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Tuesday 16 September 2014

Newsletter Week 9 Term 3 2014

Dear Parents, Caregivers and Friends

THREE-WAY CONFERENCES

Although many of you make the most of opportunities to discuss your child’s learning with the teacher, next Monday we are having our second formal Parent-Teacher-Learner meetings, at which we are expecting to see you!

You are THE most important influence on your child and his or her learning and we need to work together.

It is essential to us as a school that we meet with each of you and your children to:
- discuss the learning to date this year
- review progress with learning goals together
- have your input as a parent into the learning goals for next term
- help us to better understand your child
- help us to know ways we can work together to ensure your child is motivated and enjoying his or her learning

Please contact your child’s teacher to make a time on Monday, if you have not already done so.

If Monday doesn’t suit, please arrange a different time to meet.

There is lots of learning time still to happen in the year, and we want to make the most of it!

DEVELOPING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Next term we are introducing a new curriculum to develop social and emotional awareness and social responsibility. I am leading a meeting on Wednesday evening at 7pm to introduce this curriculum to parents in Years 4-8. However, since inviting these parents, I have decided that we will introduce this curriculum across the school and I would welcome any of you who would like to learn more about how we will be teaching your children to develop as ‘whole’ people.

Meet in the staffroom at 7pm if you can make it!

TERM FOUR

Term Four is shaping up to be an exciting term, and a great culmination to our year of discovery about God’s creativity and our creative responses to his world. Please see the dates in this newsletter, and note that more details will be on our website later this week.

Thanks

Helen Pearson

Parent-Teacher-Learner Conferences
School will finish at 1.30pm next Monday, 22nd September, to enable appointments to be made for the Three Way Conferences.
Appointment times are given on a first come first served basis between 1.30 and 6.30.  You should receive your interview time confirmation today if you have already booked.

There will be no bus in the afternoon because school finishes at 1.30.

We need your help!!!!!
Library Working Bee. This weekend – Sat 20 Sep 9-11am
Help putting shelves up, moving books back in and marking off the database.

Disaster Plasters
Thank you so much for a fantastic effort in our fundraising.
Profits for the school $1570.00
Donations received $109.00

Prizes given out at assembly:
Morning Family – 1st - 2 longboards
Waterhouse Family – 2nd $75 Warehouse voucher
Franks Family – 3rd $50 Warehouse voucher
Sports Balls to Chessum Family, Carstensen Family, Meafou family and Steen family for their efforts 
A fifth ball was donated to the school by the Parent Group as a general “well done”.

Friday Assembly
Room 1 will host assembly this week. Please come if your child is in Room 1.

Assemblies are at 9.10 every Friday unless notified. We love to have parents and friends of the school join us for assembly and stay for a chat and morning tea afterwards.

Onboard Skate
At the end of last term we had to postpone our session with Onboard Skate due to the inclement weather so we are pleased they will be with us for the last Wheels Day of the term (Friday 26 Sept) to provide skateboards and instruction.

The cost is $2 per child to defray expenses and if you paid last term this will be carried over. If you are unsure if you have already paid please check with your classroom teacher.  

Yummy Apple Stickers
Thank you for your conscientious collection of stickers. It is about to pay off.

Please send all your Yummy Stickers to school by Friday this week so we can send them off and receive our reward of sportsgear.

Don’t stop collecting though because any stickers collected after Friday will be sent in as part of next year’s collection.

Last chance to buy lunch this term
Order forms will be sent home today. Please return order forms and payment in a sealed envelope to your child's teacher before School Assembly on Friday.

Summer Uniform
Next term we change to summer uniform. Students can wear black sandals rather than shoes.  A hat is compulsory if your child is in the playground.

Our policy states : “require students to wear hats which protect the face, neck and ears, whenever they are outside and involved in school activities. Students at school without a hat must remain in an allocated shaded area or inside at break times. Hats must be broad-brimmed (min 7.5cm), or legionnaire/bucket hats (min 6cm brim, deep crown). These hats provide significant protection to the eyes”.

Sunhats will be available from the uniform shop from the beginning of term 4.

 
 Term Four Activities
Information about Term Four activities, along with further details, will be put onto the school website this week. Courtesy of the generous gift of time by Jeannette Jensen.

