Hi Everyone

Hope we are all well and have had a good week so far. At least it has been a full week of school :)) The children are settling well into classes. Routines and learning programmes are established and underway, and the Macleans Values are in action across all areas of the school!.

Cyclone Gabriella has certainly devastated many lives across NZ. As a country we all want to help, and at Macleans Primary we are going to support by having a cazh day this Friday 24 February. A gold coin (s) can be brought to school or paid through kindo (see info. below). Please note that this replaces the 'Loud Shirt Day' we had originally planned as a fundraiser.

Our home-school partnership is important in all aspects of school life, from your child's learning and well-being to communication. Although we offer parent conferences a couple of times a year, supported by our 'real-time' Macleans Learning Pathways, we encourage all parents to talk with the teacher in the first instance if there are any learning or well-being issues/questions you may have.

As for communication, there are may ways we do this:

•email notices school-wide

•emails from class teachers

•email newsletter

•Macleans Primary School Facebook (notices & newsletters are added to FB)

•seesaw (classes and school-wide)

•skool loop - this is a phone app.

•text message

•paper copy of notices

•website

And of course good old fashioned 'face to face', so pop in for a chat anytime! :)))

Have a great rest of the week and please enjoy this newsletter.

Regards & Nga Mihi

Matthew Cooke

m.cooke@macleansprimary.school.nz

(Remember that at the end of this newsletter in your email you may get the note that the Message is Clipped and you may need to click on View Entire Message)

Next Newsletter and Notices:

•Wednesday 8 March 2023

•MPS Notices and update at anytime

All of the Macleans Primary Policies are housed on school docs. From time to time we seek parent thoughts when reviewing policies. If you ever have any questions about our policies and procedures, please feel free to get in contact with me. Myself and The Board of Trustees is alway keen to get feedback on our policies and procedures, so please feel free to get in contact with me should you have any questions, thoughts or ideas on our policies and procedures. Log in details to view school docs are as follows:

User Name: macleansprimary

Password: macleans

The Macleans EOTC (Education Outside The Classroom) programme is retuning fully this year after a couple of years of covid delays. The Y1-Y3 children participate in a number of different EOTC activities, most recently the Jr. Breakfast. All of the information and permission slips have been shared with parents of the Y4-Y6 children via kindo and paper copies. We look forward to a great EOTC week!

Year 4 - Day at Sonshine Ranch

Year 5 - Sleepover at MPS and a morning at the beach

Year 6 - 3 night camp at Chosen Valley Camp

The Y4-Y6 competitive swimming sports was held last Friday. Thanks to all the parents who came along to support. The 'fun' swimming sports for Y1-Y3 will be held tomorrow, Thursday 23 February. The Y4-Y6 swimming sports is scheduled for Thursday 2 March from 11.30. Both the Y1-3 and Y4-6 events will bring out a lot of friendly rivalry between the four houses, so if you come along to watch bring your earplugs!:))). Raid days are to be announced.

Thursday 23 February - Y1-Y3 Swimming Sports (see sep. details)

Friday 24 February - Cyclone Victims Fundraiser - gold coin cazh (kindo or cash)

Monday 27 February - BoT Meeting @ 6pm

Wednesday1 March- Ready, Steady, Go (1.45-3pm)

Wednesday 8 March- Ready, Steady, Go(1.45-3pm)

Friday 10 March - Emergency Lockdown Procedure Practise

Monday 20 March to Thursday 23 March - Y6 Camp (3 night camp - details TBA)

Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 March - Y4 at Sonshine range (1/2 Y4 on Tues. and 1/2 Y4 on Wed. - see sep. org.)

Thursday 23 March - Y5 Overnight EOTC experience

Sunday 26 March - Howick Rotary Fun Run

Friday 30 March - Cultural Festival

Monday 3 April - Wednesday 5 April Parent - Teacher Learning Conferences -

Thursday 6 April - Last Day Term 1 (Good Friday on 7 April)

Monday 24 April - Teacher Only Day

Tuesday 25 April - ANZAC Day

Wednesday 26 April - First Day of Term 2

Are you on kindo yet? Kindo is the Macleans Primary online school shop and is designed to make it easy for you to complete permission slips and view, register and pay for all of your child’s needs. This is our preferred method of payment, and we encourage you to set up your account today. For parents it means no cash, no paper, no hassle! Questions? Please contact the school office on (09) 534-5191 and speak with Sally, or contact the Kindo help desk on freephone 0508 454 636, or email hello@mykindo.co.nz. First Time Users: Click HERE if you are a first time user of Kindo. You’ll need to register to set up your account. All you need is your email address which matches the one held by the school. Registered Users: Click here to use Kindo online to make full or part payments for all school activities and donations, register and pay for school sports teams, support fundraisers and complete permission slips. Payment: Choose to pay as you go, add funds to your Kindo account in advance, use internet banking, POLi or Visa/Mastercard (fees apply). For a Youtube tutorial, go HERE.

This is coming soon following the first BoT meeting of 2023 on 27 February. Please review the Annual Plan when it is sent home and if any questions please follow-up with me - Principal Matthew Cooke (m.cooke@macleanspirmayr.school.nz)