Monday 22nd July, 2024
Kia ora koutou e te whanau
Welcome Hope, with Charlotte & Mackenzie
Welcome back to Term 3. I hope you have all had a good holiday break and are ready for another great term. Here’s hoping the holidays have broken the cycle of sickness that we were seeing at the end of last term. There are some exciting events coming up - Life Education this week, Top Team Challenge, along with Grandparents Day and Kapahaka Festival later in the term. Inquiry this term will have a focus on the Olympics - an exciting event that I’m sure you will all be following.
Special welcome to Hope who starts officially in Paemoana today and to Heidi who starts next Monday.
Please remember to make sure that students are wearing their correct uniform. It does pay to make sure it is well named as we seem to collect quite a few items of lost property throughout the term - it’s so much easier if we know who to return them to!
If you have any board games, card games or puzzles that are surplus to your requirements or your children have grown beyond, we would really appreciate them to use at school. While we make sure that the students are able to play outside in the fresh air as much as possible, they are a great assistance on those wet days when this is not possible. Please make sure that what ever you donate to school has all the necessary pieces.
This will be my last newsletter as Maree returns from her Sabbatical in a couple of weeks time. I have thoroughly enjoyed working in this wonderful school, getting to know the students, the staff and parents. Your community is so fortunate to have such a well run school with dedicated and conscientious staff who know their learners well.
Ngā mihi
Adrienne Simpson
Acting Principal / Tumuaki
School Notices:
Red Nose Day: On the last day of last term we participated in the fundraising for Red Nose Day. Some people dressed up in red and everyone brought a donation for the Cure Kids Foundation. As a school we raised $63.00 - a great effort by everyone. Lily organised the day for us all.
Life Education Visit - Wednesday 24th July: Harold and the team will be visiting school for the day on Wednesday 24th July. All the students will have 2 sessions during the day with the facilitator. This year the focus on resilience and positive relationships.
Community Notices
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