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What a wonderful group of learners we have in our school this term! Here's what we've been up to...
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Room Four having fun with their Music Wall.
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Rooms 2 and 4 learning about working as a team.
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Our senior Outdoor Ed class are still working on their social responsibility assessment. On Friday they teamed up with Room 6 and taught them bowls.
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We had an inspirational presentation on Friday to our Year 8 to 13 students by a wonderful, successful ex-student Douglas Rauch. Well done to Nathan Hartley and Emma O'Brien who received the Great Leader certificates and book award courtesy of the Duffy Books in Homes project.
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Kia Ora Koutou,
I would like to share with you the key themes that have come out of our recent community consultation. We are really excited to go forward with planning the next chapter of education at our beautiful kura. What fantastic whakaaro!
Emerging Themes - What would your ideal school look like?
Connections
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Environmental awareness/focus/education/outdoor experiences/camps
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Utilise local resources - ex-students, experts, schools, elders, environment, knowledge
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Maori heritage, language, culture - Te Ao Maori
Curriculum
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Strength across Y7-13 - togetherness, equal opportunities, strength in all
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Dynamic, open, broad, integrated curriculum utilising local resources
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Hands on, tactile learning throughout all areas, subjects and levels.
Learning
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Cater to all - individualised, support based, learner centered and focused.
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Learning is - fun, variety, inquiry, play, individualised, stimulating
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Teachers are - passionate, inspiring, role models, flexible, engaging and sharing
Culture
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Pride in who we are and where we come from - identity/whakapapa/embrace diversity
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Celebrate successes - of all individuals
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Welcoming, inviting, healthy, positive & safe environment (values promoted and displayed).
Emerging Themes - What does ‘good learning’ look like?
Student Centered
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Students at the heart of everything
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Student driven, student choice, based on individual needs and interests
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Tailored learning plans, individualised, cater to all styles
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Create ‘leaders of own learning’ who know next steps & how to get there
Relationships
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Relationships of respect that are non-threatening, encouraging, positive & two-way
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Tuakana-Teina: learn off & with each other, sharing, collaborating and teaching
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Learning involves whanau & community, creating strong home-school bonds
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Teachers share, collaborate, & work together for ‘every’ child, creating learning communities
Environment
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Friendly, welcoming, supportive, positive, safe & healthy environment
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High expectations set for all learners across Y1-13.
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Engaging, challenging, stimulating, & fun environments focused on play & hands-on learning
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Values modeled, promoted, displayed across Y1-13
Curriculum
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Balanced curriculum with broad range of subjects & teaching techniques
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Hands-on, interactive, tactile learning experiences
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Build knowledge through Y1-13, that flows on and supports smooth transitions
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Develops the ‘whole’ person: social skills, digital skills, academic, cultural, emotional
Staff/Students
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Well resourced staff & learning spaces
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Teachers are learners too, continually upskilling, showing investment in CAS & their profession
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Learners are risk takers, innovators, creators, & want to make a difference
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Learners can self-manage, think critically, are curious, have fun & are happy.
Emerging Themes - What should a CAS School Leaver be like?
Life Ready
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Students are equipped with skills & knowledge to enter the real world
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Students have experienced a wide range of learning experiences through a broad curriculum
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Students place value on education & are life-long learners
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Students understand where they are going, and where to access support to get there.
Sense of Self
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Community minded, positive & nice individuals, who have a social conscience, want to give back & want to make a difference
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Participate, actively contribute & are productive citizens.
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Our students are proud, happy individuals who know their identity, where they come from & where they belong
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Have a sense of purpose, are ready to embrace opportunities, have self-belief & dream big.
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Understand their strengths, feel empowered, are confident, passionate ‘go-getters’.
Please feel free to contact the school to still add your thoughts to the mix.
We are exactly halfway through Term 3. And it’s not slowing down! I look forward to seeing the exciting events the next five weeks hold.
Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa,
Koren Hopoi
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Fun Day Friday
On Friday the 31st of August (Teacher Only Day) the World Challenge students are running a child care day. Your child will be supervised all day and entertained with sports games, arts and crafts and a movie.
$20.00 per child. Please pay at the office. (cash only thanks).
Bring your own lunch.
Any queries, please contact Whaea Toni on t_sinclair@coroarea.school.nz
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Asthma Waikato
We know many families struggle to manage asthma and that it results in days off school, anxiety for staff and miscommunication between parents and the school. The resulting confusion can potentially place the child in a dangerous situation.
