Dear Parents,

Welcome back to a very busy term. If you were able to enjoy a holiday with your children, I hope it was very relaxing. For those of you who still had to work, I hope you enjoyed the break from the school lunches / drop off / pick up routine!

This term is short (9 weeks), will be very busy and will go by very quickly, so be prepared! So, what do we have to look forward to?

• First two weeks children will be undertaking a whole raft of testing so the teachers can report achievement to parents in the end of year report as well as use the data for looking at achievement against National Standards
• Lots of exciting events to mark in your calendar now:
  • 24, 25, 26 Oct – Years 0, 1, 2 trip to Howick Village
  • 31 Oct – Halloween disco
  • 7 Nov – Athletics day
  • 13 Nov – Rooms 15, 22, 23 class photos
  • 21, 22 Nov – Year 6 bike safety
  • 22, 23 Nov – Year 5 beach education
  • 23 Nov – Waterwise for Year 6 – room 1
  • 27 Nov – Waterwise for Year 6 – room 2
  • 30 Nov – Waterwise for Year 6 – room 3
  • 1 Dec – Scoot to School day
  • 7 Dec – Year 6 leavers’ dinner
  • 8 Dec – Athletics day – juniors
  • 8 Dec – Leavers’, councillors’ and house captains’ assembly
  • 8 Dec – Reports and class placements sent home
  • 11 Dec – Carol service at the cathedral in Parnell
  • 12 Dec – Prizegiving
  • 13 Dec – Year 6 leavers’ activity day
  • 15 Dec – Last day of school

Further information about each of these events will be sent home at the time.

This term we collect food, treats and quality gifts for the Auckland City Mission. You will get a reminder later in the term. Remember to keep an eye out for emails and notifications on the app about events as well as ‘like’ us on Facebook to get reminders and information. 

Sunsmart
As we move into the warmer weather it is important that all children have their hats every day and we strongly encourage children to apply sunscreen daily. We have small tubes of sunscreen which cost $5, on sale at the office and they are also on sale beside the iceblock sales each Friday.

Uniform Reminder
I know that a number of the Year 6 students are rapidly outgrowing their uniforms but it would be great if they didn’t wear random t-shirts and long sleeved t-shirts underneath their uniform. I do like our children to look smart!

Dragon Drive and the Teachers’ Carpark
Please, please remind your children that they must come into school down the dragon drive and not the driveway to the teachers’ carpark. I know that many of you come with your children down that driveway but we really do discourage children from using it. It is all about safety as the footpath is very narrow and there is no footpath in the passing bay in the middle.

Kind regards
Janice Adamson