A Note from Val Severin

This year, we welcomed many new students to our Year 5 group. Our learning has had a focus on welcoming them, introducing them to our KingsWay values and establishing our collaborative, co-operative culture. Whilst having had a few unexpected interruptions, we have enjoyed exploring what makes great relationships and grows sustainable friendships.

In Term 3, our topic called ‘Inner Fit and Fitting In’ encouraged us to think about how our responses and interactions with each other reflect the character of Jesus. Our Literacy learning involved developing the vocabulary needed to discuss and describe the characters encountered in Reading. These words helped us to develop the characters in our own writing.

A close look at a variety of Biographies provided us with historical examples of resilience, tenacity, faith, compassion and trust. We continued to develop our understanding of the characteristics and attributes needed to thrive in learning and social groups. Their faith and reliance on the Lord’s provision made ‘Corrie Ten Boom’ and ‘George Meuller’ ideal characters to explore.

Our Year 5 students have gladly embraced their service duties in support of the Year 6 leaders. After patiently waiting, the last group eagerly assumed their duties for Term 4. This is a practical way in which students can apply all that they have learned about servant leadership, being responsive to needs and making wise choices in their community.

In Matthew 5:16, we read: ‘In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.’ The words ‘SHOW’; ‘SHARE’ and ‘SHINE’ have guided our learning this year. We would like to share some poems about a rainy day which show how we shine when working together and sharing our ideas:

Small water droplets look like bombs

Falling out of a plane

The grey clouds look

Like a pack of wolves howling in the wind. (Ezra Beattie)

What a wonderful world it is

With droplets dancing like ballerinas

Pattering against windows

Being thrown down from greying clouds

Creating a soothing musical sound (Zech Kim)

We look forward to our last term in 2020 and continuing to seek ways in which we can Show, Share and Shine (reflecting God’s love for us) in all areas of our learning.

Val Severin
Head of Learning - Year 5

The Year Six Camp

The Year Six students arrived safe and sound to Camp Adair in the Hunua Ranges. They were straight into a world of adventure and activity: the fabulously muddy confidence course, raft building, water slide, and challenging climbing activities. Last night they did a bushwalk in the dark and the legendary 'Burma Trail' and enjoyed sitting around a campfire together. Camp is such a great time to see children grow in confidence and in their faith in God.

Junior Campus Notices

Activity Costs

Activity Costs are now due for Primary School students. If you haven’t yet paid your child’s activity costs, please attend to this as soon as possible. Activity costs are for the year and cover your child’s extra cost that occur through the year eg class trips, workbooks, swimming and visiting performers.

Parents of Prayer

We welcome all parents who would like to join our friendly Parent Prayer group to pray for our Primary School on Tuesdays at 9am in the Junior Campus meeting room.

Reporting an Absentee

KingsWay School has a responsibility every day to account for all students who are enrolled. In a large school, this is a huge task and we would ask parents to support us in achieving this. Please report your child’s absence before 9.30 am.

All details on HOW to report an absence can be found on our school website:

https://www.kingsway.school.nz/contact-us/reporting-an-absence

Children Arriving to School to Early

Our Primary School hours are from 8.55am-3.05pm. Children must NOT be dropped off at school before 8.30am and must leave the school grounds before 3.30pm. If your child requires before school or after school supervision please refer to our sKids (Safe Kids in Daily Supervision) programme which is held on the Junior Campus: www.skids.co.nz or email kingsway@skids.co.nz.

Health Centre Notice

Parents/caregivers are reminded to please keep their children home if they are not well. This is a Ministry of Education requirement. Parents/caregivers, whose children come to school with a heavy cold, sore throat or flu-like illness, will be contacted and asked to take their child home.

Please practise and reinforce the following at home with your children:

• Frequent handwashing with soap and water and drying hands well or using hand sanitiser.
• Coughing or sneezing into a tissue and disposing of the tissue in a bin.
• Coughing into the elbow.
• Washing hands after coughing, sneezing and blowing the nose.

Nut Allergy Policy

There are students with Life-Threatening Allergies in the Totara Studio (bottom studio).

It is already KingsWay Junior Campus policy to have no peanuts at school. We are now requesting that you support these students and their families by keeping the Totara Studio completely NUT FREE. Please ensure that all food sent with your child is free of peanuts and tree nuts (including almonds).

