Newsletter
13th August,
2009
Kia Ora e te whanau,
Another busy week at
Welcome to our ‘new’ children Krystal, Matrix, Sharna, Cade, Nikita, Paige, Raekwon,
Kaine, Annie, Holly, Te Amorangi,
& Maraea we know you will enjoy being part of our
school family.
Thank you to parents who have kept sick children at
home. This is very helpful to stop the spread of flu and colds. We thank you
for your ongoing support with this country wide problem.
Class
of the Week
Mrs Olivers class
Principal’s Award goes to:
Room 13 – for having such a great start to school!
Room 10 For looking after
your small learning environment so well.
For being great learners
Room 2 – for being great
learners. For having such a wonderful start
to school.
Room 5 For being great learners.
For your work with ‘From Garden to Table’.
Tino Pai
Mrs
Oliver
Lateness/Absenteeism
We are very concerned about the continual lateness of
some children, who regularly arrive into school after the 8.55a.m. bell each morning. We have children arriving consistently at 9.15
daily. This means that over the period
of one week the child has missed over an hour and a half of schooling. This
is disruptive to the classroom as well as affecting the learning of the child
who misses an important part of the school day.
We remind families to make sure they phone the school
if a child is to be absent. It is
possible to phone after 7.30a.m. each morning. A text can be sent to 0273578156. For your child’s safety we need to know where
your child is and the reason for an absence.
Parent
Conferences
It
was wonderful to see so many parents along with their children for the interviews
yesterday.
We
still have a few spaces available in some classrooms for evening conferences
next Thursday 20th August if you have not yet had a conference for
your child.
Spare
Clothing
Frequently we have muddy or wet children who may
require a change of clothing. If you are
sorting through children’s clothing and have track pants/shorts undies, or girls panties that no longer fit your child we
would be most grateful to receive them.
Also if we have sent your child home recently in ‘school clothing’
PLEASE wash it and return it to the school office. Thank you.
Headlice
Please continue to be vigilant about this problem and
treat your child/ren as necessary. Remember we have shampoo, gel and spray
available at the office at a competitive price. Also we loan electronic nit
combs - $5 deposit and you can use the comb for a week.
School
Donation
Very soon we will be sending out reminders about the
school donation ($50 for one child or $65.00 for families with more than one
child at
Te
Arawaru Parents Remember
Your children do not have a school day on 24th
August this is a Ministry Curriculum Day for the Te Arawaru
Staff. Please make alternate arrangements for your children.
Congratulations to a number of our expupils who are now at Intermediate
Normal School – Lyneil , Shilah , Lucy & Alexia were selected to deliver their
respective team mihi at the 2009 Hui a te Reo Assembly. Well
done girls.
Mathex
We wish our Year 5 and 6 teams well for the Mathex Competition tomorrow. Good luck as you represent
Keeping
Ourselves Safe
For
the last three weeks of this term, the Middle and Junior teams will be teaching
the Health unit ‘Knowing What to Do,’
and the Senior team will be teaching ‘Getting Help’ which are part of the
personal safety programme ‘Keeping
Ourselves Safe.’
‘Keeping Ourselves Safe’ has been designed to provide children with
skills to cope in situations that might involve abuse.
It
has three aims:
·
To
develop and strengthen skills children need to keep themselves safe:
·
To
support and encourage abused children to get help from caring adults;
·
To
make parents and teachers more aware of the need to keep children from being
abused by adults or older children.
‘Knowing What to Do’ and ‘Getting Help’ have been developed by the
New Zealand Police and the Ministry
of Education. They will be taught by your child’s teacher with support from the
Police Education Officers.
To
be successful, these programmes need your help and support. Some Home activities will come home for you
to work on with your child.
It
is important that you participate as much as possible, so that you can
reinforce the messages children are getting and help your child use his or her
new skills with confidence.
A
1 hour parents’ meeting will be run by our Police Education Officer in the
school staffroom, to inform you about these programmes on:
Tuesday 1 September at 2pm and then repeated at 7pm.
City
Library Form This is the Library form enclosed
with this newsletter. It is for you to
enrol your child/children at the City Library if you wish. It also sets out the
‘Conditions of Membership’.
Community
Notices:
Palmerston North City Library & Bruce McKenzie Booksellers Invite Parents & children to meet with Sir Richard Hadlee NZ cricket’s greatest-ever bowler to his new book
launch at the Library 1st floor, Tuesday 18th August at
6.00p.m. RSVP to the city library by
Friday 14th August. Phone
3514519 and leave a message.
Open
evening for year 6 children next Wednesday 19th
August at 6.30p.m. in their school hall.
Boys
Brigade Offers boys an opportunity to learn new skills, meet
new friends, earn awards and have a lot of fun.
We are a uniformed organisation meeting on Mondays from 6.00p.m. Boys aged 6 and over are invited to come and
join with us over the next few weeks (with no obligation) and find out what we
are all about. Please contact Brian Best
on 3561974 for further information.
Saturday
Music offers affordable music tuition for children 4 to 12
years of age in a range of instruments.
Classes are held weekly during the school term at
Marching
Girls wanted Girls between age 7 to 12 interested
in joining a Marching Team please contact Kris Quaife
06 3240017
Parentline Manawatu Courses for Term 3. Phone 3551655 to book or
for more information.
Effective Parenting – 6 evenings 7-9p.m. starting Wednesday
11th August.
Blended Families one
Saturday during the term.
What Pushes Your buttons
starts 11 August 9.30 – 11a.m.
Anger Change a therapeutic group programme for “Mums”
Ross
Intermediate Freyberg Street is having a Gala Day 18th
October. Stalls are available for hire
$40.00 for 3 metre square $10.00 for non profit organisations. Contact Wendy McCrae 3565458 for more
information.
Methodist
Social Services Courses for
Term
4 2009
Change Loss & Grief - Children’s and adults
programmes
Walk with /confidence – Children’s and adults
programmes
You’re Worth It. – Adults
Parenting Through Separation
To book or for more information phone The Education
Team 3501467
Te Aroha Noa New Classes
CV Writing & Sculpture
Phone 3582255 for more
information.
Are you working or studying and looking for
childcare? BREAKTHRU KIDZ has a place available now. Contact Ailene
Davies 3544110 for more details