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.
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
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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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