Thursday, July 29th

Hi all,

I hope you had a restful holiday with your children - they certainly seem refreshed and ready to learn. This is a busy term with a number of sporting fixtures on (tackle rugby and winter sports) plus Calendar Art (due Week 3), speeches (school final in Week 6) and swimming lessons at Dean Greenwood Swim School in Weeks 6 and 7. There are also two Accord Days - August 20th and October 1st - when school is closed. Keep an eye on this blog for updates on these and more events.

Stars of the Week are Tobias Strang and Alexander Malupo for their great start to Term 3.

At the end of last term students in Room 15 wrote cinquain poems and I have shared those published. Enjoy!

Mr Henderson.

Friday, July 9th

Hi all,

Well we have made it to the end of another term and what a term it was. Students put their best foot forward in the Cross Country, fales were launched, the shade sail and astro turf were opened and lots of learning took place in class.

There were lots of stars this week - Mele, Juwairiah, Alexandra, Prisha, Anthony, Sahar, Leah-Anela, Isabelle and Farhaan.

See class photo below for Isabelle's farewell today - she is leaving us to go to Tirimoana School in Te Atatu. Students also participated in several science experiments recently - soil testing and measuring the sun's energy and ultra violet rays (changing beads' colour).

Have a great holiday with your families and I'll see you on July 26th. 

Mr Henderson.

Friday, July 2nd

Hi all,

There is just one week left to go till school holidays - I bet you are looking forward to having a break with your family :-) This has been another busy week with lots of learning. The astro turf was blessed and opened on Thursday with a good turnout of parents. It was nice seeing everyone at the open afternoon which followed this.

Remember to book a time for the parent-teacher conferences on Monday and Tuesday if you haven't already done so.

Stars of the Week are Prisha, Sahar, Harsh, Juwairiah, Isabelle and Pia.

Pictured below are some of Room 15's students testing the school's water in a science experiment.

Mr Henderson.

Friday, June 25th

Let's go Totara, let's go!

Let's go Kauri, let's go!

Let's go Rata, let's go!

Let's go Kowhai, let's go!

Hi all,

This week we officially launched our fales and the students were very excited. They are earning tokens in and out of class for showing the New Windsor way values - Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Confidence, Collaborative and Creative. See photo below.

In class this week students wrote explanation reports about everyday objects and how they work. They will continue with this next week. They have learnt about fractions and did Kaitiakitanga (guardianship and conservation) art.

Mid-year reports went home today with writing and PAT assessment results. Make sure you book in a time to see me for Student Involved Conferences to discuss these further.

Stars of the Week were Bahes, Prisha, Sahar, Kiri, Zaheer and Shuaib.

Next week is another busy week with an open day and blessing of astro turf planned on Thursday. The blessing is at 12.30pm and open day is from 2pm-3pm.

Mr Henderson.

Friday, June 18th

 Hi all,

Another week over and only three left of this term - it's going so quickly! This week students of Room 15 wrote nursery rhymes, learnt about improper/equivalent fractions and comprehension in reading. In Physical Education they played netball - boys versus girls: boys won 3-2. The week finished with two discos - one for Years 1-3 and one for Years 4-6. I went to both and the students had a great time (see photo below). Stars of the Week were Prisha, Viral, Pia, Sahar and Ayesha.

Mr Henderson.

Friday, June 11th

Hi all,

It has been a short but busy week. Monday was Queen's Birthday and school was closed today for teachers to get professional development in DMIC maths. This is a new way of teaching mathematics which hopefully your child has been talking about.

Students have been busy writing their own ending to popular nursery rhymes, performing plays, learning about fractions and doing science. Students learnt how bees feel vibrations - using a tuning fork, water and a ping pong ball - see photos below.

Stars of the Week were Aleena, Mele, Prisha, Viral and Bahes. Congratulations to these students.

Mr Henderson.

Friday, June 4th

Hi all,

This week I finished writing reports for your child and these are currently being read by the Senior Leadership Team. They will go home in the week starting June 21st. I am looking forward to informing you of your child's progress. 

This week's inquiry was Social Science and how changes affect different habitats, particularly the area outside rooms 26 and 27 where trees have been cut down. 

Students received prizes for their road safety prizes - see Prisha Prakash and Anthony Yeh below who took out 3rd place and Highly Commended respectively. 

Stars of the Week were Isabelle, Farhaan, Sahar, Shuaib and Viral.

Have a good extra long weekend and I'll see you on Tuesday.

Mr Henderson.