😃😃😃😃😃✌✌✌✌😇😇😇😇🌏🌏🌅🌅🌟🌟🌟🌝🌝☄☄☄☄☄☄👻👻👻👻

WEEKLY BLOG ENDING FRIDAY 24th September 

😊😋😌😍😎😎😍😌😋😊😉💦💦💦💥💥💥💥💥💥😜😛😛😛😛😛😛😛☝

WEEKLY BLOG .WEEK ENDING FRIDAY 1ST OCTOBER.

last week of term 3.

Kia ora atu everyone..

We should all be celebrating moving to level 3!  this week.What great news for Aucklanders👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

We still have a long way to go yet, before we have contained the Delta Virus  tail but at least we have a little more freedom to move around, and to bring back some normality to our daily happenings.

This week saw the delivery of Ministry of Education learning packs to School.

A few staff were at School on Monday and Tuesday preparing the learning packs for Parents to collect from school over the rest of the week, and getting ready to open the bubble school classes for essential workers children starting Wednesday.

This whole process involves a full and deep clean of the classrooms , toilets, and any other room that is to be used over the next 8 teaching days of bubble school , taking us to the end of term 3, last day  of term being Friday 1st October. All door handles  and classroom surfaces must be  fully sanitised as well.

Our school cleaners also start their deep clean of all these rooms from 3.30 every day in order to keep all our areas super clean and sanitised ready for the next day.

It was loverly to see so many of our yr 1-4 Parents collecting a learning pack from school this week, they even came out in the pouring rain on Thursday !

Thank you Thank you👌👌👌👌 to you all for  BRAVING the rainy  stormy weather on Thursday.

We were not delivered any Yr 5-6 packs this time.😅😓😓😓😒

In saying that , we are very  very greatful to the Ministry of Education for delivering the learning packs.

A huge THANK YOU going their way.👏👏👏👏💁👫👫👫👏👏👏👏😋😋💥💥💢💢💢💢

The learning packs are full of many learning activities (Enough to last 4 -6 weeks of learning and lots of special readers)and a few treats and goodies that our children will enjoy recieving.

If you would like a learning pack and have yet to pick one up, please go to school next week and you will be given one for child.This applies only to Yr 1-4  levels.

Next week we celebrate Chinese language Week  which takes us to the last day of term 3 on Friday 1st October.

Our bubble school  this week started on Wednesday and consisted of 2 classes  with less than 10 students in each. The  number of students allowed per bubble class is 10, so we were just under.

These children of all ages had so much fun , learning and connecting with each other over the first 3 days of bubble school .

There are so many important rules that need to be in place for bubble school attendance such as no touching/connecting with anyone.Keep 2 metres distance.

Masks are optional for students to wear, compolsory for all adults to wear.

Sanitising and the washing of  hands must take place at every appropriate time, with no play equipment and learning tools  allowed to be shared with anyone.

Each student has their own bag full of what they need for the day.

Our bubble school students  have adapted really well  to all the health and safety rules really quickly, and play their part in  helping to keep ourselves all safe too.

It is awesome to see them all working togther to help keep our health and saftey rules and processes in place and still smiling  when they go home at 2.45pm daily.

We now await the Government announcement on Monday Oct 4th, 4pm,

( to begin Tuesday 5th October ) as to whether we  change from level 3 to level 2 or not.

Heres hoping we do change levels, so that we can resume some normality to our daily lives , and all be able to venture out and about, as we enter into the first week of the Term 3 holidays.

5 learning days to go, lets make the most of the 5 days,

Keep safe , and keep smiling everyone, we are doing ok...WE GOT THIS✊✊✊✊😍😍😍👏👏👏

Nofo A,

Ms Siohane.

 😇😇😇😇😇😍😍😍😍😍💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💟💟💟💟💟💟

Weekly Blog Week ending Friday 17th September

Tihei Maori Ora!

E nga mana,

E nga reo, 

Tena koutou, Tena koutou, Tena Koutou Katoa.

Ko te Weeki O Te Reo Maori is upon us, as we spend the week acknowledging Te reo, me nga tikanga o nga tangata whenua o tenei motu.

Ko tenei te wa,ka waiata ahau

ka inoi ahau, ka inoi ki te Ariki.

Waiata Aroha nui

Waiata Aroha nui.

Waiata Aroha nui.

Kia koutou katoa ko nga     Whanau o New Windosr School😀😇😃😍👏👥👥👥👥👏👏👏👏👏

Faakalofa lahi atu kia mutolu osi he aho nei.

This week ends  with  Friday 17th Sept  being  our 31st day of level 4 lock down.

Who would of ever thought that we would still be in Level 4 at this time?

Kia Kaha Everyone,  the times we are in are not easy at the moment. and we can do this!👻👻👻💪💪💪💪💪👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😀 Can we do this? YES WE CAN😁😀😄😁

We are all in this togther and coping, supporting each other as families as best  as we can.

