13 Oct 2026

The call has been made - Our Athletics Day with St Joseph's has been postponed and will not take place tomorrow as planned. It will now be next Monday October 19th, all arrangements are the same.

12 Oct 2026

Oops I made a big mistake, in the permission slip!  It is due back next Monday the 19th of October not the 12th of November. Sorry about the mistake.

Antarctic-Centre-permission-slipdocx.pdf

12 Oct 2026

Hi all,

Wednesday is our Athletics Day with St Joseph's School at the Domain Oval. Some reminders below.

You will find attached again the planned timetable for the day and the running of events.

• We will station ourselves in our usual spot (opposite side of the track to the long jump pits). We will have a staff member stationed there for the day who you can check in with for any questions etc.
• Please drop your child off to the Domain Oval at 9am (Year 3-8) and 9.50am-10.15am (Year 0-2).
• The day will be finished by 2pm to please arrange pick up at this time. 
• Please make sure your child has appropriate footwear for events, food and drink for the day, sunhats and sunscreen.

Weather: at this stage Wednesday is looking a bit dodgy, a call will be made and we will let you know. The postponement day for Athletics is Monday 19th October (ignore postponement date on attachment).

Thanks,

Ross Smith

 

 

 

Athletics-Day-2026-1.pdf

11 Oct 2026

Kia ora Kauri whanau

I hope you all had a fabulous holiday break. I’m looking forward to hearing all about it from the children tomorrow morning.

A few reminders and updates:

-The hot food box service has stopped for the year.
-Please make sure your child brings their sunhat to school each day. To help prevent it from getting lost, please keep it in their school bag.
-Athletics Day is on Wednesday. Please refer to the previous Loop for details.
-Permission forms for the Year 0–2 Big Day Out to the Antarctic Centre will come home tomorrow. Please complete and return it to school as soon as possible, as the Antarctic Centre needs to confirm our numbers.

Learning this week:

-In maths, both year groups are learning about number structure. 
-In handwriting, we’re practising the letters c, a and d, which all begin with the “c” formation. This term, we’ll be working hard on forming all letters and numbers correctly.
-In story writing, we’re learning to write more in depth recounts. We’ll focus on planning our writing and checking whether we’ve included when, who, where, why and what happened. The children will also be working on their individual writing goals.

Have a great first week back!
 
 Kind regards,

Karen Digby

11 Oct 2026

A big welcome back to our Kōwhai whānau.  I am looking forward to seeing you all in the morning.

Some information for the week;

No more hot food, that has now stopped for the year.

Sunhats are now needed, they need to be named and your children will keep them in their bags and bring them to and from School everyday.

Athletics Sport this Wednesday- please make sure you have read the previous loop about it.

Art with Mrs Livingstone is moved to Friday morning this week.

Maths this week we are looking at subtraction. 

Reading we will start back tomorrow.

Phonics - I will be revising and working one on one with each child across the week to see how everyone is going.

We will be starting our topic later in the week about Antarctica.

You will also be receiving your permission form for our big day out tomorrow.  Please fill this out and return as soon as possible, as the Antarctic centre needs our numbers.

See you all tomorrow

Gayle