Monday, 23rd August 2021
Delilah is loving having her Mum and Dad out on the farm. We are grateful for beautiful days like today.
Kia ora whānau
Thanks for all of your support over the past few days. We have done this before and are able to slot back into home learning again. Your child’s teacher has sent out their home learning this morning. Please keep in touch with them if you need any support or would like any further learning. If there is anyway we can help, we are here for you.
We have some disappointing news that goes with us being back in lockdown - we are cancelling our Spring Ball. This is the second year we have had to cancel our major fundraiser and it’s not a decision we take lightly. But with the uncertain times ahead we can’t take the risk of it being cancelled last minute if we are still in level 2. We have items ready for a silent auction and a raffle, so we will still put these together for an online fundraiser. Thank you to everyone that has helped so far and those that have donated. At the NZ Principal’s Conference I was at a couple of weeks ago, Sir Ian Taylor talked about focusing on the ‘opportunities’ rather than the ‘challenges’. So let’s try and do that and be creative about our fundraising opportunities in the future.
On a positive note, at our BOT meeting last week we made the decision to continue with 3 classrooms next year. Even though we haven’t had fundraisers this year, we had some BOT funds put aside to go into the new building, but as we were under budget, we haven’t had to do this, so we are putting it into our teaching staff. I’m really excited to announce we have the same, amazing, dedicated team next year:
Tūpari - Sally Mickleson
Awaawa - Georgie Smith
Paemoana - Penny Vincent
Ngā mihi
Maree Lucas
Tumuaki/Principal
School Notices
Welcome to our Omihi whānau
Welcome to Annie and Scarlett who have started full time in Paemoana.
Postponements
Our Grandparents Day and Year 0-4 assembly have been postponed. We will inform you of dates when these are confirmed.
3 Way Learning Conferences
These are on Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st August. They will go ahead either in person, or via zoom. Please make a time to meet with your child’s teacher. I have shared the link in the newsletter email.
Speeches
These will be completed at school once we get back to level 2. Unfortunately parents won’t be able to come in to watch, but we will record them all and add to Hero.
Report comments
Your child’s maths comments will be coming out via Hero at the end of this week. If you haven’t managed to log into Hero please get in touch with your class teacher.
Dental Van
The dental van will be at school on Friday 17th September. Please see further details below.
Year 5-8 Camp
I have had questions around camp, it is not something we will make a decision on yet. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will have more of an idea if it can go ahead.
