Learning at home

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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