Matawara Parents 2018

Welcome to Week 8! It is ALL about Production this week! Our preparations have been full steam ahead and we are finally ready to reveal to you...'Clarkville and the Time Coders!' Earlier this week you received a full communication about this - we have attached it for your convenience. Please read it carefully as there is a huge amount of information in it, particularly regarding where children need to be dropped off and when. We thank you for your support in supplying costumes etc, and hope you enjoy the show! WHEN - Tuesday 4 December 2018 at 6pm WHERE - Ohoka Events Centre All Students to arrive at the venue at 5pm please Tickets are on sale NOW $10 Tickets for Clarkville and the Time Coders are now available from the school office. Depending on interest we may need to limit ticket sales initially, but will take names and numbers for extra tickets. We have decided to hire the Ohoka Events Centre this year to enable us to have one performance date at a ven...

Welcome to Week 7, Our Production preparations continue... by now you should have received the 'costuming' requirements for your children. If this has not happened, please see the teachers in charge of your child's production group, and they will be more than happy to help you. TERM 4 SWIMMING -  The pool is said to be at around 25 degrees, which is amazing considering the weather we are having at the moment! Therefore, togs need to start coming to school so we can make the most of it. With Production preparations being in full swing, we will be mostly using the pool only at lunchtimes for optional swims, however starting Week 8, this will become part of our daily PE programme. YEAR 8 DINNER PREPARATIONS -  Year 8 parents were sent invitations during the week for the Year 8 Graduation Dinner. Please ensure you RSVP with the following information to Kathryn in the office - * Names of the adults who are attending * Full payment at the time of RSVP. Many thanks t...

Welcome to Week 6, We are now 4 weeks away from the end of the year - which when we look at what is coming up, it is fair to say... we will be quite busy! All of our production preparation is well underway, and we have the Year 8 Dinner and Waltzing in full preparation mode also. EMERGING LEADERS PATHWAYS - These are due at 9am on Monday. Please note - as per the guidelines in this doc , students who have not covered ALL of the 5 Leadership areas WILL NOT receive a medal. To complete a short recount of an event outside of school, will not meet the criteria for an Emerging Leaders medal. Most of the Leadership Challenge tasks take a series of sessions to complete, so if the work has not been done, it would now be too late. Each student has been kept up to date, with the areas that they are lacking in. TENNIS CUP -  There are 15 of our team who are going to be playing off for the Senior Tennis Cup this year! Please ensure your child has their racquet at school everyday,...

Welcome to Week 5, This week we are going to be busy with our Production preparations! It is also the FINAL week for our Emerging Leaders Pathways to be completed - these are due on MONDAY 19th NOVEMBER at 9am.  Year 8's, are DONE! Congratulations to our Year 8 students who have completed their Leadership projects, it has been a whole year of ongoing planning, executing and reflecting to get here, but they have done it! 2019 MATAWARA TEAM BUILDING EXPERIENCE -  Year 7 parents, you will have received a newsletter asking for your expression of interest for attending our Term 1 Matawara Team Building Experience as a parent help. If this interests you, please return these slips ASAP. SUN HATS -  This term is a 'Sun hats' term, so please ensure these are at school ready to go each day. Year 8's who have earned their caps, are more than welcome to wear these as a sunhat. We have lovely new shade sails going in at school, and these will be the areas, for ...

Welcome to Week 4! We are BACK! What an amazing week in Wellington we have had! All of our Year 8's have been exemplary models of what a Clarkville Year 8 Leaver is, and we are so proud of all of them! They have earned their 'stripes' - so to speak! Our Camp could not have been so successful if it was not for the AMAZING parents - Chris Kerry, Brenda Martin, Keri Climo, Kim Smith, Theresa Aitchison - they played an integral part in ensuring we all had a fantastic time! School photos are on MONDAY - please ensure clean, tidy, correct uniform. Year 8's will have a Leavers photo taken, where they can feel free to wear their Leavers t shirt, however we would like a school shirt for the Team photo please. We now have a short reprieve in our programme, where we will be getting thorough our end of year assessments, and seesaw posts, before we take a deep breath and delve into Production Fun! SEESAW - This week we will begin our end of year reflections in each of o...