Please read the following parent notices for the Junior Campus.

A Note from Jordan Barley

Here on the Hibiscus Coast, we live in proximity to an array of beautiful beaches and spend many hours in and around the water. Growing up with the beaches and ocean in our backyards it is paramount our students are knowledgeable of how to enjoy God’s creation, not only as caretakers of the environment, but in developing a healthy respect for it and understanding how we all can enjoy it safely.

On the 18th February, our Year 5 students participated in our very first Beach Carnival Day. This was facilitated by the Orewa Surf Club, with the activities being run in front of their club rooms at Orewa Beach. This fun and engaging event focussed on some of the fundamentals of water skills and beach safety. The students involved will tell you that this day was one to remember – with plenty of activity and action to be had. The events targeted beach skills such as spotting others in need, searching and focusing on a target through beach flags and beach based squares; basic first aid, learning the recovery position and sending for help; Working as a team and good communication. Water safety sessions focussed on reading, managing and respecting the surf (we did have some small waves!) wading in the water and bodysurfing. We also looked at handling and using surf devices safely for self and others.

Thank you to Renee Beckett and her team at OBSLSC as well as to all the parents who helped us on the 18th and their willingness to get into the water to help make this day happen safely. Without your ongoing support these opportunities for our students would not be possible.

With feedback saying this day was such a success, we look forward to running a similar event for our current Year 6 children in Term 4. The Year 5&6 Beach Carnival Day is set to become one of our regular outings in the future.

Onwards and upwards,

Jordan Barley
Assistant Head of Primary

If Children are Unwell

Parents are reminded to please keep their children home if they are not well. Parents whose children come to school with a heavy cold 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 hand-washing with soap and water or 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.

Primary Sharing Assemblies

Term 1:
Primary Sharing Assemblies are for all Primary Students and will be held on Fridays every fortnight in the Junior Campus School Hall from 2.15pm. Parents are welcome to attend these sharing assemblies, seating will be available at the back of the Hall.

Dates for Sharing Assemblies:

• Week 6: Friday 6 March – lead by 4FLY
• Week 8: Friday 20 March - TBC
• Week 10: Friday 3 April - TBC

Activity Costs

Activity costs for Primary students are available on the KingsWay School website.Please CLICK HERE.

Term 1 Parent/Teacher Conferences – Years 1-13

Thursday 2 April from 2.30pm onward. Primary conferences are held on the Junior Campus, in each teacher’s home base.

School finishes at 2pm for all students.

Buses: Bayes buses will run at the earlier time of 2.15pm which means children will arrive home earlier this day. Students who catch the Ritchies bus are to remain in the Junior Campus foyer until 3pm. At 3pm Ritchies bus children will be transported from the Junior Campus to Longmore Lane to connect with their school bus to travel home.

Note: All Primary parents are encouraged to book a 10-minute interview with their child’s teacher.

Information about the conferences and login details for the online booking system (PTO) will be emailed home on Monday 16 March.

For information on our sKids after-hours programme, please go to the sKids website: http://www.skids.co.nz/locations/kingsway/

Primary Summer Sport Photographs

Primary Summer Sport Photographs are taking place this coming Tuesday, 10 March 2020.

Parents, please remember to send your child to school with their sports uniform on Tuesday. Please check the team lists if you are unsure if your child is in a photo. Timetable and team lists will be emailed to parents and coaches and will be up on the glass window leading into the library area on the primary campus for parents to check. Please see the list (below), as it contains information on what each team is to wear for their photo. If your child is not in the correct uniform, they will not be in the photograph.

DATE: Tuesday, 10 March
VENUE: Junior Campus hall

All students must have their full, clean sport uniform as indicated below.