These students are highly allergic to nuts and may suffer anaphylaxis simply from contact with the allergen - on surfaces or airborne. We therefore request that everyone is very mindful of what they are eating and their hygiene practices before coming to school. For example, please give peanut butter, Nutella, nut bars etc as treats after school (not before).

As per our policy, please remind your child that they are never to share their food and must wash their hands before and after eating. If you are wanting to bring food to class for a special occasion, eg birthday, please contact the teacher 48 hours prior.

We really appreciate your support in keeping all of our students safe at the Junior Campus.

Primary School Assemblies - Term 4

Parents are welcome to attend Primary Assemblies in the Junior Campus Hall.

Assembly dates: Friday (fortnightly) at 2.15pm

• Week 4: 6 November run by 1AHA and 1LLI
• Week 6: 20 November TBC
• Week 8: 4 December Y6 Farewell Assembly

TUCK SHOP

A friendly reminder to parents who order lunches for Primary children through the school tuck shop. Please add your child’s teacher code (eg 1NHE, 2MBA NOT seahorse, turtles etc) to your orders. This helps to reduce the time taken in sorting lunch orders. All teacher codes can be found on our school website CLICK HERE.

Please CLICK HERE to see the Tuck Shop's updated tuckshop menu.

New Speedbump at the Exit of Upper Carpark

A new speedbump has been installed near the exit of the top car park. Parents are asked to take care when driving through the car park areas, STOP before the footpath and look both ways for pedestrians before exiting onto the road.

Parents are encouraged to reverse into car parks so that they have good visibility when pulling out to exit the car park.

Students are not permitted to walk across the car park without an adult. Parents are to please meet their children on the footpath and walk with them back to the car.

Your patience and grace shown towards each other during the busy times before and after school are appreciated.

PLEASE NOTE: Access to the top car park (Kiss n Drop area) after school is for disabled parking ONLY. The top car park area will be closed from 3.30pm. sKids parents are to use the bottom car park area to collect their children.

Our PMP equipment sessions are in the hall on:

• Mondays from 9:55am – 10:35am & 1:55pm - 3:00pm
• Tuesdays from 2:20pm – 3:00pm
• Fridays from 9:20am - 10:35am

This ‘Station’ focusses on memory as an outcome. It provides young children with various means of identifying objects. There is the (1) Verbal instruction; (2) Visual connection (3) Kinaesthetic action.

Students are required to listen to the spoken word, identify the image it represents and step on individual images of objects in sequence.

It starts off with two or three objects but becomes more challenging as more objects are added. The activity is representative of the classroom. Teachers usually give more than one instruction at a time, which children usually need to complete in sequence, in order to achieve success. For example: “… please go to your locker, collect your bookbag and place it on your desk...” Missing even one step in the sequence will result in an incomplete task.

To volunteer to help with our PMP programme or for more information, please email Charlene van Vuuren, our KingsWay PMP teacher: Charlene.vanvuuren@kingsway.school.nz

Extra Activities

SKIDS After School Programme

Growing Awesome Kiwi Kids through interactive and engaging activities based on themes kids love!

021 77 33 01,  kingsway@skids.co.nz, sKids Facebook

Suzuki Violin Tuition

Gabrielle McClean, an experienced Suzuki Violin Teacher, will be teaching at the Junior Campus after school hours on Friday afternoons. She has spaces for new students. If you are interested, please contact her on 021 150 3621 for a free trial lesson.

R&B Music Tuition at the Junior Campus

CHESS

This is 8 weeks chess coaching program running on Thursdays from 15 October 2020 till 10 December 2020 from 3:10 - 4:10 pm. The fee will be $125/student for the term. The sessions will be held in Staffroom.

If the program is successful a new full 10-week program will be made available for Term 1.

REGISTRATION

If your child would like to be part of this, please visit our website. Both registration and payment can be done online. www.chesspower.co.nz/register

Kelly Sports

Hear Say

Thinking Caps In-School Maths

For more information, please visit www.thinkingcaps.co.nz

Please click on the pdf attached below.

KUMON

Please click on the pdf attached below.

Bricks for Kids

HBC AFC - Football Fundamentals