Macleans Primary School Newsletter

Maori Whakatauki & Macleans Values: Collaboration & Relating to Others

He hono tangata e kore e motu; ka pa he taura waka e motu

Unlike a canoe rope, a human bond cannot be severed.

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Hello Everyone

I do hope we all had a good long weekend the other day, allowing for the Teacher Only Day last Friday. All the teachers enjoyed a full day of Professional Learning & Development as we all focussed on Structured Literacy from Year 1 to Year 6. Structured Literacy is a comprehensive approach to all things reading & writing, designed to provides explicit, systematic, and sequential teaching of literacy at multiple levels. A Structured Literacy approach to reading & writing marries up very well with our Macleans Local Curriculum and the Macleans Learning Pathways.

Please continue to order the cookie dough for the PTA's big fundraiser for 2024. We will not be holding a fundraising 'athon' this year, so please get behind the PTA's cookie dough fundraiser and support the school's fundraising that way.

Below in this newsletter you will find the link to book your parent & child-Teacher Learning Conferences to be held on Tuesday 4 June, Wednesday 5 June and Thursday 6 June.

Information, news, updates and highlights on all things Macleans Primary await your read in this newsletter. Please enjoy!

Regards - Matthew Cooke

Principal

m.cooke@macleansprimary.school.nz

PS - Thanks to Farm Cove Superette for their sponsorship of this newsletter: 1/190 Fisher Parade, Farm Cove. See ad below.

PPS - Remember that at the end of this newsletter in your email you may get the note that the Message is Clipped and you may need to click on View Entire Message)

Next Newsletter and Notices:

•Wednesday 5 June 2024

•MPS Notices and update at anytime

Macleans Primary is excited to announce that our new caretaker beginning on Tuesday 4 June is Mr Andy Lee. Andy is local in the Howick area. Originally from Birmingham, England, Andy most recently been a caretaker at Bucklands Beach Primary. Please join me in welcoming Andy to the Macleans Primary School team. You will see Andy around the school regularly, most likely in the mornings as he helps with traffic control.

Room 15's guess was the closest, at 493 (actual choc buttons in the jar was 521). Room 15 won a cookie morning te today - yummy!

Our Peer Mediators play an important part in making our playgrounds a happier, safer and a more peaceful place to be. They are equipped with the skills to solve problems in a constructive and co-operative way. To help co-construct a peaceful resolution to playground concerns. Some of these concerns are around mis-underestandings around game rules, sharing of equipment and space, and ensuring everyone is included. Ka Pai! Well done to our amazing Peer Mediators.

Macleans Primary School and PTA are partnered in all things Macleans Primary, most recently the swimming pool solar heating, contributing $30K towards the project. The BoT and PTA have decided to begin fundraising for a large, all-weather canopy that will cover the majority of the paved areas. The vision is for the canopy to look similar to BBI's 'Cloud', except with artificial surface. The projected costs will be in the $400K range and timeframe is 3-5 years. Watch this space for more updates!

The review of some Term Two Polices is open! To start reviewing, click on a topic name below, then click the Start your review button. Term 2 review topics. Please note that if you need to login, here are the details: UN: macleansprimary PW: macleans

• Employer Responsibility Policy

• Appointment

• Equal Employment Opportunities

• Teacher Relief Cover

• Safety Checking

• Police Vetting

• Classroom Release Time / Timetable

Anyone who can't use the online review tool, can use the policy form that can be downloaded below. Complete the form and send back to m.cooke@macleansprimary.school.nz.

Macleans Primary Teacher Only Day on 31 May. Teachers will be at Macleans Primary focussing on our Macleans Local Curriculum and the NZ Curriculum, ensuring that the Macleans Learning Pathways are reflective of our Local and NZ Curriculum. A reminder that the Learning Pathways will be shared at the Learning Conferences on 4,5 & 6 June.

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Please collect send in your yummy apple apple stickers. Collect the Yummy cut-out labels from bags (each cut-out label is worth 10 stickers) and individual Yummy apple stickers and Macleans Primary School can get free Sport sports gear. Yummy apples are available from New World, PAK’nSAVE and participating Four Square stores. The more we collect, the more sports gear we can get so get going and start collecting your Yummy cut-out labels and stickers now. With each yummy apple sticker brought in, children get a House Counter! The sticker sheets are available for pick up from the office. They can also be downloded below.

Please come along and view your child's learning in their classroom.

- Year 1 to Year 3 classes on Thursday 30 May from 1.45pm to 2.50pm.

- Year 4 to 6 classes on Thursday 30 May from 2pm until 2.50pm.

The hall is almost finished. A couple more weeks and we will be able to announce when the blessing for the hall will take place.

The Refurb. of Room 6 to Room 9 have begun and the latest time for completion is end of July.

We have begun measuring up R1 to R5 & R10/R11. These classes will have new carpet, new autex wall lining, new window coverings, new LED Lighting, new heating/Cooling units and possibly some new door joinery. The existing pipes and radiators that are connected to the boiler will be removed.

The He Tāngata Principle Focus on improving people’s lives — individuals, children and young people, whānau, iwi and communities. The He Tāngata Principle has a special role. It reminds us at Macleans Primary School that everything we do should be with the following question in mind:

How does this contribute toward the wellbeing of the child and community?

TOMORROIW - Thursday 23 May - Gold Coin Cazh Day for Breast Cancer. Wear something pink!

Thursday 30 May - Y0 to Y3 Open Classrooms for Parents (1.45 - 2.50)

Thursday 30 May - Y4 to Y6 Open Classrooms for Parents (2-2.50)

Friday 31 May - Teacher Only Day (school closed)

Monday 3 June - King's Birthday Public Holiday (school closed)

Tuesday 4 June - Football Field Days

Tuesday 4 June - Learning Confs. 3.15-6pm

Wednesday 5 June - Learning Confs. 3.15-6pm

Thursday 6 June - Learning Confs. 3.15-6pm

Friday 7 June - Rugby Field Days

Tuesday 11 June - Y1 @ Howick Historical Village

Wednesday 12 June - Y2 @ Howick Historical Village

Thursday 13 June - Y3 @ Howick Historical Village

Thursday 13 June - Cookie Dough Collection

Friday 14 June - Cookie Dough Collection

Saturday 15 June - Matariki Festival Kapa Haka Performance - Uxbridge Centre @ 11.30am

Tuesday 18 June - Hockey Field Days

Friday 28 June - Matariki Public Holiday (School Closed)

Sunday 30 June - PTA Movies in the Hall

Monday 1 July - BoT Meeting @ 6pm

Wednesday 3 July - ESOL Parents Information Session @ 6pm

Friday 5 July - Last Day of Term 2

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Macleans Primary School

10 Wycherley Drive

Bucklands Beach

New Zealand

Email: admin@macleansprimary.school.nz
Website: www.macleansprimary.school.nz
Location: Macleans Primary School Wycherley Drive, Bucklands Beach, Auckland, New Zealand
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