Week 6 Term 4 2015

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MONDAY 16TH NOVEMBER

10.30am Church Choir practice in Room 15

1.30pm Kapa Haka Practice in hall - TBA

5.30pm Reading Together meeting in the staffroom (for those involved)

6.00pm Parent mtg for parents of Year 2 parents - re. google apps and chromebooks.

TUESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER

WEDNESDAY 18TH NOVEMBER

8.45am School Singing

8.30-10.00am All Ahurei children to meet in hall. Chn need to be there on

the dot.   

2.30pm Parent mtg in Staffroom Student Led Conferences

7.00pm Ahurei Performance. Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre

THURSDAY 19TH NOVEMBER

FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER

Middle and Senior School Athletics Sports at JPC = no sausage sizzle for juniors.

WORKING BEE NOTICE

Saturday 20th November, we intend to have a working bee to complete a few jobs around 
the school. A notice was sent home on Thursday with the list of jobs and if you are able to 
help please indicate the jobs you might be able to help with and return the form back to 
SCHOOL WORKING BEE: 8.00AM -12 NOON THIS SATURDAY. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

Year 2 Parents Meeting:  Google Apps for Education Accounts and Chromebooks.

You may or may not be aware that in 2014, with the support of our Board of Trustees, we introduced Google Apps for Education accounts for all our Year 3 and 4 students. Since June 2014 we have allowed students to bring a Chromebook to school. 

This programme was expanded In 2015, so now all our students in Year 3-6 have Google Apps for Education accounts and a large number of the students bring their own Chromebook to school. This has resulted in all our Middle School students having access to a device, which is used on a daily basis for learning purposes. 

Some common questions parents have are:

Why have we done this?

What is a Chromebook? What can you do on them? Why this particular device? Can my child bring a different device?

What is a Google Apps for Education account? Why and how are students using this to help them with their learning? Aren't Year 3 students too young for this?

Is it worth buying a device for my child? How much do they use it in class? What are the benefits of bringing a personally owned device to school? 

Where can I buy one? How much do they cost? Which model should I get?

On Monday 16 November, our Elearning Lead Teachers, along with some of our 2016 Middle School Teachers, will provide an information session to help parents gain a better understanding of how and why we are utilising Google Apps for Education accounts, along with devices, to assist our students with their learning.

On Friday all Year 2 students were given a notice to take home. In case this notice never reached you, this is what it said.

Notice for Parents of 2015 Year 2 students

On Monday night we are holding an information evening for parents who have children who will be in Year 3 classes at St Mary’s in 2016

When: Monday 16 November

Where: Room 14

Time: 6pm - 6.45pm

Purpose: To provide parents with a better understanding of why and how  students use Chromebooks and Google Apps accounts in our Year 3-4 classrooms.

We hope you are able to attend.