Open Days/Try Days
In term four we will have Open Days/Try Days every Tuesday for anybody who would like to see the school in action and prospective students. If you know anybody who is interested in the school please encourage them to come and check us out.

Graham Braddock Art Workshop and Drawing Class
On the first day of term 4 we are privileged to have Graham Braddock conducting a workshop for our students and drawing classes for adults and older students.

Please complete this online approval form or send back the hardcopy slip and the money by Monday 22nd September.

So far we have had little response to this opportunity, so if you are interested please complete the online form. If we do not receive sufficient interest this event will be cancelled.

School Photos
Our school photos will be taken by Photolife on the first Tuesday of Term 4.  Photos are prepaid. Notices and envelopes have been sent home.

Art Intensive
The intention is to provide significant opportunity for children to enjoy art experiences, develop skills and create a number of artworks during the first two weeks of term.  Parents who are interested in helping with this purely as a support to the teachers, please complete the online form.

Zoo Trip
Our cancelled zoo trip has been scheduled for Tuesday 25th November. Something for the children to look forward to.

Camp 2015
Earlier this year we had a highly successful camp in which all children and most parents participated. A pre-camp meeting is arranged for (Tuesday 14th October, 7pm) in Room 3 to inform you of the exciting options. Please make it a priority. You would be disappointed to miss out next year!

Board Meetings
These are the dates for the Board Meetings for the rest of the year.
You are always welcome to attend they are held at 7.00 in the staffroom.
23 rd September, 28 October, 9 December

Parent Group Meetings
Our Parents Group meet on the first Wednesday of the month, except for the holidays, at 3.00 in the staffroom.  We would love to have your input.
Meeting Dates: Oct 15, Nov 5, Dec 3

Special Assemblies
October 24th and 31st Rooms 3 & 4 Honouring Assembly
November 7th and 14th Room 2 Honouring Assembly
November 21st and 28th  Room 1 Honouring Assembly
December 5th Volunteers Honouring Assmebly
December 12th Prizegiving

Upcoming Events:             
18 Sept                                   Ripper Rugby
20 Sept                                   Library Working Bee
22 Sept                                   3 way conferences
23 Sept                                   Interschool Speeches
                                              Board of Trustees Meeting
26 Sept                                   Onboard Skate
   End of Term Three
13 Oct                                     Beginning of Term Four
   Graham Braddock Workshop and Drawing Class
14 Oct                                     Pre –Camp Meeting
   Photolife – School Photos
15 Oct                                     Parent Group Meeting                          
24 Oct                                     Rooms 3 & 4 Honouring Assembly
28 Oct                                     Board of Trustees Meeting
29 Oct                                     Interschool Crosscountry
31 Oct                                     Rooms 3 & 4 Honouring Assembly
                                              Picnic, Talent Show and Fireworks night
4 Nov                                      MCS  Athletics Day
5 Nov                                      Parent Group Meeting
7 Nov                                       Room 2 Honouring Assembly
14 Nov                                     Room 2 Honouring Assembly
16 Nov                                     Anniversary Church Service
21 Nov                                     Room 1 Honouring Assembly
25 Nov                                     Zoo Trip
28 Nov                                     Room 1 Honouring Assembly
3 Dec                                       Parent Group Meeting
5 Dec                                       Volunteers Honouring Assembly
9 Dec                                       Board of Trustees Meeting
12 Dec                                      Prizegiving Assembly
16 Dec                                      Last Day of School for Year

 


Community Notices
Prince & Princess Ball at The Beehive Childcare Centre
Fundraiser for playground upgrade
Where: The Beehive Childcare Centre
When: Friday 19th Sept, 5.30pm-7.30pm
Cost: Tickets $10 per family pre-sale / $12 door sale
Contact: Ph 425-4305 for more details.
Come and join us for a fun family night out !!!!!!!

Holiday Programme “Mission Rescue”
Theme     Spies
Who        Years 1-6
Where     Mahurangi Presbyterian
When       Monday  Sept 29-Friday Oct 3, from  9.15-12.30
Pre-enrolments are  preferable. Suggested donation is $2 per day per child. Forms and  more  information  available from Ann Cates  at ann.cates@roke.co.nz or phone  425 0966.


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