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Term 4 - Week 6 notices and reminders

Monday- Teacher only day
Wednesday- Weetbix Tryathlon - Please let the office know, via absences, if your child is attending
Thursday- Parent volunteers thank you morning tea (see details below)
Thursday - Pizza day
Thursday - Last day to order Cookie Time cookies
Friday - Mufti- bring a Christmas item for raffles
Friday - Second hand uniform shop open 8:30-9am
Friday - Friday Freeze - ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale

Quick reminders and upcoming events

Please send your children with named hats and sunscreen
Order yearbooks through Kindo (only 100 printed)
Please return all school library books asap
Christmas Lights - Friday 29 November
Year 8 graduation - Tuesday, 3 December
Prizegiving - Thursday 12 December

Mufti days

Next Friday (22 November) we will be having a Mufti Day for our Christmas raffle (feel free to dress in festive clothing). Please send something you would enjoy getting in a raffle basket, e.g. a nice grocery item, chocolates, Christmas decoration etc. Kindly check the expiry date on food items, and no alcohol please. Raffle tickets will be sent home next week.

Please note we have another mufti the following Friday (29 November) - this is to support the Painga Project. The Painga Project is a local charity that supports children in our community. For that mufti (week 7) please bring a wrapped NEW Christmas gift. Please label the gift with either boy/girl and a relevant age if applicable. The gifts are distributed by Painga Project to families who need this.

Urgent - homestay families needed

We have a group of students from China coming to visit our school in January next year (25 Jan-1 Feb). We are in desperate need of families to host them during that time. You will be paid $400 to help cover the cost of each student that you host. If you host two pupils, you will get paid $800.

The requirement is that they have their own room. If you host two students, you will only need one room for them but they will need their own bed. Hosting two students is usually easier as they have each other for company. You will need to have a smoke/vape-free home.

If you are able to help with this, please fill in this form or email Donna at the office. We need quite a few new families to please help with this round as the numbers are a bit higher than normal.

Class lists

From time to time we have queries from parents about composite classes. The NZ curriculum has always been focused on teaching children based on their needs and not year levels, and teachers in NZ have always taught to the needs of individuals or groups of children in their class based on the curriculum level they are operating at, not because they are in a certain year level. As such, composite classes work perfectly fine and like straight year level classes, children will learn at their own pace no matter which other groups of children they are with. There is no learning advantage or disadvantage for a child being with children in the year level above or below. On occasion we do consider the maturity of a child and may deliberately choose to place them in a certain class, however, this is an exception and not the rule.

We are busy working on class placements for next year. Class placements are a long and laborious task for us, but one that we love doing with care and attention. We spend hours pouring over our class lists and individually placing each child in the right place. We take into account social, emotional and academic needs when establishing the best fit for them. Your child may not be with their best friend. This is ok. They can still see them every day, and it allows them to develop other relationships. We are however doing our very best to ensure children have some of their identified friends with them in their new room. Please be assured that every decision has a lot of thought behind it. Every class list has several pairs of eyes on it including the current teacher, previous teachers, team leaders, our SENCo/LSC and our senior leadership team.

Please note that it is very hard for us to take requests from parents. For example, often parents request that their child be with a particular child and we may have had the opposite request for the other parents. Or, the teacher believes some children are not good for each others' learning. Please trust that we will do our very best and place your child with care, and do not be disappointed if we can’t fulfil your request.

Class lists will be ready in the new year and your child’s new teacher will send them a welcome letter before school starts.

If you have any queries about next year, please feel free to contact our deputy principal, Mrs Sarah Park.

Parent helpers morning tea (week 6)

On Thursday, 21 November, we will be hosting a thank you morning tea for all the parents who have volunteered and supported us throughout the year. Please RSVP via this form if you can make it. This is a very small gesture of our appreciation for all that you’ve done.

Christmas Lights

It’s nearly time…Christmas Lights is only a couple of weeks away! We welcome you to join our school community for a Family Picnic and Markets from 5PM to 9PM on Friday 29 November. This is always a fun evening and a great way to kick start the festive season.

Volunteers for Christmas Lights

Can you volunteer an hour of your time? We do need some more volunteers to help make this event happen. Options are for set up during the day, helping at the event or pack down at the end of the evening (from 9pm). If you can help out please email ptfa@clevedonschool.co.nz

White elephant and bake Stall

We are excited to announce that the Tōtara team will be hosting a White Elephant stall at the upcoming Christmas lights event! If you have any gently used toys or clothes that you would be willing to donate, we would love to take them off your hands. Please drop them off ASAP at room 15. We kindly ask that all items are in good condition and suitable for resale. We will also be hosting the bake stall this year. Closer to the time we will be asking for donations of some home baked treats to sell at our stall.

Legacy tiles

You may have noticed the legacy walls outside of our school hall. You are invited to purchase a tile inscribed with your child's or family's name to be included on our Legacy Wall. This fundraiser supports the school and creates a lasting history of your child’s years with us. If you are interested in doing so, please click on this link and fill in the form.

Looking forward to 2025

Please see below for some information as we get ready for next year.

School structure 2025

Please see below for next year’s school structure.

Kōwhai classes	Kauri classes	Tōtara classes	Other
Year 7/8	Year 4	NE/Y1	Performing arts teacher Learning Support Coordinator Early literacy support SENCO
Year 7/8	Year 4/5	NE/Y1
Year 7/8	Year 4/5	Year 1/2
	Year 5/6	Year 2/3
	Year 5/6	Year 2/3
	Year 5/6	Year 2/3
		Year 2/3
		NE/Y1	New class, currently set to start in term two.

Year 4-8 BYOD iPads

Please click here for information on BYOD iPads for years 4-8.

Year 4-6 EOTC event 2025

Current year 3-5 parents, click here for the information letter about next year’s EOTC days.

Term dates and teacher only days

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4
Start	Wed 29 January	Monday 28 April	Monday 14 July	Monday 6 October
End	Friday 11 April	Friday 27 June	Friday 19 September	Thursday 11 Dec
Holidays in term time	Waitangi	King’s birthday Matariki	-	Labour Day
Teacher only days	Friday 21 February	Friday 30 May

Stationery information

Please click here for information on stationery for 2025.

Open afternoon in January

On Friday, 24 January our teachers will be at school working and setting up their classrooms. You are welcome to pop in casually with your child between the hours of 1:30pm-3:00pm to meet their teacher. You do not have to do this, but some children find it helpful with their transition. You will have had a letter from the class teacher by then, letting you know which class they will in.

Term 4 - Week 5 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Thursday - Tōtara Show “Dance the Rainbow” - 2.00pm in the hall, all welcome!
Friday - Friday Freeze - ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale

Quick reminders:

Please send your children with named hats and sunscreen
Order yearbooks through Kindo (only 100 printed)
Teacher Only Day - Monday 18 November (week 6)
Please return all school library books asap
Parent helpers morning tea - Thursday, 21 November (week 6)
Christmas Lights - Friday 29 November
Prizegiving - Thursday 12 December

Urgent - homestay families needed

If you are able to help with this, please fill in this form or email Donna at the office. We need quite a few new families to please help with this round as the numbers are a bit higher than normal.

Legacy tiles

Parent helpers morning tea (week 6)

Cookie Time

We are doing a Cookie Time fundraiser this month. Cash or Eftpos only to the office with order form before/on Thursday 21 November - unfortunately we cannot take late orders. Pick up will be from school (date TBC). Dairy free & gluten free options available. If you need another order form please contact the office.

Teacher Only Day in term 4

A reminder that there is a Teacher Only Day coming up on Monday, 18 November (week 6). Bizzy Bodz are offering child care on this day, if you do need to utilise this. Please contact them directly to book (https://www.bizzybodz.co.nz/).

North Road - temporary road closure

Please click here to read a letter from Auckland Transport.

Term 4 - Week 4 notices and reminders

Monday - all library books due back
Thursday - Pizza day
Thursday - ECCS athletics (for those selected)
Friday - Second hand uniform shop open 8:30-9am in the hall

Quick reminders:

Please send your children with named hats and sunscreen
Order yearbooks through Kindo (only 100 printed)
Teacher Only Day - Monday 18 November (week 6)

School library - early closure

We are moving our school library to a new location ready for next year. Unfortunately this does mean we have to close the library early this year. It will be closed from Monday, 4 November. Please check for any school library books still at home and return them to school now. They can be returned to your child’s classroom or to the school office. Thanks for your support!

Competitive Swimming

Please see this letter for more information on the upcoming optional competitive swimming trials opportunity for your Year 5, 6 or 7 child to participate in.

Parent helpers morning tea (week 6)

Cookie Time

Christmas Lights - Window decorators

Christmas Lights is a major school event this term and will be held on the evening of Friday 29 November. The school will host another fun family picnic night, with Christmas markets, food stalls and entertainment. The classroom windows will be decorated and lit up for Christmas.

We are after a group of 3-4 parents from each class room to help coordinate these classroom windows (working with the teachers and the kids). If you would like to be a part of this, please get in touch. We would love to have you on board.

Please contact us at ptfa@clevedonschool.co.nz or send Summer Deverell a message on 0274-596-561.

White elephant and bake Stall

We are excited to announce that the Tōtara team will be hosting a White Elephant stall at the upcoming Christmas lights event! If you have any gently used toys or clothes that you would be willing to donate, we would love to take them off your hands. Please drop them off at room 15. We kindly ask that all items are in good condition and suitable for resale. We will also be hosting the bake stall this year. Closer to the time we will be asking for donations of some home baked treats to sell at our stall.

Legacy tiles

Term 4 - Week 3 notices and reminders

Monday-Labour day (school closed)
Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Whole school assembly 2pm

Teacher Only Day in term 4

Summer uniform - HATS

From next week, we will be expecting all students to be wearing a hat at morning tea and lunch. Please ensure your child has a named hat in their bag each day. Hats need to be plain blue or the school hat, which can be purchased from the uniform shop. Please ensure all other hats are PLAIN and not branded baseball caps.

Please pack sunscreen for your child and teach them how to apply it before playtimes.

Please check our school website for the summer uniform requirements. We ask that ākonga (students) are in black sandals.

Cookie Time

Christmas Lights - Window decorators

Please contact us at ptfa@clevedonschool.co.nz or send Summer Deverell a message on 0274-596-561.

White elephant and bake Stall

We are excited to announce that the Tōtara team will be hosting a White Elephant stall at the upcoming Christmas lights event! If you have any gently used toys or clothes that you would be willing to donate, we would love to take them off your hands. Please drop them off at room 15. We kindly ask that all items are in good condition and suitable for resale. We will also be hosting the bake stall this year. Closer to the time we will be asking for donations of some home baked treats to sell at our stall.

Legacy tiles

Competitive Swimming

Please see this letter for more information on the upcoming optional competitive swimming trials opportunity for your Year 5, 6 or 7 child to participate in.

Yearbooks

We are excited to announce that our Clevedon School yearbook for 2024 is available for you to order. The yearbook is the perfect way to help your child keep a lasting memory of their school years, from Year 1 to Year 8.

This book showcases and celebrates school events and children's experiences across the whole school. It features class photographs, school productions, sporting events, Ag Day, Kapa Haka, Year 8 photos and much more. Each class at Clevedon School will take part in creating some aspect of the yearbook, as each classroom will have a page, and each child will be featured in some way.

We have only ordered 100 copies to be printed, so it is first in, first served. You don't want to miss out on this opportunity to look back on some wonderful memories from 2024. The cost of the yearbook will be $35.00. The last date to order these via Kindo is Monday, 25 November.

Learning focus this term

Team newsletters

Our team newsletters give you information on what is coming up this term and the learning foci in different curriculum areas. If you have any questions at any time about your child’s learning, please do not hesitate to email your child’s teacher - they will be happy to set up a meeting time online or in person (whatever suits you).

Please click below for each team’s newsletter.

