Last day of school Thursday 16 December

Kia ora koutou

Please see Raina's newsletter for further details.

Regards

Wendy

Final Newsletter for the Year

From KPMG to your house for Christmas!

KPMG are delivering Christmas presents to your house! Read below to find out more.

Painting

Today we learned to use a palette to mix new colours.

Important Health Information for Whanau

If your child has any of these symptoms please follow the guidance in this newsletter.

Back to School in Ruma Toru

So wonderful to see the smiling faces of our tamariki today. We are having a lovely day of fun with our friends, and the fantastic Lego gifted to us by KPMG.

 

Important Information School Opening Wednesday 17 November

Learn your colour words

Move the side bar down to find your colour. Click on the picture to see and hear the words on Youtube.  Read the words to someone at home. 

Reading Books online

 Use the arrows < >  to find the colour of your reading box in class.

You can click the on book to see a copy of it and read it.  Click the sound button to listen to  it.

Maths at home for Year 2

Maths at home for Year 1

Home Learning TV on Channel Duke

Monday 18 October

Home Learning TV for Room 3 starts at 9.00am on the TVNZ Duke Channel.

Reading Books Term 4 Week 1

Look for the colour of your Room 3 reading box behind the picture of the book.
Click on the picture to read the book. 

Newsletter Friday 15 October

Year 2 Maths this week

You need paper and pens. Ask someone to help you.

Maths Year 1

You need some paper, pens and some whanau who you can help you.

Information for Essential Workers

Try some Pasta Maths!

Measure it!

Kia ora koutou 

 There are lots of things you can measure at home. Have fun with these! 

Choose some maths.

Choose some books to read.

Learn your colour words

Learning Pack Collection today Thursday 26th - 10.00-1.00

 Kia ora koutou

Here's another opportunity to collect learning packs today.

 Raina will be at school this morning from 10:00 to 1:00.

Drive in through the gates. Safety rules as per previous newsletter on this blog please.

Mauri Reo Mauri Ora - Kōanga 2021

 Kia ora koutou

You might like to switch channels to enjoy this great new new programme for Māori language learning from 9.00am each morning.

https://www.maoritelevision.com/

Home Learning TV from Wednesday 25 August

 Kia ora koutou

Here is where to find Homelearning TV in this lockdown.

This time around Home Learning TV | Papa Kāinga TV will take over TVNZ’s DUKE+1 daytime schedule between 9am and 1pm on week days, with programmes and lessons for children aged 2 to 11 years.

DUKE+1 is available on Freeview channel 18 (or Sky channel 504). Episodes will also be available OnDemand soon after the original broadcast.

A second opportunity to collect learning packs Tuesday 24 August at school

 Kia ora whanau

A second opportunity to collect learning at home resource packs is available between 10.00am and 1.00pm on Tuesday 24 August.

Please follow the health safety guidelines outlined on the Digital Newsletter page on the school website, and in the post just below this one on this blog.

Regards

Wendy

Message from the Principal. Learning Pack and Chrome Book Collection Monday 23 August

23 August 2021 

 HARD PACKS AND DEVICE DISTRIBUTION LEVEL 4 LOCKDOWN 

 Kia ora whanau 

Your child’s teacher will phone or message you to let you know about collecting hard packs or a device for your child/ren on Monday from 10am to 2pm. This is your only opportunity to collect in person. You are asked to park on Hunua Road and a staff member will let you through the school gate into the carpark. Numbers will be restricted to 10 vehicles at any one time. One adult per family is asked to collect the resources and you must wear a FACE MASK please and maintain 2 metre distancing. 

Please wait in your car until you are asked to go to collect resources. You must also use the QR Code to sign in at one of the pick up tables or fill out the sign in register. 

If you bring children with you they must stay in the vehicle. We will not distribute to children. 

 HARD PACKS Junior/Senior School 

 If your child is in a junior class; Louise Faire will give out hard packs for Room 3 and Room 4, Room 5 and Room 6 from outside Room 4. 

If your child is in a senior class; Ellen or Peta will distribute hard packs for Room 1, Room 2 and Room 10 from outside Room 2. 

