COMING EVENTS

4-5 August High School Dental Van

Thursday 4 August High School Student/Parent/Teacher Conf.

Thursday 6 August Teacher only day (no school or kindy)

Friday 7 August C2 Lunch Bar

Saturday 8 August High School Ball

Tuesday 11 August 6 Year Old Talk

Wednesday 12 August High School Info Evening

Thursday 13 August Open Day

Friday 14 August Lantern Festival

18 & 19 August C12 Independent Projects

19-20 August C5-8 Sports Tournament

Thursday 20 August Rose Cottage Parent Evening

FRIDAY FLYER 31 July 2020

Newsletter 17

Welcome to pyjama day. A huge thank you to Cathy who, with

the charity team, have been the driving force behind the day.

All proceeds will go to the refugee centre.

Next week the second round of High School parent conferences

will be held after-school on Thursday 4th August. As the

conferences occur in the afternoon, there will be no impact on

the regular school day for any students.

On Thursday 6th August, there will be no school for students

due to a teacher only day. During this day staff will focus on

Waldorf pedagogy and our special character. Kindergarten will

be working with families of students as they begin to prepare

for their transition to school. In the lower school the emphasis

will be the Class 1-7 skills and progression in mathematics

through a Waldorf lens and in the High School teachers will be

working with the purposeful and considered use of technology

in the context of readings and discussions around the key

underlying principles of the developing child.

The following week we will host an Open Day on Thursday 13th

August with tours starting at 9:00am and 3:30pm. If you have

friends, family or colleagues with children who may be

interested in joining us, I would be grateful if you could share

the date.

Lastly on Friday 14th August we invite you to join us for the first

light lantern festival starting at 6:30pm.

Terry Storer

Principal

Kia ora tatou

Welcome I am looking out of the office

window watching a unicorn and

cheetah (both in gumboots) turning a

skipping rope for a class 12 student, all

of whom are laughing together.

FAIR T-SHIRTS

Are you in need of a Michael

Park Fair T-shirt? Perhaps you

missed out last time, or your

child has already outgrown

theirs, or maybe you fancy one in

a different colour?

Well… great news! Fair T-shirts

are available to order again.

Please use the order form

attached to this Friday Flyer.

ROBOTICS TEAMS

The Michael Park Robotics group has a junior team for Class 6-7

and senior teams for Class 8 and up, competing in the Auckland

Region VEX Robotics competitions this year.

We meet every Wednesday 3.45 to 5pm in Class 7 and would

welcome any students interested in joining.

Parents would be welcome to come along to see what we are

doing and decide if it would be suitable for their child.

Craig Yearbury

LANTERN FESTIVAL DINNER

Class 8 families invite you to enjoy a fabulous warming dinner

before the Lantern Festival on Friday 14th August, serving from

4.30pm.

Bring your family early and bring along some cash to purchase a

selection of yummy, warming food including curry, sausages on

the BBQ, soups, dahl, apple crumble with custard and delicious

home baking treats.

Further details in next week’s flyer.

from 24 July - 31 August

NZ Merino socks, tights and other apparel for babies, kids and grownups

Please order online at:

www.cosytoes.co.nz

Be sure to write ‘Michael Park School’ in the message box at checkout.

20% of your purchase will be donated to Class One.

Parents Course

“OUR TWELVE SENSES”

We have had numerous requests to re-run this instructive

course, based on the insights of Rudolf Steiner,for all who have

a loving concern for the healthy development of the child -- of any age.

We are a community of professionals (teachers, occupational therapists, nurses, a playwright/actor and a psychiatrist) who all

work out of Rudolf Steiner's insights on human development.

Parents of pre-school children will especially benefit from the

professional, practical, guidance offered. We encourage you

to join these Zoom sessions, weekly from 7th September through to 23rd November. The cost is minimal so that

everyone may benefit.

Look at our website:

parentscourse.co.nz

for registration

and more details.

Warwick Sandler

(For the Presenters' Community)