8 August 2011 Newsletter
PRINCIPAL’S COMMENTS
Dear Parents
We all had a busy week last week getting settled into another term. It was nice to hear about the exciting things students did during the holidays.
We have already started getting ready for Pet & Craft Day and I hope the kids are doing the same at home. If you don’t have a pet yet and you want a calf please let me know. The school will provide the calf and the milk powder. You will have to be committed to feeding and training your calf.
Senior class is also working hard on preparing their speeches. Please ask them to let you know what they are talking about, as they may need things for props, and they will need to practice their speech to you. Our cluster competition is in week 4, Thursday 25th August.
Our Open Evening will be in week 4 on Wednesday 24th August. I will be presenting what the school is planning for students of all year levels and how we are going to cater for our new group of year 7-8 students. Please come along and invite anyone you know who might be interested in what we have to offer. This is an exciting time for the school.
Thanks to all of our families for their ongoing support.
Have a great week
Bill Kaandorp
PET ENTRIES
Many thanks to all the families for their pet entries. If you still haven’t, please ring or see Ally by Wednesday.
I noticed on the entries, I gave no fee amount, which is $2.00 per animal and I also neglected to ask the pet’s name. So, I will resend out a form within the next 2-3 weeks requesting these details along with pet’s DOB and class for the calves.
My apologies for this, and thank you to those parents who paid their $2 entry already.
Ally, for the PTA
Sports Results
FOOTBALL
Ruahine Leopards vs ? 2-6 Lost
(Matthew)
Ruahine Jackals vs Riverside Red Sox 2-1 Lost
(Alexi and Devyn)
RUGBY
Kia Toa Blues vs Kia Toa Reds 29-19 Lost
(Patrick)
HOCKEY
LA Hotsticks vs West End 3-1 Lost
(Tomas L, Louie, Sam, Jack, Tom McC, Henry and Josh)
Tomas and his rep team had a great win against Ross Int C10-0 Won
STARS OF THE WEEK
Manawatu Class Star Pupil: Sativa
Excellent reading progress.
Tararua Class Star Pupil: Bryn
A great start to Term 3. Big effort with reading.
WHAT’S ON
PTA Meeting: 9am Friday 12 August
School Open Evening: 6pm 24 August
Sausage Sizzle: 14 August at Bunnings (School camp fundraiser)
Cluster Speech Competition: 25 August