Tōtara team - year 0-3

Kauri team - year 4-6

Kōwhai team - year 7-8

Term 4 - Week 2 notices and reminders

Monday-Thursday Scholastic Book Club in the TRR
Wednesday - Franklin Group Day
Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Athletics day

Athletics day - reminders

Students need to be at school BEFORE 9am - buses leave shortly after 9.
Drink bottles, lots of litterless lunch, hats and sunscreen are crucial items on this day.
Comfortable sports shoes are to be worn.
Children can wear their house colours or sports uniform. Please pack a warm jumper for your child as well as the weather is very changeable at the moment.
For parents attending to watch for the day - please note that this is a smoke and vape free event.
Coffee cart available at the grounds for parents/whānau.
No dogs at the park please.

Your child will be travelling to the event on the bus. If you are late to school, and the buses are gone, you will need to transport your own child to the event. There will be no staff left at school to help at this point. Please, be on time.

Your child may be with a different teacher during athletics day. If you need to sign your child out, you will still need to find your child’s own class teacher as they will have the class list. We would prefer if you did not do this, however, as we want to easily account for all children and would rather have them all travel back together.

Parent volunteers

Thank you so much to the parents who have already volunteered to help us out on the day. We have had a lot of support but still need some volunteers in the areas listed below. If you can help us out, please indicate on your Kindo form or if you have already filled out your Kindo and now can help, please email Chris Morgan directly cmorgan@clevedonschool.co.nz. Please note that if you are helping in an area, preschoolers are not able to attend.

Areas still needing parent volunteers

Supervision of year 2 - supporting the teachers with supervision or while teachers help run an event
Judging the finish line - using a stopwatch to record times

Further details have been shared previously and can be found in this letter.

Teacher Only Day in term 4

Summer uniform

Please check our school website for the summer uniform requirements. We ask that ākonga (students) are in black sandals.

Hats are a must in term 4 - tamariki with no hats will need to sit and play under the teepee at playtimes. You can purchase any plain dark blue hat for your child - they do not need to be the official school hat. The Warehouse and Kmart have some cheaper options. Please ensure they are not branded hats.

As the weather heats up (fingers crossed!), please also put sunscreen on your children first thing in the morning. Unlike Kindy and daycare, our teachers do not reapply sunscreen throughout the day for children. It’s a good idea to pack some in your child’s bag and remind them to reapply before play and lunch.

Scholastic Book Fair

Next week we continue the book fair at school, where you can purchase new books from the Teacher Resource Room (between rooms 2 and 3). 30% of the profits from sales will go directly to the school, so we encourage you to come along and see what’s on offer and choose some great Christmas presents!

The fair will be open from 8:30–9:00am and 3:00–3:30pm on Monday-Thursday of week 2.

Christmas Lights - Window decorators

Please contact us at ptfa@clevedonschool.co.nz or send Summer Deverell a message on 0274-596-561.

Legacy tiles

Previously shared

iPads for years 4-8

If your child is in year 4-8 next year (current year 3-7), please click here to read the requirement for BYO iPads.

Weet-bix Kids TRYathlon

The Weet-bix Kids TRYathlon will take place on Wednesday 20th November at Mountfort Park in Manurewa. Click here for a notice outlining details of the event and how to register your child.

Term dates for 2025

Please see below for our 2025 dates. Kindly note the two Teacher Only Days that have been added in for terms one and two.

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4
Start	Wed 29 January	Monday 28 April	Monday 14 July	Monday 6 October
End	Friday 11 April	Friday 27 June	Friday 19 September	Thursday 11 Dec
Holidays in term time	Waitangi	King’s birthday Matariki	-	Labour Day
Teacher only days	Friday 21 February	Friday 30 May

Term 4 - Week 1 notices and reminders

Thank you for another amazing term whānau. It’s been a busy one with a lot going on for our students.

A huge thank you to our Ag day committee for the amazing mahi they do every year so our tamariki can experience this unique day. Thanks for all that you have done and continue to do for our community.

Another thank you to our PTFA for all their hard work, including on Ag Day. The school recently received $8000 from our PTFA as a result of all their fundraising efforts. We are most grateful for all that these dedicated parents do to make our school the amazing place that it is.

We also say a special thanks to Mrs Popping and Mrs Odds for their awesome leadership of our first school production in a very long time, which took place this term. This was an incredibly valuable experience for our tamariki and one that we know will be a memorable one for a long time to come.

We hope you have a wonderful break with your children over the next two weeks. We might see some of you at the Haka World Record this Sunday at Eden Park!

Thursday - Pizza day
Thursday-Friday - Scholastic Book Club in the TRR
Friday Freeze - ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2) - Please note there are no sausages in term 4
Saturday - School Disco - details below

Teacher Only Day in term 4

A reminder that there is a Teacher Only Day in term 4, on Monday, 18 November (week 6).

Summer uniform

Please check our school website for the summer uniform requirements. We ask that ākonga (students) are in black sandals.

Hats are a must in term 4 - tamariki with no hats will need to sit and play under the teepee at playtimes.

School Disco

Year 1-3 - 5-6pm

Year 4-8 - 6:30-7:45pm

Tickets available on Kindo.

Scholastic Book Fair

In weeks 1 and 2 we will have the book fair at school, where you can purchase new books from the Teacher Resource Room (between rooms 2 and 3). 30% of the profits from sales will go directly to the school, so we encourage you to come along and see what’s on offer and choose some great Christmas presents!

The fair will be open from 8:30–9:00am and 3:00–3:30pm on Thursday and Friday of week 1, and Monday-Thursday of week 2.

iPads for years 4-8

If your child is in year 4-8 next year (current year 3-7), please click here to read the requirement for BYO iPads.

Athletics Day - action required

Our big day out for athletics is going to be on Friday of week 2. Please ensure you have filled in the permission form and paid for the bus via Kindo.

Details have been shared in this letter.

Weet-bix Kids TRYathlon

The Weet-bix Kids TRYathlon will take place on Wednesday 20th November at Mountfort Park in Manurewa. Click here for a notice outlining details of the event and how to register your child.

Term date for 2025

Please see below for our 2025 dates. Kindly note the two Teacher Only Days that have been added in for terms one and two.

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4
Start	Wed 29 January	Monday 28 April	Monday 14 July	Monday 6 October
End	Friday 11 April	Friday 27 June	Friday 19 September	Thursday 11 Dec
Holidays in term time	Waitangi	King’s birthday Matariki	-	Labour Day
Teacher only days	Friday 21 February	Friday 30 May

Clevedon Cricket Club

Registrations to play cricket are now open. Clevedon Cricket Club offers cricket from Year 1-8. Trainings start from 4:00pm on a Thursday night, with games being played on Saturday mornings from 8:45am.

If you would like to register or would like more information visit www.clevedoncricketclub.co.nz or give Nick Howells a call or email on 0274477008 clevedoncricket@gmail.com

Bizzy Bodz Holiday programme

Bizzy Bodz are running a holiday programme. Please contact them directly for more information.

Term 3 - Week 10 notices and reminders (Ag Week!)

Today is the last day to order your child’s personalised calendars, diaries etc. Details below.

Thursday - Pizza day
Thursday - Raffle tickets due back at School
Thursday - Baking/cake stall items due at school
Thursday - all plant entries to school by 9am for judging
Thursday - Jolly Jars on sale - Bring $1-5
Friday - Ag Day
- Please note, that as it is Ag Day, we do not have the usual sausages and milks on sale. Children can bring money and purchase food at the stalls (details below).

Calendars

You can order personalised calendars, diaries, mousepads, sketchpads and greeting cards with your child’s artwork on it. These are great quality and make awesome Christmas presents for relatives and friends. You can make your order through KINDO today. Orders close today.

Athletics day - Action required

Our whole school athletics day will be held on Friday 25th October. Please click here to read more information about this event.

Library books - due back now

All school library books are due back now. Please have a good check around the house, car and school bags for any library books with the Clevedon School barcode on them. All books are to be returned to the box in the school office, as the library is closed for access by students until next term.

Any library books not returned by Thursday, 26 September will be billed on Kindo. Thanks for your help looking after our treasure trove of library books!

Weet-bix Kids TRYathlon

The Weet-bix Kids TRYathlon will take place on Wednesday 20th November at Mountfort Park in Manurewa. Click here for a notice outlining details of the event and how to register your child.

School Disco

After the success of last year’s Halloween disco the PTFA are hoping to hold one again this year. We have a date of Saturday 19 October in the calendar but we need a group of enthusiastic volunteers to take charge of organising and helping at both the junior and senior events for it to go ahead. If you think this is you, please get in touch at ptfa@clevedonschool.co.nz as soon as possible.

AG DAY SPECIAL - Special last minute notices

You can click on this link to read important information for Agriculture day 2024.

Jolly Jars

On Thursday, children can purchase Jolly Jars. Jolly Jars range from $1-$5. Kindly send your child to school with money on this day. If your child has special dietary requirements, please talk to your child’s teacher well before Thursday.

Plant entries

All plant entries will be judged on Thursday. Please take all entries to the hall before 9am to be numbered and ready for judging.

Weather

Ag Day will happen, rain or shine…come dressed ready for all four seasons!

Parking on Ag day and road patrol

Our lovely neighbours at the Hallertau are kindly allowing us to use their car park on Ag Day. We are very grateful to them.
Please refrain from parking in our bus bay on the day. This is for buses and for any emergency vehicles. There is no parking on the field.
Please also show courtesy to our neighbours by not blocking driveways or parking on yellow lines on the street.
There will be no crossings operating on this day. Please take care and drive safely around our tamariki.

Organisation for all animals (including pets)

Lambs, kids (goats) and calves

Vet check (from 8am onwards)
Get your registration number from the registration tent (from 8.15am onwards)
Then tie up your animal in the correct ring area (bring your own stakes to tie up)

Chickens, pets

Get your registration number from the registration tent
Take your animals to the appropriate tent
Make sure your cage is secure
The vet will visit them in the tent

Other animal information

Calves are not to be touched by anyone but the owners due to strict guidelines from MPI to protect our farming community.
All animals will be vet checked before being allowed to compete.
All children with an animal at school must be under the supervision of a parent/carer
Lambs have to be shown in natural condition. No washing or brushing as this removes the protective oil lanolin from their wool.
Kids may be washed and brushed and feet clipped if necessary.
Pets - no parents are allowed in the pet tent while judging is on.
Parents are not allowed in the rings. Judges, stewards, children and animals only please.
There is no bottle feeding of animals while the judging is in progress.
Children must stay with their animals and pets or they will miss out on judging.
No chickens allowed in the Grand Parade.
Pets and plants do not count when giving out year badges.

Help on the day - we need plenty of helpers the morning of Ag Day to set up so if you can help with this please pop down to the field and pitch in.

Bring cash!

We have lots of things to spend money on at Ag Day, including:

Sausage Sizzle $2
Bacon Baps $4
Double Dutch fries $7 small-$9 large (gluten free and coeliac safe) -
Clevedon Strawberries ice-cream & waffles $5-$12
Japanese dumplings $8 for 4, $15 for 8, $20 for 12 (vegan available)
Hungarian Twisters $7
Babita Coffee
A variety of handmade cakes and sweets

Our office ladies will have a very small amount of cash available on the day for withdrawal, but this is limited, so please do bring cash. You will need to do a bank transfer for this. Please bring cash if possible.

For those who are new…here is some information on what actually happens on Ag Day…

On Ag Day there are rings (small areas) set up on our field for those competing with their animals. On arrival, children who have calves, chickens, kids, lambs and pets register on the field. They then go to the ring they are assigned and have tasks to do to compete with their animal.

Read below about who is responsible for your child on the day depending on what they are doing on the day.

There will be food trucks, a cake stall and sausage sizzle. It’s a really fun day, particularly for those who may not live rurally or be new to the area.

Grandparents, cousins, friends etc are all welcome. People generally find it a fun day out. Remember to bring lots of cash with you (some vendors will have Eftpos machines).

The day ends with a ‘grand parade’ where all the children come to a spot in front of the hall and we then have a prize giving ceremony. This is approximately at 1pm.

Children who are not participating but are at school, will have a teacher supervising them for the day. They will have a chance to go for a walk around and enjoy Ag Day as spectators.

