Dear Parents & Caregivers
Netball: starts in Term 2 for Year 3 – 6. Sacha will be running some skill sessions every Wednesdays at lunchtime, to give children a taste before games start. Please bring appropriate footwear.
Kia ora koutou katoa
Easter Holidays
School will be closed for Easter on Good Friday 29th March, Easter Monday 1 April and Easter Tuesday 2nd April.
Scholastic Book Club
Scholastic Book Club Issue 2 is a Special Issue. For every 5 books ordered, Scholastic will donate a FREE book to our school! The more books ordered, the more books our school receives. Orders with money need to be in to the office by Wednesday 10 April. If paying by cheque, please make payable to Scholastic NZ.
Rainbow Class
Next Thursday 4 April our transition to school class for 4 year olds will be held in R11 from 1.15-2.45pm. This class is taken by Mrs Will, our new entrant teacher. If you have a 4 year old who would like to join this class please contact the office.
School Cross Country
Next Friday 5 April we will be holding the school cross country around the school grounds. We will start at 1.30pm with the juniors in R11 first and the seniors in R5 last. Parents and caregivers are very welcome to come along and watch all our keen runners!
Assembly
As cross country is being held on Friday 5th April there will be no assembly.
Netball: starts in Term 2 for Year 3 – 6. Sacha will be running some skill sessions every Wednesdays at lunchtime, to give children a taste before games start. Please bring appropriate footwear.
Learning Power Tip of the Week
Keep These Dates
“Health Body, Health Mind”
Wednesday 17 April for a parent information evening on Behaviour Management Support in the home, to be held from 5.30-6.15pm in the community meeting rooms.
Monday 27 May for a workshop entitled Making Sense of Maths to be held from 9.30-11.30am in the community meeting rooms.
Information on Whooping Cough for Schools and Child Care Centres
There have been confirmed cases of whooping cough at the kindergarten. Our Public Health Nurse, Catherine Moir has provided this information on whooping cough.
People who have had a full course of vaccinations or a booster vaccination within the last 10 years are most likely to be protected. Children and infants are most at risk of serious illness from whooping cough especially if they are too young to have been fully vaccinated. Immunity to whooping cough wanes over 8–10 years even if you have been vaccinated and even if you have had the disease. That is why there are periodic outbreaks and why adults and young people often become sick.
Whooping cough is a highly infectious disease transmitted by contact with respiratory secretions. The incubation period is most commonly 7-10 days but can be up to 21 days after the last exposure to an infectious person. The symptoms of whooping cough begin with a slight cough and runny nose for up to 14 days before the paroxysms of coughing begin.
If you notice these symptoms please see your doctor and say you may have been exposed to whooping cough. Antibiotics can be prescribed to treat the infection and after 5 days of treatment you will no longer be infectious and can go about your normal business.
Please stay at home until you have completed 5 days of the course of antibiotics. If you do not have antibiotics then please stay home for 21 days from the onset of illness in order to prevent others getting sick. Staying at home means not going out in public places, to pre-school, to school, or to work.
If a member of your household is sick with whooping cough and your household has the following people in it we recommend everyone in the household should be prescribed prophylactic antibiotics to prevent the further spread of illness:
- Children under 1 year
- Women in last trimester of pregnancy
- People with moderate to severe lung disease, congenital heart disease, immunodeficiency.
On-time vaccination with all the childhood vaccinations is the best way to prevent illness in children.
For more information see:
Or contact Catherine Moir Ph 4769839.