TOUCH RUGBY, Term 4 2019

• Glory - PE Kit, short white socks, clean sneakers
• Joy - PE Kit, short white socks, clean sneakers
• Grace - PE Kit, short white socks, clean sneakers
• Hope - PE Kit, short white socks, clean sneakers
• Flare - PE Kit, short white socks, clean sneakers
• Alive – School Uniform
• Free – School Uniform

SUMMER SOCCER, Term 4 2019

• Glow - PE Kit, long navy school socks with gold stripe, clean football boots
• Inferno - PE Kit, long navy school socks with gold stripe, clean football boots
• Heat - PE Kit, long navy school socks with gold stripe, clean football boots
• Blaze - PE Kit, long navy school socks with gold stripe, clean football boots
• Ignite – School Uniform
• Flame – School Uniform

BASKETBALL, Term 1 & 2 2019

• Ignite - Basketball uniform, short white socks, sneakers
• Flare - Basketball uniform, short white socks, sneakers
• Blast - Basketball uniform, short white socks, sneakers
• Flash - Basketball uniform, short white socks, sneakers
• Rise - Basketball uniform, short white socks, sneakers
• Thunder - Basketball uniform, short white socks, sneakers
• Glow - Basketball uniform, short white socks, sneakers

Grandparents' Morning

Thank you to all the Grandparents and special friends who came to visit the Junior Campus students on Wednesday last week. We hope you had a wonderful time seeing where our young people learn.

Scholastic Book Fair

The PTA would like to thank the school community for your support of the Scholastic book fair held last week. This book fair was our biggest yet and thanks to your generosity the school has earned $5,000 worth of Scholastic rewards! These will go towards new books for the junior campus library and educational resources for use in the classrooms. A big thank you also to our wonderful team of parents who helped run the fair – we couldn’t have done it without you! 😃

Junior Campus Carpark

Top Carpark area:

Mornings: Parents are only to use this carpark in the mornings for dropping children off. Parents, please drive very slowing in the top carpark (5km), drive to the end of the drop off zone (don’t stop halfway if the drop off lane is clear), children are to remain seated in your vehicle with seat belts fastened until the car is stationery. Please do not allow children to take their seatbelts off before you have stopped at the drop off zone and are ready for them to exit the car. There are no pickups after school from the Top Carpark due to School Buses needing access. This is a safety issue so all parents must use the back carpark unless they are a disability cardholder.

Junior Campus – Back Carpark area:

It is essential parents drive slowly (5km) in the Carparking area. Parents are to park their vehicle (reverse into carpark space, where possible). Children are to use the pedestrian crossing. Parents are to assist their children in walking to the footpath to ensure their safety. When picking your child up at the end of the day, please wait for your child on the footpath and not in your car.

PTA - Ladies Night

The PTA are busy organising a Ladies Night (further details to come).
As part of this, we are having a pop-up used clothing shop. We are after donations of CLEAN, SALEABLE LADIES clothing, shoes and accessories items. Please leave at the Junior Campus foyer in the box provided. Please, no rips, stains or smelly items (or underwear!) 😊.
Thank you

Primary Netball Notice

Registrations are now open for Year 3-6 students (boys included) who would like to play Netball for KingsWay this year. Games are played on either Wednesday (Y 3 & 4) or Thursday (Y 5 & 6) afternoons at the courts at Edith Hopper Park in Manly.

Parents are encouraged to get involved and be a coach or a manager for a team. This may also suit an older sibling or other family member. Support will be given to those who are inexperienced or unsure about doing so.

Registrations close on Monday, 9 March. Any questions, please do not hesitate to email Raelene.Beguely@kingsway.school.nz

Full details can be found on the KingsWay School website - CLICK HERE

WEETBIX 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.

Primary Swimming Zone Day

As has previously been stated, the Year 5 & 6 Swimming competition will no longer be taking place, in lieu of a Beach Carnival Day. We know that there are many capable swimmers in the Primary school and will still be sending a team to the HBC Swimming Zone Day in late March.

In order to qualify/enter the Swimming Zone Day, any Squad or competitive swimmers are please to send the official times of their strokes to Mrs. Beguely by 9th March.

