Dear Parents I hope you all had a good break over the holidays.

Room 5 Our newest class has started well with Mrs Pandaram. This 5 year old class is our sec-ond and it is already full. We will be opening another 5 yr old class in term 4.

Room 6 Welcome to Miss Choi, our new teacher in Rm 6. Mrs Ragg is kindly teaching Rm 9 for the remainder of the year as Mr Har-vey is leaving to work in a school in London. We wish God’s blessing on Mr & Mrs Harvey. Mr Harvey has been a big help in our sports area. Rm 9 will miss him as their teacher. Double Dinners We have started a new initiative and would appreciate donations of meals for our freezer to donate to families as and where we hear of needs in our community. Vineyard Church can collection Thanks everyone for your awesome effort to help others on the Shore. Movie Night Thank you Friends for helping us all to have a great night at Movie Night. Great to see the community out together enjoy-ing themselves. Planting Well done Rms 11, 12, 13, 16 & 17 for their planting effort late last term in our Unsworth area. The wet, muddy experience was a great outreach example for our pupils. Board Meeting The next Board Meeting is tonight at 7.30pm in our staffroom. ICAS English Well done to those students who sat this test today.

Intermediate Boostrix The Yr 7’s will have their booster immunisation to-morrow (1st August).

Intermediate Market Day Thank you for supporting the successful market day. Well done Rms 11 & 12, Mr Alexander and Mrs Goodwin.

Ripper Rugby The teams are looking forward to their tour-nament on Thursday 2nd August. Friends Friends of Westminster is having their next meeting on the 30th August at 2pm in the staff room. Everyone is welcome to come along as we will be planning the next two terms of events. Please support the tea towel fundraiser by returning the order form by THIS FRIDAY 6TH AUGUST. Parent Interviews These teacher/parent meetings are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday next week (7th & 8th August). These are now spread over two days to fit everyone in, due to the growth of our school roll. Reports Please bring in your child’s report at interview time if there is anything you want to clarified or to discuss.

Kids Can Crazy Day We are fundraising for Kids Can charity next Friday 10th August. See poster on page 4. Gold coin donation to wear something crazy/ bring crazy food to share with the class.

Survey Thank you to those who have returned their responses. You have given us some very constructive feedback. The main points made:

We need to work a little hard in getting teacher to par-ent info consistent across the school, although 80% think communication is clear.

The carpark is our biggest hazard.

Homework—1/3 of our parents see homework as mi-nor or non-essential.

Sexuality Education—1/3 of our parents rely on us solely to deliver the sexuality programme.

98% of parents consider our children are receiving a Christ centred education.

90% of our students are doing sport and daily fitness outside of school hours.

93% of our parents are very happy with our sport.

91% of our parents are very happy or happy with their children at our school.

Your School News — 31st July 2018

Mission Statement Westminster Christian School, through the Spirit of God, educates the children of Christian parents for time and eternity by providing a Christ-centred

academic curriculum founded on a Biblical World View. Our Vision

To be a leading primary/intermediate school in New Zealand Christian Education, built to full capacity and reaching out to those in need.

Newsletter—Term Three Week Two 2018

Mission Statement Westminster Christian School, through the Spirit of God, educates the children of Christian parents for time and eternity by providing a Christ-centred

academic curriculum founded on a Biblical World View. Our Vision

To be a leading primary/intermediate school in New Zealand Christian Education, built to full capacity and reaching out to those in need.

Newsletter—T3.W2.2018—Page 2 BYOD Chrome books at cost price Our IT provider, Norrcom has an online shop that sells Chromebooks at cost price. Please use the link and pass-word. The link is https://www.byod.co.nz and the code is wesbyo. Parent Night Book in your diary for this informative evening on 22nd August at 7pm.

