ptc quiz evening last friday night
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14 Cambridge Street, Richmond, Nelson 7020 Phone: 03 544 8959 Email: [email protected]
14 Cambridge Street, Richmond, Nelson 7020 Phone: 03 544 8959 Email: [email protected]
PTC QUIZ EVENING LAST FRIDAY NIGHT Thank you so much to the Parent-Teacher Committee for organising a fabulous evening’s entertainment last Friday night. We appreciated the huge turnout of parents, family members, ex-parents, friends, staff and other locals. Over $12,000 was raised. 29 tables were sold and from what I saw everyone had a fabulous night.
The funds raised are to be used to purchase science kits, discovery time equipment, an outdoor table tennis table and a defibrillator – something our local community can also use.
A big thank you to all PTC members, friends and family members who all helped with the planning, the setup, the clean-up and the running of the quiz night.
Murray Leaning, the quiz master, was terrific as usual. There were some 100+ auction items – many thanks to our very generous sponsors (including many families).
Special thanks to our two PTC co-chairs, Rochelle Krammer and Coral Smith, who did a fantastic job of overseeing the quiz evening!
ART ASSEMBLY
Last Friday the school gathered for a celebration of visual arts. The classes produced and shared a huge range of fabulous artworks based on our DISASTERS theme. They also had a lot of fun singing (thanks Mrs James) and jump-jamming (thanks Mrs Schwass)!
PARKING HABITS and SAFETY
1. We are very fortunate the ‘Church on the Hill’ allow us to their carpark before school and after school. It is private property. Of huge concern is a few car drivers that park on the grass bank. Please respect the ‘Church on the Hill’ property. One parent told me she thought it was ok if I hadn’t put the orange cones out. The answer is PLEASE, DON’T PARK ON THE GRASS.
2. A number of parents are flouting the laws surrounding The P2 signs (parking for 2 minutes only) outside the main office between 8:30 – 9:30am and 2:30 – 3:30pm. A number of parents are parking there and leaving their cars unattended whilst they go into the school with their children (before school) or to pick up their children from their classrooms at the end of the day. This is illegal if it’s for longer than 2 minutes.
HEADLICE
Headlice appears to be quite an issue at present. One of our Public Health Nurses sent this statement to me plus I’ve included one of their newsletters on the matter: ‘They are able to be treated and eradicated, however, this process can take some time and patience is required. Some children are never bothered by headlice at all, whereas others often seem to have an ongoing problem. There are a few points to remember about headlice:
They do like clean hair
They do not jump from head to head, there must be head contact
15th June 2017
Some members of the winning team
Jen (one of the winning Fancy dress team – the Donald Trumps)! and
Verity (one of the many helpers)
14 Cambridge Street, Richmond, Nelson 7020 Phone: 03 544 8959 Email: [email protected]
14 Cambridge Street, Richmond, Nelson 7020 Phone: 03 544 8959 Email: [email protected]
The cycle of the lice is 10 days, so one treatment is not enough
A female louse lays about 7-10 eggs each night, eggs take 9-10 days to hatch and a louse can live for 35-40 days
Do not treat ‘in case’, only treat if lice are found or eggs are seen within 1 cm of the scalp. Once the headlice treatment is successful, the use of a few drops of Tea Tree Oil in the final rinse after normal hair-washing is an excellent preventative – headlice do not like the smell of this oil.’
HEAD LICE UPDATE from
Once again there seems to be a head lice population explosion and parents are finding them harder to get rid of. Some parents and teachers are getting them too. If your children do come home with head lice it is a nuisance but not a disaster. They don’t carry disease and have been living on humans for thousands of years. When head lice shampoos came on the market it was assumed that they finish off head lice for good. But they are survivors and it is probably no easier to eliminate head lice than sandflies or mosquitoes (they too need the protein in our blood to lay eggs). There is evidence in a New Zealand survey of an approximate 34% rehatch rate following all treatments presently on our market.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Brush hair every evening before bed. Make this a habit like cleaning teeth. Head lice lay their eggs when the head is still, so they lay mostly at night. A firm bristled brush injures the head lice so that they are unable to lay eggs. Brush with the head hanging down and for 100 strokes of the brush.
Fine tooth combing. This is often easier to do when the hair is wet and covered in any conditioner. Comb hair into sections clearing the lice out after each stroke. Do every 3-4 days for a minimum of 3 weeks. This is a stand-alone treatment. Nit combs can be obtained through your Public Health Nurse or at the Pharmacy. Conditioner makes combing easier and slows the head lice down. Remember to rinse the comb after each combing of hair sections (i.e. strands of hair) otherwise you risk putting them back through the hair. If you don’t have conditioner, simply wet the hair with water. You may or may not like to wash the conditioner out after use (personal choice).
ALTERNATIVES
Robicomb. This comb operates with a battery and kills or stuns lice. Use on dry hair. This is a stand-alone treatment also. Use daily for 3 weeks. Some families on a low income may get help to purchase this from Work and Income (DWI).
Tea Tree or Rosemary Oil. A few drops of one of these oils in the rinsing water when using normal shampoo deter head lice. They act like an insect repellent.
- Tea tree shampoo / conditioners may dry the hair out.
- There is risk of burning the skin if the tea tree is dropping on it.
- Ratio for rinsing water is 5 drops oil to 1 litre water after shampooing.
