A Note from Graeme Budler, Executive Principal

Dear KingsWay Community,

Nga mihi mahana kia kotou katoa.

It seems like we have been in lockdown forever, with many of us starting to feel a bit of cabin fever. A counsellor friend of mine encouraged me to mix things up when I hit the wall. She suggested ideas like organizing family situp competitions, playing board games instead of watching tv, dressing up for dinner et cetera. Her point is that lockdown can force us into a rut which can feel quite depressing when separated from friends and family. So why not join my family and mix it up this weekend.

The leadership are anticipating and preparing for an announcement on the move to Alert Level 3 on Tuesday next week. We expect that most learning will continue as per Alert Level 4, with a few exceptions for a small group of children of essential workers.

I wish you all a fantastic weekend.

God bless,

Graeme Budler
Executive Principal

Whole School Notices

No new notices.

Wellbeing

Healthy Home Workspaces with Rebekah Pilkington (BHsc) (watch HERE)

Working from home comes with a variety of challenges. Not least of these is maintaining healthy workspace habits to alleviate physical stresses and strains. We chatted to physio, Rebekah Pilkington, about tips we can all use to create healthy home workspaces. Rebekah addresses the following topics in THIS 20min video.

1. Healthy ‘work-from-home’ workspace
2. Self-care exercises to help navigate extended periods of time on screens
3. Healthy daily routines for people working from home.
4. Children and teen workspaces.
5. The role of faith helping to navigate lockdown.

Wellbeing Webinar:
Wednesday 29th September, 7pm

We are pleased to be hosting another wellbeing webinar in a couple of weeks. This time we have two speakers from Laidlaw College who will present around how Gen Z and teenagers think and operate within a predominantly online lifestyle. We will cover practical wisdom tips for parents on topics like gaming and social media. More details and a link to this meeting to follow next week. Feel free to share this with anyone in your community. With life at the moment predominantly being online with learning and connection with others, the more strategies and knowledge we have to help our young people the better.

Primary School Notices

Parent Teacher Conferences

On Wednesday 22 September Primary Parents will be emailed information and login details to make bookings for our online Parent/Teacher Conferences, to be held on Thursday 30th September, from 2.30pm. Bookings are available from 3.30pm on Wednesday 22 September and close at 9am on the day of Parent/Teacher Conferences.

Year 4 Optional BYOD Online Meeting:
Tuesday 21st Sept 2021 at 7:30pm

Reminder: Parents of students in Year 4 are invited to attend an online meeting with Mr Barley and Mrs McKoy, who will discuss BYOD in Year 5 and Year 6. It is essential that parents attend this meeting before purchasing a device for their child for 2022 as changes to the device the students require have been made. Parents have been sent a link for the meeting via the classroom teacher.

Middle School Notices

Just a quick reminder of our Missions project: Calling All Knitters!

Senior School Notices

No new notices.