Ag Day is a very special day in our school calendar. It is a fun day where participation and competition are as important as each other. Spectators please remember to be quiet when judging is in progress as judges will need to question each competitor and calling conditions need to be consistent for everyone. Your assistance on the sidelines is very much appreciated.

Who is responsible for my child on Ag Day

If your child has a kid, calf, chicken, lamb or pet you are responsible for them for the entire day. You register on the field on arrival with your child and supervise them for the duration of the day.
If your child has a plant, they have the option to come to school or to be with you for the day. You will need to let your child’s teacher know if you plan to have your child with you and not at school. If you are not going to have your child with you all day, then they arrive at school as per normal and get marked off the roll in their class first. Please note you cannot sign them in and out. You will need to choose if they are with you or with the class.
If your child has not registered for Ag Day, then it is a normal school day for them. We know some parents would like to have their children with them to enjoy Ag Day. If this is something you would like to do, that is fine. You will need to please let your child’s teacher and the office know.

Please note that we still need to account for every child on Ag Day, so please communicate your plans clearly with our office and your child’s teacher. Please note that you cannot sign your child in and out as we are allocating staffing accordingly. Kindly choose which option suits you best and let us know.

Ag Day Raffle Tickets and Bake Stall

The PFTA are holding our annual Ag Day raffle and bake stall. We have some awesome prizes for the raffle and are looking forward to receiving everyone’s baked goodies. Your child (oldest in each family) will have brought home a sheet of raffle tickets for you to sell and a cake box for you to fill. The raffle tickets and money need to be returned to school by Wednesday 25 September and baking can be dropped off at the school hall before or after school on Thursday 26 September or on the morning of Ag Day. There are additional cake boxes available at the school office and if you love baking, make sure you enter our cake competition. We appreciate all your efforts to support our fundraising for the school - happy selling and baking!

A&P Show/Franklin Group Day

After our Ag Day, children have the option to participate in the Clevedon A&P Show (16-17 November) with their kid/calf/lamb or to join the Franklin Group Day (23 October). The ECCS Group Day has been cancelled due to a drop in numbers over the last few years.

Kawakawa Bay Kindergarten Farm Walk Fundraiser

Please see this flyer for information. Looks like a great event and supports one of our local kindergartens.

Bizzy Bodz Holiday programme

Bizzy Bodz are running a holiday programme. Please contact them directly for more information.

Term 3 - Week 9 notices and reminders

Today is the last day for Ag Day registrations. If your child is taking part they must be registered. Participation is not compulsory.

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - Mufti day - Jolly Jars (see details below)

Te wiki o te reo Māori

We are looking forward to celebrating te wiki o te reo Māori next week. This year’s theme is Ake, Ake, Ake - A forever language.

We look forward to seeing lots of our community greet each other in te reo. Kaiako (teachers) will also be focusing on words of encouragement with our tamariki.

Jolly Jars Mufti

Our famous jolly jar mufti day is on Friday. Children dress in mufti on this day and bring along a jolly jar, or two, or three!

For those new to jolly jars, please see picture examples below. Some of our kids may argue that this is what Ag Day is about! Children bring in jolly jars filled with treats, small toys or nick nacks. Then on a set day, children can purchase these. More details will follow.

Calendars

It’s that time of year again! You can order personalised calendars, diaries, mousepads, sketchpads and greeting cards with your child’s artwork on it. These are great quality and make awesome Christmas presents for relatives and friends. You can make your order through KINDO today. Orders close on 20 September.

Ag day update - key information

You can click on this link to read important information for Agriculture day 2024.
Registration for all Ag day projects are now open and close today. All children who are taking part must be registered. Participation is not compulsory and children who are not taking part can attend school as per normal. Those participating MUST register by the deadline. Please click here for the registration forms.

Ag Day Raffle Tickets and Bake Stall

The PFTA are holding our annual Ag Day raffle and bake stall. We have some awesome prizes for the raffle and are looking forward to receiving everyone’s baked goodies. Today your child (oldest in each family) will be bringing home a sheet of raffle tickets for you to sell and a cake box for you to fill. The raffle tickets and money need to be returned to school by Wednesday 25 September and baking can be dropped off at the school hall before or after school on Thursday 26 September or on the morning of Ag Day. There are additional cake boxes available at the school office and if you love baking, make sure you enter our cake competition. We appreciate all your efforts to support our fundraising for the school - happy selling and baking!

Group day/A&P Show/Franklin Group Day

Weet-bix Kids TRYathlon

The Weet-bix Kids TRYathlon will take place on Wednesday 20th November at Mountfort Park in Manurewa. Click here for a notice outlining details of the event and how to register your child. Registrations done this week will receive a discounted rate.

CCTV cameras

You will see that, this week, we have had CCTV cameras installed around our school, like many schools in NZ. This will be a good way of protecting our property, particularly over the summer months.

School Disco

Mountfort Waterpolo Club - Introduction to WATERPOLO - YEAR 5/6 and 7/8

Oct 19, & Nov 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30

Between 1pm and 5pm - Draw to come

Manurewa Pools and Leisure Centre

Perfect for beginners

Skill sessions and games included

For more details and to register contact

Charlotte: cmfleming81@gmail.com

Bizzy Bodz Holiday programme

Bizzy Bodz are running a holiday programme. Please contact them directly for more information.

Term 3 - Week 8 notices and reminders

A huge thank you to our PTFA for organising an amazing Comedy Night at the Hallertau. What a great event and such a good laugh! If you missed it this year, keep an eye out for it in 2025. A great night out and a great way to support our school to be the best it can be. Well done to the team of organisers and our incredible sponsors. Thank you to those that bid on the auction items. Between the ticket sales and the auction, our incredible PTFA raised an impressive $8500 for our school.

When you see our PTFA members around, please be sure to thank them for all they do for all of our children and our community.

Registrations are now open for Ag Day. If your child is participating, please ensure they are registered (see details below).

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - Second hand uniform shop opens 8:30-9am in the hall
Friday - Ag day registrations close - please ensure your child is registered if they are taking part

Quick reminders

Have you ordered your child’s personalised calendars? These can be order through Kindo (details below)
Registered for Ag Day?!

Calendars

Jolly Jars Mufti - early heads up

Our famous jolly jar mufti day is coming up in week 9 - Friday 20 September. Children dress in mufti on this day and bring along a jolly jar, or two, or three!

Ag day update - key information

All calves, lambs and kids must be born between 1st June to 31st July 2024.
Chickens must be born between the 1st and 30th June 2024.
You can click on this link to read important information for Agriculture day 2024.
Registration for all Ag day projects are now open and close on Friday, 13th September. All children who are taking part must be registered. Participation is not compulsory and children who are not taking part can attend school as per normal. Those participating MUST register by the deadline. Please click here for the registration forms.

Supporting the Painga Project

We’re excited to share that Painga Project has been selected to participate in Z Energy’s Good In The Hood! This is an incredible opportunity for Painga Project to receive funding that directly supports the amazing work they do in our school community, including vision and hearing screening in our own school, and providing free glasses and hearing support to our tamariki. They are also very generous when we need to use their vans to transport our children to and from events, saving on bus fares.

To help them secure this funding, you can vote for Painga Project when you stop at Z Kingsway in Papakura (on the Clevedon Rd roundabout) from now to 22 September. Just pop your voting token in their box whenever you fuel up or buy anything from Z. Every vote counts, so please spread the word and help support this vital mahi!

Term 3 - Week 7 notices and reminders

Registrations are now open for Ag Day. If your child is participating, please ensure they are registered (see details below).

Wednesday - Comedy night - Don’t miss out (see details below)
Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - NZ Playhouse show for years 1-6 (see details below)

Quick reminders

Please pay for the NZ Playhouse “The reluctant dragon” via Kindo - for children in years 0-6
Have you ordered your child’s personalised calendars? These can be order through Kindo (details below)
PTFA comedy - will not disappoint! Ticket information below.

School uniform

A gentle reminder to please support your child to be in the correct school uniform, in particular the correct shoes.

School shirt
Dark blue skort, shorts or pants
Navy or black tights/stockings
Mainly black shoes (no random coloured sneakers please) - we are not overly fussy on the type of shoe but we ask that they are mainly black and that they are not expensive branded ones.

Please see our website for more information on the summer/winter options.

PTFA Comedy Night Wed 4th Sept

Last chance to get tickets to our school Comedy Night!

See Ben Hurley and Justine Smith at Hallertau, Wed 4th Sept from 7pm. Support Clevedon School and have a great night out! Tell all your family and friends. Tickets are $60 each (plus the booking fee). Follow this link to Eventbrite to buy your tickets by clicking here. Or go to Eventbrite and search CLEVEDON.

We also have some amazing auction items only available on the night thanks to our wonderful sponsors so don’t miss out!

Ag day update - key information

All calves, lambs and kids must be born between 1st June to 31st July 2024.
Chickens must be born between the 1st and 30th June 2024.
You can click on this link to read important information for Agriculture day 2024.
Registration for all Ag day projects are now open and close on Friday, 13th September. All children who are taking part must be registered. Participation is not compulsory and children who are not taking part can attend school as per normal. Those participating MUST register by the deadline. Please click here for the registration forms.

Supporting the Painga Project

Term 3 - Week 6 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - Te rā o Matua - celebrating our fathers and father figures (see details below)
Monday (2 September) - Ag Day registrations open

Quick reminders

Please pay for the NZ Playhouse “The reluctant dragon” via Kindo - for children in years 0-6
Have you ordered your child’s personalised calendars? These can be order through Kindo (details below)
PTFA comedy - will not disappoint! Ticket information below.

Te rā o Matua - celebrating our fathers and father figures

We look forward to celebrating our fathers, uncles, grandads etc from 8:30-10:30am. Your children’s classrooms will be open for you to visit. All whānau are welcome.

Looking forward to 2025

A reminder again from us to please contact the office if you know your child will not be with us next year.

If you know of neighbours or friends who may not have enrolled their children, please encourage them to make contact with school asap. As the area grows, we need to know our numbers to forward plan, and ensure we have enough staff and our spaces sorted. Thanks for your help.

2025 school dates

Please see below for the term dates for 2025. These are in our school calendar, which you can access through our website any time.

There will be some allocated Teacher Only Days, which we will let you know about as soon as we have details from the Ministry.

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4
Start	Wed 29 January	Monday 28 April	Monday 14 July	Monday 6 October
End	Friday 11 April	Friday 27 June	Friday 19 September	Thursday 11 Dec
Number of weeks	11	9	10	10
Holidays in term time	Waitangi	King’s birthday Matariki	-	Labour Day
Teacher only days	To be confirmed

PTFA Comedy Night Wed 4th Sept

Tickets are available and selling fast! See Ben Hurley and Justine Smith at the Hallertau, Wed 4th Sept from 7pm. Support Clevedon School and have a great night out! Tickets are $60 each (plus the booking fee). Follow this link to Eventbrite to buy your tickets clicking here. Or go to Eventbrite and search CLEVEDON.

Ag day update - key information

All calves, lambs and kids must be born between 1st June to 31st July 2024.
Chickens must be born between the 1st and 30th June 2024.
You can click on this link to read important information for Agriculture day 2024.
Registration for all Ag day projects will open on Monday, 2nd September and closes on Friday, 13th September. All children who are taking part must be registered. Participation is not compulsory and children who are not taking part can attend school as per normal. Those participating MUST register by the deadline.

Ag day photo competitions

Term 3 - Week 5 notices and reminders

Production Week

Thursday - The whole school will be walking to the Community Hall to watch The Wizard of OZ (see details below)
Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - Animal Mufti dress up for Ag Day (see details below)

All students walking to Clevedon Hall

This is a big week for us at school with The Wizard of Oz production putting on three shows.

On Thursday the whole school will be walking over the Clevedon Community Hall to watch our students perform. This will be at approximately 10:30am-1pm. Please note that the school and the office will be closed during this time as all students and staff will be at the matinee show.

If you need to pick your children up early on this day, please do so before we leave for the hall at 10:30am or do this after 1pm. Although we would like all our tamariki to see this awesome production.

