Our Team

Last term we welcomed Mrs O'Loan into Room 7. This term she will be teaching 4 days a week.

Feel free to contact us anytime

Mandy Duggan- mandyd@kaukapakapa.school.nz - Team Leader- Room 2

Sue Llyod- suel@kaukapakapa.school.nz - Room 3

Debbie Knocker- debbiek@kaukapakapa.school.nz - Room 1

Lindsay O'Loan- lindsayo@kaukapakapa.school.nz- Room 7

Ruth Walsh- ruthw@kaukapakapa.school.nz- Room 8

Our Class Programmes

We are swinging our inquiry towards students taking action for the environment, recycling and reducing waste. Each class has taken on board a collection of items that we can send off to be recycled, these include:

• Pens
• Yogurt Suckies
• Glad Products
• Toothpaste/brush products

The classes will create information flyers and boxes for collection, look out for these coming home! The more boxes we fill the more points we get for the school. We will also be creating items in class such as t-shirt bags, a great product that involves reusing a product and also reducing plastic bags. Teachers will be asking for large (adult sized is best) t-shirts to be sent into school to upcycle into a bag. Classes will also make other products to help us be áction takers'in our inquiry process. We are planning a trip to the Waitakere Refuse and Recycling Centre to look at what actually happens to all our waste. This will be in Week 8, 3rd & 5th December. More information will come home with costs and days classes will attend later.

Seesaw – Our Learning Journal

Students and teachers will continue to add to journals over the term. Each week teachers load information about the coming week to keep you informed through the inbox/messaging tab, you can also message teachers through this system. If you are unsure, please talk with your class teacher. The students and teachers value each and every comment connected families add to the journal, so please keep this up. Remember you can have up to 10 family members on each journal, if you need a new QR code to sign up others ask the teacher.

 Timetabled Events

Our Whole School Assembly is held at 1:45pm every second Wednesday, starting in week 2, 23^rd October, led by Room 8. Junior team assemblies are held on alternative weeks at 1.50pm on Friday, starting on the 1st November. These are held in different classes, please see the term dates below for our junior events. Every class has individual timetabled library times and your teacher will inform you of this. 

Hats & Sunblock

Hats are a must for Term 1 and 4. Children without hats are required to stay in a specified area during morning tea and lunch. Please check your child’s hat is named to avoid loss. Although sunblock is not compulsory, we do encourage parents to apply it before school so children are protected from our weather conditions.   

Homework

In the Junior Team we put an emphasis on our reading therefore this is a homework requirement. We understand that time at home is often limited and other tasks that the class teacher sets are optional. The main focus of this homework is to practise skills already learnt at school. Your class teacher may also include basic numeracy tasks, or spelling words at times.

Communication

If you have any issues, concerns, worries or celebrations regarding your child please see the class teacher in the first instance. This can be in person or via a quick email.

If you require further help please see Mrs Mandy Duggan. Our school newsletter is emailed out each fortnight, packed full of updates, information and celebrations.

We would just like to take this opportunity to thank you for all the time and support you put into the partnership between home and school which makes such a big difference.

Welcome to the Middle Team

The middle team is made up of a diverse range of teachers; with varying interests and hobbies which  leads to a dynamic and successful team. 

We take pride in our collaborative teaching style, our colourful learning environment and the way we build relationships with our students. In the middle team you can expect a creative, quirky, fun, safe environment for the students we care for. 

Our learning Foci for this year is Identity:

For Term 4 we will be further exploring environmental issues in New Zealand and throughout the world. In Week 2 students who are a part of the Senior Kapa Haka group will perform at Kaipara Festival. In writing we will be looking further into persuasive writing and explanation writing. Our mathematics strand this term we will be focussing on all aspects of financial literacy.

