News letter No2 28th February 2008
This news letter contains:
We have been pleased to welcome
Te Hinemoa, Ihaia, Tempestt, Molly, Lisale, Kaiya and Hannah.
FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND SOME REMINDERS
Parent Conferences:
It
has been good to see many families sharing with their child’s teacher their
hopes and setting some goals for learning this year. More of you will be at school this evening.
Learning is very much a partnership between the family, the school
and the community. It is our aim to with you, see the best progress
possible for your child.
If
per chance you have missed out on having a meeting arranged, please contact
your child’s teacher and a time to suit the family and the school will be
found.
School sports teams:
We
are ever grateful to parents who support us with managing, coaching or supporting
the children and their teams. The children
will bring home a Central Normal Sports Code; this is a reminder for them
about sportsmanship and with that a note to parents to positively encourage the children in the
development of their skills and sportsmanship in the various codes. Note:
Our basket ball and touch teams are off to a great start to the season. Thank you to coaches and families supporting.
Our current area of study across the school
has the title Tangata Tiriti
(A Treaty for the People)
Under the Social
Studies umbrella of Social Organisation, and Culture and Heritage the children
will learn about the Treaty of Waitangi, about time, continuity and change
and about rights and responsibilities. The
major Key Competency focus will be on Thinking. The children will further develop their
thinking skills and these will be observed in the quality of their questioning,
the ability to organise their thinking and make useful generalisations. As this work progresses we hope that you will
take time to discuss their investigations, research and developing knowledge.
We expect that inquiry skills will be further developed with aspects
of this unit of work. There will be ways the family can become part
of this.
The Virtues Project at our school:
The virtue of Respect
remains our focus for the next few weeks. A key focus is to remember and carry out the
rules of our family and our school, so that life is more orderly and peaceful
for all.
An example: we would know that a child was showing respect at school if he/she took turns
to get to their school bag, waited at a doorway for an adult, said
please and thank you, or by used a quiet voice as appropriate.
School stationery:
There are some
families still to pay for their children’s stationery. Please
call in and get this sorted urgently. Your children need their books to
progress their work! If you purchased your child’s books elsewhere
please come in and pay the compulsory costs.
These items
have been issued to your child.
Senior Camps Year 5-6 to Camp David in the
Rooms 2,10,13 April 1st
– 4th : and Rooms 1,2,11,14
April 8th – 11th
Camp fees are due
to paid in full by March 10th . Please attend to this so that the final arrangements
for the camp programme can be finalized. The camp
money must be paid, or arrangements made with the school office for support,
for all children attending.
The Charter questionnaire
If you still have
the brief questionnaire at home relating to the school charter we would love
you to comment on it and drop the slip in to the school office. Your thoughts are important to us.
Education Review Office, (ERO) Triennial review
The week commencing
March 10th . If you would like to speak with a member of
the team with feedback on any aspect of the school and its programmes, please
let the office know and a time to suit will be arranged.
Coming Events:
HPP Tutors Required
Mums, dads, grandparents, friends, neighbours! Do you enjoy reading to children? Can you volunteer some of your valuable time
to work with a
child on a picture book reading programme
designed to develop confidence and skill in speaking and sharing ideas with
others.
Full training will be given and you will work with a
child for approximately 1-1 ½ hours a day 3 days per week. (1/2 hour per child)
If you are interested in helping some of our children,
please phone school on 359 3337. More information available from Karen Forsyth HPP liaison teacher.
Yummy Stickers
They are out there in the Supermarket on the various
varieties of apples. PLEASE keep on
collecting them. Each sticker is worth one
point and the label on the 2kg bags
10 points. These add up to valuable sports equipment
we can get for the playground. Now
for a short time you can also collect Flatto stickers found on sweet
tasting flat peaches. A
great way to keep up your healthy eating and help the school.
Head Lice
We are very concerned about the spread of this troublesome
pest. PLEASE check your child/ren daily and brush
heads thoroughly when children come home after school to try to spot infestations.
If your child is infected PLEASE treat immediately.
We have organic treatment and gel (preventative) available at the office
$22 per pack.
Some Wonderful Writing
from the children
Planting Pingao from Room 7
When we were doing pingao planting
the tarpaulin was moving in the wind like the sea. It was a messy job for me. My whole class was there, it felt like fun.
