Kia ora e te whānau, this last couple of weeks has truly demonstrated the power of our special place. It has been heartwarming to see the way that our community has wrapped love and support around a family that is going through a very tough time. The connections amongst us all are part of what makes Nukumea such a great school.
Important Upcoming Dates
- Friday 30th May - Teacher Only Day
- Monday 2nd June - King's Birthday Public Holiday
- Thursday 19th June 6-8pm - Matariki Disco and Parent Event - book in your calendars, more info to come
- Friday 20th June - Matariki Public Holiday
- Friday 27th June - Mid Year Reports and Last Day of Term 2
Attendance and Winter Sickness
The Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health have worked together to help draft some guidelines so parents know when their children are able to come to school and when they need to stay home during the illnesses that winter inevitably brings. This information helps you decide when it is okay to send your child to school, when you should keep your child at home and when you should contact a health professional for advice.
When your child has symptoms but can still attend school.
These mild symptoms can be caused by a condition or reaction rather than an infectious illness. A child with these symptoms is likely to still be able to attend school:
- Mild respiratory symptoms e.g. mild cough, headache, blocked nose
- Hay fever and allergy symptoms
- Skin problems that are not infectious e.g. insect bites, eczema
When to keep your child home to get well, and for how long
You should keep your child at home from school if they are too sick to learn and need time to rest and recover. You should also keep them at home if they have:
- Fever - until their temperature is back to normal
- Vomiting or diarrhoea - 48 hours since their last bout
- Sore throat - until they no longer need pain medication for their throat
- School sores - 24 hours after starting antibiotics and with sores covered
- Nits - until treatment has started
- Scabies - 24 hours after first treatment
- Wheezing or difficulty breathing - when they can manage their inhalers
Online Safety Evening Messages
For those unable to come along to last week's Online Safety evening, you will find a summary of some of the key messages and resources here, most of which focus on staying mindful, present, and safe in the home environment. There are also resources on staying safe and supporting your child with Roblox, Minecraft, and Netsafe (where to go when something goes wrong) etc that was also shared on the night.
It's a real social coordination challenge for us all, and the more we can keep the conversations going with shared norms and expectations, the better!
The slides shared by Lisa Everett on some of the online safety resources and tools used in the classroom can be found here.
Thanks for your interest and support. If you have any questions or feedback, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Swimming
We have now finished our two weeks of swimming lessons at Northern Arena and it was awesome how well everyone did and the improvements made across the two weeks.
If you want to carry on with swimming lessons, they have noted down at reception what class your child would be ready for. Please talk to Northern Arena about booking this in if you are interested.
Mental Health Update
We are delivering Mental Health Education through the Mitey Programme in all classes. This integrated programme is designed for NZ children. It supports schools to deliver an evidence based approach to Mental Health Education. At its heart, Mitey is guided by the principles of the Mana Model. It is the foundation of our approach which recognises that children will thrive and improve their ability to gain knowledge and skills for positive mental health, if the five key forms of mana are acknowledged, affirmed and developed. For the following five newsletters we will share ideas/information about one of the five forms of mana -Mana Whānau, Mana Motuhake, Mana Tū, Mana Tangatarua, Mana ūkaipō.
Mana Tū
Children need the skills to understand and deal with difference and adversity such as courage, resilience, self discipline, humility and tenacity. Children demonstrate Mana Tū when they:
- know what they are good at.
- know what areas they need to work on.
- respect that everyone learns differently.
- are a generous, kind and humble classmate
- show gratitude when learning from others who think about the world differently to them.
- are self-disciplined and make good choices.
Kōkopu have been exploring the concept of helpful and unhelpful thoughts. What kind of unhelpful thoughts can we have and how can we change these to positively influence feelings and behaviours, making us more resilient and courageous, enabling us to reach our goals. Design a way to have a ‘thought’ check-in as a family each day, using the language used on the flow chart above. How can positively reframing the thought affect our feelings and behaviours?
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U12 Boys & Girls - Players: Born 2014 & 2015
Info on the JDP trials can be found on the link below