Dear Parents/CaregiversI hope you have all enjoyed a warm and relaxing Queen’s Birthday Weekend. It is hard to believe that at the end of this week we will be halfway through the term.

We were saddened over the past fortnight with a death of Mrs Doherty’s husband Paul, who died after a long illness. Paul was a lovely man with a great sense of humour and he will be sadly missed. Our thoughts are with Mrs Doherty at this very difficult time. The School Parent Support Group has kindly delivered food and flowers on our behalf.

The Cross Country will be held for the senior school tomorrow. We have a number of our students who now participate in Club Harriers so the standard continues to be very high.

The Milk in Schools Programme seems to be going very well with the children enjoying the opportunity to have free milk alongside their Brain Break food.

It is very pleasing to see the large number of students participating in Winter Sports this term. We are very lucky in Invercargill to have such a wide range of opportunities for our children. A highlight for our students was the visit by Dillon Boucher from the New Zealand Breakers last Friday to our School Assembly.

Have a great fortnight.

Kind RegardsWendy RyanPrincipal

IMPORTANT DATESTERM DATES

5 June: ICAS Science Exam11 June: Ki O Rahi13 June: Zone Cross Country17 June: ICAS Writing Exam18 June: ICAS Spelling Exam28 June: Southland Cross Country at Gorge Road12 July: Last day for Term 2Term 3: Monday 29 July– Friday 27 Sept31 July: ICAS English Exam13 Aug: ICAS Mathematics ExamTerm 4: Monday 14 October – Friday 13 December (depends on Teacher Only Day/s)

MATHS CURRICULUM

On Tuesday 25th June at 7.00pm, we will be holding a Maths Curriculum Evening in Room 1.

This is an information evening to explain what we are presently teaching and assessing in Mathematics. This is a chance for you to ask any questions about an area of Mathematics.

If you are interested in attending, please fill in the form on the bottom of the opposite page and return to the School Office.

UNIFORMUniform is compulsory for all students. It is expected that students wear the uniform with pride and have all the correct items. If for some reason your child has to wear a different item of clothing, please send a signed note along to Mrs Maher explaining this.

Please name all items of clothing.

CHOCOLATE SALESWe are keen to sell the remaining chocolate that we have in the School Office.

There will be two Rebel Sports Vouchers of $25 each to the students who sell the most chocolate between now and the 28 June. Please contact the Office if you would like some chocolate to take home and sell.

SERVICE AWARDSTo acknowledge all those students who go the extra mile and show great responsibility around the school:

Teilah-Rose Templeton & Josh Ngahiwi – Always willing to help

MERIT CERTIFICATESThe following children have been acknowledged for working well in their classroom. They were presented their Merit Certificate in Assembly:

Room 1: Nash Swinburne-Creedy Room 5: Bianca Popham Room 9: Liam Gurney Brooke Brown-Ogilvy Jaykob Yaxley Ryan Dickey

Room 2: Fatimah Fisher Room 7: Nekko Turipa Room 10: Bailey Stewart

Tyrhys MacGregor Jayden Slaughter Shaunte Collins Room 4: Amber Emerson Room 8: Tyler Murdoch Izaha MacGregor Anton Sullivan

We want to celebrate your fantastic children. Thanks. Rae Maher

SCHOOL ACCOUNTS

These are now due. We do have Automatic Payment Forms available from the Office if you would like to set an Automatic Payment up. The School Donation is voluntary but as you are aware, schools rely on the money collected from these donations to allow us to provide more resources for your children’s education. Payment of this is much appreciated.

Any problems with your account please contact Mrs Tiplady or leave a message on the answer phone outside school hours and she will get back to you.

BELL TIMESA reminder that the first bell goes at 5 to 9 in the morning with the second bell at 9.00am for the prompt start of school. Road Patrols come in at 5 to 9 so children need to be here to cross before this time.8.55am: Bell to be in class9.00am: Instruction Begins10.00-10.10am: Brain Food Break (children may eat healthy food and/or water in this break and are supervised by their Classroom Teacher)10.10-11.10am: Instruction11.10-11.25: Interval11.25-12.30pm: Instruction12.30-1.15pm: Lunchtime1.15-3.00pm: Instruction

MATHS CURRICULUM NIGHT – Room 1 – Tuesday 25th June 7pm

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