VOGELTOWN SCHOOL TE KURA O HUATOKI
WEEK 7, TERM 3, 2025.
LEARNING CONFERENCES
On Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th September, we are hosting parent and teacher learning conferences.
These meetings are a valuable opportunity to hear about your child’s learning and progress, ask questions, and share your thoughts so that we can work together as partners in your child’s education. They serve as an important bridge between the mid-year and end-of-year reports, giving you a clear picture of how your child’s learning is tracking.
Since the meetings are limited in time it's worthwhile for you and your child to do some preparation in order to make the most of this opportunity:
- Think about what you have noticed about your child's work or the way they talk about learning
- Talk to your child about how they feel about school and anything they are really enjoying, finding too easy or too difficult
- Ask your child if there's anything they want to talk about with the teacher
- Go over the last school report or recent school work and write down any questions you have about them.
- When meeting with your child's teacher, you might like to ask:
Is my child progressing as expected?
What are their strengths?
What areas need more support, and how can I help at home?
How well do they connect with others?
Are there any areas of concern I should be aware of?
We strongly encourage all parents and whānau to attend — our goal is 100% attendance for every class so that every child benefits from this shared partnership.
You can book a learning conference using the Skool Loop app - simply go into the app and click on Bookings, then follow the prompts. If you need any assistance with making a booking, please contact the school office who will be happy to help you.
Kia pai tō koutou rā - have a nice day
Using your WITS is a helpful method for teaching children how to de-escalate conflicts and handle situations in a positive way. WITS stands for:
Walk away: Encourage children to walk away from a situation where they feel unsafe or are being provoked. This helps avoid escalating the conflict.
I messages: Teach children to respectfully use “I messages” to let the person let the other person know that their behaviour or words are unkind, e.g., “I don’t like what you are saying, I need you to stop”.
Tell someone: If the situation doesn’t improve or if the conflict escalates, children should be taught to seek help from an adult, such as a teacher.
Stay calm: Remaining calm will help the situation getting worse and allow everyone to make better choices.
It’s that easy! So why not try using this at home…
The LEGO exhibition is this weekend!!
We are looking for LEGO enthusiasts to create LEGO models (originals or LEGO builds) to exhibit at the Vogeltown School Hall on Sunday 31st August 2025 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.
What you need to know:
- Create your entry (original or standard model), one entry per person. The exhibition is open to all LEGO enthusiasts including current students, former students and AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO)
- Drop your creation off to the school hall before the exhibition on Sunday from 12:30pm.
- Gold coin entry to the exhibition. We will provide stickers to families so that you can show your appreciation by adding stickers to the notes of models on display.
- Collect your creation after the exhibition from 3:00pm to 3:30pm
- There will be spot prizes for the entries.
- We will be selling tickets to our raffle (no pressure) and have a LEGO prize up for grabs by guessing the correct number of LEGO pieces in a jar - $1 per entry.
The Vogeltown School Original LEGO Exhibition is set to be a fun family day out, with a chance for the Vogeltown School community to display their favourite models and creativity.
Any proceeds from the LEGO Exhibition will go to Vogeltown School for the benefit of our tamariki.
Please direct any enquiries to vshomeandschool@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you there!
We recognise the individual efforts of children reading outside of school hours with certificates that acknowledge the number of nights that they have read. Children are awarded a certificate for every 25 nights of reading that they do. A night is a minimum of 10 minutes reading for children in the Taranaki syndicate, 15 minutes for children in the Huatoki syndicate, and 20 minutes for students in the Paetoki syndicate. With certificates being given out it is important that children are having their reading signed off by a parent at home on a daily basis
All raffle tickets are now due back! Sold or unsold, please return them to the junior or senior office. We really appreciate your support with this fundraiser.
Highlands School are still waiting on many in-zone students who have not yet enrolled. We encourage families to complete enrolments as soon as possible.
You can enrol online using the link provided, or if you prefer, visit either Highlands Intermediate or Vogeltown School to collect a hard copy enrolment form.
https://etap.co.nz/OnlineEnrolment/EnrolmentForm/enrol/2172/1/0
Thank you for the ongoing support of Vogeltown School, we really appreciate the efforts everyone makes to ensure our kura is such a great place to learn and work!
On behalf of the Vogeltown team, ka kite ano! Have a great weekend.
The VS team
