Dear Parents and Caregivers
Another week has flown by and already we are over half way through the first term. The children had a fantastic trip to Pataka Museum and Aotea Lagoon playground this week. The programme at Pataka involved Linda and Margaret, the Education officers, explaining how life was for children and their families a long time ago and how it compares to our lives today. The children discussed black and white photos of daily life one hundred years ago and then rotated around six different activities. The children were absolutely fascinated with how the children had to do their school work on slates and write with pen and ink. They loved dressing up in the olden day clothing and found washing by hand very tricky. They enjoyed playing marbles and found it very interesting to compare old and new objects e.g. telephones and cell phones, plastic milk bottles with glass ones. The playground at Aotea Lagoon has just been refurbished and was a great place to visit. The children loved using the different equipment there and did not want to leave. Thank you so much to the adults who joined us for the day. Your help was greatly appreciated.
NEXT WEEK
Capital E trip
On Wednesday all children from rooms 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 will be going by bus to Wellington for the Capital E National Arts Festival. We will be leaving straight away at 9 so please make sure your child is at school by 8.40 a.m. at the latest. The children need to bring morning tea, cut lunch, drink bottle of water, sunhat and wear sensible walking shoes. They will be attending three shows over the day at Downstage Theatre, Capital E and Paramount Theatre. The cost of the three shows is $19.50 per child and is taken from the activity fee that you have paid. We do not need adult help on this trip as this is provided by Capital E. Capital E are also very generous and have provided free buses for us to attend the shows. This is wonderful as another $10 per child would have been added to the cost and we would not have been able to go. The buses leave Wellington at 2.30 p.m. so the children will be returning to school a little after 3 p.m. If your child usually catches the bus home could you please make arrangements to collect them on this day?
Starting School at Five Information Evening
We will be meeting parents and caregivers of preschoolers in the staffroom at 7 p.m. On Wednesday 16 March to discuss the transition to school. If you have a friend or neighbour that has a preschooler, who may be interested in coming along, particularly if they attend preschool outside of the Eastbourne area, can you please give them the details. Any queries please contact me.
Visiting the Beach - Exploring our local Environment
Next Friday March 18th all of rooms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be leaving school at 12.15 p.m. and heading to Bishop's Park. We will be having lunch there and using the playground before going to the beach. Families and friends are very welcome to join us. Please let your child's teacher know if you are attending.
Grandparent's Afternoon
The details for this are - Monday April 4th at 1.30 p.m. in the school hall until hometime.
Please invite your child's grandparents to this. The programme includes sharing in the hall, visiting the classrooms followed by afternoon tea. We would like the grandparent to bring along a special item to share with their grandchild. More details shortly. If your child has a grandparent that can not attend could you please let your child's teacher know so that we can match them with a 'surrogate' grandparent for the afternoon.
Have a lovely week.
Kind regards
Maureen Buckley
Deputy Principal
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