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7 September 2017

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK...........

Dear Parents & Caregivers

Spring greetings to you all. Today we have had an exciting visit from
some members of the STAGs rugby team. They talked about being
athletes and how they prepare themselves to play rugby at a high level.

Congratulations to last week’s winner of the Principal’s Award
for Caring, Logan van der Straaten. Logan is a super helpful,
polite, caring and co-operative boy who is a great role model for
others to look up to.

A very warm welcome to our latest new student, Blu Trillana and his
parents April and Jasper. Blu has just turned five years old and he is
enjoying being at school with his friends.
This week we will be saying farewell and best wishes to Ranud
Rajakarunanayake who, along with his parents Nithi and Samadhi, is
moving back to Sri Lanka to live.

Today we have attached to this newsletter
• An updated school families phone list, for use in an emergencies or a bus

delay.
• Information about Term 4 sport options.
• A copy of our Concerns and Complaints procedure which outlines what to

do if you have a problem that needs addressing. Step number one is
always to speak to the staff member concerned with the problem first.

Check our Upcoming Events and school calendar for dates to be noted
down. Our last day of school for the year will be confirmed in time for next
week’s newsletter.

Have a good week.

Nga mihi

Fiona

8 Sep School Photos FUTSAL
15 Sept Term 4 Sports Options Sheets due in
17 Sept Southland Gymnastics Festival Results for Monday 4th September.
18 Sept Bookbus 2-4pm Y1/2 Woodlands drew 1 – 1 with SACS Lions. Player of the
22 Sep Pita Pit Lunches – order at www.lunchonline.co.nz Day was Henry Boekhout. Next Monday they will Makarewa
28 Sep Cultural Celebration Day Yellow at 4pm on Court 1.
29 Sep End of Term 3 Y3/4 Tisbury Tigers (Lucas) do not have a game next week.
16 Oct Start of Term 4 Y5/6 Rimu City (Amy & Michael) won against St Theresa’s
18 Oct Zone Tennis Champs Pumas. Next Monday they will play St Theresa’s Jaguars at
30 Oct PET DAY 5:00pm on Court 1.
3 Nov Cans For Good Fundraiser Y7/8 Southern Zone United (Abby & Logan) do not have a game
10 Nov Zone Football Tournament next week.

School banking is done every Tuesday morning through ANZ Bank. MINIBALL
If you would like an application form for an ANZ Bank account for
your child/ren, ring the bank on 0800 269 296. Results for Tuesday 5th September:
Y3/4 won 32 – 8 against Fernworth Wildcats. Player of the Day was
WANTED TO RENT Roman Winiata.
Y5/6 won 22 – 10 against Sacred Heart Nuggets. Player of the Day
3 bedroom house, was Alexander Burns.
with a bit of land or garden, pet friendly
and within the James Hargest School zone. HOCKEY – could any players who have borrowed sticks or shin pads

Needs to be available approximately please return them to the school as soon as possible?
November 2017
The following awards were presented at assembly last
Woodlands/Myross Bush/Rimu type area
Please email Karen week:

[email protected] Learning Certificates:

FOR SALE Whio Room Harriet Johnston

GUINEA PIG Kakapo Room Ruby Hall

GINGER FEMALE Pukeko Room Danyon Ashbrook
9 WEEKS OLD
Tui Room Alex Chamberlain
PH/TEXT JULIE ANNE 027 281 2406
Kea Room Joella Ocho

Values Certificates:

Whio Room Bailey Reader

Kakapo Room Roman Winiata

Pukeko Room Zoe Knight

Tui Room Lilliana Hartley

Kea Room Brendon Bagaoisan

Principal’s Award for Caring Logan van der Straaten

Spirit of a Nation Henry Boekhout

Parents, please let the school know when your child is absent. When a child
is not at school, and we don’t know why, Nicky has to spend quite a bit of
time ringing parents. This is a “must do” for the safety of your children. If
ringing the school is not always the easiest option, you can email
[email protected] or text us on 027 758 1503.

Room Tui (5-6 year olds)

In Room Tui the Quick Write of the Week was about the picture below. We
had seven minutes to write a quick piece of writing. Here is what we wrote:

This robot is Wow. I would be The robot is scanning I think it is cool The robot is trying to
scanning the man. freaked out if a the person’s face because it is slap the human’s
The robot is a bad robot did that to because the good touching the head. It is funny
robot because it me. My brother robot wants to. The person’s face. Do because the robot’s
will kill everyone has robots like robot needs energy, you think it is face looks funny. It
with laser beams. that. because if it doesn’t cool? The robot has a lot of wires in
By Harrison Milne get energy it’s hand is scanning the it. I think the person
By Rueben McIntyre won’t move and it’s person and I think who the robot is
arm won’t move. The it is going to slap slapping is the one
good robot will not him. who made it. When I
move his head and By Sonya Webster get home after
the good robot won’t school, I am going to
be able to move his scan my sister’s face.
legs. By Olivia Burgess

By Caleb Webster.

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