Your child has been given a slip from PhotoLife to order school photos online.  Make sure you order before midnight on Sunday 5th July 2020 for your photo to be sent to school for free.  After this date you will have to pay postage. 

Levi McGrath was to be performing at our Assembly last week.  Unfortunately due to the current COVID-19 situation this couldn't happen.   He has announced he will be moving his show online for a special livestream experience. It’s a chance for him to perform the songs he's been so excited to share, from his own home to yours.
Join him this Saturday April 4, 5pm AEST for a special concert live on Facebook!
So put on the kettle, fire up the laptop and settle in on the couch with the whole family. You can take part simply by tuning in on my Facebook page.

When - Saturday April 4, 2020
Starts - 5pm AEST / 7pm NZDT
Where - https://www.facebook.com/events/229103444950639/
Tickets - Free
(Donations can be made to support my ministry through my website or through PayPal at PayPal.Me/levimcgrathmusic )

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Rooms 1- 4 Seesaw Information
Outlined in the latest Principal’s Update are details relating to how distance learning will
work. Seesaw for Rooms 1-4 is mentioned.
Seesaw is an online learning interface where teachers, students and parents can
communicate and learn during this time. It would help us if you could either today or
tomorrow , use the login details sent to sign in to your child’s account and have a look
around the website. If you have an issue, get back to your classroom teacher or email
tech support techsupport@rvs.school.nz .
The Home Learning code attached allows students to sign in to Seesaw, view their
journal, add posts, complete activities they’ve been assigned, and receive class
announcements from their teachers. Students do not see the work of other students in
the class.
If students are using a tablet or phone device they need to download the “Seesaw Class
App” onto their device.
You can find further information about how to log in and use Seesaw here .
QR Codes to be used to login to your child’s class:
Scan this code with your phone or laptop after you’ve downloaded the app

Outlined in the latest Principal’s Update are details relating to how distance learning
will work. Google Classroom for Rooms Lib-A to Rm 8 is mentioned.

Today at 5pm we will post information on your child's Google Classroom page. This will
outline some activities they can choose to work on over the holidays. Please ask your son/
daughter to log in to google classroom to make sure access is available. If you have any
issues with login access please email your child's homeroom teacher.
● Depending on their age, students can be encouraged to read, or be read to. They can
also help, by reading to their younger siblings, if they’re also home.
● Keeping a journal or scrapbook during the time period is a way for them to collect and
create. These could incorporate drawings, photos, plans and stories of things they’ve
done, all of which will help their literacy skills.
● Helping out with cooking and baking makes use of their maths skills and shows them
how maths is all around them. Helping with housework also teaches your child lots of
important skills about being organised, teamwork, co-operating and contributing.
● Talk to your child about how (critical) thinking is important to make sense of everything
they do at school and at home. Find some news items or opinion pieces, and discuss
whether you each agree with what’s been said. Why? Why not?

Keep in mind these are just ideas that you may want to use with your children, and you will
know how much or how long to spend on this. Remember, official distance learning begins on
Wednesday the 15th of April.

Below are some helpful links provided by the Ministry of Education;
Ideas to support home learning in reading, writing and maths . Simply click the year group of
your child and read the ideas they have given. Some of the activities will not apply while we are in
isolation.

https://parents.education.govt.nz/primary-school/learning-and-development-at-home/ideas-to-help-with-reading-writing-and-maths/

Talking to your children about Covid19
https://www.education.govt.nz/school/health-safety-and-wellbeing/pastoral-care-and-wellbeing/talking-to-children-about-covid-19-coronavirus/

Stay safe over the holidays and God bless,

RVS Middle School​