Asthma Waikato offers FREE asthma consults for families of children aged 0-15, living in the Waikato, who struggle with asthma. We accept self referrals.
If your child suffers from asthma and you would like some help getting on top of it, please visit www.asthmawaikato.org.nz and fill in the online referral form by clicking the blue button top right 'Make a Referral.' We are here to help.
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An Important Reminder
Please do not park in the school bus bay before and after school.
This area is reserved for school buses. There are plenty of parks available for parents, please use them!!
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Writing from Room Two
When I Gave Something Away
I gave away some mussels and fish to this old woman because she had no fish for her dinner for a long time.
Zianna
When I Gave Something Away
One day I had to go to Sophia's house to give away my doll house. Because me, Talia, Malikiy, Mum and Dad were going to Coromandel and we could not fit it in unless we broke it. That is why we gave it away to Sophia. Sophia is my cousin and Talia's and Malikiy's cousin too. 'Will I get it back?' I said to my self in by brain and I whispered to Talia and Malikiy and I asked my Dad and my Mum too.
Nya
When I Gave Something Away
When I gave something away it was a cupcake. I gave it to Alex, my cousin. I gave it to him because he is kind to me. He loves me, he plays fairly with me. So I gave it to him. I knew if from the start that he should get it.
Savannah
On Saturday
On Saturday my cousin had a decorating cupcake birthday party. We had six cupcakes to decorate. There were lots of lollies, we had to taste every type of lolly before we put any on each cupcake. We had to put them in a box but where was it? We had fun.
Savannah
Something I Lost
My Poppa died and we lost him. And I miss my Poppa. I want to see my Poppa. I miss his eggs and my Poppa saves me when Mum growls me.
Astle
Writing from Room Three
Sunshine shines down on me to say good morning, his beam of light warms me up to the bones. He makes birds sing. He shines his torch down to wake us up. He walks with me everywhere. When night comes he says good bye to me.
Blake
Hot glow rolls down my cheek. The sun drops a big plop of sunshine on my head. He pulls the clouds away after the rain and sings a happy song. In the morning, the sun drizzles sunlight on me, which makes me smile and I am happy. Golden sunshine glows onto my blond hair. The sun walked to school with me every day.
Nuriya
Stormy wind, hail, rain knocking on your window and roof. Keep warm from the wind. Wild weather. Crash, bang. Lightning, thunder. Fire, onesie. Drip drop all day long. Snuggle up in a blanket.
Sophia-Rose
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I Believe There Should Be Rugby League Training
I believe there should be rugby league training after school in Coromandel because you can develop teamwork, learn more skills and bring the community together.
Firstly, you can work as a team and play better together. The reasons you need teamwork are to develop friendship, camaraderie, co-operation and leadership skills. The reasons you might like teamwork is because you can make more friends, have nicer relationships with your family, teachers and community.
Imagine if everyone was engaged in sport - how fit and healthy our community would be. When I am fit and healthy, I feel happy and my brain feels alive. When you work as a team, one of the benefits is that you learn more skills. For example, improve speed and skills, developing leadership and great role modelling for the people in the community. Learning new skills has these advantages.
Sports is a great way to develop community friends and camaraderie. It brings all types of people,old and young, rich and poor, adults, children and all different cultures together. How good would it feel if every weekend the community came together to have a friendly game of sports? It would feel amazing!!
In conclusion, playing rugby league each weekend would develop community friends, new skills,co-operation, healthy bodies and minds. Imagine if our community had all these things on the weekend? We would have the best community in New Zealand.
Billy Shaw
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Plastic Should Be Banned
I believe plastic should be banned because it pollutes our waterways and our ocean. You can also never get rid of it, it is not bio-degradable and marine life are eating it thinking it is food. This is bad because they are dying.
Everyday plastics are made from crude oil which is dug from deep in the ground. Once plastic enters our world it never leaves!! 28 million tons of plastic waste is dumped into our oceans every year, this means each minute one garbage truck full of rubbish is dumped into our oceans. Plastic is everywhere you go! Imagine if everyone picked up one piece of plastic, this would make a ginormous difference. Sadly, some people are too lazy to even go to the bin so they just throw their plastic outside and then that makes its way to the ocean.
Because people put 28 million tonnes of waste into the ocean, animals don't ever have a choice to have it in their home. Now there is heaps of evidence that all the sea life swallow the plastic thinking it is food, it fills their stomachs up, sometimes they choke, they can get cut, they can get caught in ghost nets and drown, or they fill up on plastic and they die because they have no actual food - they starve to death!! I feel sad and mad about this.
