Newsletter 27.08.09
Dear Parents,
Welcome to Litahliana, Kali,
Nia, Skyla, Anne-Marie and
John, we know you will all enjoy being part of the
Thank you so much to everyone who came to the recent
parent conferences. We really enjoyed this quality time together. If for some
reason you were unable to attend please make contact with your child’s teacher
and make another suitable time for a conference. It is important for you and your child to be
able to keep up with progress and ways that parents are able to support
children’s learning at home.
To Te Arawaru parents thank you for keeping your children at home on
Monday – this proved to be a most valuable day for the Te Arawaru
staff. They had a day of quality time to work on the new Te Marautanga
o Aotearoa.
Class of the Week
Room 18 For wonderful harakeke
and carving work and for trying hard with your learning.
Room 1 For always sharing your work with me when I
visit your lovely classroom. For being
great learners.
Health
Issues for your attention:
Measles
outbreaks – This message is from the Ministry of Health
Measles is a highly infectious notifiable
disease which can have serious complications.
It is important to stop the spread of measles. If your child is not immunised and you suspect
your child has measles it is important to keep your child at home, and inform
the school immediately. Doctors can
immunise your child to increase coverage and prevent a serious out break. What you can do to help the school?
Inform us of measles – this is a notifiable
disease. We need to let the Ministry of Health know too.
Scabies
Scabies is a raised, itchy rash caused by a small
burrowing insect. The rash is found
mainly on the upper body, hands and legs. If you suspect your child has scabies
please see your family doctor or chemist for treatment and follow the
instructions carefully.
Headlice
Please keep checking your child/ren
for headlice.
Remember we do have nit combs at the office which you may borrow for a
$5 deposit.
Public
Health Nurse and Doctor Visit
The next visit by Dr Shirene
and Nurse Jackson will be at 9.30 a.m. on Thursday
3rd September
If you would like an appointment for a free
consultation for your child please contact the school office to make a time.
Lamington
& Croissant Orders (P.T.A.)
Tomorrow
is the last day for orders. Please
support us with this fundraiser and get your order into the office tomorrow
(Friday27th). Orders will be available
for collection on Friday 11th September.
P.T.A.
The next monthly meeting will be held in the school
staffroom on Tuesday 1st
September at 6.30p.m.Please note the earlier time.
Keeping
Ourselves Safe
A 1 hour meeting for parents with the Police Education
Officer will be held at 2.00p.m. on 1st
September and repeated following the
P.T.A. meeting as above. We will be teaching this programme throughout the
school soon. It is a
wonderful program that teaches children skills for ‘Knowing what to do’ and
‘Getting Help’.
Religious
Education & Health
Accompanying this newsletter is the bright
green consultation sheet. We would love
to have all parents spend a few minutes and participate in this important
consultation. There will be a lucky draw
made from the small white return slips – fill one in when you return your green
sheet. Thank you for your support.
American
Hotdogs and Mince Pies
A reminder that we are
still running this lunch time treat on Wednesdays. Please get your order into the
school office by Tuesday afternoon.
Hotdogs & pies $2.00 each, fruit drinks $2.00 order slips are
available at the office. We would love
another parent to offer to help with preparation on Wednesdays
Thank you to the parent who assists with serving. We appreciate your efforts.
Children’s
writing
We have some wonderful writers at our school. Here is one – “Molly’s Trout”
by
Last January my family and I went to
By Brittany and Stella for
Room 10.
Actions
Speak Louder Than Words
When I walked into the doors of the hall, I saw all
the drums. We found out that drumming is good fun but can hurt your hand after
a while because we were drumming for 1 whole hour!
Rhythm Interactive did a show with us on
Tuesday. It wasn’t like any other show
we had even seen. When we were drumming,
everyone got involved in the drumming and followed the man even if it was fast or
if it was really slow. He didn’t talk at all, just used his hands and face and
whole body language to show us what to do.
He was really good!
There seemed to be thousands of different rhythms,
loud, soft, fast and slow. We made it
sound good with different sounds on the same drum. To make a loud sound, we
hit in the middle
and to make it soft, we hit it on the sides.
A big thank you to the
P.T.A. for funding this excellent experience for our senior children.
Board
of Trustees Election
Nominations are invited for the election of 3 parent
representatives to the Board of Trustees.
A nomination form and a copy of this notice will be
posted to all eligible voters.
Additional nomination forms can be obtained from the
school office.
Nominations close at noon on 14 September, 2009 and may be accompanied by a candidate’s
statement.
The voting roll is open for inspection at the school
and can be viewed during normal school hours.
There will also be a list of candidates’ names, as
they come to hand, for inspection at the school.
The poll closes at noon on 28 September, 2009.
Lois McAslan
Returning Officer
Community
Notices
Te
Manawa and Sport Manawatu activities for Fathers Day
At Te Manawa between 12
and 2.00p.m. the
following activities will be lots of fun:
Squash Gyms portable
Just
Music & Fun for Under
fives sponsored by SPROUTS in Home Childcare.
Every Monday at 10.00a.m. at
the Theosophical
Enrolments for 2010. Parents of out of zone children
are invited to enrol their child and go into the ballot. We take a large number of balloted children.
In zone children – please forward your enrolment forms
urgently!
Information Evening for
parents Wednesday 23 September at 7.00 p.m. in the school hall.