Junior Jottings 8 March 2010

Talofa
The sun shone beautifully yesterday for Children’s Day. I do hope you took advantage of the many free activities that were available around our region and celebrated the day having lots of fun with your children.
Thank you to those parents and caregivers who attended the meeting last week on the National Standards and New Curriculum. If you were unable to come or if you have any questions please do not hesitate to pop them into the box in the office or ask Matt Skilton, Andrew Bird or myself.

Swimming
This is already our last week for swimming as the pool will close this coming weekend. The children have all made such great improvements in the water this term. Special thanks to the parents and caregivers who have given up their time to accompany classes to the pool and help out.

Homework
This is a friendly reminder to all of those parents who have not as yet purchased the extra stationery items for your child from our school office, to please do as soon as possible. These items include the Readit book, alphabet, dictionary and blend cards and handwriting book, which were extra to the stationery pack. If you are not sure please ask your child’s teacher.

Bikes and scooters
The children are to walk their bikes and scooters in the school grounds before school and straight after school. The bikes are to go in the bike stands and the scooters are to be placed behind the seating in front of our two-storey block. Could you please supervise your child and ensure that they do walk in the school grounds?

Have another great week!


Maureen Buckley – Deputy Principal




DIARY DATES


‘Starting school at five’ information evening for parents of preschoolers

* Wednesday March 17th

* 7 pm in the school staffroom


No Sweat Parenting -‘Become a parent coach’

Join Pio and his mate John for an evening of laughs, fun and choice ideas for raising our kids.

* Lower Hutt Town Hall

* Thursday March 25th

* 7 – 9 p. m.

* Parent Expo

Admission – Free apart from a can for the Lower Hutt Food bank.

This evening is part of a new initiative about parenting. I hope you will all attend this fun evening and I would welcome your feedback to pass on to the organisers.