 CHROMEBOOKS 

 Unfortunately we only have limited chromebooks to distribute and these will be allocated as fairly as we can manage. I apologise to those who miss out but also urge you to sign up for chromebooks when lockdown is over. The classroom teacher will phone you if your child is on the list for a chromebook. PLEASE COLLECT A CHROMEBOOK FROM THE HALL 

 If you are unable to come to school please either email or phone me and I will talk to you about the possibility of a courier delivery. I am happy to discuss any other queries you may have. In the meantime stay safe and well and take very good care of yourselves. 

Arohanui Raina 

Kataraina Nock Principal 

katarainan@edmundhillary.school.nz Phone: 021369223

Find Reading on our Junior Website

Caterday Maths with Pete the Cat.

 What has been doubled?

It's Caterday! Write about Sam and Read with Hamish at Home.

Home for Learning

 Morena koutou

Here we are learning at home again!  We will soon see if it will be for one week  or longer.

Look on the school Digital Newsletter page for messages from Raina. Here is the link: https://www.edmundhillary.school.nz/digital-newsletter

We can't send out the learning packs at Level 4, so have some fun planning your own day! 

You can also look back on past posts on this page if you would like some things to do.

Wendy

Korero ako- learning discussions.

 Look out for the Learning Discussion time choices form that tamariki have in their school bags.

There are plenty of times still available!  I can send another home if it is needed.

Regards

Wendy

Kelly Tarlton School Trip

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Thank you to all whanau for returning permission slips. We are delighted to have KPMG helpers on the day. We are hoping for fine weather to enjoy morning tea and lunch at Orakei Domain.

Warm regards

Wendy

Happy Birthday Ryshala!

 We had a lovely surprise today! 

Ryshala's Mum and Dad and sister came to school with a HUGE birthday cake to share for Ryshala's birthday. 

The cake was square, with cream and delicious pink strawberry icing! 

It was a special treat to share Ryshala's birthday at school.

Letters and Sounds

 Today we learned a new way to match letters to the sound a word begins with. We looked at the picture, said the word aloud, and listened to hear the first sound of the word. We then matched it with the alphabet letter.

Welcome to Term 2

 Kia koutou

It is wonderful see see our tamariki back at school and already beautifully settled into learning. 

You will see our fantastic new playground as you drive past the school. It will be ready in about a month when the ground surface is finished.

We have a busy term ahead with reading, writing and maths being a big focus. 

We will be learning and thinking more about our environment and ways we can make it beautiful, useable and how we can  care for it now and in the future.

An exciting whole school trip to Kelly Tarltons in week 4 is planned and we will send home more information as we get closer to the time.

Also this term, we will be inviting whanau to participate in learning discussions. We will let you know more about these soon.

Warm regards

Wendy

Back to school Monday 8 March at Level 2.

 Kia ora koutou

Fantastic news again everyone with the move to Level 2 on Sunday morning.

What does this mean? School will reopen again on Monday 8 March for all students.

Hunua School Gate Opens : 8:30am School finishes 2.30pm

PLEASE NOTE ALL OTHER GATES WILL BE CLOSED IN THE MORNING

BUT WILL OPEN AT 2.30 FOR STUDENTS TO LEAVE.

What we want you to know !

● If you need anything please ring Angela in the school office 09-2989132

● Appointments may be made via a phone call to Angela

● Otherwise we ask that you do not come into the school at Level 2 without an appointment.

● We have all the health and safety procedures in place to ensure your children are as safe as
   they can be.

● Lunches will be provided again from Monday.

● Please return all devices and please send your children back to school.

Arohanui

Raina

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Learning at home

 Kia ora koutou

In addition to our paper home learning packs you can find many great resources for learning at home on our junior website. 

Edmund Hillary School Junior Website

Link: https://sites.google.com/edmundhillary.school.nz/junior-learning-website/home

You can also find some of the posts of previous maths and reading activities on this blog by clicking on the "Labels' words at the side of this blog page.

The Ministry of Education Learning at Home site also has a range of ideas:

Link: https://learningfromhome.govt.nz/

Home Learning TV

You can watch some of the past TV programmes that screened in our lockdown in 2020.

Link:  https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/home-learning-tv

For help, please email me at wendyr@edmundhillary.school.nz

Have fun, and enjoy your learning at home! 