14 Cambridge Street, Richmond, Nelson 7020 Phone: 03 544 8959 Email: [email protected]
14 Cambridge Street, Richmond, Nelson 7020 Phone: 03 544 8959 Email: [email protected]
Quiz & Silent Auction Evening Please support the following businesses…
FOOD & DRINK ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATION HEALTH & BEAUTY NEEDS Monteiths Bar (Hanmer) Kimi Ora CLM Health & Fitness
Waimea Estates Madbeat HipHop Specsavers
Pic's - Peanut Butter Nelson Fun Park GM Goodmassage
Zink Prokarts / Procombat McGlashen Pharmacy
Boulevard Cafe Flipout Trampoline Arena Wairua Body Coaching
Pizza Hut State Cinema About Beauty
Muffin Break Paper Plus Central Beauty
Subway Avanti Plus Aspire Health and Beauty
Seifried Estate Front Runner Haircraft
The Stables Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools O2B Healthy
Chai-Yo Thai Restaurant Sherwood Archery Club Sassys
McCashins Brewery Anatoki Salmon
Zara’s Turkish Kebabs & Cafe Abel Tasman Sea Shuttle ACCOMMODATION McDonalds The Interislander Pohara Motels
Te Mania Wines ASB Aquatic Centre Ruth & Angus Malcolm
Armadillos Bluebridge
Aki Sushi Ngarua Caves Takaka Hill
Pomeroys R n R Kayaks AND ALSO Eddyline Probounce Goldpine
Dale’s Brewing Co. Natureland Wild Tomato
Three Rooms Abel Tasman Aqua Taxi The Right Mug - Russell Harding
Mango Richmond Nelson Giants Silex Tools
Lydia’s Cafe Mega Slide Town & Country Vet
Halliday Family Estate Animates
Lemongrass Carters Building Supplies
Speight's Alehouse Bradford Family
MISCELLANEOUS Huyser Family
Action Indoor Sport Can Plan
VEHICLE NEEDS Westpac Plankville
Waimea Vehicle Testing Station Anzac Car Wash Grant Horrell
Richmond Vehicle Testing Station Holy Trinity Church Tasman Crop Care
Tasman Tyre Treads Wet & Forget
MacMillans Pottery
Sharon Poindgestre
SPONSORS Bayleys Real Estate - Anthony Carppe
Summit Real Estate The Car Company Swiss Bakery
Adams HR Can Plan Johnston Associates CA
Andrew Howard –Pak’n Save Green Door Real Estate Aqua Filter Nelson
Trail Journeys Fresh Choice Richmond Richmond Service Lane
And special thanks to the following… Grant Irvine Dean Wilkinson Bolitho Family
These businesses have made donations of items, services and vouchers for the Silent Auction to help us raise funds.
Please support them as they have supported us!
14 Cambridge Street, Richmond, Nelson 7020 Phone: 03 544 8959 Email: [email protected]
14 Cambridge Street, Richmond, Nelson 7020 Phone: 03 544 8959 Email: [email protected]
Have you paid the bus money
for our senior syndicate
production of Practically
Pirates? Seniors $6, Middle
& Juniors $2.
Please pay to the office by
next Friday – June 23rd
TERM 2 EVENTS
Week 8:
Monday 19th – Friday 23rd - Production preparations week – More details later.
Week 9:
Sunday 25th June - Production set-up at Hope Community Church.
Monday 26th June - Production Rehearsal at Hope Community Church.
Tuesday 27th June – Two Production performances at Hope Community Church.
Wednesday 28th June – Two Production performances at Hope Community Church.
Thursday 29th June - 'Disasters' Living Museum.
Thursday 29th June - Board meeting 7:00pm.
Week 10:
Tuesday 4th July – Mid-year school Interviews – Rooms 1, 4, 7 next term
Wednesday 5th July - Mid-year school interviews – Rooms 1, 4, 7 next term
Wednesday 5th July - ‘Inspire Me Day’ at NMIT. More details later for those involved.
LUCKY BOOK CLUB
Lucky Book Club order forms have
been given out. Orders close
TOMORROW - Friday, 16th June.
Please order on line or put named
order forms & money
in class money boxes.
SENIOR SYNDICATE
PRODUCTION
Do you have an old
washboard the
production could
please borrow?
2018 DATES The Waimea ‘Community of Learning’ cluster has confirmed the start dates for our
schools (The colleges and intermediate might vary slightly):
Monday 29th January – Nelson Anniversary
Tuesday 30th January – Teacher-only day
Wednesday 31st January – Day 1 Term 1 2018 Monday 5th February – Waimea ‘Community of Learning’ cluster Teacher-only Day
Tuesday 6th February – Waitangi Day
Richmond Vixens 10am court 3 Richmond Tactix 9am court 12
Richmond Swifts 10am court 5
Richmond Minis 4pm court 3
Richmond Rockets 5pm court 3 Richmond Lakers 4.30pm court 3
Richmond Thunder 4pm court 1
14 Cambridge Street, Richmond, Nelson 7020 Phone: 03 544 8959 Email: [email protected]
14 Cambridge Street, Richmond, Nelson 7020 Phone: 03 544 8959 Email: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER These are notices we include on request of the following organisations and individuals.
PARENT SUPPORT GROUP Parents of children with ADHD
Tuesday 25 July 9.30am to 11.30am Reminders will be sent along with theme of the day
Enquiries please feel free to email us: [email protected]