Toko School Newsletter
Thursday 12th September 2019
Kura Tuatahi Toko
Quality learning for all in a caring community.
Kounga ako mo katoa i roto i te taiao e atawhai ana.
Dear parents and friends of our school Kia Ora/Hola/Bora Da/Konichi Wa/Hello
LAST WEEKS LEARNING STARS
VISUALISATION FOR PARENTS - TUESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 3.00pm
We have Helen Jenkins coming in on Tuesday 17th September at 3.00pm for a half hour session, to teach parents how they can help with childrens visualisation. Helen Jenkins is our RTLit, who often comes in to our school to work with both teachers and children around reading and writing. This will be held in the library at 3.00pm and will take from 15 to 30 minutes. Please feel free to join us for this session.
TOUCH RUGBY GAMES - BY SPORTS COUNCIL
The Sports Council are running some touch rugby games over the next 3 weeks. They will be running a Year 1-4 session on Tuesdays and a Year 5-8 session on Fridays. The teams will be based on which house they are in. Sports councilors would love to see children wearing their house colours to the sessions. If your child does not have house colours they will still be able to participate.
PIANO LESSONS NEXT WEEK
KIDS ART
SICKNESS AT SCHOOL
BOARD OF TRUSTEES UPDATE
Enrolment Scheme
Currently our scheme is open for enrolments in Year 1 - 6.
Query, concern, complaint - what to do?
We now have a new page on our website to answer the above question. This can be found in the Parent Information tab: Query, concern, complaint - what to do?
TE RANGA TAHI PERFORMANCE 2019 - SAVE THE DATE
This year Toko School would like to showcase our learning around Kapa-haka and to celebrate our cultural learning, and to have shared kai with our friends and whanau.
Our performance will be on Wednesday 11th December at 11:30am. This will be the only performance. After the performance, we will have a hangi which we would like to ask our community for donations of food to feed everybody. This request will be sent out near the end of this term. You will need to pre-book your hangi tickets, and these will be available early next term. If there is anybody who would liked to be involved in collecting firewood or setting the hangi, helping with the menu, food preparation etc, then please let Annette know in the office.
PTA UPDATE
Guidelines are available here, on our website and via the school app. If you require a hard copy please contact the office.
Hall of Creativity
Information about this will be sent home on Monday in hard copy.
BRAIN FOOD
SPORTS DESK
Taranaki Trophy - Year 7 and 8
The second tournament will take place on Monday 16th September and if successful the finals will be on Friday 20th September.
Taranaki Cross Country Championships
This event will be held on Wednesday 25th September at the Hawera Show Grounds.
Weetbix Tryathlon 2020
This event will be held on Wednesday 25th March 2020 at Ngamotu Beach in New Plymouth. Entries open are now open at https://tryathlon.co.nz/. Please remember to register to the Toko School group.
HELPING YOUR CHILDREN AT HOME
At school we use WAIT TIME.
This involves learning how to think about an answer before we say it out loud. When we think about an answer before we say it out loud, we call it wait time.
Below are some statements we are using when children practice wait time:
< It’s ok take your time.
< We will wait . . .
< Do you think you need more time . . .
< Have you thought about your answer?
< I have a question about . . .
< I don’t’ understand . . .
We are finding that when children use wait time they are thinking more deeply about their learning.
COMMUNITY NOTICES
OPEN DAY TARANAKI DIO – Wednesday 25 September – call in anytime between 10 am and 2 pm
There will be the opportunity for personal tours of our school campus and boarding house and have any questions answered.
Due to a lot of interest from families considering the options for secondary school education for their daughters for 2020 and beyond we are looking forward to hosting our second Open Day for the year. The first round of enrolment offers for next year have been made and interviews are ongoing for a limited number of places available at all year levels in 2020. There has also been a huge registration of interest for 2021 enrolments. We anticipate that there may be a need to prioritise day girl applicants for the remaining spaces available in 2020 and for 2021.
The following is a helpful link for any families wondering about opportunities for boarding allowances:
https://parents.education.govt.nz/secondary-school/your-child-at-school/boarding-allowances/
Our annual scholarship programme for Year 9 students will also be open for applications later this month. If in the meantime you have any queries please do not hesitate to be in touch with us.
Kind regards, Fiona Green, Principal
Toko School
Email: office@toko.school.nz
Website: www.toko.school.nz
Location: 1057 East Road, Toko, New Zealand
Phone: 06 7622849
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TokoSchool/?ref=bookmarks