Ngā Puna 2021

 Kia Ora Whanau. We hope that you and your loved ones are safe and dry after the weekend events.  Thanks for ensuring all children had jackets and appropriate footwear today. Lots of reminders and events coming up. This Wednesday we have Dr Simon Pollard from the School of Sciences, University of Canterbury coming to speak with our children. Simon is a spider biologist who has published books and worked as an advisor on a number of Attenborough documentaries. We are so looking forward to hearing what he does as a scientist and looking at all of his spider and bugs slides.   Queens birthday weekend this week. No school on Monday the 7th (public holiday)  A reminder for next week,  Wednesday the 9th of June  we are heading to the Botanical Gardens to participate in the Junior Park Explorers programme run by educators from the City Council. We will be leaving school at 9, returning by 1:30. Any associated contributions will be added to your activity levy....

 Kia Ora all. Welcome to week 4! A big welcome to two new children in Ngå Puna this week. Isaac and Keiran. Isaac started school today and Keiran will be starting soon. Ra whanau ki a koe nga tamariki - happy birthday boys and welcome to Ngå Puna. We are thrilled to have you. Two trips coming up Junior Park explorers -  Wednesday the 9th of June we are heading to the Botanical Gardens to participate in the Junior Park Explorers programme run by educators from the City Council. We will be leaving school at 9, returning by 1:30. Any associated contributions will be added to your activity levy. More details will be out this week. Please check your child's home learning folder. Parent helpers will be required.  Mini Beasts Galore - Canterbury Museum Wednesday the 23rd of June we are heading to the Canterbury Museum to participate in the Mini Beasts Galore programme run by a Museum Educator. Children will be using their skills of observation to get up close to mini creature...

 Kia Ora Whanau. Welcome to week 3. How exciting was the hail this morning! A good reminder for us all to please start bringing jackets to school daily. Feel free to bring slippers to pop on inside after taking gumboots off also. Makes for a cozy time in class.  Welcome to Eru who has joined us this week in Ngå Puna. So lovely to have you with us Eru. You're super smiley and happy to be with us. Science class trip coming up! Wednesday the 9th of June we are heading to the Botanical Gardens to participate in the Junior Park Explorers programme run by educators from the City Council. We will be leaving school at 9, returning by 1:30. Any associated contributions will be added to your activity levy. More details will be out soon. Parent helpers will be required. Look out for the note next week. Friday 21st of May - cut off date for ordering any lucky book club orders Library day - Mondays. Bring books back to issue more Friday - bike day - teachers supervise biking during learnin...

 What a wonderful time we had last Friday 'Spotting Autumn'. As always with school trips, the journey was as exciting as the destination! We travelled down the cycleway and found a most marvellous path to run down. We loved watching the children show each other Manaakitanga by encouraging and helping their friends up the steep bank. When we got to the park we enjoyed crunching through the leaves and finding conker seeds. The leaves were beautifully dry, perfect for rolling on! Here are some photos below of our trip.