Warm regards

Wendy

Home Learning Packs and Online Learning

 Kia ora koutou

For those yet to collect home learning packs, staff are on site at the hall until 1:30pm today, so please do come in to get your child's.

If you have not received my texts, please email me at wendyr@edmundhillary.school.nz.

I'm keen to know which students in Room 3 have access to a computer for learning at home from this blog, and also our Junior School Learning Resources site.

Warm regards

Wendy

Room 3 Home Learning Packs 1 March 1:00-3.00pm

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Most whanau in Room 3 already have their home learning packs. They are in the brown paper bags.

Room 3 whanau who wish to come in to collect their packs can do so today, Monday 1 March, between 1:00pm and 3:00pm.

Wendy

Urgent Newsletter Level 3 Monday 1 March

 Kia ora koutou, 

Due to the increase in Covid-19 cases in Auckland, the Prime Minister has advised 13 days after the last level 3 announcement that we are back at level 3 again.

 PLEASE NOTE                   PLEASE NOTE                         PLEASE NOTE 

School will be open for students of essential workers only, from Monday 1 March to Friday 5 March. 

Please ring or message Raina on 021369223 if you need to bring your child to school.

 We are anxious for students to continue school learning at home and will be helping in the following ways. 

Teachers will be in touch via the class site to post work for students who have devices at home while other teachers will be ready to distribute hard packs with resources on Monday ready for you to pick up. 

We will also send out devices to those students who need them. 

We will call you with times to come to school for pick up.

 If your contact details have changed please let Angela in the school office know or ring Raina. 

When the situation changes, we will be in touch again. 

Please keep safe and take care. 

Arohanui 

Raina

Kataraina Nock 

Principal

Good news! Level 1 tomorrow!

 Kia ora koutou

Fantastic news again everyone.

The Prime Minister announced today that we are moving from Alert Level 2

in Auckland to Alert Level 1 at midnight tonight.

What does this mean? We are Covid-19 free in Auckland and in our

community.

All school gates will be open in the morning at 8:15am

What we want you to know !

● We have all the health and safety procedures in place to ensure

your children are as safe as they can be.

● Children missed out on a lot of learning last year and there was a

drop in achievement data across the school in 2020. Let’s make

sure we improve our results in 2021.

● We have a growing roll and there have been some class changes.

Therefore all children who are well must come back to school from

tomorrow to improve their achievement in 2021.

Kind regards

Raina and staff

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School tomorrow for everyone

Edmund Hillary School Newsletter Term 1 17/2/21

 Kia ora koutou                                                    

Fantastic news everyone. 

The Prime Minister announced today that we are moving from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2 at midnight tonight. 

What does this mean: School will reopen again tomorrow Thursday. 

Only the gate on Hunua Road will be open in the morning at 8:30 

PLEASE NOTE ALL OTHER GATES WILL BE CLOSED IN THE MORNING BUT OPEN AT 2.30 FOR STUDENTS TO LEAVE. 

What we want you to know. 

● We have all the health and safety procedures in place to ensure your children are as safe as they can be.

 ● So please send them back to school. 

● Children missed out on a lot of learning last year. 

● There was a drop in achievement data across the school in 2020. 

Therefore all our children really need to come to school from tomorrow to improve their achievement in 2021.

 Hunua School Gate Opens : 8:15am School finishes 2.30pm 

 Raina 

Kataraina Nock, Principal

Level 3 Lockdown Monday 15 February Urgent

14 February 2021 

 URGENT NEWSLETTER URGENT NEWSLETTER URGENT NEWSLETTER 

 Kia ora koutou, 

 Due to a Covid-19 outbreak in Auckland, the Secretary for Education has advised that all schools including Edmund Hillary School will not be open for most students until further notice.

 PLEASE NOTE PLEASE NOTE PLEASE NOTE

 If you are an essential worker we will be open to care for and look after your children. Please ring Raina on 021369223 or the class teacher if you need to bring your child to school. 

Otherwise we will be at the school gate at 8:15am to talk to you. 

 Teachers will be in touch via the class site to post work for students who have devices at home. When the situation changes, we will be in touch again. 

Please keep safe and take care.

 Arohanui 

Raina