Share the Road Safety Message

In the last week of the term Hancock Forest Management came to school with one of the big logging trucks loaded with los to teach us about how to be safe on the roads with the logging trucks. Soon the pines will be logged again and we are expecting 35 truck and trailer loads of logs to be on the road between Ongarue and Waimiha per day. That's 70 trucks a day allowing for the trucks returning empty.

Bruce showed the children a slide show that taught about blind spots, stopping distances and how a trailer cuts a corner behind a truck. We all then went out to sit in the truck cab, count the wheels and generally be awed by the massive size of a fully laden truck and trailer. The truck driver was none other than the dad of a past pupil.

Thank you Hancock Forest management for the donations of the fluorescent beanies.

Please can all our tamariki wear their fluorescent beanie when they are out and about on the road or waiting for the school bus.

3 Way Conferences

Over the years we have tried different ways to engage with parents/whanau about their child's learning. The Education Act states schools must

report to students and their parents on the student’s progress and achievement in relation to Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori and/or National Standards. Reporting to parents in plain language in writing must occur at least twice a year;

We currently use a 2 written reports, mid and end of year, and 2 conference, end of term 1 and 3, per year schedule. This year we had an 80% attendance at our end of term one 3 way conference, the best turn out we have ever had. We allowed 20 minutes per child but can see this is not enough. 
Students attend the conference with their family and are well aware of where they are in their learning, how that relates to the National Standards and their goals they have set to help them move along their learning journey. 

In the Junior class I showed Erica and Alexis how to make their journal cover page, they then taught each other junior one at a time the process from taking the photo to printing the page. 




Thank you Erica and Alexis for being the teachers in the junior room.