Up and coming events
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
24 August - Stars on Stage, 7pm
30 August - Puketeraki marae visit
14 September - Edgar Centre sports day
20 September - Ukulele jam
23 September - Quiz night at Port Chalmers golf club
7 October - last day of term
23 November - BOT meeting, 7pm
4 December - School Fair 11am - 2pm
13 December - Final Assembly, 6pm
14 December - End of Term
The Junior News
This terms topic is SPORT
Alphabet news......
this happens on Wednesday's every week - a new letter to discuss - bring something along that starts with this letter
Mystery Object.....
this happens every Tuesday when the kids can bring along a mystery object and the other children can discuss, ask questions and guess what it is.
Mr Cook has also introduced the Sight Word notebook this year and the children are working through lists of 10 words at a time working up to knowing 100 words over time.
It is proving very popular with all the children.
Mrs Allen's Corner
Each year, we take the whole school away on camp, and each time we go somewhere different.
We used to have to have senior and junior camps separately, but one year due to unusually heavy rain, we all ended up together in the bush and discovered it was much more fun that way! That was the year we packed all our food in wheelbarrow and forded the river seven times to get to the University hut up Trotter's Gorge.
This year we're planning to go to Naseby - one of the coldest places in NZ, at the coldest time of the year!! Why? Well, with our third term theme being simply "sport", we decided to issue a challenge to every child, to try a sport they had never had a go at before.
At Naseby, in July, there is an open-air ice-rink, for skating and ice-hockey; and there is a brand-new, covered rink for curling. Skating outside on a -5C sparkling clear winter's day, with snow lying all around and a cosy fire to go 'home' to afterward - nothing beats it!
So, we'll all be looking out our ski pants and jackets, woolly hats and gloves, thick socks and thermals. And then we'll all troupe up to the Maniototo - 21 kids, 2 teachers, and probably almost as many parents!
ski trip dates
SKI TRIP DATES
5 & 6 August
26 & 27 August
contact danielle as soon as possible to register your trip
Ski Trips – August 5 & 6 and August 26 & 27
It’s that time again! The community ski trips are coming up in August. This
year Danielle is looking into booking one weekend at the Ohau ski field with
meals and accommodation included and the other weekend at our usual place –
Treble Cone. If you are interested in the Ohau option please give her a call –
Term dates for 2011
For our school 2011 -Term Start date End date
term 1 February 2 to Friday 15 April
term 2 Monday 2 May to Friday 15 July
term 3 Monday 1 August to Friday 7 October
term 4 Tuesday 25 October to Wednesday 14 December