Each year, New Zealanders use 1.6 billion plastic bags a year. People only use these bags for about 12 minutes then throw them away and they take about 1,000 years to degrade. Millions of plastic bags end up in the ocean every single year. They look the same as jellyfish and so turtles eat the plastic bags because they think they are jellyfish.
Therefore, I reckon plastic should be banned from our world because it pollutes and kills our sea life. We think it takes about 1,000 years to degrade - it's not biodegradable. We throw away 28 million tonnes of waste every year, 1.6 billion bags in New Zealand each year that turtles eat - it just stays in their belly and then the sea life dies.
Mikayla Potae
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Careers Expo, Thames
On the 8th August, students from Year 10 upwards attended the Careers Expo in order to look at career pathways and talk to industry leaders and businesses in our community. Students gained a lot from the experience and will be using this experience to start exploring their options for further study and their individual career pathways.
A Student Perspective
Going to the Employment / Business Expo 2018 at the Thames Memorial Hall and Thames High School was a great opportunity. I was able to find out what options I have available for my future, and would recommend to anyone who gets the opportunity to go, take it. The Year 10's, Year 11's and Year 12's all loved the Expo. We dressed up a mannequin for fashion and design, and had a virtual reality experience driving a digger. There were a variety of options available for everyone and all their interests from the Defence Force to health and beauty. The Thames Hospice Shop was there, and there was a competition for best dressed mannequin. If you go on Facebook and search up Hospice Shop - Waikato, you will be able to see the difference outfits and vote for us! I want to say a big thank you to CAN DO Thames, the teachers that took us, the bus drivers and all the businesses that came to Thames. It was a great day overall.
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Results from the Thames Valley Secondary School Junior Badminton Championship
We are very proud of the following students who did exceptionally well at the above event.
Junior Boys Runner Up: Deveshh Bali
Junior Girls Runner Up: Kylah Berghan
Plate Runner Up: Jahnay Waitere
Well done!!
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Senior Netball
The Senior Netball team celebrating the end of a successful netball season. Well done to Most Improved Player - Taleisha Dawson and Player of the Year - Brooke Teklenburg.
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Head Lice
We have had reports of Head Lice in the junior school. Please check your child's head for lice. If you do find lice, treat straight away with a product available from the pharmacy.
Nominations for Student Representative for the Board of Trustees
Nominations for the Student Representative for the Board of Trustees are open until noon on 7 September 2018. This is your chance to represent the students of Coromandel Area School and be their voice at the board table.
Treemendous School Competition
We are extremely proud to announce that Coromandel Area School have made it through to the top ten schools in the Treemendous School competition. We could be one of four schools who win a $10,000 Treemendous Event at our school.
This means we can have an area of our grounds transformed into an outdoor classroom! This initiative is all about encouraging environmental education and teaching about the importance of caring for the environment.
We need your support to design this space for the next stage of our application. Come to a meeting on Tuesday 4th September at 4.00 p.m. if you are keen to be a part of this amazing opportunity.
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Kauri Planting
The Senior Outdoor Education class are currently working on an assessment based on social responsibliity. The students have to show high self management while assisting others and giving back to the community. They were working with Year 8 students on some practical tasks to give back to the school community, and planting the trees from the Kauri Run was to help the wider Coromandel community.
Deveshh planted the Kauri that he received for Prizegiving in 2017 which was very special.
It was a successful outing, despite a bit of rain.
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Kia Ora Koutou
We are now well into Term Three and what a fun few weeks we have had. Our tamariki have continued to learn about our first module 'respect for our school'. We have discussed how we can make our school a more respectful place to be. The students then came up with different ideas on how we could do this. They were then given a paper cut out of a feather to write their ideas on and decorate. Our Kiwi Can leaders have put all these feathers together to create a special school Korowai. Our school Korowai is hanging in the school foyer for the students, teachers and visitors to see. Following on from this we have been talking about respect for our community and why this is important. Each class has brainstormed different ways that we can respect our community and have come up with things like picking up rubbish, not walking in gardens, being friendly, helping others when in need and a whole lot more. They will be putting these ideas onto paper feathers which the Kiwi Can leaders will put together to create a set of wings that will be displayed somewhere in our community. Keep your eyes open for these wings in our community and take your photo with the wings behind you and post them onto our Kiwi Can facebook page.
Save the Date
Kiwi Can Jam, Thursday 20th September at 11.30 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.
Nga Mihi Nui from the Kiwi Can Team
Marlene, Gemma, Jasmine and Emma
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