Our students in the middle team have been invited up to Cue Haven to explore the effects of Dairy Farming and why they chose to plant their farm into a native bush. Cue Haven’s vision was to turn a 24 hectare farm located 15 kms north of Kaukapakapa Town and overlooking the Kaipara Harbour, into a native forest and create a haven for plant and bird life as well as a nature reserve for all of us to enjoy. 

Room 5 will visit on Thursday 14th of November

Rooms 4, 6, 9, & 12 will visit on Friday 29th November

Homework:

Homework expectations have changed this year to focus on independent learning. If your child would like to embark on a homework inquiry project, students will have the opportunity to share their findings on Friday mornings with the rest of the class.  

"Homework Inquiry project for Term 4: An Investigation into the Water Cycle."

As an integral part of the curriculum we would really encourage each child to read for at least 15 minutes each day.

Library:

Every student is required to have a bag to protect their books. Each class will have their own set days, please ask the teacher for your child’s library day.

Team and Whole School Assemblies

Full School Assemblies will take place every second week starting on the 23rd of October. These are held on the school courts at 1.45pm on a Wednesday. If it is wet, these will be postponed.  Please check the school website and Facebook page for updates. 

Please note: Team Assemblies will commence on Thursday mornings at 8.35am. 

The dates and classrooms where you will find assemblies are as follows:

Room 12 - Thursday 31st October (Week 3)

Room 9 - Thursday 14th November (Week 5)

Room 4 - Thursday 28th November (Week 7)

Room 6 - Thursday 12 December (Week 9)

Please feel free to come along! We look forward to seeing you. 

Special clubs happen weekly for our middle team students to opt into. This term they are:

Ukulele with Mrs O’Loan - Monday lunchtime

Art Club with Miss Shanks - Tuesday lunchtime

Gardening / Sustainability with Mrs Knocker- Thursday lunchtime

Games with Miss Shanks - Friday lunchtime

Knitting Club with Mrs Bennett - Friday lunchtime

All of us in the Middle Team have an open door policy! If you have any concerns/questions or just want to come in and see our environments, please come right in!

Or if you would like to just drop us an email...

Danielle Simpson- Team Leader- Room 5- danielles@kaukapakapa.school.nz

Charlene Shanks- Room 6- charlenes@kaukapakapa.school.nz

Nigel Bacon- Room 4- nigelb@kaukapakapa.school.nz

Claire Bennett- Room 9- claireb@kaukapakapa.school.nz (Welcome to the team Claire!)

Karin Jacobsen- Room 12- karinj@kaukapakapa.school.nz 

Useful Homework Links for those who wish to use them! 

www.readworks.org - Reading Comprehension Online 

www.mathantics.com - Online Maths Practice

https://maths.prototec.co.nz - Online Basic Facts Practice

Studyladder - Great Maths Learning Games

Prodigy- Great Maths Learning Games

Welcome to the Senior Team!

Meet the Team!

Rebecca Williams - Team Leader - rebeccaw@kaukapakapa.school.nz

Ben Bradley - benb@kaukapakapa.school.nz

About the Team!

The team is made up of two dynamic teachers whose strengths compliment each other. Children get a inclusive curriculum for all, greater leadership opportunities and a nurturing environ

ment. We have a flexible learning environment where the two classes work closely together. They have multiple sporting opportunities from AIMS through to Norwest competitions and zone days.  

If students have an interest in music they have an opportunity to join the school band. Students go to Kaipara College to attend their technology lessons on Fabric Tech, Food Tech, Digi Tech and Hard Materials. Biennually we go on a week camp to Wellington where students are exposed to multiple learning opportunities e.g. Capital E where students film their own news programme.

Spanish and Te Reo are the languages for 2019 that are currently being taught. French is taught on the alternate years.

Wondering what we have been up to?

This year the Seniors have been up to so much this year. We have been going to tech at Kaipara College, showing off our cricket skills, trying out different strategies to help us with our maths; as well as being captured in huge bubbles at the Science Roadshow!

Showing off our cricket skills!

Crushing our maths!