Junior Campus Notices

A Note from Sung Chun

New opportunities for Year 5’s as they are Learning how to create program technology!

This year we have introduced a scratch coding club to some of Year 5 students at lunchtime. Scratch is a visual programming language that opens up the opportunity for the students to create their own interactive stories, games and animations.

Every Thursday lunchtime the students are introduced to a new project. Once they have developed the basic project, the students then creatively add their own ideas and make decisions on which tools to use to enhance the projects. As students design Scratch projects, they learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. More importantly, they develop the ability to carry out ideas from start to finish - envisioning possibilities, solving problems they encounter, presenting their creations and revising based on feedback.

This is a little step forwards to set them up for success in our increasingly digital world, allowing the students to imagine and create technology so that they can be an active part of the digital era.

Sung Chun
Year 1/2 Teacher

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 6: 20 November

Extra-Curricular Awards

Junior Campus Prizegiving - Outstanding Performance in Extra-Curricular Activities:

At our end of year Junior Campus Prizegiving assemblies, we like to acknowledge students who have performed exceptionally well (distinction level or higher) at extra-curricular activities outside of school.

Please send the award to the Junior Campus office, enclosed in a plastic bag, together with the completed form (attached as a pdf at the bottom of this newsletter), before Friday 27 November 2020.

Awards that meet the criteria, set out on the attached form (bottom of this newsletter), will be presented at our Junior Campus Prizegiving assemblies on Thursday 10 December 2020 in the Junior Campus Hall.

Volunteers needed on the Junior Campus

The Junior Campus is looking for volunteers to help cover 200 beautiful new Senior Primary reader books that have recently arrived!!

Do you have an hour on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon to help cover our new readers? Please let the Junior Campus reception know if you are able to help or for more information email: Linda.clarke@kingsway.school.nz

Junior Campus Library

Please note that the final day for library books to be returned to the Junior Campus Library is Monday 23 November.

Any books not returned by then will be invoiced.

Thanks for your cooperation.

School Fun Run Fundraiser

Thanks to everyone across the Primary and Middle Schools who got involved with this fundraiser. There was a significant amount raised that will go towards projects in both schools. After prize and admin fees deducted, we have raised over $22,000 across both schools. Primary = approx. $15,000 towards the slide project, and Middle = approx. $8000 towards one of their projects.

Prizes have been ordered and should arrive at school in a couple of weeks. Please watch your inbox for details on how these will be distributed when they arrive.

Congratulations to 5AHI, 7CVA and 7MLE for being the top three classes, and to Christine McIlrath (7BDU), Josh Cheng (5AHI) and Marco Janse van Rensburg (8JPS) for being our top three fundraisers. Well done to all students who put in a great effort to raise money.

WEETBIX TRYATHLON 2021 – Regsiter NOW

The registrations for next year’s Weetbix Tryathlon, held on Sunday 28th March at Manly Beach are open. We have created a school group for you to join. Please click on the link below to go through to our special school group page to register.

CLICK HERE

More details about the event can be found here:

https://tryathlon.co.nz/locations/hibiscus-coast/

Final Dates for the Term

Junior Campus Prize Giving Wednesday 9 December in the Junior Campus School Hall

• Prize Giving Year 0-2 commences at 9.30am
• Prize Giving Year 3-4 commences at 11.15am
• Prize Giving Year 5-6 commences at 1pm

Parent are invited to attend the Prize Giving’s

Last Day of School - Thursday 10 December at 3.05pm

KingsWay Primary will be finishing school at the NORMAL time of 3.05pm on the last day of school Thursday 10 December. Buses will run at the usual time. We apologise if there has been confusion on this end time on the last day of Term 4.

Staff Only Day - Friday 11 December – Children are NOT to come to school this day.

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