NEWSLETTER July 2010 Haere Mai, We are excited to announce the Education Review Office will be visiting on 3rd and 4th August. We look forward to their visit and feedback and will keep you posted! We are requesting that parents no longer use the short cut across the field from the school to the preschool. This has become a safety issue for staff who have children at preschool and using the staff car park. People are driving through the car park, not realising that staff have their children with them and we’ve had a couple of close calls! Please use the entrance driveway. Please remember to ring before 8.30am in the morning if your child is going to be absent, or 11.30am if they attend an afternoon session. NEWS FROM THE NURSERY As you know we had a PJ day and mid winter Christmas celebration which were a great success. We have lots of new children starting so welcome to new family/whanau - farewell to all who transitioned, I know they will have a great time in the O/2s. The Children’s Learning Journals are available in the U/2 area please feel free to take your child’s journal home and add to them. We had a great time for the fluoro disco night, we had lots of fun and had a disco ball in place. PRESCHOOL NEWS Thank you to Olivia Woollett’s Mum for the wooden puzzles. Thank you to Scarlett Squire’s family for the ceramic cups and hair ties. Thank you to Julie, Mark’s Mum, for the untreated wood for carpentry and for the lego. Please return any puzzle pieces you may have. The children’s Inquiry into the birdhouse came to an end, for now, the unveiling of the birdhouse was exciting for the children and we thank everyone for their support. Thank you to everyone who was able to go shopping with the four year olds to buy food for the disco. A lot of planning went into the disco, the next time you need to organise a party, the four year olds have a lot of ideas now. Don’t forget if you have any art supplies, paper, material, boxes, tissue paper, ribbon etc we are only too happy to recycle them. OTHER NEWS Please don’t forget to bring books you have borrowed back to the Parent Library. We always have parents waiting to read the valuable information in some of our books. New to the Parent Library : - ‘Kids Baking – 60 delicious recipes for children to make’ ……..……Sara Lewis - ‘The Politically Incorrect Parenting Show DVD’………………….. Nigel Latta We need to move the vege garden, so anybody who would be able to help please let Lorraine in the office know…. all help would be greatly appreciated. You will note that we have introduced a Community Page to our Newsletter (below). Please feel free to email the office for inclusion of any items you want advertised. *****DATES TO REMEMBER REMEMBER***** July 2nd Term Two Ends July 2nd Fluoro Disco Night 5.30pm – 7pm July 5th Fairy Tale Day – dress up as your favourite character July 19th Term Three Starts July 26th – August 1st Maori Language Week COMMUNITY PAGE Tekapo Holiday Home To Rent A three bedroom holiday home to rent $70 per night plus a one off charge of $65.00 for cleaning. Two double rooms one upstairs the other downstairs and one room with two single beds. Linen included. Also has washing machine, dish washer and 14 inch TV. Five minute walk to shops. Ph Donna on 312 0458 for bookings For sale One Mottle Pekin pullet about 4 months old if needed I could also include a young cockerel either black or blue about the same age. $18.00 for both or just for the pullet. Ph Donna 312 0458