term 2, week 4 wednesday 24 may 2017
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Term 2, Week 4 – Wednesday 24 May 2017 Kia ora whanau
Safe travel to and from school as a follow up to the FlexiBuzz message sent to families this morning: The news from Queenspark school last week that three children were approached by a man in a van was a shock to the local schools and community. In response we placed additional staff at strategic locations after school last week and before and after school to start this week. The update from the alert this morning and last week is that the police are investigating and in the meantime they encourage schools and families to reinforce the safety message.
We would like to remind you:
Children should not be at school before 8:30am unless they are in OSCAR as they are unsupervised and to be fair it is freezing outside at this time of year and studios do not open until 8:30am
Please remind your child of the importance of travelling directly to and from school on agreed routes if they walk, cycle, scooter or come on some other wheels
Again remind your child about what to do if someone they do not know approaches them. Do not go toward someone in a car calling you, do not get into a car, yell and run away
Have an agreed code word in case your child is told "Mum has sent me to pick you up" or words to that affect
If possible locate some places along the way that your child could stop into if they are concerned travelling to or from school on any given day
Use safe crossing locations, at the lights, at the crossing and on corners where your child can see clearly each way
Keep a balance when talking to your child/ren so they have plan and don’t just worry
It is an opportune time to reinforce our safety messages and road rules. On a positive note it is pleasing to see less and less parents are parking on yellow lines and more are using the pedestrian crossing. When we work together to reinforce safety measures your child will be safer! Take care
Neill O'Reilly, Dianna Reynolds and Jacqui Malham
Principal and Deputy Principals
BOARD OF TRUSTEES UPDATE Advertisements for the Principal vacancy have been placed and we have already begun to receive responses. Applications close on Monday 26th June so we have a while to go yet. We will continue to keep you informed regularly and encourage you to get in contact if you have any questions.
Chrissie Balloch, BOT Communications
TRAVIS LEARNING HERO
MORNING TEA
Congratulations to the Learning Heroes from Travis Studio
who had a Learning Hero Morning Tea with Miss Reynolds
last week. Pictured are Henry, Lilah, Maya, Kyle, Opal,
William, Hannah, Brennan, Alyssa, Quinn, Madi, Emma,
Jake and Neveah.
PTA Bark Mountain for School Landscaping…. Is finally taking shape! We still have 2-3 trailer loads left though and it would be a great service to the school if we can get this. Sunday afternoon, May 28 is our final push for this. We need: a) a couple of people with shovels (so you can help even if you don’t have a trailer) at approx 3pm in the City Mall (Cashel Street – opposite the BNZ Centre) to shovel the bark into easy to manage piles for us to then load on to trailers. (if Sunday afternoon does not suit you could do this any time during the week or weekend) b) someone with a trailer for 3.30 please - bring a shovel and a rake c) and another trailer for 4pm – bring a shovel and a rake d) another helper at school to help with the unload – with a shovel or pronged rake Please get in touch with Amy on 0277506640 or [email protected] if you can help. Plus, A HUGE THANK YOU to those who helped out last Saturday. A big thank you to Kim Hillson, Vicki Smith and Caroline Milne from the staff, plus parents – Paul Willetts and Jason Cowan, and the biggest shout out goes to Grant Stewart, without whom this operation would not have been able to go ahead. Also, a huge thank you to Johnston’s Hire Centre on Parkhouse Road for the use of the digger.
LUNCHTIME IN THE
CHOICE ROOM Keeping warm on a cold day – knitting up a storm!
LOST PROPERTY Parents and children - can you please check lost property in the CHOICE Room as there is a huge amount of uniform in there, and a lot of it is named.
SICKNESS AT SCHOOL
A reminder that if your child has been sick with a vomiting bug or diarrhoea, they need to be off school for 48 hours after the last time they vomited or had symptoms. Thank you.
