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Kauri Team Newsletter
4th February 2009 Dear Parents Welcome back to school for 2011. A very happy New Year to you all. I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable summer and weren’t too badly affected by the stormy weather over the last two weeks. I would like to take this opportunity to formally welcome Mrs Lilian Weiland as new teacher to our Year 7 and 8 team. Mrs Weiland begins her teaching career here at Hobsonville and won the position against a strong field of other candidates. Students who were in Room 23 last year will remember her fondly, as she undertook a teaching placement in Ms Buhler’s class last year. We are very excited to have her join our team as she has many personal and professional strengths we hope to utilise- a science background and a passion for teaching will I’m sure serve us well. She will be teaching in Room 23.Ms Buhler had her baby daughter on Christmas morning (3 weeks early!!) and has named her Emily. She is absolutely gorgeous and mother and baby are coping very well. We wish Ms Buhler all the best for motherhood and her future.Over the summer break Mr Hill got married in Durban in South Africa. We are very pleased that he has returned ‘Down Under’ and will continue to work in Kauri team- specialising of course in PE and sport. Mr Hill will continue working from room 21.Mrs McLachlan joined the Hobsonville school staff in May last year and I am rapt that she will be continuing to work with us again this year. With her strength and enthusiasm in Literacy and her bubbly personality she is definitely a huge asset to our team. Mrs McLachlan continues working in room 10.I am continuing my role as team leader for Kauri team. I will still be situated in Room 22. Please feel free to pop in and see me before or after school if you have any concerns or issues you wish to discuss. I am in charge of languages in the school and will be taking all the students for French lessons on a weekly basis. CampWe all look forward to an exciting and challenging year and we have planned a great year for our children, with one of the highlights probably being our week long camp to Rotorua. We are booked in at Tui Ridge Camp from March 7 – 11. We will of course be asking for parent helpers and a weekly newsletter between now and the camp will be issued to your child. Please look out for this and ask your child to see it. This term there are going to be numerous opportunities available for your child. Whether it is on the sporting, or cultural side, there is something for everyone. It is important that your child takes advantage of what is on offer. We would love to see all students participating in at least one extra-curricular activity.CommunicationWe strongly believe in open communication between school and home, so that we can provide a happy, safe and productive environment for your child. Please don’t hesitate to contact any one of us should you have any queries. This can be done in person, by phone or via email. UniformAt Hobsonville, we should be taking pride in our appearance and looking smart in our uniforms. Our policy on this matter states that foot wear during summer may be black or dark coloured sandals or shoes or trainers. If your child is wearing white or other brightly coloured trainers I would request that as soon as is possible these be replaced by the correct colour. If this is a problem at the moment a note to your classroom teacher would be appreciated.Long hair that sits on the collar must be tied back for both girls and boys. Children also need to clip back fringes that fall over their eyes. A head band for this problem would be fine too. No jewellery other than plain silver or gold studs may be worn. Students are not permitted to wear makeup either. Your support of our policies is really appreciated.Tech at Wairau IntermediateOur students travel to Wairau Intermediate for Technology lessons every Wednesday from 9-12.30. Students partake in practical activities involving, wood and metal working as well as sewing, biotechnology and visual art. For health and safety purposes they are required to wear covered in shoes. They also need to take a 20 page clearfile to tech each week. This item is on the stationery list for our year 7 students. (Year 8s should still have theirs from last year). Our students may order lunch from Wairau’s school tuckshop. Students bring money and write their order on a paper bag - provided, before school on Wednesday mornings.Parent Help We are looking for the help of a small group of parents who would be able to assist us in our sports programme. We are focusing on small ball skill games – like softball, cricket, petanque, handball etc. We are planning to have team sport every alternate Friday from 11.40 until 12.30pm. If you are available to help, please either speak to your child’s class teacher or to Mr Hill (ph: 4168619 ext 221) or catch him in his room before or after school.HomeworkNo more than one hour per night is expected at any one time. Children are generally given more than one night to complete set tasks, as we realise many of our students have after school commitments. Homework is really just a continuation of the school day and will often involve finishing off work begun in class and students are also expected to read for at least 20 minutes a night. All homework should be written down daily in their homework notebook. We ask parents to sign this each week please.Mobile PhonesStudents should not need to bring these to school. However if for some family reason your child does need to bring one, then they are asked to take it up to the school office for safe keeping. This should be done before school. Please find attached to this newsletter an overview of our planning for Term 1. Do talk to your students about what they are learning at school – and maybe if you’re lucky you will get an answer beyond a shrug of the shoulders and “Nothing really”. (I did say maybe!!)We all look forward to working with your children and appreciate your cooperation and support during the year.Kind regards Rachael Soleroom22@hobsonville.school.nzPH: 4168619 ext: 222 Brad Hillroom21@hobsonville.school.nzPH: 4168619 ext: 221 Lilian Weilandroom23@hobsonville.school.nzPH: 4168619 ext: 223 Liz McLachlanroom10@hobsonville.school.nzPH: 4168619 ext: 210
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