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As we get to the end of Week 3, I am pleased to report how focused the students are in their new learning environments. They make good use of all the different zones in the learning centre. Some are fully focused in the individual booths during their lessons or when they wish not to be disturbed, while others are working with teachers or peers in the collaborative zones. This is evident in both the junior and the senior learning centres. All students are encouraged to use the language of learning, focus on their student personas and develop their understanding of the Assignment and how the lesson, the study, the tutorial, the backpack and our school values fit inside the Assignment.
All the students should have completed their goals by now, please discuss this with your child. The senior students have a new platform from which we can track their results and house points, this will be shared with you at a later date.
On Monday, the Global Campus Modernisation team will visit the Blenheim Campus. We are looking forward to hosting them in our new learning environment. Just a reminder that on Tuesday morning there is an NCEA assembly for the Year 11 to 13 students.
Mrs Trish Gilbert, the primary lead teacher for our campus, will be visiting us on Wednesday and Thursday.
Today Jett Clifford is attending the face-to-face meetings with his subject teachers in Auckland, accompanied by Mrs. Webb and Tayla Clifford. I would like to thank Tayla for accompanying Jett on this visit. I am sure Jett will find the visit very productive. The Year 13 students will fly to Auckland on the 23rd of February for their VC visit to meet all their subject teachers face to face.
When you are reading the newsletter, please take note of all the important dates. There are also links in the newsletter that can be used by parents, staff and students if and when the need arises.
I would like to wish you all the best for the coming fortnight, and I hope you will enjoy the weekend.
All Year 11 students have travelled to Auckland today to meet with their teachers.
The Year 13’s will travel to Auckland on Friday, 23 February
The Year 12’s will travel to Auckland on Friday, 8 March
Please see details and expectations below.
Uniform
- Students are to attend in formal school uniform
- The no-hat, no-play rules will be enforced; please remind students to bring sun hats
- Smartwatches are not permitted, per normal school rules
Mobile phones
- Students travelling by air ONLY are permitted to bring mobile phones
- These must be handed in at registration at the beginning of the day, and may be collected again on departure
- It is the students’ responsibility to collect their phones on departure
- Phones will not be accessible during the day
Laptop devices
- Students must not bring their laptops. All course material will be supplied in printed form.
Travel (AIR)
- Itineraries will be emailed to all air travellers prior to their departure day
- Travellers are responsible to get themselves to and from their origin airport at the beginning and end of day
Travel (ROAD)
- Excursion transport protocols must be followed for all road transport, and the responsibility for this lies with the CP
- Students and staff are to make their own trip arrangements to Auckland Campus
Media
- In the unlikely event that you are approached by media for comment, please do not comment, but politely direct them to one of the Events team, who will handle the query.
Trish Gilbert our Primary Lead Teacher will be visiting our Blenheim Campus on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 February. She is happy to meet with anyone who has any questions or concerns regarding the Primary School.
OneSchool Global has let campuses know that we are now following the Government recommendations around Covid. As state, if there is Covid in the household but you do not have Covid yourself, you can continue attending work or school. If you do have Covid, it is recommended that you stay home for 5 days.
At Blenheim Campus we will follow these guidelines, however if there is Covid in the household can students please test each day for those 5 days before coming to school.
If we find there is an increase in Covid numbers within the community we will revise this.
Thank you for your support in keeping our Covid numbers down.
The juniors have been busy harvesting the produce that they planted at the end of last year. So far, they have harvested tomatoes, beans, peas, courgettes, carrots, broccoli, radishes, beetroot, strawberries and a variety of herbs. There is still plenty more to come, including corn. All the produce has been donated to the free food stand for those in need.
We also ran a spud in a bucket competition over the summer holidays. Ingo harvested the most, with 21 potatoes and Olive, Zac and Beau all grew the biggest potato, each weighing in at 60g.
The Year 7 students have been learning about yeast and how it makes bread rise. They also learned how to make butter by mixing cream to separate the butter milk from the fat. We learned that yeast creates a gas as it grows and multiplies, this helps the bread to rise. We also learned that if we left the dough for longer, it would be larger and fluffier.
Next time we will put in more salt to give the bread more flavour. You have to knead the dough for a long time and it's hard work! It takes a long time to whip cream by hand until it splits. We had fun and were very happy with our bread, the butter was delicious too.
