NEWSLETTER
27 May, 2010
A big thank you to parents for their support
with this fun day.
Dear Parents & Caregivers,
We have had some very wet days this week. The weather has disrupted our plans for the
middle and junior X Country. As always there has been lots of learning happening. Our children very much enjoyed the visit this
morning from Ronald McDonald. They have all been given a pedometer to measure
their steps for fitness. They have also
been given a website and password to log into if they want to record their
fitness at home.
Colds
& Flu
If your child is unwell please keep him/her at home
and let the school office know. Please
phone or text us before 9 a.m. if possible. We do not want the ‘bugs’ spread to
our staff and other children.
P.T.A.
The P.T.A.
recently held their Annual meeting. The
next meeting will be held on Tuesday 1st
June at 7.00p.m. in the staffroom. Do come and support this small committee with
your ideas for fundraising for the school.
It is important that we have more parent support for this fun committee.
Meetings are generally over in an hour once a month.
Children’s Health We are aware that some children are suffering with
School Sores (Impetigo). They may start as a cut, scratch or insect bite
infected by scratching, or may start as small red spots which quickly become
blisters. Sores become puss filled and
crusted. They are most often on hands,
face and scalp. Parents need to take their child to a doctor to obtain
antibiotics to treat this. Left untreated this infection can cause serious
illness.
Headlice
This is another
reminder to keep checking and treating your child/ren for this problem. Remember that if your child has long hair it
should be tied back while at school to help prevent the spread of headlice. We do sell shampoo, jel and spray at cost
price available from the school office.
Please support us with this problem.
X Country at School
Recently our year
5 and 6 children participated in the school x country. Sadly the weather was not good this week so
the children who were selected for the Inter Schools X Country
did not get the
opportunity to represent our school. We
still would like to congratulate the following children on an excellent
performance in the school races:
Year 5 Girls Year
5 Boys
Madisyn Javahn
Bayley Trevor-Shane
Whetumarama Josh
Grace Cody
Serena Tenkyn
Year 6 Girls Year 6 Boys
Maia
Mason
Qi John
Teia Jarrod
Jessica Manasseh
A Big Thank You to AEC
We appreciate the
time and generosity of Ashhurst
Engineering
for their help with fixing our indoor netball
poles so that the children are able to use
them.
They have also
made and supplied the poles
for some new security lights which will be
installed
on our buildings to make it safer for people
using
our school after dark.
Some Writing from Camp by
On Wednesday the
19th May Rooms 1, 10 and 11 went to camp at El Rancho in
Waikanae. We got to do a lot of fun
activities like rifles, rock wall climbing, dinghies, go karts and a super fun
water slide plus a flying fox. The
flying Fox went over the pond zooming at a million miles per hour and the
dinghies were under you. With rifles you
got to load the air rifle with a small pallet and turned the safety off and
shoot the rifle at the end. If you hit
the target you got to take the target home.
We all had a great time on camp and even though at times the weather was
pretty cold. The food was actually yummy
which sort of surprised me. My favourite
part of camp would be the water slide because I went down really, really
fast. The beds at camp were really
uncomfortable and sleeping with loads of people in the cabin meant I hardly got
any sleep. We all had a really great
time and even though we were all exhausted I would definitely do it again. The parents and teachers who came on camp
were awesome.
Parking on Yellow Lines and Double Parking
We would really
like parent support about sensible and legal parking outside the various school
gates when dropping off and picking up children. If you cannot find a legal park PLEASE seek
one a little further away and walk to the gate.
This may take a few minutes but for the safety of our children we need
to improve the behaviour of our parents & caregivers rather than report a
tragedy outside our school gate!
Ordering Lunches on Thursdays
Each Thursday thanks
to the help of a very willing parent children may order lunch.
All orders must be
into the office by 3.30p.m. on
Wednesdays
Please note For June Hot Dog or Pie Lunches will be held on 3rd,
10th and 17th.
BBQ Sausage or Cheese Burger Lunch will next be held
on Thursday 24th June
Red Socks Day:
Friday 2nd July 2010
‘Wear the socks of a Leader’
We would like to
invite you in joining us celebrate Red
Socks Day on Friday 2nd
July. This day provides a fun,
visual opportunity for students to learn about leadership and the difference a
great leader makes. Sir Peter Blake
continues to inspire and motivate students to step up in a way that will
reflect the vision and values of our school and community.
To get in behind
and be involved in this day, we would love you
to purchase a pair of red socks (good quality) or a lapel pin from our
school office for a donation of $2.00 for any member of your family. If you wish to view the socks or lapel pin
first, please come in to see them at the school office.
We would love to
see our community get in behind this special day!! All proceeds go to ‘The Sir
Peter Blake Trust’ – Leadership in action.
This is part of Leadership Week (25th June – 2nd
July).
Young Leaders Day
On Tuesday 25th
May, a group of twelve CNS Young Leaders attended the 10th National
Young Leaders Day at the Regent Theatre here in Palmerston North along with one
thousand, five hundred others.
The Young Leaders
heard five amazing speakers talking about ‘What makes a great leader’. Some of the speakers talked about personal
experiences that had been life changing for them or about role models of true
leadership they had in their lives.
Our Young Leaders
came away with lots to think about and many powerful quotes to remember.
The behaviour of
our young leaders was outstanding and affirmed our student’s choice in
selecting these wonderful ambassadors for our school.
Community Notices:
Bird Show: Saturday 5th
& Sunday 6th June at Palmerston North Leisure Centre
Tai Chi class for beginners Tuesdays 10.30 a.m. at the Kung Fe School
216 Ferguson Street. Register by
contacting 021 2332047 or online nampaichuan@xtra.co.nz
Manawatu Showgrounds Skating Club offers inline speed skating lessons every Wednesday
in term time from 5.30 – 6.30p.m. at Bell Hall in
Pacific Educators Study Support Programme – After school programme/Homework Centre
starting 14th June at
This luminous
dragon which will be performing at World on Stage Concert at Regent on Broadway
Sat 29 May 7pm