If you have any questions about this, please contact your child’s teacher.

Production cast and crew have been sent a separate letter about what to expect this week. Parents of those directly involved in the production, please contact Mrs Odds or Mrs Popping if you have any questions.

If you have bought tickets for one of the shows, keep an eye on your inbox (and junk mail) for an information email coming soon.

Production - Raffle tickets

Be in to win great prizes AND support our school production by buying raffle tickets. Tickets will be on sale before and after school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday next week, near room three. You can also buy raffle tickets before the show and during the interval (evening shows only).

$2 for 1

$5 for 3

Amazing goodies up for grabs, including Butterfly Creek passes, movie tickets, a mini Polaroid camera, gift packs from Simplify My Home and more!

Winning tickets will be drawn after the show on Friday night.

Production - Food

The PTFA are going to be there selling interval snacks. We will have ice-creams, popcorn, lollies, soda and water available. Please bring cash.

We still need a few more volunteers to help out with food sales on the Friday night (23 August). If you are able to help, please contact Sallie Norman on 021-372-462.

Production - Trailers for Friday night

We are still in need of one or two trailers for moving everything from the Community Hall back to school on Friday night (8.30pm-whenever we can!). Please get in touch if you can help with this.

We’d also love to hear from you if you can spare an hour or two to help with the lifting that night - many hands = light work.

Contact jodds@clevedonschool.co.nz for either of these.

Friday - Mufti day (gold coin donation)

We will be having an animal dress up mufti day on Friday. Please bring along a gold coin or two to donate to our awesome Ag Day committee. The money goes towards running our incredible Ag Day event, including buying all the ribbons etc.

If your child prefers to wear regular clothes and not dress up, that’s perfectly fine.

Looking forward to 2025

With The Meadows development on its way, we have been carefully looking at our numbers each year to plan as best we can. With some uncertainty around when the impact of this will be felt for us, we are doing our best to be as organised as we can.

We ask that if you know your child will not be returning to school next year, that you let Karen Pallister know as soon as possible. Please do this by emailing either the office or preferably kpallister@clevedonschool.co.nz

If you have preschoolers, please also ensure the office has their details, in particular their start date. If you know of other whānau in the community with preschoolers, who don’t have older tamariki with us, please also encourage them to be in touch.

Thank you for your support.

Te rā o Matua - Father’s day celebration

Please save the date for our Father’s day celebration - Friday 30th August 9am-11am.

Calendars

NZ Playhouse

We are pleased to welcome a touring drama company, NZ Playhouse to our school. Playhouse is touring the play "The Reluctant Dragon" across New Zealand. This hilarious and interactive adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic story will teach our students about the value of friendship, kindness, solving problems without fighting and not judging dragons by their covers. Playhouse will be coming to our school on Friday, 6 September and will be performing for all of our year 0-6 students in the school hall.

Tickets for the show are $6.50 per child. Please make payment via Kindo by Monday 26 August.

Ag day update - key information

All calves, lambs and kids must be born between 1st June to 31st July 2024.
Chickens must be born between the 1st and 30th June 2024.
You can click on this link to read important information for Agriculture day 2024.
Registration for all Ag day projects will open on Monday, 2nd September and closes on Friday, 13th September. All children who are taking part must be registered. Participation is not compulsory and children who are not taking part can attend school as per normal. Those participating MUST register by the deadline.

PTFA Comedy Night Wed 4th Sept

Term 3 - Week 4 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - second hand uniform shop- open 8.30-9am

Looking forward to 2025

Thank you for your support.

Calendars

NZ Playhouse

Tickets for the show are $6.50 per child. Please make payment via Kindo by Monday 26 August.

Ag day update - key information

All calves, lambs and kids must be born between 1st June to 31st July 2024.
Chickens must be born between the 1st and 30th June 2024.
You can click on this link to read important information for Agriculture day 2024.
Registration for all Ag day projects will open on Monday, 2nd September and closes on Friday, 13th September. All children who are taking part must be registered. Participation is not compulsory and children who are not taking part can attend school as per normal. Those participating MUST register by the deadline.

PTFA Comedy Night Wed 4th Sept

Term 3 - Week 3 notices and reminders

ECCS Cross Country - for those participating
Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - second hand uniform shop- open 8.30-9am

NZ Playhouse

Tickets for the show are $6.50 per child. Please make payment via Kindo by Monday 26 August.

Ag day update - key information

All calves, lambs and kids must be born between 1st June to 31st July 2024.
Chickens must be born between the 1st and 30th June 2024.
You can click on this link to read important information for Agriculture day 2024.
Registration for all Ag day projects will open on Monday, 2nd September and closes on Friday, 13th September. All children who are taking part must be registered. Participation is not compulsory and children who are not taking part can attend school as per normal. Those participating MUST register by the deadline.

PTFA Comedy Night Wed 4th Sept

We are thrilled to announce that we have Ben Hurley returning for a second night of hilarity at the Hallertau, on Wed 4th Sept. This time he will be accompanied by Justine Smith, one of NZ's best-known comedians. Tickets will go on sale soon. Once again, we are keen to offer a few prizes to auction off on the night, so if you or someone you know has a product or service you would like promoted in the Clevedon community, please let us know. We will be happy to promote your business in return for your donation! Please contact Catherine Manderson to discuss on 021-243-3104.

Term 3 - Week 2 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - second hand uniform shop- open 8.30-9am

NZ Playhouse

Tickets for the show are $6.50 per child. Please make payment via Kindo by Monday 26 August.

International students

We are thrilled to welcome groups of international learners to our school this term. Some of our visitors will be with us for a week and some up to 5 weeks. Thank you to some of our whānau who are hosting our students in their home for a week or two. If you are interested in hosting students in the future, please contact Donna at the office.

Ag day update - key information

All calves, lambs and kids must be born between 1st June to 31st July 2024.
Chickens must be born between the 1st and 30th June 2024.
You can click on this link to read important information for Agriculture day 2024.
Registration for all Ag day projects will open on Monday, 2nd September and closes on Friday, 13th September. All children who are taking part must be registered. Participation is not compulsory and children who are not taking part can attend school as per normal. Those participating MUST register by the deadline.

Christmas Lights

Friday 29th November is our annual Christmas Lights event…and we are already thinking about it!

Since it started in 2016, this has been one of our most popular school events. We have a great Christmas crew who help organise this event but unfortunately some of them have, or are this year, moving on from school.

We would love to hear from you if you are keen to be part of the committee who puts this event together. If you have a passion for Christmas, project management or event management please get in touch at clevedonchristmaslights@gmail.com. This is such a memorable event and we would love to have some more great people keen to move the event forward.

We will also do a call out for classroom designers and on-the-day helpers for the event closer to the time. So there will be other opportunities to be involved if you are keen.

Learning focus this term

Values focus

Our school wide values focus this term will be on Kia Atawhai - Be Kind. Under this value we focus on being inclusive, empathetic and compassionate.

Team newsletters

Please click below for each team’s newsletter.

Tōtara team - year 0-3

Kauri team - year 4-6

Kōwhai team - year 7-8

Our website also has a lot of information around our curriculum and assessment practices. You can find these pages under the Learning tab. For example, there is a dedicated section to what is being covered in te reo through our Te Puna Reo programme.

Clevedon Kindergarten gala

Our local kindy is having a gala fundraiser on Sunday, 4 August. Please see details below and support this awesome local childhood centre.

Term 3 - Week 1 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)

Kia ora koutou

As we reach the end of term 2, I want to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our parents and whānau for your unwavering support and involvement in our school community. It has been a busy term for us with many events such as cross country, Matariki, athon, upstander week, Pink Shirt day etc. Our teachers have been incredibly busy with assessments and report writing, on top of the amazing work they already do.

A very special thank you goes out to our dedicated teachers, who have worked tirelessly to ensure that each student receives the attention and support they need. The time and effort put into assessments and reporting have been immense, and we are incredibly grateful for their commitment and hard work.

Looking ahead to term 3, we are excited to refocus our learning based on the fresh assessment data collected this term. This data will help us tailor our teaching strategies to better meet the needs of each student, ensuring that they continue to grow and succeed in their educational journey. Please remember to get in touch with your child’s teacher if you have any questions at any time. They are always happy to connect with you.

Term 3 will also see the excitement build up toward our annual Agriculture Day. Keep a look out for information on this big event in these notices next term.

Thank you once again for your support and for joining us at our school events. Your involvement plays a crucial role in fostering a strong and supportive learning environment for our children. We look forward to another productive and engaging term ahead.

Ngā mihi nui

Edeh Sullivan
Principal

Uniform

We will still be in winter uniform in term three and kindly ask that your child has a school jumper and plain (mainly) black shoes.

Looking forward to 2025

Thank you for your support.

Bizzy Bodz holiday programme

Please click here for more information on what Bizzy Bodz offers over the school holidays. Bookings are made directly with them.

Term 2 - Week 10 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Thursday - Student led conferences
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - Second hand uniform shop open at school 8:30-9am
Friday - Last day of term 2

We wish all our whānau and members of our community a joyful and peaceful Matariki. This special time marks a new beginning and a chance to reflect on the past while looking forward to the future. May the stars of Matariki bring you hope, inspiration, and a sense of unity.

Mānawatia a Matariki! Enjoy this time with your whānau and celebrate the rich traditions that connect us all.

Matariki morning (Friday) beach meet up

Some of our staff will be outside Umupuia Marae on the beach on Friday morning at around 6am to see Matariki. We’ve done this in the past and our whānau who have attended have reported that it is a beautiful way to start the Māori new year.

If you are attending, we encourage you to dress warm, bring your own hot drink and think about setting intentions for the year ahead.

There is no set programme from us - just a gathering and a way to come together and see the new year in.

Student led conferences

A quick reminder to ensure you have booked your student led conference. For more information click on this letter. Please note that our conferences begin at 2:30, however the school will remain open until 3pm as usual. Students who have 2:30 conference bookings will be waiting for their parents in their classrooms and the rest of the school will be in the hall at an assembly.

Looking forward to 2025

Thank you for your support.

Bizzy Bodz holiday programme

Please click here for more information on what Bizzy Bodz offers over the school holidays. Bookings are made directly with them.

Term 2 - Week 9 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Thursday - Matariki celebration at school
Friday - Mānawatia a Matariki — Happy Matariki - School closed

Matariki celebration

We will be celebrating Matariki at school on Thursday, 27 June (next week). We warmly invite you to join us from 9:30am for a special assembly followed by time in the classrooms.

Friday, 28 June is a public holiday for Matariki.

Matariki morning (Friday) marae meet up

Some of our staff will be outside Umupuia Marae on Friday morning at around 6am to see Matariki. We’ve done this in the past and our whānau who have attended have reported that it is a beautiful way to start the Māori new year.

If you are attending, we encourage you to dress warm, bring your own hot drink and think about setting intentions for the year ahead.

There is no set programme from us - just a gathering and a way to come together and see the new year in.

Looking forward to 2025

Thank you for your support.

Student led conferences

A quick reminder to ensure you have booked your student led conference. For more information click on this letter. Please note that our conferences begin at 2:30pm, however the school will remain open until 3pm, as usual. Students who have 2:30pm conference bookings will be waiting for their parents in their classrooms and the rest of the school will be in the hall at an assembly.

Friday sausage sizzles - terms 2 and 3

The PTFA are running the Friday sausage sizzles in terms 2 and 3. We have a small group of parents who regularly help out with this, but to spread the load, we would like to add more people to the list of those we can call upon. Help is needed every Friday 11.45am - 1.15pm.

We need BBQers and assemblers. Full training will be given! If you're only able to do one Friday in the term, we'd still love to have you on the list.

If you think you might be able to help or you have questions, please contact Sallie Norman on 021-372-462, by phone, text or WhatsApp. If you're already on the list from this term, there's no need to get in touch. Thank you very much in advance.

Agriculture Day

Bizzy Bodz holiday programme

Please click here for more information on what Bizzy Bodz offers over the school holidays. Bookings are made directly with them.

