Kia Ora e te Whanau,

The last few weeks we have had a lot of sick akonga and kaiako. While attendance at school is very important, please keep your child home if they are sick and notify the school. Much of the illness in school may have been avoided by our kaiako if sick akonga had been kept home until they were well. Whilst we will do what we can to find relievers, if we are unable to safely staff classes or the school, we will close classes. This long weekend, we hope that our kaiako and tamariki are able to rest up and put the winter illnesses behind us.

We had great fun on our PJ and Onesie mufti day. Even though it was a windy day, our tamariki enjoyed being in their snuggly clothes.

EOTC
Thank you to all our kaiako and whanau who have assisted with sports and other EOTC. Team Kereru had a great day at Stardome and all our akonga who attended have shared what a great day it was. Thank you to all our Team Kereru kaiako and whanau for your support and assistance on the day and to Miss Thorby for organising and leading. 

Well done to our senior kapa haka rangatahi and senior akonga who attend Tahuna Pa as part of our Iwi Planting initiative. 7000 plants were planted and it was a great opportunity for our akonga to mix with other schools and learn about Tahuna Pa. On Wednesday we are planting at Reretewhio Marae. Thank you Ms Clark for helping us. 

Speeches
It is that time of year when all our Franklin Schools from years 4-8 are writing and preparing for speeches. At Glenbrook School, akonga have the option of a presenting a non-competitive or competitive speeches. The winner of the Y5&6 Glenbrook Speech competition will represent Glenbrook School at Franklin Speeches on Wednesday 3rd July. The winner of the 7&8 competition will compete at the Waiuku Speech competition on Tuesday 25th July and Franklin Speech competition on Monday 1st July. Glenbrook Speech competition is on Monday 24th June and will be held in Te Rangi. All whanau are welcome to attend. Timings for each division will be sent out closer to the time. Well done to all our akonga for their efforts. Just a reminder we will be checking speech content for AI assistance and plagiarism. Those speeches with more than 10% AI or other online help will be discounted.

Calf Club
It is great to see whanau ordering chickens. These orders have now closed. Calf Club will be held on Saturday 28th September. We expect all tamariki to participate and attend. If your child is not going to be at Calf Club, please email your child’s teacher so we know, otherwise our teachers will be following up. 

Akonui Hui
Bookings for our mid year Akonui Hui are now open. You are able to book on https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the event code 3tvan Our parent – teacher- student conferences are on Monday 10th June and Tuesday 11th June. There are no classes on these days. We prefer students to attend their conference. Akonga do not have to wear school uniforms. Conferences are held in the school hall. We will have supervision available on both days for families who need it. Please email the office to secure a place for your child.

Your child’s Mid Year Achievement Report will be available prior to Akonui Hui. If you would prefer to meet online please book the appointment via the school interview site then email your child’s teacher so they can set a link for you to meet via google meets. If you are not able to attend Akonui Hui please your child’s teacher so we can make a note otherwise our teachers will be following with you. 

We look forward to seeing you all to discuss your child’s progress and learning. Thank you to those whanau are have already booked. 

Matariki Concerts

The Waiuku Matariki concert is on Friday 21st June. Our Glenbrook Kapa Haka will be performing just after 5pm. We would like akonga to get ready at Glenbrook School. Parents will need to collect their child from Glenbrook School and take them from Waiuku College after the performs. (Although you are more than welcome to stay and watch the rest of the performances). We will cook a sausage sizzle school so tamariki have had something to eat before we go start getting ready. A notice will come home next week for parents of kapa haka tamariki. If you have not received a notice by Friday 7th June, please email the office. Kapa Haka akonga names change each week as akonga leave and return. 

Our Glenbrook Matariki Concert is on Friday 5th July and will start at 4pm. (This is on the last day of term). All akonga are able to stay at school to get ready for the concert. The PTA will be selling sausages from 2.30pm. All of our school is expected to participate and perform. If you know you will not be attending, please make sure your child’s teacher has been informed asap so they are not counted in the preparation practices.

A reminder we are closed on Monday for King’s Birthday and Tuesday for Franklin Schools Teacher Only Day.

Finally thank you to all those whanau who are supporting their child with their Home Learning tasks: STEPS, Magic Words, Reading, Homeworks book tasks all make a difference. We appreciate it.

Have a lovely weekend enjoying precious whanau time, we look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday. 

Aroha mai, aroha atu,
Ms Lysandra Stuart

Principal: Glenbrook School
Lead Principal: Waiuku Kaahui Ako
President: Franklin Principals Association