I loved it. We all had to mix the ingredients which were
sand and potting mix to put the pingao in. Pingao is a grass
and if it grows we will plant it at the beach.
By Salome Year 2
My Special Treasure
My special treasure is my blanket. I chose this because it is cuddly and cute.
I love it because Auntie Irene and Nana made it.
Sometimes Jessie has it at night time but I don’t care.
Sometimes my mum takes it off me when I am asleep.
Sometimes I take it in the car while mum drives the car. I took it to hospital to get my tonsils and
my add nose out but my dad has something else that was special to me, a little
baby Shrek. I had my blanket for 7 years and it
still smells nice. I love my blanket
so much.
by Serena Matson Year 3.
Respect from Room
5
Respect is saying nice things and not saying rude things.
Respect us caring for the rights of others.
Respect is honouring yourself and others.
Respect is treating people as you would like to be treated.
Respect is saying please, thank you, excuse me, sorry, pardon me –
manners. Respect is laughing with others not at them.
Respect is listening to others when they are talking.
Respect is smiling at other people because your smile will come back
to you. By Grace Hunt Year 4.
Dental Clinic Closed
please note!
The Dental Clinic will be closed from Monday 3rd
March until the end of Term 1. It will
reopen on Monday 5th May. For
Dental emergencies phone Teeth R Us at
Community Notices
Freyberg Old Boys
Registrations will be held at Colquhoun Park Fairs Road
on 29th March and 2nd April from 3.00 – 6.00 p.m. or
fill in form from www.freybergrugby.co.nz
& post to Box 706 Palmerston North.
Marist Junior Soccer
Registrations at the Marist Clubrooms 17 Pascal Street on Thursday 28 February from 5.30 to 7.30 p.m.
Subs payable on the night. $40 per player or $70 per family. New players welcome phone 3576282 for further
information.
Marist Junior
Registration for 2008 at Marist Club Rooms Pascal Street
Saturday 15th March 1 – 3p.m., Sunday 16th March 1 – 3p.m., Wednesday 19th March
5 – 7 p.m. $30 per
child or $50 per family. Subs payable on the day. Phone Karlyn
35743773 for more information.
Off Limits Vision
Community Trust
Friday nights 7.30 to 9.00 p.m. at
Gifted Education Centre
offers a free information evening on 12 March from 7.30
to 8.30 p.m. at
Manawatu Gymnastics Inc. is holding an open
day for boys competitive gymnastics. If you are aged 6 – 9 years, come along to the
gym at
Free information evening about the treatment
of learning difficulties
- Whether your child has been diagnosed with a learning, attention and behaviour
difficulty or not, the Dore Program treats the cause of the problem. Attend
a free public talk at the The Chancellor Motor
Lodge (Conference Room), 131 Fitzherbert Ave, Palmerston North on Wed 12th March from 7.30 –
9pm. To reserve your seat call 0508 367 369. www.dore.co.nz
Indiana Bones &
the Raider’s of the Empty Tomb free Easter Holiday Childrens’
Programme for ages 5 – 13 years 21 – 24th March 10.00 –
12 noon. Friday, Saturday Sunday, Monday
at Central Normal School Hall. For more details phone 3544110.
Sponsored by
Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten
Harvest Fair
Saturday 8th arch 10a.m. – 2 p.m. at
Are you working on
Tuesday 25th March?
Lollipop’s Playland and Café
has an exciting one-day holiday programme. An excursion to Owlcatraz from 8.30 to 6.00 p.m. Cost $40 per child (WINZ subsidies available)
Contact 3566200 to book (limited numbers).
Womens Aerobic Classes Wednesday & Friday
mornings 9.30 – 10.30 a.m. at
ACROSS is a child
and family support service providing foster care for children needing time
out of the care of their families. If
you are interested in becoming a caregiver or feel you may benefit from this
support yourself, please phone Shu-Fei Lin on 356
7486 for more information.
Girls Brigade is a Christian
based, uniformed organisation for girls aged 5 – 16 years of age which offers
a great badge work programme, new friendships, in a friendly environment.
Come, join in the fun and see if it’s for you.
Phone Suzanne Best 3561974 for details.
A Maori Proverb. Na te
moa i takahi te rata
The rata that has
been trampled on by a moa
when young will never grow straight.
(early influences on children cannot be altered)
A further thought
to start the year:
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence then is not an act but a habit.
(may we all develop
such a habit this year!)