Newsletter 14 April 2011

14 April 2011 Term 1 Week 11 11/8

Dear Parents & Caregivers

Thanks to families for the support lately:
A good turn out of parents to discuss our behaviour management system;
A lot of parents cheering on the runners at the cross country on Friday;
All the goodies donated for the Easter Raffle and all the raffle tickets sold.

Our children benefit from parents and caregivers contribution to school events and projects.

Of course supporting sometimes seems to be a neverending journey - the first 2 weeks of next term are devoted to swimming lessons each morning. We need helpers for this really important time so please let your classroom teacher know if you will be available to assist.

On behalf of the staff I would like to wish all school families a happy Easter and a restful and safe school holidays.


John McKenzie
Principal

School Holidays
Please be vigilant over the school holidays if you are around the school area and notice any suspicious behaviour. Contact the Police or ring Chubb Security ph 479 6367. The contractors will be working in the school over the holiday period on the front of the hall.

T2 Swimming Block
A swimming block commences on Tuesday 3 May. Children will be taught by the Jill Clarke Swim School tutors. The cost of the swimming tuition and the bus per child is $48, part of which is paid for by the School Activity donation.

Cross Country
Congratulations to all the children who ran in the cross country on Friday. The results are as follows: -
Y1 Girls
1 Eva Woodhouse
2 Maddie Hannah
3 Meila McCartney

Y1 Boys
1 Thomas Dixon-Stewart
2 Noah Taylor
3 Tom McFarlane

Y2 Girls
1 Eva Muir
2 Clarice Aydon
3 Satine Aydon

Y2 Boys
1 Brodie Sinclair
2 Dominic Windle
3 André Taani


Y3 Girls
1 Emma Andrew
2 Annashae Drummond
3 Macauley Hannah

Y3 Boys
1 Tom Earnshaw
2 Shayden Mercer
3 Ben Marsh

Y4 Girls
1 Olivia Andrew
2 Kaci Whalan
3 Caitlin O’Brien


Y4 Boys
1 Shay Crombie
2 Cameron McMillan
3 Liam Smith

Y5 Girls
1 Justice Harvey-Helsloot
2 Lydia McMillan
3 Cheyenne Gibbs

Y5 Boys
1 Meihana Schooner
2 Connor Kennedy
3 Turi Gordon-Smith Pahi

Y6 Girls
1 Tarryn Tree
2 Celeste Howard
3 Georgia Ford-Keen

Y6 Boys
1= Robbie Sinclair
1= Cameron Gascoyne
3 Charlie Li


School Travel Plan
Reuben, Celeste and Olivia went with Mr McKenzie to DNI last week to attend the launch of the Dunedin School Travel Plan programme. The NEV cluster are the first schools to develop a plan to encourage more active and sustainable ways of getting to and from school.

2011 Term Dates
Term 2 Monday 2 May - Friday 15 July
Term 3 Monday 1 August - Friday 7 October
Term 4 Tuesday 25 October - Thursday 15 December

Dates to Note
April
14 Wide Horizons Trip
15 R10 Leads Assembly 2.20pm: Items 2/11
15 Term 1 Ends

May
2 Term 2 Commences
3-12 Swimming Block at DNI Pool

June
15 Fish and Chips and Maths evening

PTA News
Easter Raffle
Thank you to everyone who donated items to be used as prizes, as well as those who bought and sold raffles. Over $800 has been raised!!!

Congratulations to the Prize Winners:
1st prize: Annashae Drummond,
2nd prize: André Taani
3rd prize: Liz McKenzie
4th prize: Steve McConnell

PTA Donation
$500 has been donated to the junior school to help subsidise a trip to a performance of ‘The Gruffalo’ in T2.

School Banking with NZCU South
At the start of T2 we will be starting school banking for the children. We hope this will encourage the children to develop good saving habits. Someone from NZCU South will be at the first assembly of the term along with their mascot “Jimmy J”, to talk about what this will involve. We encourage parents and caregivers to come along and listen to this new initiative and enrol at the same time. More information will follow.

PTA Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday May 10th at 3.15pm. All are welcome to attend.


A Wedding at NEV Normal
Maybe a first for the school hall, which was used in March to celebrate the marriage of Lynley Masters and Luke Percy. Lynley and Luke chose this venue as they had met when they both attended NEV Normal in the early 1990’s!

Community News
Southern Golf Academy Holiday Programme: for children aged 8 to 18 years Chisholm Park and Taieri Golf Clubs, April 18, 19 & 20 from 9.30am-4.30pm. Cost: $149 for 3 days. Contact Duncan Bennett 489 7406 or email
southerngolfacademy@hotmail.com

Valley OSCAR School Holiday Programme: 18-21st April, 8:30am - 5:30pm. Cost $30 a day. Casual rates and subsidies available. Trips include a visit to Bowl Line and the movies. For more information contact Janette 473 9413 or drop into the office at 270 North Road to pick up an enrolment form.

Southlife Easter Egg Hunt: 2-4 pm, Saturday 16th April, Marlow Park, Moana Rua Road, St Kilda. Preschool to year 8 children. Cost: $3 per child. Activities: Easter egg hunt, face painting, bouncy castle, games, entertainment and more. See www.southlife.org.nz for more information.

Parent Education Information Programme: Toolbox Parenting Course, Catholic Social Services for parents/caregivers of children aged 6-12 years to be held over 6 weeks starting Thursday 19 May from 9.30-11.30am. Venue: to be confirmed. Cost: voluntary contribution. Contact facilitators to enrol: Melanie McNatty 470 0801 and Gill Eastgate 474 9547.

Community Roots Camp: Girls and Boys 5 - 12. Monday 18 April : Kensington Oval, 9.00am Registrations/Breakfast, 10am Skills & Games, 11.30am Kiwi League Tag Carnival 12:30pm BBQ Lunch, Roots Camp Ends. 1:00pm Optional Tackle Carnival (1-3pm). Only the optional tackle carnival has a $5 per player cost. Everything else is free. Meet Ruben Wiki + have your photo taken with the World Cup and the Four Nations Trophy. Please contact Grant Milne at: grantotagotouch@xtra.co.nz

Leslie Rugby Junior Coaching Clinic April School Holidays: Friday 29th April 2011 Edgar Centre. 9.00am – 3.30pm. Come and learn first hand from international, national and premier club players. For more info visit www.leslierugby.co.nz or call 0800 4 537543.

Poppy Day 2011
Poppies are available from the office for a gold coin donation and children will take them around the classes on Friday.

ANZAC Dawn Service Monday 25 April
Descendents of returned service personnel are invited to participate in the march to the Cenotaph. Please be at the assembly area is on the corner of Crawford and Rattray Streets by 6am. Participants may wear family medals on the right hand side of the chest.