Newsletter 201725 - 16 August 2017

Welcome

This week we would like to welcome the following children their whanau to our school: Danika Tana and Sarah Edmonds.

Children in the Staff Carpark

All children have been reminded that they are not to walk through the carpark.  If they are going to Room 10 they are to enter the school at Mangakahia Road pedestrian crossing gate or at the gate by the bus bay.  To get to Room 10 children have been told to use the gate by Room 12 and then by the lemon tree.  Whanau are reminded that if you are dropping children off to do so in the morning by the bus bay not the staff car park please.

School Cross Country

Our school cross country will be held tomorrow, Thursday 17th August, at Lindvart Park. We encourage all tamariki to participate and have a go. We will be sending the 5 and 6 year olds off at 9.30 am. The 7 and 8 year olds will be after them at approximately 10.15 am. The 9, 10 and 11 year olds will start at 11.30 am. All runners will have a sausage and ice block after their run. A change of clothes would be helpful as it could be muddy. Come along and support our amazing tamariki on the day! Hope to see you there.

TANGA Cards

This year we are introducing a new reward system to replace our pink Caught Being Good Cards. We now have ‘TANGA’ cards that reflect the culture and values of our school. Children can earn these and they are then posted into a barrel to be drawn at assembly every fortnight. There are prizes for each name drawn out and end of term prizes for the most cards in a class. Each child has also been given a scrapbook to keep all their Tanga cards in so they can share their achievements with whanau and friends.

There are four different colour cards and they are:

Manaakitanga (for supporting and showing kindness to others)

Rangatiratanga (for showing leadership and decision making skills)

Kotahitanga (for working for the good of our class and school)

Whanaungatanga (for sharing and working with others)