2013 Term Dates
Term 1 Monday 28 January - Friday 19 April
Term 2 Monday 6 May - Friday 12 July
Term 3 Monday 29 July - Friday 27 September
Term 4 Monday 14 October - Thursday 12 December
Statutory Holidays
Good Friday: Friday 29 March
Easter Monday: Monday 1 April
Easter Tuesday: Tuesday 2 April
Queen's Birthday: Monday 3 June
Labour Day: Monday 28 October
Statutory Holidays not affecting the school term
Anzac Day: Wednesday 25 April
Dates to Note
March
29 Good Friday - School Closed
April
2 Easter Tuesday - School Closed
4 Rainbow Class 1.15-2.45pm
5 School Cross Country
9 Art Gallery Trips R2 and R3
10 Scholastic Issue 2 closes
11 PTA AGM 3.20pm
12 Art Gallery Trip R5
15 BOT Meeting 6pm
19 Last day of Term 1
May
6 Start of T2
6 Show 1.30pm
7 Swimming Block Starts
16 Swimming Block Ends
16 PTA Meeting 3.20pm
23 Rainbow Class 1.15pm
30 BOT Election voting closes noon.
June
6 Rainbow Class 1.15pm
20 Rainbow Class 1.15pm
July
4 Rainbow Class 1.15pm
PTA News
Autumn Raffle
We are having an Autumn Raffle as our T1 fundraiser. We will be asking businesses around town to donate raffle prizes. However, if anyone would like to donate a non-perishable item toward prizes, it would be gratefully received. There will be a box in the office until Wednesday 27th March for prize donations.
Next PTA Meeting
The next PTA meeting and AGM will be held on Thursday 11th April at 3.20pm in the Teaching Room (beside the Library). New comers welcome to attend.
Community News
HAN MA UM DUNEDIN OLYMPIC TAEKWONDO: A fun way for the whole family to make new friends, get fit and learn new skills in a safe and friendly environment. Experienced instructors. Classes are held in the North East Valley Normal School hall from 6-8pm. Ph: 0274125770 or Email: dunedinolympictkd@hotmail.co.nz
Weight Loss: Don't lose weight and put it all back on. Lose it and keep it off! Affordable weight loss that really works. Free Wellness Evaluation and sample. PH Kathy 0800 401 828 or go to wwwsupershapeupnz.com
Catering for all occasions: contact Leanne, Cordon Bleu Catering 477 3330.
Community fruit tree harvesting and preserving. Do you have fruit trees that you don't harvest or need help to pick? Could you help pick fruit? Do you know how to preserve the fruit, or would you like to learn? Sustainable Dunedin City, Transition Valley 473, Presbyterian Support, and other volunteers are teaming up to do some community fruit picking and preserving. Volunteers could preserve in their own homes, perhaps with the help of neighbours, friends or family, or at a 'community preserving workshop' at Dunedin North Intermediate's Technology block at 34 North Rd, NEV on Saturday 6th April between 10am -3pm. All volunteers and tree owners will get to keep a little produce themselves, with most of the produce going to the Food Bank. Contact Kristen on 473 9535, or 027 779 5481, or at tv473ig@list.king.net.nz to offer your fruit tree, volunteer to pick, or to preserve. We especially need trees that have ripe fruit now!
Netball South Holiday Programme: for children aged 7-12 years. Mon 22 - Wed 24 April 9am-1pm. Cost $75. Registration forms are available at the office or contact Trish 4551702.
Basketball Otago April School Holiday Camps: that will include basketball skills & other fun activities. Come and see if you like basketball or continue to hone your skills. Camp 1 Mon 21st – Wed 23rd April, 9am-1pm Edgar Centre Camp 2: Mon 29th April – Wed 1st April, 9am-1pm, Edgar Centre. Cost $92pp ($161 for two children from the same family). Cost $161pp for both camps ($199 for two children from same family to attend both camps). Daily Rate $45pp is also available. For more information please contact Basketball Otago 03 456 4063, email admin@basketballotago.co.nz or download a Diggers October School Holidays Flyer on our website www.basketballotago.co.nz
Fun Learning in the Holidays. Get a big boost with your maths or English, or both, with a NumberWorks’nWords ten-hour holiday intensive. Places available 3.30-5.30pm Mon 29 April - Fri 3 May. Ph 474 1104 to find out more.
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Remember School Banking Day is Wednesday
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