Week 6 T3

Production

Half way through the term and the production is in full swing.  There are sets and costumes and props in every available space around the school, so if you were wondering what the mess is… Don’t forget that the production is on the nights of  26^th and 27^th September!!!

Self Review

We have Paul Howison in as a Student Achievement Function Practitioner (SAF). Paul is contracted to the Ministry of Education and they go around the schools and help with the school self-review process to enhance student achievement. We have been surveying the Maori community lately to help us with our Maori student’s achievement. If you would like to know what we do at the school in relation to our Maori students please come down to school and talk with me. That way we can work together with an informed group to help raise the achievement of all of our students.

PARENT HELP WANTED!!

With the government dollar getting ever smaller and harder to get for schools, we want to initiate other ways of helping our children raise their achievement. I would like to see a group of parents that we can rely on to come into school on a regular basis to help with children’s achievement.  This would include: Reading, Writing and Maths, with training in these areas to enable you to help the children comprehend the strategies they need. If you are interested in this please ring or see me at school. I would like to train people this term to start next term.

Matapu School Curriculum Night:  7:30 pm Wednesday  24^th October

Next term I will be holding a curriculum night. This will go into detail about our MATAPU CURRICULUM, What we do, how we do it, why we do it, how we assess and record, how we report to stake holders (MOE, BOT, Parents , Children)etc . This will be an informative night of the last four years in our Matapu curriculum development. Come along and see how your child learns, what your child learns and why we do it this way at Matapu school.

Be informed to make better decisions about your child’s education and future!!