Term 2 - Week 8 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - Second hand uniform shop open 8:30-9am
Friday - Mufti day - Jammies in June (see below)

Mathathon-sponsorship money due Friday

Our annual athon is one of our main school focused fundraisers. If you haven’t already done so, please send any sponsorship money to school by the middle of next week. Thank you to those that have already supported us with this.

Payment can be made in cash (please use the plastic bag provided OR through the school account )

Bank Account details: 12-3031-0703239-00

Reference details - e.g John S R6 athon

Child’s name:
‘Room number’ athon

Jammies in June

Once again, our school will be participating in the Jammies in June.

This initiative hopes to distribute 15,000 Jammies to children at Kidz First and many primary schools that the foundation supports through the Mana Kidz School Health programme. The hospital and school nurses are bracing for a tough, busy winter and knowing they can give a child in their care warm pyjamas or blankets through your kindness will make such a difference.

To support this initiative we will be holding a pyjama mufti day on Friday. If you could donate a pair or more of warm NEW pyjamas or blankets, it would be greatly appreciated.

Save the date - Matariki

We will be celebrating Matariki at school on Thursday, 27 June. We warmly invite you to join us from 9:30am for a special assembly followed by time in the classrooms.

Friday, 28 June is a public holiday for Matariki.

Student led conferences

A quick reminder to ensure you have booked your student led conference. For more information click on this letter.

Curriculum related matters

A reminder that our website holds quite a bit of information on our school curriculum and assessment practices. Please click on the learning tab at the top and you scroll down to a tab that interests you. If you have any questions about your child’s learning at any time, please contact your child’s teacher to make an appointment.

Term 2 - Week 7 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - Mathathon money due back to school

Mathathon-sponsorship money due Friday

Today our students were tested on their mathathon questions. They all did really well and we thank you for supporting them at home to learn their basic facts. We now ask that you please return your sponsorship money to school by Friday, 14 June. This money will be used to help us provide much needed resources in our classrooms.

Payment can be made in cash (please use the plastic bag provided OR through the school account )

Bank Account details: 12-3031-0703239-00

Reference details - e.g John S R6 athon

Child’s name:
‘Room number’ athon

Jammies in June

Once again, our school will be participating in the Jammies in June fundraiser. Dame Valerie Adams leads the Jammie Army to warm up 15,000 children this winter. Many children are being admitted to Kidz First Hospital with respiratory illnesses because they live in cold, damp houses.

This initiative hopes to distribute 15,000 Jammies to children at Kidz First and many primary schools that the Foundation supports through the Mana Kidz School Health programme. The hospital and School Nurses are bracing for a tough, busy winter and knowing they can give a child in their care warm pyjamas through your kindness will make such a difference.

To support this initiative we will be holding a pyjama mufti day on Friday, 21 June. If you could donate a pair or more of warm NEW pyjamas or blankets, it would be greatly appreciated.

Save the date - Matariki

We will be celebrating Matariki at school on Thursday, 27 June. We warmly invite you to join us from 9:30am for a special assembly followed by time in the classrooms.

Friday, 28 June is a public holiday for Matariki.

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Student led conferences

Our student led conferences will take place in the last week of this term on Thursday 4th July. This is an opportunity for students in years 1-8 to lead their own conference and communicate and share their learning with you. Please familiarise yourself with the information in this letter so you know what to expect and how to best support your child in making it a successful experience for them. Bookings can be made through our school app by clicking on the ‘interviews’ icon. You will receive a notification soon to let you know when you can make your booking.

Term 2 - Week 6 notices and reminders

Monday - King’s Birthday - public holiday
Wednesday - ECCS netball fun day (Y5-8s who have opted in)
Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Mathathon testing day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - Second hand uniform shop open 8:30 in the school hall

Thank you for supporting our Teacher Only Day today. Our staff are taking part in an all day workshop to improve our literacy practice.

Our next teacher only day is on Monday, 18 November.

Student led conferences

Mathathon - 1 week until testing day!

Being able to instantly recall basic number facts is a pretty important skill to support mathematical thinking. Whilst at school we work on children understanding the concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, we also need some good old fashioned memorisation of basic facts.

Please help your child to learn the basic facts they have come home with. If the list level is not quite right, please speak to your child’s teacher. You can see the progression of the lists on our website.

Testing day - Friday, 7 June

Sponsorship money due in - Friday, 14 June

Save the date - Matariki

We will be celebrating Matariki at school on Thursday, 27 June. We warmly invite you to join us from 9:30am for a special assembly followed by time in the classrooms.

Friday, 28 June is a public holiday for Matariki.

Previously shared

Te puna reo website

This year we have been using a programme called Te Puna Reo to help our teachers and students with te reo and tikanga Māori. It has great videos and resources and helps us focus on our units. This programme is also available for any whānau that would like to see what we have been learning. If you would like to join the programme, please register by filling in this form. We will then add you to the website. The parent portal is a simpler version of what our kaiako (teachers) use.

Te reo - karakia, waiata and learning focus

We have had requests to make the karakia and waiata we teach available for whānau at home. We have published a page on our website with this information on it. You can access it by clicking here.

Our curriculum

Our website houses a lot of information about our teaching and learning programmes. One of the pages on there explains how the curriculum is organised at our school and has links to various other documents. All our practices are reviewed often to ensure we are up to date with the latest requirements and new research. You can access the curriculum page by clicking here. Previously we shared links to our assessment practices too. You will find those on the website under the ‘learning’ tab as well.

The New Zealand curriculum is going through quite a big change. As changes occur, we will respond and alter our practices accordingly.

Term 2 - Week 5 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - TEACHER ONLY DAY - school closed for students
Monday 3 June - King’s Birthday - public holiday

Teacher only day - Friday, 31 May

Please note that school will be closed to students on Friday, 31 May. Teachers will be engaging in professional learning on this day and are not available for supervision. This has been on our calendar since last year and communicated several times.

Thank you to our PTFA

Our PTFA has this week donated $10,000 to our school. These incredible ladies work so tirelessly to raise funds and create fun memories for our tamariki. Their dedication is always admirable.

This year, we’re upgrading our kapa haka uniforms and these extra funds will help to pay for these. Our ākonga will benefit from their hard work for many years to come.

Te puna reo website

Te reo - karakia, waiata and learning focus

We have had requests to make the karakia and waiata we teach available for whānau at home. We have published a page on our website with this information on it. You can access it by clicking here.

Mathathon - 2 weeks until testing day!

Our curriculum

The New Zealand curriculum is going through quite a big change. As changes occur, we will respond and alter our practices accordingly.

Agriculture Day

It is that time of year again where we begin to think about our Ag Day. Please click on this link to read important information for Agriculture day 2024. All calves, lambs and kids must be born between 1 June to 31 July 2024. Chickens must be born between the 1st and 30th of June 2024. Order forms for chickens are now open on KINDO and the cost will be $11 each. Please click on this link for further information about chickens. The Ag day committee will hold their AGM meeting on Thursday, 30 May at 3.15pm (meet outside the school office). If you are thinking of joining a committee but are not sure which one, this is a small team of dedicated parents that meets about once a month in term three.

Term 2 - Week 4 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - Second hand uniform shop open 8:30-9am in the hall
Friday - CROSS COUNTRY (see details below)

Cross country

Our school cross country event is scheduled for Friday 24 May. Please click here for a letter that outlines all the details for this day.

Teacher only day - Friday, 31 May (week 5)

Please note that school will be closed to students on Friday, 31 May. Teachers will be engaging in professional learning on this day and are not available for supervision.

Agriculture Day

It is that time of year again where we begin to think about our Ag Day. Please click on this link to read important information for Agriculture day 2024. All calves, lambs and kids must be born between 1 June to 31 July 2024. Chickens must be born between the 1st and 30th of June 2024. Order forms for chickens will open on KINDO today and the cost will be $11 each. Please click on this link for further information about chickens. The Ag day committee will hold their AGM meeting on Thursday, 30 May at 3.15pm (meet outside the school office). If you are thinking of joining a committee but are not sure which one, this is a small team of dedicated parents that meets about once a month in term three.

Mathathon - Let’s keep the momentum going!

Cross Country sausage sizzle - Fri 24 May

The PTFA will be selling sausages at cross country next Friday, 24 May. We need volunteers for two sausage sizzle shifts - 9.15am-11am (Kauri and Kōwhai events) and 11.30am-1pm (Tōtara events). You will be able to pop away to watch your children running. If you are able to help please contact Sallie Norman on 021-372-462, by phone, text or WhatsApp.

PTFA Volunteers Wanted!

Are you keen to be involved in our school community, making memories and awesome experiences for our children while raising much needed funds for our school? Come and join the PTFA! We would love some enthusiastic new faces on our executive committee or people keen to take a more active role in organising individual fundraising events like Christmas Lights, the school disco or speaker events. For more information, or to express your interest, please email ptfa@clevedonschool.co.nz

Te puna reo website

Library

We would appreciate parent volunteers to help cover some new books for our library. Please let Susanna smeyer@clevedonschool.co.nz know if you have a moment to spare.

Term 2 - Week 3 notices and reminders

Happy Mother’s Day to all the lovely women in our community. We hope you have a fantastic day. Thank you for all you do for our tamariki.

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages ($2.50), ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale ($2)
Friday - Pink Shirt day - mufti day

Team newsletters

Each team has shared their learning foci for the team in the documents below. As always, please email your child’s teacher if you have any queries about your child’s learning. You can always make an appointment to meet with the teacher if you need.

Tōtara team - year 0-3

Kauri team - year 4-6

Kōwhai team - Year 7-8

Upstander week

One of our school values includes being an upstander. In reviewing our values, we picked this as some of our ākonga (students) told us, via a survey we do annually, that they don’t always know how to stand up for others or have others stand up for them if things go wrong.

Next week, we will have our annual ‘upstander week’, which will conclude with Pink Shirt day (anti bullying) on Friday. During this week we will be looking at what being an upstander means and will also focus on our values of inclusion and compassion.

We ask that students wear pink on Friday as we celebrate inclusion, diversity and being upstanders (no gold coin necessary).

Mathathon

Library

We would appreciate parent volunteers to help cover some new books for our library. Please let Susanna smeyer@clevedonschool.co.nz know if you have a moment to spare.

Ag day committee invitation

The Ag day committee will hold their AGM meeting on Thursday, 30 May at 3.15pm (meet outside the school office). If you are thinking of joining a committee but are not sure which one, this is a small team of dedicated parents that meets about once a month in term three. We know lots of our whānau are passionate about Ag Day. To keep this awesome event going for our tamariki, we need more parents to step up and be part of this committee. Come along to the first meeting and get to know the team. We would love to warmly welcome new members.

Previously shared - reminders:

Wizard of Oz - tickets are on sale!

We are very excited to announce that tickets for our school production of The Wizard of Oz are now on general sale! So dive in and get yours before they all sell out. Performances are all at the Clevedon Community Hall on the following dates and times:

Thursday 22nd August, 11.00am (dress rehearsal attended by the rest of the school)
Thursday 22nd August, 6.00pm
Friday 23rd August, 6.00pm

Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children aged 13 and under. We are selling tickets through a third party ticketing merchant here. Kindo is not involved on this occasion.

We also have souvenir T-shirts and hoodies for sale on Digitees here. Hop online and get your limited edition Wizard of Oz merchandise, designed by Izzy Milne.

Cross country

Our school cross country event is scheduled for Friday 24 May. Please click here for a letter that outlines all the details for this day.

Teacher only day - Friday, 31 May (week 5)

Please note that school will be closed to students on Friday, 31 May. Teachers will be engaging in professional learning around the new curriculum on this day and are not available for supervision.

This is one of two teacher only days we have scheduled this year. The other being Monday, 18 November.

Friday sausage sizzles - term 2

The PTFA will be running the Friday sausage sizzles again in term 2. We have a small group of parents who regularly help out with this, but to spread the load, we would like to add more people to the list of those we can call upon. Help is needed every Friday 11.45am - 1.15pm. We need BBQers and assemblers. Full training will be given! If you're only able to do one Friday in the term, we'd still love to have you on the list.

