Please read the following parent notices for the Junior Campus.

A Note from Jenny Harvey

Dear Parents and Caregivers

It’s hard to believe that we are in the last Term of 2019, with only 7 weeks of school to go!

Last week saw our newest intake of delightful little 5-year-olds starting school for the first time, under the watchful care of Mrs Jay Smit (who has returned from maternity leave) and Mrs Kim Geden. We welcome the new families to KingsWay School and trust that you will quickly form friendships with other parents and families within our community.

Yesterday I had the privilege of taking another group of visitors for a tour around the Junior Campus, walking through both the Kauri and Totara Studios while the students were learning. It was such a pleasure for me to see your little ones quietly getting on with the activities they were engaged in, chatting together, working collaboratively on tasks, sitting with their teachers or focus on completing an aspect of their work independently. The quiet ‘hum’ of learning was clearly apparent. I was, once again, filled with a sense of the tremendous blessings we enjoy and the privilege it is to be able to teach our children in an environment where ‘El Shaddai’, God Almighty, is honoured and freely worshipped.

Term 4 is a busy term and a particularly exciting one for our Year 6 students who head off to camp on Wednesday!

Please make sure to read the newsletter that comes out every week as it will contain important information, dates and times for you to diarise.

Your children will begin to tire, so please keep their bed times early and make sure that you are building enough ‘downtime’ into the afternoons or evenings for you to enjoy with each other.

I roto i ngā mahi ki te Atua’

Jenny Harvey
Head of Primary

Emergency Drills

Emergency drills are a regular part of our school procedures. On Monday, 4 November KingsWay Primary will have an Earthquake and an Evacuation practice.
Please note: In the case of a real emergency notifications will be posted on the KingsWay School phone app. Instructions on how to download the school app can be found on our school website - CLICK HERE.

Primary Sharing Assemblies Term 4

• Week 4: Friday 8 November, 2.15pm – lead by 3MSA - Mrs Santos
• Week 6: Friday 22 November, 2.15pm – lead by 1SCH - Mrs Chun

Year 5 and 6 Cricket Zone Day

The Cricket Zone day is coming up. This event is for any ability, whether you have played before or not. Girls are strongly encouraged to join in as there is also a girls section. If your child would like to participate in this day, please register your interest by emailing Raelene.Beguely@kingsway.school.nz by Tuesday, 29 October. Invitations to play will be sent out that week.

Umpires Needed: We also need umpires for this day (November 7th) so if there are any Year 7-13 students who are keen to help (cricket ability can vary – you do not need to have played cricket as all information will be given), please also contact Mrs Beguely as soon as possible. Of course, parental permission will be needed in order to do this.

Weet-Bix Tryathlon

Entries are now open. KingsWay School has created a School Group for the local Hibiscus Coast Weetbix Tryathlon to be held on Sunday, 22 March, 2020. This event will be held at Manly Beach and is very popular for thousands of children across the Auckland area.

If you are registering your child/ren to take part, please select KingsWay to join our School Group, as it may mean that we are eligible to win prizes for our school.

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

Walking School Bus - Meeting

There will be a walking school bus meeting on Tuesday, 29 October at 9am. All are welcome to attend.

Maths Tutoring

Calling all Year 6's - want to get ready for Year 7?

Does your Year 3 - 5 child need a boost in Maths? Is your Year 6 heading off to intermediate and you want to help them feel confident with Maths when they get there? YES! We can help! We run in-school lessons at your school so book in NOW!

https://thinkingcaps.co.nz/maths-tutoring-2/enrol/ or call Julie 09 424 3536

Football FUNdamentals in Schools

Football FUNdamentals in Schools is run during the school term, this programme takes place on the school fields, making it easy for kids and parents, as kids don’t have to travel.

Lunch Clubs or After School Clubs for kids in Years 1 to 6 starting in week 2 of Term 3. In these programmes the kids get to work on their coordination and learn football skills by doing fun activities, playing games and football matches.

This is our website link https://www.hbcafc.org.nz/football-fundamentals which shows start dates and whether an After School Club or Lunch Club and costs.