School News

Exciting News Tell Everybody (Scholarships)

Two full scholarships have become available for new enrolments in the school in Term 1 of 2014. Attendance dues, uniform and stationery expenses will be covered by the school, but other trips and camp fees will be charged as usual.

Expressions of interest to Helen Pearson as soon as possible ph 09 425 6878. 

 “Survivor” Camp” Reminder
Dates: Next week 25th – 27th February
Venue: Marsden Bay Christian Camp
Costs: Child 1 night ($70) 2 nights ($110)
           Adult 1 night ($40) 2 nights ($80)
           Family Room (sleeps 4) ($62)
           Food if in family room ($20 per day)
           Children in family room activity fee ($10 per day)

Parent handbook online
The draft parent handbook is now on our website. It answers questions about uniform, transporting, our school rules and consequences, home-school communication and relationships, and information about digital devices within our school. Please let us know other questions you might have that we need to answer in the handbook and then we will finalise it for this year.

Electric Jug
Do you have a spare electric jug that is looking for a new home?
We would be pleased to relocate it in the staffroom. Sometimes we need a little hotwater and it’s not a good idea to rob the teachers of their hotwater at morning tea and lunchtime.

Bank Account details

Any payments made to the school, eg stationery, uniform, camp should be made to: a/c no 123105 0014453 00
Attendance Dues are payable to the Mahurangi Baptist Charitable Trust a/c no.123105 0022322 00

Term Dates for 2014
Term One Mon 3 February – Thursday 17 April
Term Two Mon 5 May – Friday 4 July
Term Three Mon 21 July – Friday 26 September
Term Four Mon 13 October – Tuesday 16^th December
(The end of year date is provisional. If a teacher only day is added in the end of year day will be later).

Documentation

New students to the school have received a pack of documentation which includes cybersafety agreements, consent forms etc. Please return these signed to the school as soon as possible. It will make June’s life in the office so much more pleasant and the last thing we need is a grumpy June.

Wheels Day on Friday

Feel free to bring scooters, skates, bikes and skateboards. However, please also send helmets and understand that no helmet means no riding.

Creative Play Space: Do You Have….?

We would like to allow the children to develop more creative play at morning play and lunchtime. If you have any of the following that you are happy to donate to the school, we would be keen to see what the children do with them!

Lots of Bamboo, Boards, Blocks, Wooden boxes, Old sheets or tablecloths, baling twine, Paving Stones, Hammocks, Picnic Blankets, Tents or Pergolas, Clean Logs

Yummy Stickers

Please continue to collect the stickers or barcodes for all yummy apples. Last year we received $237 worth of sportsgear as a reward for the stickers we collected.

If you need collection sheets please ask June in the office.

Upcoming Events:

25 – 27 February            Camp

11 March                       Board of Trustees meeting

14 March                       Leadership Assembly