If you think you might be able to help or you have questions, please contact Sallie Norman on 021-372-462, by phone, text or WhatsApp. If you're already on the list from last year, there's no need to get in touch. Thank you very much in advance.

Football training - Kelly Sports

Kelly Sports is offering football training sessions for year 5-8 students on Tuesdays at 3:15 at the Clevedon Football Club. Please click here for more information.

Term 2 - Week 2 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages, ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale
Friday - MAGS day - Celebrating our Mums, Aunties and Grans
Friday - Second hand uniform shop open in the hall 8:30-9am

Welcome back to Mrs Sarah Park

We are thrilled to have our deputy principal, Mrs Sarah Park, back from maternity leave. In terms 2 and 3, Sarah will work on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and you can reach her by emailing dp@clevedon.school.nz

MAGs day - Mothers, Aunties and Grans day

On Friday, 10 May (next week) we would love to celebrate ‘MAGs day’ with all our mothers, aunties and grans. Classrooms will be open for these significant women in our children’s lives and there will be planned activities to take part in with your children. Classrooms will be open from 8:30-10am. We look forward to seeing you there. All whānau members are welcome.

Math-athon

We have our annual ‘athon’ this term where we focus on maths and basic facts. We are looking forward to some healthy competition between our classes. Your child should have come home with the information today. You can also access some slides for each set to help you practise with your child by clicking here. Please help us by getting behind this - both the learning and fundraising. We hope to improve our children’s instant recall of basic facts at the appropriate level for them, whilst raising some funds for our school. Thank you in advance for your support.

Cross country

Our school cross country event is scheduled for Friday 24 May. Please click here for a letter that outlines all the details for this day.

Teacher only day - Friday, 31 May (week 5)

Please note that school will be closed to students on Friday, 31 May. Teachers will be engaging in professional learning around the new curriculum on this day and are not available for supervision.

This is one of two teacher only days we have scheduled this year. The other being Monday, 18 November.

Friday sausage sizzles - term 2

Assessments and reporting

Our teachers are busy with assessments this term to gauge how our tamariki are travelling in the first half of the year. You will receive a report from your child’s teacher on Monday, 1 July and your child will take you through their learning via the student-led conferences on Thursday, 4 July. Please mark this date on your calendar as we would like to have all our whānau attend these important meetings.

You can read information on what we assess and how teachers make their judgments on our website. Please click on the links below if you are interested in reading more on this topic.

Assessment and reporting

Curriculum expectations and assessment tools

We will update our practices and ways of operating as needed once the new curriculum is released.

Photolife

You should have been emailed your child’s unique Key Code to go online to view and purchase 2024 school photos. If you have not received your email please keep an eye on their junk/spam folder. You will need to navigate the tabs on their website to see your child’s individual photo.

Wizard of Oz - tickets are on sale!

Thursday 22nd August, 11.00am (dress rehearsal attended by the rest of the school)
Thursday 22nd August, 6.00pm
Friday 23rd August, 6.00pm

Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children aged 13 and under. We are selling tickets through a third party ticketing merchant here. Kindo is not involved on this occasion.

We also have souvenir T-shirts and hoodies for sale on Digitees here. Hop online and get your limited edition Wizard of Oz merchandise, designed by Izzy Milne.

Football training - Kelly Sports

Kelly Sports is offering football training sessions for year 5-8 students on Tuesdays at 3:15 at the Clevedon Football Club. Please click here for more information.

Library

We would appreciate parent volunteers to help cover some new books for our library. Please let Susanna smeyer@clevedonschool.co.nz know if you have a moment to spare.

Term 2 - Week 1 notices and reminders

Kia ora whānau

As the term ends, we want to wish you all a very happy and safe holiday. We look forward to welcoming our children back on Monday, 29 April.

We want to also take the opportunity to say a huge thank you to the incredible parents on our PTFA. The core group of mums, who are parents just like us, work tirelessly to come up with ideas and ways to support us here at school. These ladies put in so much of their time and effort organising events and fundraisers for us and we couldn't be more grateful. They need your help though! If you ever have a spare moment to support these incredible women, please do respond to their pleas for help for an hour here or there when they ask for support, particularly as sausage sizzle season is about to start. It makes a big difference and takes the pressure off these volunteers.

Have an awesome break everyone. See you in a couple of weeks.

Ngā mihi

Edeh Sullivan

Monday - Welcome back to term 2
Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Food day - Sausages, ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale
Friday - Mathathon forms come home

Anzac Day Ceremony

On ANZAC day Clevedon School is again invited to participate in the Clevedon village ceremony. We would like as many students as possible to attend so that we can place the white crosses, lay the wreath and support our head boy and girl as they recite the poem.

There will be a gathering at 9.30am on Thursday 25th April. The public can gather on the green or be seated in the chairs provided for those unable to stand at the Clevedon monument.

Clevedon School students are invited to attend this service in their full school uniform.

Friday sausage sizzles - term 2

Bizzy Bodz - Holiday Program

Please click here for the flyer with information on the Holiday Program.

Urgent - help needed with crossing duty

We are in urgent need of parent volunteers to help us with crossing duty. This is an important role to help keep our tamariki safe. Currently, we need adults to cover the North Road crossing on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. We need one more person for Monday mornings on the Clevedon/Kawakawa Bay side of the school and for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons. If you normally drop off or pick up and are not in a rush, kindly consider helping us out. Your children do not need to be on crossing duty for you to volunteer. Junior parents are welcome!

If you are able to help please email Mrs Boyle at jboyle@clevedonschool.co.nz

Parent Place article on the social media platform ‘Discord’

We thought you may find this article helpful.

Next term’s learning

You will receive a more detailed newsletter from each team early next term, which will outline the focus areas for reading, writing, maths, PE etc. In the meantime, below you will see what each team’s unit of inquiry will focus on, and our values focus schoolwide. If you have any questions about your child’s learning at any time, please email our teachers and arrange a face to face or phone meeting as needed.

Year 0-3 unit of inquiry

People use and change materials to suit their needs.

What are the different types of materials we have in the world? (man vs natural)
What are the properties of materials?
How do we use materials?
Why do people change materials?

Year 4-6 unit of inquiry

The Earth’s position in space is essential for sustaining life.

How does the solar system work?
Why is earth the only planet that can sustain life?
How does the position of earth in space affect its conditions?

Year 7-8 unit of inquiry

Scientific thinking helps us to understand our world.

How do science investigations help us to learn about our world?
Why is scientific curiosity important?
What are the methods and processes involved in scientific investigation?
How are scientific findings validated?

School values focus

Our school wide focus will be on Kia Whakapono | Be Trustworthy. The sub-values under this that we will be encouraging our tamariki to focus on are: Principled, responsible and accountable.

You will remember that we reviewed and refreshed our school values last year based on feedback from whānau, tamariki and our kaiako (teachers). These are things we collectively believe our children need to develop.

Other events learning opportunities

Please check our school calendar for more dates and any updates.

Mathathon - starting in week 1
MAGs celebration day - Mothers, Aunties & Grandmothers - week 2 Friday
Māori whānau hui - week 3 Monday 13 May
Pink mufti day as part of our Upstander Week - week 3 Friday
Cross country - week 4 Friday 24 May
Teacher only day - week 5 Friday 31 May
King’s birthday - week 6 Monday 3 June - school closed
Athon testing - week 6
Jammies in June mufti day - week 8 Friday (donation of blankets/jammies etc for Middlemore Foundation)
Matariki learning and celebration - week 9
Student led conferences - week 10 Thursday 4 July

Term 1 - Week 11 notices and reminders

Tuesday - all library books due back
Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Ice blocks and flavoured milk for sale
Friday - last day of term - see you back on Monday 29 April

Library books due back

All school library books are due back by Tuesday this week, please. Have a good hunt at home and send anything with a Clevedon School library barcode on the back into school with your child. Books not returned by the end of term will be billed through Kindo. Thanks for helping us look after our library books!

Any queries re the school library should be directed to librarian@clevedonschool.co.nz.

Anzac Day Ceremony

There will be a gathering at 9.30am on Thursday 25th April. The public can gather on the green or be seated in the chairs provided for those unable to stand at the Clevedon monument.

Clevedon School students are invited to attend this service in their full school uniform.

Friday sausage sizzles - term 2

Bizzy Bodz - Holiday Program

Please click here for the flyer with information on the Holiday Program.

Term 1 - Week 9 notices and reminders

Monday-Thursday - Year 7-8 Camp at Lakewood Lodge
Thursday - Pizza day
Thursday - Easter raffle drawn and a visit from the Easter bunny!
Friday - Easter Friday - school closed

Easter break

Please note that school is closed on Friday, 29 March Monday, 1 April or Tuesday, 2 April. We look forward to welcoming our tamariki back on Wednesday, 3 April.

Bizzy Bodz is offering a special day on Tuesday, 2 April. Please contact them directly if you would like to book your children into their programme on that day. Easter raffle

Our amazing Easter raffles will be drawn on Thursday. If you haven't gotten your tickets in yet, please do so asap.

The Easter bunny will be visiting us on Thursday to help us draw the prizes!

Bizzy Bodz - Holiday Program

Please click here for the flyer with information on the Holiday Program.

Term 1 - Week 8 notices and reminders

Tuesday - PTFA AGM - see details below
Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Ice Blocks and flavoured milk for sale
Friday - Uniform shop open in the hall 8:30-9am
Friday - Easter raffles due back to school

Wizard of Oz production - how can you help?

Rehearsals are well underway with the year 4-8 students who have chosen to be part of the cast of our school production of the Wizard of Oz. Put the show dates in your diaries now - Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd August. Tickets will be on sale soon!

There is a lot of work to do behind the scenes and we’re hoping some of our community might have skills, materials or other things to offer:

Would you or someone you know be interested in sponsoring our production? Advertising space in programmes and on posters, plus a shout out at every show. We would love to hear from you!
Do you have experience or gear or contacts in the world of sound design or lighting design? We’re short of some essential gear (lighting and microphones in particular) and also keen for extra know-how in this area.
Can you help us out by getting some building materials? We’re going to build 4 small and 4 large, heavy duty ‘boxes’ for our scenery and need building materials and paint. We have the builders, just need the materials.
Do you happen to have a crystal ball or an old school ‘witchy’ broomstick we could borrow for the show (needed in term 3)?
We need a large projection screen and projector to show our digital scenery. Can you help (needed for show week)?
We need black draping on frames to create a corridor from the dressing room to the stage. Can you help (needed for show week)?

Please contact Cara Popping (cpopping@clevedonschool.co.nz) and Jo Odds (jodds@clevedonschool.co.nz) if you think you might just be the person we’re looking for with regards to any of the above. Thanks in advance for your help!

School donations and tax rebates

With the end of the tax year rapidly approaching, we would like to remind you that if you make donations by 31 March 2024, you will be able to quickly claim your tax rebate on that donation from 1 April 2024.

Even better, you can use the Kindo Supergenerous integration and get this tax rebate gifted back to our school. Please see details of this below.

Your support makes a world of difference! As we strive to maximise our funding and provide added benefits to our students, we ask you to consider making a donation now! By doing so, you can quickly claim your 33% tax rebate from 1 April 2024.

When you make your donation through myKindo, keep an eye out for the option to "amplify your donation" where you can choose to gift this tax rebate back to the school. Even if you don't typically claim rebates, consider selecting YES. It's a win-win situation. More funding means more resources for students.

See more at support.mykindo.co.nz

PTFA drinks and nibbles at the Blue Elephant - Tuesday 19 March

We warmly invite any parent or friend of Clevedon School to join us at the Blue Elephant Thai Restaurant in Clevedon, from 6.30pm on Tuesday 19th March for drinks and nibbles.

We will be discussing our plans for 2024 and gratefully accepting any offers of help on any of those planned projects, as well as gratefully accepting new ideas and suggestions. Our objective is jointly to raise money for the school AND to make memories for our children. So get your thinking caps on and come along for a drink!

