Dear Parents and Caregivers
Once again the weather has been unsettled with a mix of hail, rain, thunder and lightning and sunshine. Our beach clean-up was postponed from Monday afternoon to other days during the week. Some of our students joined their buddy classes while the rest of the Junior school went down to our local beach area on Friday morning.
As part of Conservation week we have been observing and discussing what children have been placing in our school rubbish bins. Mr Ray took a photo of the contents of one of the bins and the children discussed and sorted what they found in them. On Friday at the full school assembly children from Rooms 3 and 16 made a few statements to everyone about what they had found out. They reminded everyone which bins to put which rubbish into and also to use see-through lunchboxes with various compartments for their morning tea and lunch. They explained that we need to reduce the use of wrappers and suggested one big bag of chippies for example could be divided up and its contents placed into resealable snaplock bags each day instead of a little bag every day.
'Starting school at Five' Information Evening
Thank you to those parents and prospective parents who came along to school on Wednesday evening. I hope you had all your questions answered and are now further prepared for the transition from pre-school years to school.
Calendar Orders
This Friday September 23rd is the last day for orders of calendars, diaries and cards. Please send your order along to the school office. These make great gifts for family members and friends, especially those who are difficult to buy for, at Christmas and they also look lovely in parents' offices.
Looking ahead to 2012
Planning is well underway for next year including programmes, classes and staffing. To help with this, could you please email me on buckley@muritai.school.nz, or phone our school office on 562 8409 if you have a child in your family, your pre-school or neighbourhood who will be turning five in 2012. I need their name and date of birth, parents name and a contact phone number.
Planning for 2012 for children already at school
I will be holding parent conferences for anyone who has a concern about their child's classroom placement for next year. It may be that you have twins you are considering splitting or not, or you have a child with a birthday in April and are considering them spending longer in the Junior school or you have a change in family or personal circumstances that I need to be aware of, etc. I am available for appointments over the next two weeks (Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays) to meet with you to listen to your concerns and make decisions appropriate for your child. Please email me with your name, phone number, what you would like to discuss and a selection of times/days that suit you. I will then contact you to confirm our appointment time.
Jumpjam
This will be the last week that the Junior School will be doing Jumpjam as the rest of the school needs the hall to get ready for their fantastic wearable arts show. A special thanks goes to those parents and caregivers who have joined in with the Jumpjam routines each day. Your children are so pleased that you do this alongside them. Fitness will still continue each day but will involve other activities like ball skills, running, movement to music, P.M.P. activities and skipping with ropes.
Have another great week!
Kind regards,
Maureen Buckley
Deputy Principal
Once again the weather has been unsettled with a mix of hail, rain, thunder and lightning and sunshine. Our beach clean-up was postponed from Monday afternoon to other days during the week. Some of our students joined their buddy classes while the rest of the Junior school went down to our local beach area on Friday morning.
As part of Conservation week we have been observing and discussing what children have been placing in our school rubbish bins. Mr Ray took a photo of the contents of one of the bins and the children discussed and sorted what they found in them. On Friday at the full school assembly children from Rooms 3 and 16 made a few statements to everyone about what they had found out. They reminded everyone which bins to put which rubbish into and also to use see-through lunchboxes with various compartments for their morning tea and lunch. They explained that we need to reduce the use of wrappers and suggested one big bag of chippies for example could be divided up and its contents placed into resealable snaplock bags each day instead of a little bag every day.
'Starting school at Five' Information Evening
Thank you to those parents and prospective parents who came along to school on Wednesday evening. I hope you had all your questions answered and are now further prepared for the transition from pre-school years to school.
Calendar Orders
This Friday September 23rd is the last day for orders of calendars, diaries and cards. Please send your order along to the school office. These make great gifts for family members and friends, especially those who are difficult to buy for, at Christmas and they also look lovely in parents' offices.
Looking ahead to 2012
Planning is well underway for next year including programmes, classes and staffing. To help with this, could you please email me on buckley@muritai.school.nz, or phone our school office on 562 8409 if you have a child in your family, your pre-school or neighbourhood who will be turning five in 2012. I need their name and date of birth, parents name and a contact phone number.
Planning for 2012 for children already at school
I will be holding parent conferences for anyone who has a concern about their child's classroom placement for next year. It may be that you have twins you are considering splitting or not, or you have a child with a birthday in April and are considering them spending longer in the Junior school or you have a change in family or personal circumstances that I need to be aware of, etc. I am available for appointments over the next two weeks (Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays) to meet with you to listen to your concerns and make decisions appropriate for your child. Please email me with your name, phone number, what you would like to discuss and a selection of times/days that suit you. I will then contact you to confirm our appointment time.
Jumpjam
This will be the last week that the Junior School will be doing Jumpjam as the rest of the school needs the hall to get ready for their fantastic wearable arts show. A special thanks goes to those parents and caregivers who have joined in with the Jumpjam routines each day. Your children are so pleased that you do this alongside them. Fitness will still continue each day but will involve other activities like ball skills, running, movement to music, P.M.P. activities and skipping with ropes.
Have another great week!
Kind regards,
Maureen Buckley
Deputy Principal
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