SPORTS NEWS
GYMNASTICS: Anyone wanting to enter their child into the Canterbury Primary Schools Artistic Gymnastics Competition on Wednesday 14 June, or the Canterbury Primary Schools Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition on Monday 19 June, please email Roanne. It is up to parents to transport students to the competitions and supervise them on the day. The school will complete entries for you. Please email [email protected] before Tuesday 30 May 2017 if you are interested. Entries close Thursday 1 June.
ZONES CROSS COUNTRY: On Tuesday our cross country team headed out to Halswell Quarry to compete in our zone competition. All our runners competed as REAL Heroes - congratulations to them. The following children will be going on to represent our zone and school at the Canterbury Primary Schools Cross Country on Wednesday 21 June at Halswell Quarry; Jayden, Fergus, JJ, Matilda, Tia and Samantha Well Done! Photos on the next page of some of our competitors
Cowles 2017 Year 5/6 Competition
Please place your order and payment in the drop box. Delivery of Pea Straw will be to Waitākiri School, and pick up from there in the last week of term 2. Name: __________________________________ Contact: ____________________ Number of Bales: _________________ Payment made: ______________________
LUNCHTIME CLUBS Rock band is held each Monday and Wednesday at lunchtime. They are working hard with the
assistance of Mr Bush practising their music.
REAL CHALLENGES…..
The 40 hour famine is on again this year for our Year 4 – 6 children to participate in as part of their REAL Challenges. This year funds are being raised for the children of Syria. There are lots of options for challenges, take a look here. Please complete the slip below if you would like to do this and return to the office with your parents authorisation. Booklets will be handed out this week. Yes! I would like to complete the 40 Hour Famine this year. As part of my responsibility completing this challenge I must return the Famine booklet with sponsors and any funds raised to the school office. Students name …………………………………..…….…………………….. Year …………….. Home group ………. Parents name & signature …………………………………………………….
Fred Hollows Foundation Fundraiser
HOW: Support our REAL Challenge by buying a cookie for $1
WHEN: Order on Thursday 25th or Friday 26th May before school (outside
the CHOICE room) & it will be given out on Monday morning
A selection of homemade cookies including Gluten Free cookies (from a coeliac
safe kitchen) will be available but must be ordered & paid for on the Thursday
or Friday before school.
Just $25 will help perform a cataract surgery that can restore sight to someone
who is blind in the Pacific.
Thank you: LAUREN, TATUM, EMILY, JESSIE – Korimako Studio
The Fred Hollows Foundation works to restore sight and end avoidable
blindness in the Pacific where 4 out of 5 people who are blind don’t have to be.
They carry on the work of Professor Fred Hollows, a world-renowned Kiwi eye
surgeon and humanitarian, who set up The Foundation shortly before his death
twenty years ago.
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
Dear Parents/Caregivers, To you all we extend a warm invitation to our Open Night at Chisnallwood Intermediate School on Wednesday July 5 from 6-8pm. With more than 500 students, at only two year levels, a special dynamic is created. This dynamic can only exist at a stand-alone Intermediate. It drives the curricular and extracurricular experience for all students and creates opportunity for the highest levels of excellence and creativity. I have been alerted to the fact that rumours have been circulating around Chisnallwood's future. To clarify, we have a 2020 review date with the MoE which we strongly believe will evidence that we are more than suitable for continuance as a fully functioning intermediate due to our long and proud history of sterling education service. It is dependent on local families continuing to support us with their patronage and that continues to be the case. Our 50th Jubilee is on October 27/28 and we expect to be celebrating our 100th anniversary in 2067. Please join us for our open evening and experience our dynamic for yourself. Prospectus’ available now. Kind regards, Justin Fields Principal
Good news! It’s not too late to join Marrzipan! Marrzipan is a revolutionary self-confidence programme aimed at bringing out the absolute best in students. We are looking for some awesome students to fill some parts in our play, which we will perform for parents and their peers at the end of term. Come along to a no-obligation Trial Lesson and see whether you like it! You can sign up for one directly via our website www.marrzipan.com (we have contact numbers on there too, should you prefer to talk to a human!)
