Term 3 2025

Welcome Back to Term 3

A warm welcome to everyone and our new families starting at Tinwald School. This term is ten weeks long and we have no statutory holidays during the term. We will finish the term on Friday 19 September. It will be a busy term with school wide events such as parent/teacher interviews, school speeches and a dance week. Details of times, dates and what will happen will be in newsletters as well as on your child's seesaw posts.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent / Teacher interviews are scheduled for Tuesday 22 July and Monday 28 July. Interviews begin at 2pm. Please note that the school will close for instruction at 1.30pm in order for teachers to get ready for interviews. Parents and caregivers will need to make arrangements for their children on these days.

To book an interview use this link:

https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code/6vkpk

or this QR code:

The event code = 6vkpk

Change of Teaching Staff

There has been a change to the teaching team at Tinwald for the beginning of Term 3;

-Welcome back to Miss Jess Fraser who joins us and is teaching a New Entrant class in Room 5. 

-Welcome to Mrs Ketter and Mrs Matthews who are teaching in Room 1. Mrs Ketter will teach Monday to Thursday and Mrs Matthews will teach on Fridays.

Tokorozawa High School Visit

Senior students from Tokorzawa High School (Japan) will be hosted by our Year 5 and 6 on Tuesday 29 July. The high school students will visit for the morning and teach our children a range of activities.

Fresh Choice Opening

We are excited to be part of the Tinwald Fresh Choice opening, planned for Monday 11 August. Our school has been invited to bring a performance group during the morning. The owners of Fresh Choice - Paul and Gaylene have been strong supporters of Tinwald School over many years. 

Life Dance Academy (LDA) Dance Champs

Celebration Assemblies

All parents and families are welcome to our Celebration Assemblies. 2.15pm, in the Hall on these dates;

• Friday 1 August - Rooms 1 and 6 will be presenting
• Friday 22 August - Rooms 3 and 9 will be presenting
• Friday 12 September - Rooms 4 and 10 will be presenting

School Speeches this Term

All children will be presenting a speech or poem this term as part of the English curriculum at school. By the end of week 4 class speeches will have been completed, then in week 5 they are presented to each syndicate and then during week 6 the best from each syndicate will be presented at a speech night.

• Year 0-2 Children work on and present poems
• Year 3-6 Children work on and present speeches

School Dance Performances this term

This year is a performance year and our focus will be dance. During the term classes and groups will work on a range of dance performances. These lessons and activities cover important learning from the Health and PE and Arts curriculum. The school will celebrate with a number of dance evenings and matinees during the first week of September. More details will follow.

Attendance Figures

Term 2 Attendance for Term 2

• 6.32% of our children attended 0-70% of the term
• 10.41% of our children attended 70-80% of the term
• 18.22% of our children attended 80-90% of the term
• 65.05% of our children attended 90-100% of the term

As a school we are not getting close to the Ministry of Education target of 85% of all children attending 90% or more of school. We are happy to work with families around attendance and managing anxieties of being at school. We understand sickness and recovering from being sick however we still have families who made the choice to keep their child at home. It is a legal requirement for you to have your child attend a school. If you are having difficulties getting your child to school, please contact your class teacher in the first instance.

Information Evening for Migrant Parents and Caregivers