If your child is not a Squad or competitive swimmer and does not have official competition times, but is confident and capable in the water and swimming regularly, then please also email Mrs Beguely by this date so that we can consider an option to allow these children to qualify. There is no guarantee that we will be able to make this happen but we will try our best to do so.

Please note that the HBC Swimming Zone Day is a highly competitive event.

Events are freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly (all 25 metre), and 3 x 25m medley (backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact:

Raelene.Beguely@kingsway.school.nz

Hockey - Years 3-6

I am the TIC (Teacher In Charge of hockey for 2020). My name is Alice Ng. I currently teach part time at KingsWay Primary School. Monica Coetzee (our previous TIC of Hockey) has passed this role onto me. I am pleased to let you know that this year our games will be happening at Metropark, Millwater WOOHOO ☺

Game times are yet to be confirmed however they will be on Monday afternoons, between 4-8pm (most likely).

I am currently in the process of organizing registrations so I need to know who is interested to play hockey this year. At the moment hockey is open to all Year 3-6 students.

Here are a few things you can do to help you decide if this sport is right for your child:

• Have a look at our school sports webpage, link provided: https://www.kingsway.school.nz/co-curricular/sport/sports-at-kingsway/hockey-years-3-6
• Have a look at the game dates/times, etc.: http://www.harbourhockey.org.nz/Winter-Competitions/Primary-1
• Click on this link to register and pay for your child: https://www.kingsway.school.nz/sport/sports-at-kingsway/hockey-years-3-6/hockey-years-3-6-fees-and-registration

Ways in which you can help make this sport a success:

• Coach a team (once a week, this is often in the mornings before or after school, with games happening on Monday afternoons) https://www.kingsway.school.nz/co-curricular/sport/coaches-and-managers
• Be a manager and organize your team uniform, weekly e-mail reminders, etc.
• For further information about these roles and how it may also benefit you (E.g. receive $50 off your child’s sports fee if you are selected to coach a team), please visit the school website provided.
• If you wish to coach, there are courses available for you to attend (at the school’s cost), if you decide to coach a team for the season. http://www.harbourhockey.org.nz/Coach-Development/Primary-Coach-Dev-Opportunities

School Lunches

School lunches can now be ordered online and will be delivered to the Junior Campus each day before lunchtime.

When ordering food online for your child from the tuckshop, please ensure you put your child’s teacher’s year level and teacher code eg: 3DVA.

Please CLICK HERE for further information.

Extra Activities

R & B Music Tuition at KingsWay Junior Campus

Mobile Library

The Mobile Library comes to Millwater every week!

Hop on board between 3.00pm and 3.45pm every Friday afternoon.

Browse our great collection for kids and adults, place and pick up requests and chat to the mobile librarian. If you’re not already an Auckland Libraries member we can help you sign up for your FREE library card too.

You will find the mobile library parked on Millwater Parkway near Laura Jane Drive. Just keep an eye out for the big white bus with smiling children on the outside. Visit our website for more details including our timetable: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz

Pform.nz Classes at KingsWay - Thursdays!

Pform.nz are back again! We have an awesome curriculum filled with confidence building, fun, laughter and fine-tuning technique for our end of year showcase.

At Pform.nz we Develop CHARACTER, Build CONFIDENCE and Nurture CHARACTER.

• 4-6 Years Dance|Sing|Act 4:00pm-5:00pm
• 7-9 Years Musical Theatre 5:00pm-6:00pm
• 10-14 Years Musical Theatre 6:00pm-7:00pm

Classes are run in the Wharenui Room, Senior Campas.

To book your free trial Email: Gracie@pform.nz

Chess
Playing chess develops self-confidence, concentration and problem-solving skills. We are really pleased to start a Chess Coaching Programme at our school and look forward to bringing the excitement, competition and educational benefits of chess to our children.
Please CLICK HERE for the full article.

Bricks for Kids
Starting on Friday, 14 February and the last day will be Friday, April 3rd. Please open the pdf attached below for further information.

Kumon