I hope that our New Windsor families are coping with being at home and keeping safe in our family bubbles.

We are all having to adapt to what we do, and how we go about doing what we do every day while keeping our distance , WEARING A MASK,when out and about in the fresh air.

We have seen many posts on our New Windosr School face book page of our students being innovative, and creative with their learning at home.

Well done to all our   many students who have had the opportunity to share their awesome learning whether it be a picture/ photo  posted, or a story / drawing / dance moves shared .

Have a go at  speaking and learning Te reo Maori to each other in your Kaianga ,with family and friends when you connect on Zooms THIS WEEK.

Tihei Maori Ora!

Hui e, Taiki e!💃😇😍

 Weekly Blog Week ending Friday Sept 10th.

Malo E lelei everyone.

Fefe hake?😛😄😄

This week we celebrate Tongan Language week.

This years theme for Tongan langugae week is Fakakoloa O Aotearoa aki a e Ako Lelei.

This means to enrich Aotearoa with holistic education.This involves diverse forms of learning and how Aotearoa can benifit from it.

Useful everyday words in Tongan are:

Malo e Lelei :Greetings/Hello

Alu a :Goodbye -to those who are  leaving 

Nofo a: Goodbye to those who are staying.

Fakamolemole : Please

Malo aupito: Thank you.

We have many activities planned by classroom teachers this week to celebrate Tongan language week.

Please check out your childs distance learning programmes or connect with  their teacher on class Zooms this week to see what  this weeks  Tongan Langugae week challenge is.

Lea Faka-Tonga.

Tongan Language Week.😇😄

Ke tau lotu

Ko emau Tamai oku i hevani

Oku mau kole ke ke tapuaki i  ae uike ni

Mo kimautolu hono kotoa

Ko emau lotu ia, ia Sisu

Kalaisi ko homau Eiki, Emeni

Nofo a 😃😍

Ms Siohane.

 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋💨👧👨👦😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😀😀😀😀

Weekly Blog .  (Week ending Friday 3rd September)

New Windsor staff and learning Assistants have all been busy this week having all  their meetings as Zoom meetings. Many classes are  able to have  more than 1 zoom meeting in a day , and becoming very skilled at knowing how to connect online.

Who would of guessed that this is where we would all be and having to do, at this time of the year.

One  advantage of being in lock down is that we are all at home with  our families, and not having  to get up early  go to work or to School.

The  DELTA VARIENT is a very dangerous one, and we all need to be keeping ourselves safe in our bubbles.The biggest message that we all need to follow is the one that we are hearing over and over again:

STAY HOME, STAY HOME TO STOP THE SPREAD OF DELTA IN THE COMMUNITY.

As a country we are very fortunate that our Government is quick to act on getting us all   to help in stopping the airborne virus spreading.

We are definitly a team of 5 million!👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋💁

A huge thank you to our New Windsor Community our children, and adults for doing your part in keeping us all safe, especially your bubbles.

All around the world there are still  many countries in lock down.

Children in India have not been able to go back to school and are still learning from home after  a year plus   of  having to learn from home .

England have only just opened up their Schools this week  after many months in lock down.

Are we all able to connect with our class zooms ?

If you have any  questions  about your learning from home connect with your teacher .

All staff emails are on the New Windsor School Website.

Have a restful weekend everyone.😋😊😊😊

Do  make  sure that you get to spend some time outside as well.Go for a walk with your family ,

Spend time playing outside.👌👧👦

The sun gives us our dose of vitamin D💥💢 The sun is one of the  ways in which we can get our daily  vitamin D, when playing outside, or just being out doors on a sunny day.

Happy weekend, 

Hei Konei ra😃😘

 WEEK 5 Of Term 3.       (Week ending  Friday 27th August.)

Talofa Lava Eveyone:)

We are now entering our first full week of the whole country being in  Lock down level 4.

Level 4 takes us all a bit of getting used to as we all adjust ourselves to being in our family bubbles, and establishing  routines  around the house.

This also is the first full week of Distance learning programmes.

All our teachers have spent many hours preparing for their class  distance learning programmes.

There are a few Zoom rules that will help class zooms run smoothly.

Some of these tips are:

*Turn your microphones off until you are ready to speak.

*Use the hand button when wanting to speak, to show your hand is up waiting for your turn. 

*Turn your camera on, so that everyone can see each other on the zoom meeting.

*Be ready and prepared  by setting up your device 10 minutes before the time that your teacher has set the class zoom meeting for. Have an adult close by in caase you need help in connecting.

* A friendly smile 😇😇😇😇 goes a long way on a Zoom.

Happy class zoom meetings eveyone.👪👫👦👧💦👬👭👀