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week 6 term 4 wednesday 30th november 2011 www.isleworth.school.nz the values focus this term is kia ora koutou me tautoko tatou i a tatou as this will be the last newsletter for the year i would like to thank you all for your support this year and for your positive feedback as many of you are aware teaching is not an easy job our teachers work long hours to plan programmes and attend professional development meetings in order to meet our goal of continuous improvement acknowledgement of this really means a lot to staff especially after such a difficult year we would like to wish you all a happy christmas and a restful holiday reports these will be sent home on monday 12 december along with class placements and stationary lists for next year we have changed our report format this year as it is now linked into our student management system and achievement data as related to national standards unfortunately this means we have had to omit the graphs this year a new graph format is being developed and we hope to include it in the reports next year next year we will again sell pre-packaged stationery packs we have obtained a very good price for these and details of the costs will be included on the class placement list should you wish to purchase the books yourself rather than the pre-packaged option you must buy the exact items specified on the list as teachers will not accept substitute items which may not meet their requirements you do not need to buy pens pencils glue sticks rulers rubbers etc as these are purchased as part of the resource fee and we discourage children from bringing their own items and pencil cases to school coming events school picnic next wednesday children must bring a drink morning tea a jacket and they should wear sensible shoes as there are a number of schools using the same venue we would like them in school uniform to make identification easier your child will also need lunch if they are not ordering a sausage helpers morning tea this is on 12 december in the staffroom it is our way for thanking you for all your help during the year for catering purposes please ring the office to rsvp year 6 dinner this is now on 12 december because of clashes with touch rugby finals the children have had a notice about this prize giving/final assembly juniors 13 december 2pm seniors 14 december 2pm isleworth road gate please ensure that this is kept closed at all times it should never be propped open until the duty teacher does this at 3pm we do not want to lock this gate during the day but this may be necessary if it is not kept closed during school hours best wishes to mr green and his family for their new adventure in brunei and we look forward to welcoming them back in the future a reminder that school finishes for the year on thursday 15 december at 12.30pm honesty what s happening 2011 2 dec 7 dec 12 dec 12 dec 13 dec 14 dec 15 dec book offer 8 closes school picnic helpers morning tea yr 6 dinner change of date junior prize giving 2pm senior prize giving 2 pm term 4 ends 12.30pm 2012 26/27 jan 30 jan office open 10am-3pm term 1 begins catch the latest news on our news blog htrow el si t a e mit lufrednowaevah ll a uo y e po h .21 moo r o t dl u o g al y a ki m dna e suoh loo w hao n ,7 moo r ot smai ll i w ai d u al c e m o cl ewew urgent does anyone have a trailer that the pta can use on the 7th december to transport the barbeque out to spencer park for the school picnic and then back to school again if you can help please contact the office as soon as possible thank you we have had a few inquiries regarding the school pool keys for hire this year they will be available in the last week of term from the school office the cost will be $85.00 which includes a $15.00 refund on the keys return www.isleworthschoolnews.blogspot.com follow us on facebook www.facebook.com/pages/isleworth-school follow us on twitter text isleworthschool to 8987

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the stars of the week who were awarded classroom certificates at assembly this term were r1 r2 r3 r6 r7 r8 r9 r10 r11 r12 r13 jared macleod and anita clayton paige ellam cameron smith and shemaia dixon all of room 3 sam thompson james jackson shaylaliz earle and endiah kesha luanah ulupano and jaisy zhu maddox arona-gault and annie son jason lin sarah mitchell and abbey flattery-donohoe mya finnie noah woolhouse eve eva fifita mikayla gould tyler gray and xander taylor alexus newman kai tiltman and amelia van dorp the principal s award was given to ryan macleod for showing responsibility and keeping children safe mele fifita for being caring and helpful on athletics day to all the senior pupils for showing responsibility at what now reminder for school resource fee and donation term 4 resource fee is now due term 4 resource fee is now due this can be paid at the school office as well as the school donation although the donation is voluntary it would be very much appreciated reminder accounts have been sent out lost property again we have a mountain of lost property in the sick bay please come and look if we can find names the item will be returned but the majority of items do not have names or indistinguishable marks school sports photos money must be back to the school office by monday 5 december

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community notices please call in to the office for more information the nz blood service will be collecting blood on the 20 december from 2-7pm at bishopdale reformed church 90 highstead road the blood service needs new donors if you can help please contact 0800giveblood or visit www.nzblood.co.nz papanui high school adult and community education department are now enrolling for term 1 courses beginning the week of 7 february 2012 for course information please telephone the high school office 352 0701 or visit the website www.papanui.school.nz wise-up is an 8-week course for children aged 7 ­ 12 years teaching skills for everyday life we look at how to recognise feelings emotions and explore new and different ways of dealing with these wise-up aims to teach children to maintain self-care self-confidence self-respect and self-control next course is in term 1 2012 we are holding groups at glenmoor school linwood north school and hornby primary school groups run from 3:30-5:00pm and start the week of 13th feb cost is $40 term 1 community groups linwood north ­ tues 14th feb ­ 3rd april glenmoor ­ weds 15th feb ­ 4th april hornby primary ­ thurs 16th ­ 5th april for information enrolments contact sarah rawson methodist mission phone 375 1470 email sarahr@mmsi.org.nz aces is about children experiencing separation aces is a 7 week programme which supports 8-10 year olds through sharing experiences and exploring new ways to cope with the separation of their parents next course will be wednesdays feb 22nd ­ 4th april 3:30pm 5pm bishopdale ymca please note the child s care-giving parent is strongly encouraged to attend a parenting through separation course the parenting through separation course is a free two-session group information programme to help parents support children through the difficult time of separation held on behalf of the ministry of justice by the christchurch methodist mission and other agencies for further information enrolments please contact sarah rawson ph 375 1470 sarahr@mmsi.org.nz music tuition mervyn blanchard m ed high.dip.tchg ltcl performer s atcl teacher s airmtnz registered music teacher teacher of piano and theory vacancies now phone 352 6466 pta last big fundraiser for 2011 a big thank you to everyone who supported our car boot sale on saturday whether you donated baking took a site pre sold raffle tickets bought raffle tickets helped out came along on the day and bought up large or all of these we had a great morning and the total money raised from the event was $2984 which is an awesome effort another huge thank you goes to the wonderful businesses who donated the fantastic prizes for our raffle these are listed below please support these businesses who have supported us with their kind donations winners are grinners here are the winners from our raffle which was drawn on saturday at the end of the car boot sale 1st prize s66 barbara inglis 2nd prize l85 julian allom 3rd prize l5 greg chris 4th prize s84 janet andrews 5th prize i12 mr glinchey 6th prize c15 neal algar 7th prize c23 alma batty 8th prize d7 mrs shearer 9th prizes c38 nathan ngahooro 10th prize n57 karyn sandford well done to these winners and we hope you enjoy your prizes pta recipe books bargain price $5 stuck for ideas for christmas why not give a recipe book a useful present to keep forever with great pictures from your childs time at isleworth school on sale in the office now school picnic sausage sizzle please remember that the order forms with the correct money in an envelope marked sausage sizzle need to be returned to the office by friday 2nd december.

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would like to acknowledge the support of the following businesses.

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