Newsletter: Thursday
4th June.
Welcome to another exciting week at
A special thank you to parents who have replied to our surveys.
We really do value your partnership. Further survey forms are available
from the office if you have missed replying to us.
New Assistant Principal We are delighted to let you know we
have appointed Mr Trevor Saunders as our new Assistant Principal. In our school
we have a Deputy principal, Cath Cameron and two
Assistant Principals , Mrs Kerry Howard and now Trevor
Saunders. Trevor is a teacher who at present is Advisor and Facilitator of
Mathematics at
Swine Flu As you may have heard on the news the Ministry
of Education is communicating with schools about their readiness to close our
school if we quickly needed to if there is an outbreak of Swine Flu. As a
school we have a comprehensive readiness plan in place for such emergencies.
This is regularly reviewed by our Health and Safety Committee and our Board of
Trustees. Included in this is also a ‘shut down’ plan in case we have to keep children
safe from an emergency ( eg like the recent one in
Napier) while they are here with us. In case of the power going out on us,
teachers’ have contact numbers and cellphones to be
able to contact you. This does however
highlight the absolute need for you to keep us up to date with any changes to
your contact details. We have
currently undertaken a big update of these details and have found many were out
of date.
Remember if your child is unwell please keep him/her
home in consideration of spreading flu to other children and staff.
National Standards The Ministry of Education has now delivered to
schools the draft National Standards documents in Literacy and Maths. We only
have the rest of this term to get our heads around them and respond to the Ministry.
We will be attending meetings and holding discussions around them. If as
parents you would like to chat to us about them please do not hesitate to
contact us.
Kids for Kids…many of our children are busy practising for
the Suzanne Prentice concert to be held in The Regent on June 11. We know they
will enjoy this special event.
Garden Helpers we would love to hear from you or a
family member who has some spare time and would be interested in helping with
jobs in our school garden or cooking some of the produce from our garden with a
small group of children. Please get in
touch with the school office with names and phone numbers if you are able to
lend a hand.
We would love your ideas: We are busy gathering ideas on all
parts of our school from our finances to our learning and from our special
programmes to our property. We are asking for your ideas too as you are the
other half of our important partnership. One way we could gather your ideas is
by holding some informal sessions between 2.00 and 3.00 in the afternoons.(
before you pick up your children) If you would be happy to join us for a cup of
coffee on a couple of occasions could you please fill in the slip below and
send it back to the office. We could easily
have a box of toys available if you are bringing a pre schooler.
I am happy
to join a group of parents to share ideas.
The best
afternoons for me are ( please circle as many as you
can)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Name;
Contact
number:
Teacher Only Day…reminder that the Friday before Labour Weekend 23rd
October will be Teacher Only Day. Please put this in your diary! The Ministry of Education have
granted schools a day to discuss the New Zealand Curriculum.
Vandalism We were visited over the weekend by a group of
young people who thought they would tag our school. We welcome your support by
letting the police know if you see anything like this happening after hours. We
were able to capture their photos on our cameras so have given these to the
police.
Head Lice Problems continue to be reported from
around the school.
Remember we
have available shampoo @ $13.00 a bottle, spray and gel $8 each. We also have robi
combs available from the school office.
A $5 deposit entitles you to the use of a comb for a week.
Remember if
your child has long hair it should be tied back to prevent infestations of
lice.
Cross Country I have been so delighted with our children and
their commitment to Cross Country. A
group went to the Interschool competition and performed very well. Also very well done to the Year 5/6 staff and children who braved
the very cold morning last week to participate at
Congratulations to
pupils & ex pupils in the news!
Dahnyelle Rogan (now at Monrad Intermediate) won a poster competition about the Anzac Spirit. Dahnyelle was a pupil in Te Arawaru for several years before going to Monrad.
Aaron Cruden has been selected for the Junior All Blacks and
as Captain is presently on tour to
Isn’t it great to hear what some of our pupils achieve!
Community Notices
YMCA
Dance Y-Dance at
5 – 7 year olds Mondays 6.15 p.m. 8 – 11 year olds Wednesdays 6.15 p.m.
12-14 year olds Thursdays 6.15p.m. Adult fun classes Thursdays 7.15p.m.
Phoenix Marching Team require girls 7 – 15 years for the teams. New and experienced marchers are welcome. Training starts 14th June. If interested contact Letitia 3575144 or Jo 3567957 for more information.
Youth
Line Winter Holiday Programme 6th – 10th July at
Feilding Craft Market Friday 12th June & Saturday 13th June 9a.m. – 4p.m. Feilding Civic Centre – entry free.
Palmerston North YMCA
Active Families Day – at
Come and see the following in action: Tiny Y’s Gym, Adventure based Learning activities, BBQ, Face Painting Games, “Y” Dance, Dough and Plaster Crafts and much more. Gold coin donation.
All Welcome.
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Helen Peacocke Speech language Therapist – If you have concerns about your child’s speech and he/she does not qualify for assistance within the school system you can contact Helen 021609737.