Hōpara - Explore Blog 2020

Home learning update   Firstly, thank you  all for reading this blog and getting involved with your child's learning. We recognise that the coming weeks could be stressful for families and urge you all to look after yourself and your families first. In regards to learning at home we the teachers of Clarkville are committed to providing an experience that leaves students uplifted as well as educated. Key Information Term 1 has been shorted to 9 weeks. This means the holidays will start at the end of this week and run through to the 15/4. In term 2 students will be provided with new maths, Chill and Literacy work to be completed online. Students will be able to interact with us via email and shared doc/files (Home learning log slideshow - YOU WILL FIND THIS IN YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE) Online Learning Websites   We have set up all Hōpara students with the following accounts Maths Prodigy - All student logins are linked below  (Ashley's Groups have th...

Kia ora Parents/Caregivers   Firstly, thank you for your support with the cancelling of the GALA, I know some children had already bought items - hopefully we will be able to use these in some way throughout the year. As you are all aware we are going through an interesting time as a country, please know that our doors are always open, we want to support you and your children the best we can.  We have now stopped swimming as the temperature starts to decrease.   Below are some photos from our Triathlon on Tuesday... Things to continue to remember/know..... Classroom reminders: Please be aware that we will n ot be opening our classroom door or be in the classroom until 8.30am each day, thank you for respecting this.  Clarkville App:  Please make sure you have ticked the notifications area for Hōpara otherwise you will not receive alerts/notices.  Devices -  If your child has their own BYOD device they can now start to bring ...

Kia ora Parents/Caregivers   Once again we have had a great week in Hōpara! This week we have been delving deep into our inquiry, with the focus particularly on "Change". We were lucky enough to have Alice's dad Sam join us on Monday to show us his extremely old traction engine which connected perfectly with our topic of "Transport over time".  Below are some photos of us asking Sam lots of questions... Things to continue to remember/know..... Science experiment: This coming Thursday we will be doing a science experiment where the children are required to bring a few things from home. Have a chat to your child about what they are planning and what they might need for the experiment. CLARKVILLE GALA  Gala date (Friday, 20 March)  Please check the Gala information  that was added to the school app and emailed out this week,  all offers of help would be greatly appreciated.  There are many ways that families can get involved and it is a...

Kia ora Parents/Caregivers   Once again we have had a great week in Hōpara! This week we have been settling into our core curriculum learning groups and enjoying the pool whilst the hot weather lasts!  Below are some photos of other things we have been doing... Things to continue to remember/know..... CLARKVILLE GALA  Gala date (Friday, 20 March)  Please check the Gala information  that was added to the school app and emailed out this week,  all offers of help would be greatly appreciated.  There are many ways that families can get involved and it is all outlined in the information that has been sent out. Classroom reminders: Please be aware that we will n ot be opening our classroom door or be in the classroom until 8.30am each day, thank you for respecting this.  Clarkville App:  Please make sure you have ticked the notifications area for Hōpara otherwise you will not receive alerts/notices.  Devices -...