Welcome to Week 7.
Important Dates:
*Swimming again this
week – Tuesday and Friday 11.40 am till 1.15 pm.
* Hockey Tournament,
Wednesday 18th June, beginning with lunch at the park at 12.30.
*Camp meeting for
parents – Wednesday 18th June, 7 pm in Room 4.
*Ice Skating, 24th
June till 2nd July.
Gift to the Solomon
Islands:
I have finally sent our
parcel to Colleen Blackmore in Oamaru, and she will then send it on to a class
in the Solomon Islands. Included in the parcel are our Class Booklet; our
Science iMovie on a memory stick; Shannon’s Pukeko CD; 40 notebooks; 40
pencils; 12 erasers; and 6 pencil sharpeners. We send this gift with our
thoughts and prayers for all the ongoing issues they are having in the
Solomons, including flood damage and riots. Colleen has a huge number of goods
to co-ordinate to get safely to the islands, so I trust our parcel will reach a
group of students who need it the most. It will be a huge bonus if we hear back
from them. Thank you for your efforts on the Class Booklet, and for bringing $2
each to support this project.
Camp Meeting:
Our parent meeting for the
lead-up to the Year 3/4 camp is to be held this Wednesday evening at 7 pm in
Room 4. This is to discuss all information and costings so far, and to ensure
that we have as accurate a number as possible for those children that will be
attending camp.
I promised you some
initial information prior to the meeting, so here is an outline of the proposed
schedule with approximate costings:
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Date
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Time at Venue
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Tuesday 2nd September
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9.30
am: Depart School
12.30 pm: Dunedin, Moana
Pool
3 pm: Arrive Otakou
Marae
-
Pōwhiri (Welcome)
-
Dinner
-
Overnight stay
|
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Wednesday 3rd September
|
9am-2pm: LEOTC Activity
Programme
2pm: Depart Marae
3pm: Otago Museum
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Activity Programme
-
Dinner
-
Overnight stay
|
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Thursday 4th
September
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9.30am: Depart Museum
10.30am:
Arrive Orokonui Ecosanctuary
-
Activity Programme
12.30pm:
Depart for Alexandra.
Approx.
3pm: Arrive home.
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*At
this stage the cost looks to be around $190-$200 per student. This is subject
to bus/car options and lunch options being discussed at the meeting.
*Main
purpose of this week’s meeting:
- To present
timetable/activities - learning objectives
- Costings
- Transport:
Bus plus 1 emergency vehicle as best option?
* Parent help
- (ratio 1 - 3 is preferable)
* How school fundraising will work
this year.
I look forward to seeing you
there.
Poetry
Eisteddfod
We have begun preparation
for the Poetry Eisteddfods coming up on the last week of term so the children
should all be feeling suitably inspired! Please choose a poem with your child
as soon as possible so they can put lots of work into practising it. Criteria
for this will be in homework folios this week. Any problems please don’t
hesitate to ask.
Religious Education
This week we begin the God
Strand of the R.E. curriculum. The relevant page from the Whanau Book, and an
activity, will be in the childrens’ homework folios this week.
Have a great week. Regards,
Markelle Ward. J
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