from chlorophyll which is in plant leaves and is what captures the energy from sunlight to make food from carbon dioxide and water. Wow, way to go! We are also into Rippa Rugby at the moment, and on Tuesday we had a great game with our new Junior belts and rippa tags. The teams also had a chance to have their own team talk and work out strategies to play the game even better. For the next three weeks the spelling homework will be learning heart words from the words that were not spelt correctly in those big spelling tests. So each student will have their own personal lists. These are really important words to learn as we need to use them all the time in our writing. Being able to spell them automatically will also speed up the writing process like good handwriting does. Thanks for your support at home on this important task. Kind regards Whaea Jo Te awa
My goodness, I can’t believe the next newsletter has rolled around already! Time flies when you're having fun though right! Te Moana are in full swing with our learning around plants. We are currently observing the changes that take place as a broad bean seed sprouts into life. Each student has planted a broad bean in a pot and has a diary to note down the changes they observe each week on a Wednesday when they are with Whaea Kate. During these observations they will be using and enhancing their measurement skills. We also planted some in a glass jar so that we can see what is going on under the surface of the soil. This has been very exciting and interesting this last week! Make sure to ask your child about what they are seeing. Mrs Gren is helping us to understand the technicalities of plants as living things, many of the students knew that plants were alive but couldn’t really explain the why’s and how’s of this knowledge. We are also using experiments to show some of these concepts in action, learning the same information in lots of different ways. All this learning helps inform our learning in writing too, below you will see a sample of how we are learning to expand sentences. Every Thursday morning we are fortunate enough to be able to participate in a Circability session with Nina and Ziaih. Te Moana have fully engaged in these sessions and are now preparing to put on a show alongside Te Awa! I have loved watching our tamariki step out of their comfort zones and give new things a go and enjoy the theatrics of circus acting! Watch out for details of when the show will be as we would love you to come along and enjoy what is looking like is going to be a very fun show! Mā te wā Whaea Beks and the team in Te Moana Te moana
Exciting Learning Updates from Te Rangi! Kia or e te whanau, We are thrilled to share the wonderful progress and activities happening in our class this term. The students have been working enthusiastically across various subjects, and it's been fantastic to witness their growth and engagement. Mathematics: Mastering Addition and Subtraction In Mathematics, our focus has been on enhancing our addition and subtraction strategies using integers. The students have been exploring different methods to solve problems, including number lines, mental maths, and the use of manipulatives. It's wonderful to see them becoming more confident in their ability to tackle complex problems and explain their reasoning. Writing: Persuasive Texts and Speech Writing Our writing sessions have been buzzing with creativity as the students delve into persuasive texts and speech writing. They will be learning to craft compelling arguments, use persuasive language, and present their ideas confidently. This will not only improve their writing skills but also foster their ability to think critically and express their thoughts clearly. Reading: Questioning and Making Predictions In reading, we have been focusing on questioning and making predictions. The students are becoming more adept at asking insightful questions about the texts they read and making predictions based on textual evidence. This has enhanced their comprehension skills and deepened their engagement with the material. Science: Exploring the World of Plants We have just embarked on our exciting science-based topic theme on plants. The students are curious and eager to learn about the fascinating world of plant life. We have started with the basics of plant structure and function, this will continue to grow their understanding of the importance of plants in our ecosystem. Hands-on activities and experiments will make this unit particularly engaging and informative. We are proud of the hard work and enthusiasm our students have shown. Thank you for your continued support in their educational journey. We look forward to sharing more updates with you soon! Te RANGI
Kia ora, This week Makerspace has been starting on 2D design - we are developing individual t-shirt graphics - we are learning how to bring image elements together to ‘speak’ - we have been using our chromebooks to source reference pictures move them to docs, crop and scale them & print them out so that we can work with them. This has been a hard but empowering process for our students ! We then use scissors and glue to bring our images together in ways that help us convey our message , this then becomes the draft that we work over to create our own illustrations - these are all new process for our students - we will do a couple of draft ideas before choosing the one they want to then take through the illustration process - at this point they will be working it into their own design and learning how to speak louder through choice of colours and line. This will no doubt take a few lessons and lots of fine tuning so that these kids come out with one proud design that they will be able to sublimation transfer onto their very own T-shirt with the print and press equipment that was kindly donated to us by John Olsen. Big big big thank you to John from our students for making this all possible :) Best Regards Whaea Josephine Wananga Update A couple of weeks ago the school went down to Kauhanga Marae as we nominated Marsh Fletcher for the ‘Good Sorts’ Recognition which highlights someone who is doing great things in the community. It was an awesome opportunity for our students to take part in a special report that was aired on Channel One News. If you have access to facebook you can see the clip at - https://www.facebook.com/goodsortsnz We are really thankful for the support we get from Marsh, the Kauhanga Marae committee and everyone else that makes our hikoi and activities at Kauhanga Marae so enriching. One of the key takeaways has been the growing sense of belonging the students have on the marae and the way they enjoy what they do and being on the whenua (land). We look forward to continuing this relationship and making sure we give back just as much as we get. We will be participating in the Matariki Event at Kauhanga Marae in the holidays (July 12th-13th) with our Kapa Haka Performance at 10am on the 13th of July at the Marae. Can you please let us know if your child will be able to attend by filling out this form here - click here. A practice performance will take place at our end of term Ka hui Hikitia (Celebration Assembly) on the 4th of July, 11am in the Hall. So please come along to support and encourage our students as they step outside of their comfort zone. We appreciate the ongoing support we get from Whaea Ren (our kapa haka tutor), Whaea Roberta and Tawiti from Te Rarawa. Makerspace & wananga
Waste Reduction and Recycling Initiatives Just a reminder, to promote mindfulness about waste production, we have implemented a new policy: any non-recyclable or non-compostable lunchbox waste will be sent home with students. This initiative aims to encourage families to consider the types of materials used in lunch packaging and to minimise unnecessary waste generation. Similar strategies have been successfully implemented in neighbouring schools, fostering more conscious consumption habits among students. Furthermore, we are excited to announce upcoming workshops where students will have the opportunity to craft their own reusable food packaging. These workshops will empower students to take practical steps towards reducing single-use plastics and embracing sustainable alternatives. Enviroschool