We will also be holding our AGM that evening and we do need to appoint a new vice-chair and secretary to the exec team. These are not daunting tasks and we ask that you give some thought to whether you might be able to help with either of these roles.

For further information and to RSVP, please email ptfa@clevedonschool.co.nz

Bizzy Bodz - Holiday Program

Please click here for the flyer with information on the Holiday Program

Term 1 - Week 7 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Thursday - Football Funday (for those taking part)
Thursday and Friday - Science Roadshow
Friday - GRIP leadership conference for all our year 7-8 students
Friday - Ice Blocks and flavoured milk for sale

Volunteers needed for Football Funday sausage sizzle

To raise funds for our school and to help put the FUN in Football Funday, we need volunteers to cook and sell sausages, water and flavoured milk on Thursday 14 March at McLennan Park, Papakura. We will roster our volunteers for just one hour, somewhere between 10am and 2pm. If you're able to help, please email Sallie@drainagetv.co.nz. Please do help us if you can, it's fun and not hard work! Thanks in advance.

Health curriculum consultation

As part of our ongoing health curriculum review, we would like to seek parent input into the programmes we offer. Kindly take the time to let us know your thoughts on this short survey.

You can also read more about our programmes by reading our health curriculum statement.

Your input is much appreciated and will be used to review our programmes.

School donations and tax rebates

Even better, you can use the Kindo Supergenerous integration and get this tax rebate gifted back to our school. Please see details of this below.

See more at support.mykindo.co.nz

PTFA drinks and nibbles at the Blue Elephant - Tuesday 19 March

We warmly invite any parent or friend of Clevedon School to join us at the Blue Elephant Thai Restaurant in Clevedon, from 6.30pm on Tuesday 19th March for drinks and nibbles.

For further information and to RSVP, please email ptfa@clevedonschool.co.nz

Shoe boxes

We are on the hunt for shoe boxes to be used for a project in the pod. If you have any empty shoe boxes at home please drop them off to Mrs Chapman in the pod.

Term 1 - Week 6 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Thursday - Year 4-8 swimming carnivals - click here for more information
Friday - Year 0-3 swimming carnivals - click here for more information
Friday - Ice Blocks and flavoured milk for sale
Friday - Second hand uniform shop open 8:30-9am
Friday - MUFTI DAY - bring an Easter item (see details below)

Easter Raffle - Mufti (non uniform day)

Our Easter raffle is back again! On Friday we will have a mufti day (cute bunny costumes welcome!). Bring an Easter item that will go into making our amazing raffles, which you will be able to purchase tickets for.

Raffle tickets should be in your child’s bag next week. Please help us by selling as many as you can.
The raffles are drawn later in the term, and the winners will not be disappointed!

Health curriculum consultation

As part of our ongoing health curriculum review, we would like to seek parent input into the programmes we offer. Kindly take the time to let us know your thoughts on this short survey.

You can also read more about our programmes by reading our health curriculum statement.

Your input is much appreciated and will be used to review our programmes.

Road works - connection of the new services for Metlifecare

We have been advised that there are some major road works from Monday 4 March-16 March 2024. The following is what we understand from our conversation with the contractors:

There will be one lane on the Clevedon-Kawakawa Bay Road from the roundabout to just before the school crossing - starting on Monday 4 March 2024.
From the roundabout in all directions, there will be stop/go traffic signs.
They hope to be down to one lane for only 3 days.
During the night the Clevedon-Kawakawa Bay Road will be totally closed.
Road signs will be erected and maintained to alert drivers and pedestrians of this.

Please allow plenty of time at busy times and exercise patience, in particular around pick up and drop off times to keep all our children safe.

Homestay for international students

We are looking for more families to host international students in their home for 1-4 weeks around June-August. If you are interested, please fill in this form. You can find the guidelines by clicking here.

PTFA drinks and nibbles at the Blue Elephant - Tuesday 19 March

We warmly invite any parent or friend of Clevedon School to join us at the Blue Elephant Thai Restaurant in Clevedon, from 6.30pm on Tuesday 19th March for drinks and nibbles.

For further information and to RSVP, please email ptfa@clevedonschool.co.nz

The Uniform Shoppe - new uniforms

We understand that stock has been low on some larger sizes at the Papakura Uniform Shoppe. We have been advised that they have skorts in stock now up to size 20 and the senior polo shirts are due by the end of next week. The polo shirt sizes are 10, 12, 14, 16, adult small, medium, large and XL.

Quick reminders (shared previously)

GRIP leadership conference for year 7-8 - Please complete permission forms for this on KINDO asap
Science Roadshow for year 4-8 - Please complete payments for these on KINDO asap
Please drop off any unwanted uniform items for our second hand uniform shops to our office

Term 1 - Week 5 notices and reminders

Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Ice Blocks and flavoured milk for sale

Whanaungatanga meetings - Thank you

A huge thank you to all our whānau who attended our 3 way conferences. We know these meetings take some effort, particularly for our working families, and hope they were useful for you. Our teachers find these incredibly helpful as they ensure they get to know the children and their support networks better.

If for some reason you weren’t able to attend on the night, please do contact your child’s teacher as they will be happy to find an alternative time to meet with you. If an online meeting is easier for you, this can also be arranged.

Homestay families needed for international students

We are calling for expressions of interest for any whānau that would like to host short term international students. Please click here to read the requirements for hosting international students in your home.

Students often visit our school early in the year in January/February and again during the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, around June/July. Length of stay varies between 1-4 weeks, though 1 week has been the most common. Host families are remunerated depending on the agent’s fees. This is discussed at the time of placement.

Please express your interest in hosting by filling out this form. When homestays are required, a member of staff will contact you. Thank you in advance.

PTFA drinks and nibbles at the Blue Elephant - Tuesday 19 March

We warmly invite any parent or friend of Clevedon School to join us at the Blue Elephant Thai Restaurant in Clevedon, from 6.30pm on Tuesday 19th March for drinks and nibbles.

For further information and to RSVP, please email ptfa@clevedonschool.co.nz

Quick reminders (shared previously)

GRIP leadership conference for year 7-8 - Please complete permission forms for this on KINDO asap
Science Roadshow for year 4-8 - Please complete payments for these on KINDO asap
Please drop off any unwanted uniform items for our second hand uniform shops to our office
Swimming carnivals in week 6 - see last week’s notices

Sports academy - Kelly Sports

Kelly sports is offering a ‘sports academy’ for students in years 5-8 (the flyer says 5-6 but this is a typo). Please click on their flyer for more information and contact them directly if you have any queries.

Term 1 - Week 4 notices and reminders

Wednesday and Thursday - Whanaungatanga meetings
Wednesday - Pizza orders close at 10am
Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Ice Blocks and flavoured milk for sale
Friday - Second hand uniform shop open 8:30-9am

Whanaungatanga meetings (3 way conferences)

Please ensure you have a booking - via the school app
Check that you have filled out the parent information form for your child’s teacher
Please note that students attend this meeting with you
If you need support with the booking, please contact our office ladies

Keeping ourselves safe unit

Keeping ourselves safe, a biannual programme that we run in partnership with the NZ police, starts next week. This letter, sent earlier this year, has more information on this programme.

Student Leadership Opportunity - GRIP Conference for Y7/8 students

This letter is to give you information about an upcoming event open to all year 7/8 students who wish to develop their leadership abilities. If you would like your child to attend, please fill in all permissions on Kindo by Friday 23 February.

Swimming carnivals

We are excited to be holding our non-competitive swimming carnivals in week 6 of this term. Kauri and Kōwhai teams will have theirs on Thursday, 7 March and Tōtara will have theirs on Friday, 8 March. Please see the respective notices linked for more information on event times and what to bring.

Tōtara swimming carnival - Year 0-3

Kauri and Kōwhai swimming carnival - Year 4-8

Science Roadshow- for Y4-8

We are very fortunate to again be hosting the Science Roadshow at our school this year on Thursday, 14 and Friday, 15 March. As a result, we are able to have all our students from years 4-8 take part in a session over the two days the Roadshow is here. On these two days, several other schools in the area will be bringing their students to participate as well. Please click on this link for further information.

The cost of the session is $10.00 for students, which you can pay through your school KINDO account. For organisational purposes, please pay for this by Monday 4 March. Parents are welcome to visit the Roadshow at no cost.

Homestay families needed for international students

Please express your interest in hosting by filling out this form. When homestays are required, a member of staff will contact you. Thank you in advance.

Second hand uniform shops - uniforms needed

If you have old uniforms that no longer fit your children please consider donating these to our uniform shop. We are in particular need of bigger sizes. Donating to the second hand uniform shop helps our families tremendously. Thank you in advance.

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Sports academy - Kelly Sports

Term 1 - Week 3 notices and reminders

Today is the last day that we are sending messages via email and the school app. Starting Monday, messages will only be on the school app. Please ensure you have been set up and that you are still logged in. Our office ladies can help you.

Wednesday - Pizza orders close at 10am
Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Ice Blocks and flavoured milk for sale

Whanaungatanga meetings (3 way conferences)

Our whanaungatanga meetings are being held on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd of February. This letter which was sent out last week, gives you more information on these meetings.

If you haven’t already done so, please book your appointments via the school app. Details are in the letter. We look forward to engaging with all our whānau over these two nights.

School uniform reminder

We kindly ask that parents support their children to be in the correct uniform daily, in particular the correct shoes. The summer uniform is sandals and they are to be mostly black - this does not include crocs.

Hats are also crucial this time of year. You do not need to purchase the school uniform hat, however, hats need to be navy blue or as close to our school blue as possible. They are available at a reasonable price at The Warehouse and Kmart.

Please support us by ensuring your child is not coming in the latest, most expensive sneakers and baseball caps. They will be asked to take them off.

Thank you for your support.

Waste free weekdays

We would like to encourage all our families to ensure lunch boxes are waste free. This will help us greatly at school and help reduce waste. Teachers may share some lunchbox ideas with you on Seesaw over the next few weeks.

Updating your child’s information

Please phone or email the office, office@clevedonschool.co.nz, if you have had any changes to your contact details, including emergency contacts, address, phone number etc.

Pizzas and Friday Freeze

Thursday pizzas and Friday Freeze (ice blocks, juicies and flavoured milk) are available each week.

Pizzas can be ordered on Kindo - the deadline is Wednesday 10am. Children will receive their pizza in class just before lunch on Thursday.
Friday Freeze (ice blocks, juicies, and flavoured milk) is ordered in the classroom on Friday morning with the correct amount of cash, please. Friday Freeze items are $2 each.

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Sports academy - Kelly Sports

Who do I see if I have a query or concern about my child

As parents you know your children best and you are their biggest advocates, as such, if you have any questions or concerns, please do get in touch. We strongly believe that the stronger our partnership is with you, the better we can cater for all our children. If you have a query:

Email your child’s teacher in the first instance - request a suitable meeting time or for them to call you if you prefer
If after working with the teacher you have more queries or need further clarification, please contact the right team leader:
- Year 0-3 - Mrs Jodie Boyle
- Year 4-6 - Mr Chris Morgan
- Year 6-8 - Mrs Stacey Connolly
You are also always welcome to call our office and they will be able to direct you to the right person.
If your child has additional needs, your go to contact is Mrs Jodie Boyle who is also our Special Educational Needs Coordinator.

Please note, as our teachers are busy with children during the day, they cannot take phone calls. They will however call you when they are able to, if you email them with this request. We can also set up Zoom meetings if you are not able to make it to school. All staff email addresses can be found on our website.

Term 1 - Week 2 notices and reminders

Tuesday - Waitangi Day - public holiday - school closed
Wednesday - Pizza orders close at 10am
Thursday - Pizza day
Friday - Ice Blocks and flavoured milk for sale
Friday - Second hand uniform shop open 8:30-9am in the hall (open every second week)
Friday - Open morning 9:10am-10 - please see details below
Friday - Last day that emails will be sent as well as app messages - please ensure your app is set up and you are logged on

Thank you

A huge thank you for helping us have a very smooth start to the year. Our children knew where to go on day one, where they get picked up from and have been really settled. Thank you for all the prep you have done with your tamariki around this.