Scholastic Please ensure your order forms are returned by Thursday 9th August. Please also consider ordering extra books to donate to ESOL for forwarding to children who don’t have the blessing of books in their family. Blessings, Kent Wilson Principal

Mission Statement Westminster Christian School, through the Spirit of God, educates the children of Christian parents for time and eternity by providing a Christ-centred

academic curriculum founded on a Biblical World View. Our Vision

To be a leading primary/intermediate school in New Zealand Christian Education, built to full capacity and reaching out to those in need.

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Mission Statement Westminster Christian School, through the Spirit of God, educates the children of Christian parents for time and eternity by providing a Christ-centred

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'Each one of you also must love his wife...and the wife must respect her husband.' Ephesians 5:33 NIV A woman went on a retreat. Halfway through the final morn-ing session she jumped to her feet and left the room. Con-cerned, a friend followed her to see what had made her leave so abruptly. She found the woman hanging up a telephone in the lobby. 'Is everything all right?' she asked urgently. 'Oh, yes,' the woman responded sheepishly. 'I didn't mean to alarm you, but I suddenly remembered that it's Monday morning bin day.' Her friend replied, 'Bin day? Isn't your husband at home?' 'Yes,' replied the woman, 'but it takes two of us to put out the bin. I can't carry it, and he can't remember it!' The secret of a good marriage lies in learning how to live and work together. And here are ten suggestions to help you accomplish that goal: (1) Agree to pray together daily. (2) Find something good to say about each other every day. (3) Don't forget to snuggle. (4) Think of yourselves as a team - not just a couple. (5) Respect your differences. (6) Eat at least one meal together each day. (7) Submit your disagreements to God. (8) Develop a strong sense of hu-mour. (9) Identify 'your special place', and 'your special song'. (10) Reminisce together. Ironically, the number one reason given for divorce today is 'incompatibility'. Well, guess what? You are supposed to be different! When two people with different gifts decide to love one another and listen to one another, their differ-ences can become a source of strength rather than a source of weakness. Marriage: it takes two!

Soulfood: Mt 5:9 Rom 12:17-21 James 3:17-18 Matt 26:51-52

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COMING UP:

7/8 Aug Parent/Teacher meetings 10 Aug Crazy Day 14 Aug Our Kids Choir Competition in the City ICAS Maths 16 Aug Open Day 17 Aug School Cross County 22 Aug Parent Information Night 24 Aug Drama show for students 27 Aug Sports Camp at Matamata til 31st August 28 Aug BOT Meeting 30 Aug Friends Meeting 6 Sep Ripper Rugby Tournament 13 Sep Open Day 18 Sep ACS Cross Country Practice for School Production 19 Sep Practice for School Production 21 Sep Friends Lunch Order Day 25 Sep BOT Meeting 26 Sep School Production 27 Sep School Production 28 Sep Last day of Term 3

Week 1: Self Control

Room 1 Louie Zhang

Room 4 Chloe Hwang

Room 5 Ezra Renaldi

Room 6 Jedd Knepscheld

Room 7 Luke George

Room 8 David Yang

Room 9 Joshua Aizon

Room 10 Carlo Merton

Room 11 Bryan Gatchalian

Room 12 Josiah Ling

Room 13 Rushil Podduturi

Room 14 Claire Hartwig

Room 15 Brian Xing

Room 16 Jeremiah Ling

Room 17

ESOL

Mission Statement Westminster Christian School, through the Spirit of God, educates the children of Christian parents for time and eternity by providing a Christ-centred

academic curriculum founded on a Biblical World View. Our Vision

To be a leading primary/intermediate school in New Zealand Christian Education, built to full capacity and reaching out to those in need.

Mission Statement Westminster Christian School, through the Spirit of God, educates the children of Christian parents for time and eternity by providing a Christ-centred

academic curriculum founded on a Biblical World View. Our Vision

To be a leading primary/intermediate school in New Zealand Christian Education, built to full capacity and reaching out to those in need.

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CREATION STATION NEEDS YOUR HELP! Creation Station After School Care is looking for a part time casual helper 2 to

3 afternoons a week 3 - 5.30pm. Please contact Glenys on 0212105221