WEEKLY BLOG :Week ending, Week 2, term 4  Friday 29th October.😉😊💥😃😄✋✋👏👏👏

And here we are at the end of week 2 of term 4 already.

The weeks are just racing past!

We have had a good week at Bubble School with our children constantly showing and displaying to each other our New Windsor Values , especially being kind anhd respectful to each other .

We the bubble school staff really do apreciate our 2 bubble class students  attendees, and thank them for showing such good manners and resilence in times that matter.

Today they were all out side socually distanced enjoying an arts and craft day , then the rain came to visit💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦😲😲😲

This  didnt dampen  our moods as we moved the activities into the hall space, again, socially distancing.

So we have now been given a tentative date for Primary Schools to be returning, with the emphsis on the word : Tentative. What ever that means.

We await more details from Minister Chris Hipkins as to what Staggered attendance looks like, and means.

AGAIN, THE BEST AND SAFEST PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO BE AT THE MOMENT, IS AT HOME.

Have you taken time to read some of our student blogs and class blogs?

There are some very creative and well composed stories written by students that will keep you as the audience captivated to read on..

Please check out and comment on  our class/student  blogs as our teachers and students put a lot of work into these.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😀😀

A final reminder that the Ministry of Education rules for Halloween are:

At alert level 3, tamariki will not be able to go trick or treating on Sunday.

While we cant celebrate Halloween in the usual way, there are are alternative options you can do at home in your bubble.

Try a Halloween themed scavenger hunt in your back yard.

Decorate your house in a spooky dtyle.

Have a virtual costume party via zoom with friends and whanau.

Watch a movie with popcorn and other treasts togther as a whanau.

Happy Halloween going out to everyone, for those that do like to celebrate the occassion.

Take care over the weekend, stay safe, and keep smiling😀😍😍😍😍😍

Naku noa,

Ms Siohane.

 

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FAAKALOFA ATU KIA MUTOLU OSTI , KO HE AHO KO VAGAHAU NIUE WEEK.

WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO NIUE LANGUAGE WEEK...

We have many activities planned this week for our Children to participate in  as pwe celebrate Niuean Language week, and as we begin term 4 in a way that we will never forget ,being Distance learning programmes from home.

We were all hoping and anticipating returning to School this week for the start of term 4 😟😟😞

We all need to be safe and stay safe, as we all do our part to fight the Delta covid pandemic.

Parents please ensure that your children connect with their class teacher on a daily basis .

If you need to know what the learning is for the week or need some support with distance learning programmes please email your childs teacher.👍👍👍👍👍😇😇

Next week is also where some families like to celebrate Halloween which will be at the end of next week.

Please take  note of the Ministry of Education advice regarding what happens during level 3 for Halloween as we are still in level 3 guidelines and rules:

At Alert Level 3 , tamariki(Children ) will not be able to go trick or treating.

While we cant celebrate  Halloween in the usual way, there are alternative options you can do at home in your bubble.

Try a Halloween themed movie night with your bubble.

Decorate your house in a spooky style.

Have a virtual costume party with friends and Whanau online.

At alert level 3, indoor gatherings are not allowed.

You can meet up with friends and family from only 1 other bubble as long  as the meeting takes place outside, with up to 10 people.

Please keep safe out there everyone, our teachers are doing  a great job in  planning distance learning programmes  for their classes and tamariki in these uncertain times.

We are all in this togther, and working on eliminating the Covid  Delta virus togther , and as a  Country of 5 million we will get there.

Kia Kaha!

Have a loverly Labour day long weekend everyone..😃😃😃😃💁😛😛😄😄😄😄😄😍😍😍

 Weekly Blog .Week 10 of term 3 Friday October 1st.

Who would of thought we would get to the end of term 3 and be spending more time in Pandemic lock down than actually at school being face to face , enjoying being with our friends and getting on with learning...📀📉📗📘📙🔍💡💡

There is a saying that goes:

A pinch and a punch for the first of the month, which is a saying to wish good tidings upon us all at the beginning of a new month.

We have been very busy with Bubble School class this week and getting on with the business of making learning fun. Our  Essential workers children have been a pleasure to have at bubble school, and are looking forward to fun times at home during the holidays.👍👍👍👍👨👩

As the holidays approach we wait in anticipation as we get to find out on Mondays Covid briefing how long we will be in level 3 for.

Next term being term 4,  will begin with the Celebration of Niuean and Cook Island language weeks which will feature many activities for students to engage in as a class and as individuals .

I would like to end this blog  with a very speacial Thank you message to all our Parents and students for keeping calm and carrying on in making what we all could out of a very topsy tervy unpredictable  term 3.

We have all shown and put into  practice  our school vales of resilence, co operation, being respectful ans collaborating as a few examples over lock down distance learning programmes times of term 3.

This was clearly evident on the daily  class zooms meetings as far as our students connecting and coping with learning of a new type that could be our norm for the way that future learning will/may  happen.

Thank you one and all for your support , and maanakitanga towards our teachers and distance learning programmes requirements.

It is now time for us all to disconnect with our learning devices and create some fun times with our families and loved ones.

See you all in term 4, heres hoping we will have more weeks at school and not carrying on with many more weeks of having to be in level 3 ✌👌

Take care everyone, rest up, and be kind to each other.

Lets all go find some shine shine..

No Reira, me mitaki lahi ,

Ms Siohane.

Summer is coming, and so will be the radient sun shine weather of Summer....😄😄😃😃👍

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WEEKLY BLOG ENDING FRIDAY 24th September 

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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.

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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.

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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😃😘