I hope you had a lovely long weekend with your family. Last week we had visitors from the Education Review Office whowere very pleased with what they saw in the classrooms and around our school. Thanks goes to our students, who continually try to be the best that they can be, to our staff, who maintain high expectations of learning and to our families who support the students in everything that they do. ERO's report will be published later in the term.
Welcome to our Junior School Team!
We welcome Ms Annabel Capper into room 2. Annabel has been working alongside Mrs Cody and Ms Gain getting to know the children she will teaching full time from next week. We also welcome Miss Sally Ingram, who will be team teaching with Mrs Mills Smith in room 16 with our New Entrants until the end of the year.
Calendars, diaries and cards
The children have completed their art work for these and they are currently being displayed in classrooms. This is the first year we have offered diaries. Samples are on the office counter. The calendars make great gifts for Christmas, especially for grandparents and are light for posting overseas. Orders close with your child's teacher on Monday November 8th at the latest.
Carnival
This great event is just over a month away. Please put your name down to help. I am again co-ordinating the candy floss, drinks and ice creams stall and need to borrow two large chillybins and some aprons, particularly ones that have a pocket at the front, to use during the carnival weekend. If you are able to help with these please let me know as soon as possible.
Teatowels
Each of our Junior School children have drawn pictures of themselves. These pictures are currently being collated by Miss Jones to form a tea towel. Further details about orders of the completed teatowels will follow shortly.
Ballet Workshops
Today, all children in our Junior School will be taking part in workshops about the Nutcracker. Next Thursday November 4th, the children will be going by bus to Wellington to see the school show of 'The Nutcracker.' It is for an hour and not the entire ballet.
Junior School Athletics
Every week the children have been learning new athletic skills which they will have the opportunity to show you at our annual Junior School Athletics. They will be held at school during week 5 with further details to follow next week.
'Education Outside the Classroom' Week - November 29 - December 3
Planning for this week is well underway. Confirmed activities so far include a storyteller and a trip to Avalon Park. We will be having a visit from Zebong - teller of tales, who is coming to us especially from Hamilton. As part of our current inquiry about playgrounds we will be visiting Avalon Park.
This week
Tuesday - 'Ballet' workshops
Wednesday - Teachers' union meeting - This meeting is during the afternoon but all children will stay at school as usual and be collected from the hall.
Friday - We say fond farewell and best wishes to Mrs Mikaela Cody, who is taking parental leave. She has been a wonderful team leader and superb teacher of room 2. We wish her much happiness as she starts a new journey.
We also say a huge thank you to Ms Priya Gain who will also be leaving room 2 on Friday. She too has done some amazing teaching through the 'Mantle of the Expert' programme that she has been operating. Priya is not leaving our school, however and will continue to work in other areas of theschool on her fantastic programme.
Friday is also World Teachers Day.
Have a great week.
Kind regards
Maureen Buckley
Deputy Principal
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