Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa – warm greetings to everyone

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I did my reflections and thank you’s last week, so this week I would just like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday. Enjoy your time with your precious children because on Friday we are sending them back to you for 6 weeks! We will see you back on Wednesday the 31st January.

Koha Donation Furniture!!!

We have a huge number of desks we no longer want or need. They will be on the court tomorrow (Thursday). PLEASE come and pick up if you want something. They will be available all day until 4pm. A koha of whatever you wish is all that is needed in return!

‘Toilet Competition’ :

Congratulations to the girls for the cleanest toilets this term! It was a very close race. Free swim on Thursday lunchtime- bring your togs!

Wanted – helpers in 2018 for “STEAM”:

Next year we will be running a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) programme on Friday afternoons. We will be splitting into mixed age groups and running classes for 5 weeks at a time. If you have an expertise in any of these areas and can take a small group for 5 weeks on Friday afternoons to complete a project, we would love for you to help us deliver these curriculum areas to our children! Get in touch with Richelle for more information!

Thank You…

Thank you our awesome Whanau Group for the very cool disco last Friday. We loved it!

Year 6 graduation :

Thank you to Whaea Jill for organising a lovely get together for our year 6 students last night. It was a small group this year so we held it in the hall. Congratulations to the recipients of awards.

Stars of the week:

Ka Rawe te mahi (awesome work) to Madison Waititi and Tayla Bell for their hard work at Mind Plus all year! You have done us proud girls!

Well done to Tipene and Gemma for their Summer writing – Ka Pai!

That was summer.

One hot day down at the river it smelt like roses, blackberry and dirty clay. That was summer

Remember jumping of the with seaweed under me when I hit the water, creepy. That was summer. 

Remember the faded green grass with sand prickles getting stuck in my feet. That was summer.

Remember drowning with no one to help. That was summer.

By Gemma

That was Summer

Remember that sunny day when we caught our first eel

That was summer.

Remember the dark cloak over the night sky roasting

Marshmallows over the bright fire.

That was summer

Remember running into the water trying to escape the

The blood sucking mosquitoes.

That was summer.          

Remember the sandwiches in our hands munching it

all till we reach the end of the sandwich.

That was my summer.

By Tipene

Sports:

Reporoa Primary Triathlon

Friday 15 December

9.30am – Marshalls meeting outside Rooms 5 and 6

10.00 – 11.00am – junior triathlon (Before morning tea)

11.00 – 12.00pm – senior triathlon (after morning tea)

12.00 – 1.30 – lunch at Primary school

1.30 – 2.30pm – Free swim at the college

All children will participate as an individual or in a team. Children will need to register on the day.

CHANGE OF EVENT!!!

For health and safety reasons and on the advice from the NZ police, we have had to eliminate all crossing of roads and biking on the road. The staff do not have time to create another course at this late stage BUT we have been lucky to have a group of parents who are going to organise and set this up for us so that we don’t have to cancel the triathlon! THANK YOU PARENTS!

Teachers will remain with their classes and mange them throughout the day.

PARENT HELP

Please see Jolene Guyton if you can help on the day.

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITORS

Children competing as an individual will need to own/borrow a safe bike. They will be competing by themselves against other individual competitors of the same age group. Closed in footwear is compulsory for bikers and recommended for runners.

TEAM COMPETITORS

Children wanting to enter in this category will need to make up teams of 3. There will be a section for same sex and another for mixed in each age band. One person will be the swimmer, one will be the biker and one will be the runner. Closed in footwear is compulsory for bikers and recommended for runners.

BIKES

Children will need to provide their own bike – a bike check is your responsibility. Helmets and closed in footwear are compulsory for this event. We encourage parents to bring their child’s bike at the start of the day and place it in the transition area, (juniors – under the oak tree and seniors in the hall), where it will remain until the event starts. After the junior and senior triathlon has finished all bikes are to be kept in the hall for the rest of the day.

COLLECTING CHILDREN

Ensure that the classroom teacher has marked off your child if you want to take them home before 3pm.

Calendar:

Lunches:

Reminder  no lunch orders this Friday.

The Whanau group are giving a free sausage and ice block after the Triathlon.

Back to School Stationery Orders:

Stationery lists are online now and can be purchased online from today myschool.co.nz or instore.

1st – 31st Dec Buy now, Pay later! Get Back to School stationery sorted early so you can relax these holidays. When you order online in December you won’t be charged until they deliver – you choose when and where. Plus, you’ll receive a FREE magnetic family organiser.

Order your back to school supplies between 1st Dec 2017 & 18th Jan 2018 and be in to win a $10,000 Flight Centre credit.

Found Property:

We have a huge pile of found property at school. We will be putting it out on display Friday,  come down and check. All named clothing will be returned to the students, all unnamed clothing will be cleared at the end of term.

Swimming Pool Update:

The new pump is being installed as we are typing up this newsletter so all going well it will be up and running tomorrow, so you can start sending togs and towels to school.

Library Books:

Reminder if you haven’t already  – we need all library books returned to school this week – thanks.

College Buses:

If your child comes to and from school on a college bus these finish running today, so you will need to transport your child/ren to and from school until the end of year – thanks

Nãku i runga i aku mihi ki a koe – Yours with thanks

Richelle McDonald

and our team –Jill, Phil, Susannah, Esther, Rachel, Julie, Maureen, Heather, Tina, Mary, Kim, Ross & Nikki.