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Student Name: Kia Ora Dear Parents and Caregivers WELCOME - to our latest 5 year olds MacKenzie Innes and Lakai Aitkenhead-Moore. I am sure that you will enjoy your time at Green Island School. OPEN AFTERNOON – to celebrate and showcase some of the many wonderful things happening at our school, will be held this coming Friday afternoon, 14th August. The afternoon will start off with a performance from our Kapa Haka Group in the Hall at 1:45pm so please be seated in plenty of time to see. Guides will then escort you around the school to see our classrooms in action. The afternoon will conclude around 2:50pm. FIREWOOD RAFFLE – cards (sold or unsold) and money, need to be returned to the Office by this Thursday please. We thank you so much for this. If you wish to sell another card, then please just contact Kellie in the Office. We desperately need more offers of helpers to sell extra cards at Moyles on Friday 14th August and Saturday 15th August. It really is a lot of fun and the time passes quite quickly. CHEESEROLL – order forms are now circulating around our school families. As all money raised goes towards important school projects/programmes like swimming, maths and reading resources, musical instruments, we kindly ask that all families who put in an order form, also turn up to help make them on Sunday 30th August. Many hands do make light work and all of our children benefit from the funds raised. INTERVIEWS – for Parents/Teachers/Pupils last week, went well. Thank you so much for attending and engaging with the teachers. We have a lot of learning to complete this year and are excited to be doing this all together. DAFFODIL DAY – is coming up soon. As a lead up to this special week, the Moray Place ANZ Bank has asked our children to do some artwork to be put on display in their Branch. A special guest that week will be former NZ Prime Minister, Sir John Key. Many thanks to all children who created the wonderful artworks for this special occasion. FOTS MEETING – tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday 11th August at the earlier time of 3:15pm in the Staffroom. All welcome.
GREEN ISLAND SCHOOL Newsletter No: 27 Date: 10 August 2020
BASKETBALL DRAW – Mon 10 August GI Pirates vs EOHS Mixed 4:10pm Edgar Centre Court TBA BASKETBALL DRAW – Thu 13 August GI Sharks vs SFX Nuggets 5:25 pm Edgar Centre 5B NETBALL DRAW – Tue 11 August Green Island Yellow vs Kaikorai Steel 5:20pm - Edgar Centre Court 10 Please be there at least10 minutes early for a warm up. HOCKEY DRAW – Wed 12 August Green Sticks vs East Taieri Super Sticks 4:20pm LF1 (LF = Lions Foundation) PLAYER OF THE DAY Hockey – 5 Aug – Lily Swensen-Mclean. Well Done. CONGRATULATIONS – to our very own Bailey Chapman who won 1st Place overall in the Dunedin Gymnastics Academy competition, last weekend. She was placed 1st in the Floor and Bar Sections and 2nd in the Beam and Vault, earning her the overall Champion Award. Well done Bailey!
PLAY IS THE WAY – The main tool for raising children is common sense. Be wary of those who would make a science of common sense.
REMINDERS – Lunchtime activities include; Passive Play on Mondays, Reading Club on Wednesdays and Lego Club on Fridays. Guitar and Marimba lessons are held on various other days too. SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY – will be held next Monday 17th August (p/d Tuesday 18th August) at 1:30pm. The Y7+8s will be running first followed by Year 0+1, Year 6, Year 2, Year 5, Year 3 and Year 4 on the bottom field. All welcome to come along and watch the children compete. The top qualifying children in the older age groups, will get to attend the Greater Green Island event to be held at Walton Park, Fairfield, on Friday 28th August 2020, starting at 12:30pm. SWIMMING BAGS FOR SALE - $6.00 each. Good quality with a variety of colours. Samples are available in the office. All proceeds to FOTS.
CONCORD – Emerson Street Mural unveiling will be held this coming Friday afternoon, 14th August, at 3:30pm. You are all invited to this fun occasion. Pippity Pop Balloons will be there plus FREE Inflatable Games. Scrumptious BBQ sausages will be on sale too. See you there. IMPORTANT UP COMING DATES Thu 13 Aug – Raffle Cards/Money due back. Mon 17 Aug - School Cross Country from 1:30pm.
(Postponement day - Tuesday 18th). Tue 18 Aug – Cheese Roll orders and money due back Fri 21 Aug – Scholastic Book Orders due back by 9am Fri 21 Aug – Assembly at 2:15pm, School Hall. Fri 28 Aug - Zone Cross Country. Sun 30 Aug – Cheese Roll Making, 9am. Fri 11 Sep - Otago Champs. Fri 18 Sep – Assembly at 2:15pm, School Hall. Fri 25 Sep – Term 3 finishes
GREEN ISLAND SCHOOL Newsletter No: 27 Date: 10 August 2020
Nga mihi nui/Best wishes Steve Hayward Principal P.S. Why does it take Pirates so long to learn the alphabet? Because they always get stuck at C. “GO THE HIGHLANDERS!!!”
Mosgiel Rotary are hosting a Meet the Candidates standing in the new Taieri electorate for the 2020 General Election. To be held at the Taieri College Per-forming Arts Centre on Wednesday 19 August at 7:30pm. We invite you to attend this evening to hear from the six Taieri candidates. Graeme Watson, Rotary Club Mosgiel C: 027 489 3328 H: 03 489 3328 E: [email protected]
Does your child have strabismus (squint, ‘turned’ or lazy eye)? We are looking for children between the ages of 5-9 years to explore balance performance and how it may be impacted by their vision. As part of the study your child will undergo a comprehensive eye examination and balance testing absolutely free of charge. Further information can be found on our website: https://www.otago.ac.nz/strabismus Or contact the School of Physiotherapy: Email: [email protected] Ph: 0800 687 489 This project has been reviewed and approved by the University of Otago Human Ethics Committee (Health). Reference: H19/125
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