Thank you also for getting onto the stationery orders so quickly. This has helped our office staff and has meant that nearly all our children are now ready for learning in the right books.

We appreciate all your support.

Open morning - Friday

On Friday morning you are invited to visit your child’s class from 9:10am to 10am. You can see what the room is like, and what they’ve been working on over the last few days of school and get a feel for the class. Please allow our teachers to do the roll and account for every child first. You can stay for the whole time or pop in and go as you need. As you know, you are always welcome to pop in from 8:30-9am each day.

Team newsletters

Please click on each link below for team newsletters. There you will find what your child’s learning foci are for the term.

Tōtara team newsletter - years 0-3

Kauri team newsletter - years 4-6

Kōwhai team newsletter - years 7-8

Pizzas and Friday Freeze

Thursday pizzas and Friday Freeze (ice blocks, juicies and flavoured milk) start in week 2 (next week).

Pizzas can be ordered on Kindo - the deadline is Wednesday 10am. Children will receive their pizza in class just before lunch on Thursday.
Friday Freeze (ice blocks, juicies, and flavoured milk) is ordered in the classroom on Friday morning with the correct amount of cash please. Friday Freeze items are $2 each.

Whanaungatanga meetings (3 way conferences)

Whanaungatanga (whanau-nga-tanga) is the forming, maintaining and strengthening of relationships between people and communities. The 3 Way Conferences that we have held at the start of each year has always had this kaupapa at its heart.

This year our whanaungatanga meetings are being held on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd February. This letter which was sent out this week, gives you more information on these meetings.

If you haven’t already done so, please book your appointments via the school app. Details are on the letter. We look forward to engaging with all our whānau over these two nights.

Updating your child’s information

Please phone or email the office, office@clevedonschool.co.nz, if you have had any changes to your contact details, including emergency contacts, address, phone number etc.

Sports academy - Kelly Sports

School app

Another reminder that Friday next week (week 2) will be the last day that we double up on our notices being sent on email and the school app. From week 3 all messages will be via the app. Please ensure you are set up and logged in.

Term 1 - Week 1 notices and reminders

Is your @school Mobile app working? We will only use the app from week 3 onwards to communicate key messages. If you need help to set up or log back in, please contact our office team.

Kia ora everyone

Earlier this week, we shared some other notices with you. Please refer to those (scroll below) if you have not already read them. Here are a few other reminders you may need for weeks one and two.

See you all on Tuesday. Have a lovely long weekend.

Ngā mihi

Edeh Sullivan

Monday - Auckland anniversary - public holiday
Tuesday - First day back - please make your way directly to your child’s classroom
Tuesday - Pōwhiri for new families (see details below)
Friday - Second hand uniform shop open 8:30-9am in the hall

Stationery

A reminder to please order your stationery via Kindo as soon as possible please. Our office ladies will work through the orders daily and deliver them to classrooms.

Urgent - help needed with crossing duty

We are in urgent need of parent volunteers to help us with crossing duty. This is an important role to help keep our tamariki safe. Currently, we have no adults to cover the North Road gate on any afternoon in the week and need one more person for Monday mornings on the Clevedon/Kawakawa Bay side of the school. If you normally drop off or pick up and are not in a rush, kindly consider helping us out. Your children do not need to be on crossing duty for you to volunteer. Junior parents welcome!

If your child is in year 6, 7 or 8 and they have not already put their hand up to be a crossing monitor, please could you speak to them about volunteering for this too as we are also short of children needed to help run the crossings. If they are interested please ask them to email Mrs Boyle at jboyle@clevedonschool.co.nz

Second hand uniform shop

We will have the second hand uniform shop open again this Friday morning if you need a few last minute items.

If your child has outgrown their old uniform please consider donating these for other parents to purchase. Items are $5 or you can exchange them for an item in a similar condition. We are in particular need of the bigger sizes.

Pizzas and Friday Freeze

Thursday pizzas and Friday Freeze (ice blocks, juices and flavoured milk) start in week 2 (next week).

Pizzas can be ordered on Kindo - deadline is Wednesday 10am.
Friday Freeze is ordered in the classroom on Friday morning with the correct amount of cash please. Friday Freeze items are $2 each.

Buses

If your child catches the school bus, please let the office know which days they will be on the bus. You can do this by filling in this form and returning it to the office.

Sports academy - Kelly Sports

Kelly sports is offering a ‘sports academy’ for students in years 5-8 (the flyer says 5-6 but this is typo). Please click on their flyer for more information and contact them directly if you have any queries.

Year 7/8 camp

This event is coming up fast in March and there is a lot of organisation and health and safety checking for us to do on our end. We kindly ask that our parents help us by getting all the paperwork in asap.

Please click here for the letter with all the information you need, then head to Kindo to complete the necessary forms and payment.

If you have any questions please contact your child’s teacher or Mrs Connolly. sconnolly@clevedonschool.co.nz

Production lead auditions - Year 4-8

Auditions for the lead roles in our school production of The Wizard of Oz will start in week 2. This is only applicable to students in years 4 to 8 who took home audition packs at the end of last year and have prepared their audition material over the summer break.

More information about exact times and location will be shared in the daily notices and displayed in the TRR window.

Start of the year notices and reminders

Nau mai hoki mai ki ngā whānau o Clevedon

Nga mihi o te tau hou - happy new year! We hope you’ve had a wonderful summer so far and have enjoyed the incredible weather we’ve been having.

We are looking forward to having all our tamariki and whānau back in school on Tuesday, 30 January, and we extend a special warm welcome to any new whānau who will be joining us for the first time this year. We look forward to working alongside you.

Below you will find some information for the first couple of weeks in preparation for the term ahead. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us once the office reopens on Thursday.

Enjoy your last few days and see you all soon.

Ngā mihi

Edeh Sullivan

Principal

School office opening hours this week

The school office will be open on Thursday and Friday this week from 9am-2pm, should you have any questions or need anything prior to school opening. Otherwise feel free to call our friendly office staff, Donna or Susanna and they will be happy to help you.

Once school opens for children, our school hours of 8:30am-3:30pm will resume.

Uniform 2023

Kindly visit our school website for information on uniforms, including where to purchase.

Second hand uniform shop

The uniform shop will be open on Friday 27 January (this week) from 9-10am in the hall. You can use the new footgate near the hall or come in via the North Road gate. All items are $5, or you can swap for an item in similar condition. We don’t have change, so please bring along a few $5 notes.

We are also always looking for any donations that will help other families out. Feel free to drop any old uniforms off to our office.

School stationery

As per our school organisation we have bulk purchasing power and have all school stationery packs ready to go for the first day of school. All paid stationery will be in classrooms ready for children on the first day. There is no need to cover the exercise books in duraseal or the like.

We ask that you help us by kindly paying for the stationery through KINDO by the end of the summer holidays. If you have any issues regarding stationery please do not hesitate to call us.

This letter explains the stationery requirements for 2024. Stationery packs will be available for you to pay on your Kindo account from today.

Letter from your child’s new teacher

Your child’s new teacher will email them (using your email address) to introduce themselves and to let your child know which room they are in. Please note that our class lists are not finalised until you get this letter from your child’s teacher. The letters are due to come out to you today or tomorrow. If you have not received an email by Thursday, please contact our school office to find out which class your child will be in.

First day of school - Tuesday 30 January

Please arrive at school between 8:30am-8:40am
Make your way to your child’s room, where the teacher will be ready to greet you
Your child needs to have:
- summer uniform
- a good packed lunch and a large water bottle
- a hat (named)
- sunscreen (applied in the morning and some in their bag to reapply during the day)
- additional stationery as per the stationery list (see the stationery letter for details)
The school gates open at 2:50pm - please ensure you know where to pick your child up from
- Our year 1-3 children will be with their teacher until someone comes to the class to pick them up
Our school buses will operate as per normal

If you are new to our school, we welcome you to join us for a pōwhiri in our hall at 10:30am. Feel free to bring along any whānau with you.

Pōwhiri for new whānau on the first day

We welcome all our new families to join us for a pōwhiri (welcoming ceremony) at 10:30am on the first day of school. Please gather outside the hall, where you will be called/welcomed in with our new students. After the pōwhiri, new whānau are welcome to the staff room to share some kai and meet the staff.

Please note that children will be looked after by class teachers and brought to the hall for the pōwhiri.

School App

Our school app is our main mechanism for getting comms out to you. Please check that you are still signed into the app if you have used it before, and if not, ensure you are set up before school starts. For assistance, contact the school office.

This message, and others for the next couple of weeks will be emailed to you (in case our new families do not have the app set up) and also sent out on the app. If you did not get an app notification, please check that you are still logged in and your app notifications are on.

How we communicate with you

If you are new to us you may not know our mechanisms for communicating with you. Some will require a bit of set up and getting used to on your part, but will hopefully soon become normal.

School App - most of our notices and letters are shared via the App. You will need to download the App and talk to our office to sort out your login and password. This is a pretty crucial tool to get set up sooner, rather than later. It also has other helpful features that you can navigate.
Weekly Notices - these are sent out most Fridays and have important notices about the week ahead. These are on our website and sent to you each week via the App.
Seesaw - Teachers will be in touch to connect you to this App. Seesaw can be used for learning for children in the classroom, but is also used as a closed format ‘social media’ for teachers to give you a window into the classroom. New classes will get rolled out in a week or two. Contact your child’s teacher for help with Seesaw.
Website - our website has quite a lot of information you may find useful.
School Facebook page - You can follow us on Facebook by searching for our school. This is purely a social media platform used to celebrate our children and events - and not usually used to inform. It is not a place for questions or queries.
Text messages - We will use this if we need to get urgent information out to you or if there is an emergency. You may sometimes get a text if we haven’t heard from you regarding a child’s absence.

The above is a list of the mechanisms we use. You, of course, are always welcome to call into the office, email or make an appointment to meet with relevant personnel.

Waste free weekdays

School structure and staffing

Please see below for this year’s school structure and the teaching team staff.

Kōwhai classes

Kauri classes

Tōtara classes

Other

Team leader - Mrs Stacey Connolly

Team Leader - Mr Chris Morgan

Team leader - Mrs Jodie Boyle

Principal - Edeh Sullivan

Senior leader, SENCO - Jodie Boyle

Performing arts - year 2-8

Mrs Jo Odds

Learning Support Coordinator

Mr Wayne Nel

Reading Recovery

Ms Joy Lendrum

Learning support/release

Miss Rachel Walker

Release teacher

Mrs Charlotte Fleming

Mrs Sarah Park - our deputy principal, returns from maternity leave in term 2

Year 7/8 - Room 8

Mrs Cory Bremner

Year 4 - Room 3

Mrs Athlene Wallbank

NE/Y1 - Pod

Mrs Fran Chapman

Year 7/8 - Room 7

Mrs Manpreet Dhaliwal

Year 4/5 - Room 6

Mr Liam Shepherd

Year 1/2m - Room 16

Miss Natasha Stones

Year 7/8 - Room 9

Mrs Katie McAra and Stacey Connolly

Year 4/5 - Room 4

Mrs Faye Dickson

Year 1/2 - Room 11

Mrs Nicole Pfeifhofer

STEM

Mrs Katie McAra

Year 5/6 - Room 2

Mr Chris Morgan

Year 2/3 - Room 15

Miss Helēna Reedy (whaea Helēna)

Year 6 - Room 1

Mrs Kate Collins

Year 2/3 - Room 12

Mrs Lauren Comley

Year 2/3 - Room 13

Miss Tahlia Somerville

Year 3 - Room 14

Mrs Jalena Eade

2024 dates

Please always refer to our school calendar for any updates.

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4
Start	Tuesday 30 January	Monday 29 April	Monday 22 July	Monday 14 October
End	Friday 12 April	Friday 5 July	Friday 27 September	Friday 13 Dec
Holidays in term time	Auckland Anniversary Waitangi Good Friday Easter Monday Easter Tuesday	King’s birthday Matariki	-	Labour Day
Teacher only days		Friday, 31 May		Monday, 18 Nov