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newsletter 2 7 february 2012 a great turnout at our school bbq and picnic!

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kia ora koutou i hope you had a lovely long weekend i know lots of families went camping ­ some tell me their style is more glamping with fridges tv s and the whole works it s good to see everyone back in great spirits bbq picnic it was fantastic to see such a great turnout of families i enjoyed talking with you all and it was lovely to hear how well all your children have settled in and how happy they are as our school grows bigger it is great to see our new families being embraced by our school community i hope you all got to meet someone new as well as your children s teachers next thursday we will be hosting the community learning meeting where we will share an overview of the learning at golden sands school see the calendar of events learning snapshot conferences over the next few weeks our teachers will be collecting learning information about your children this will be reported to you at a conference in early march the purpose of these conferences is to give you a quick snapshot of the levels that we have for your child and information about how they have settled in to class this year this is also an opportunity for you to share any information about your child that you would like the teachers to know more detailed information will come out closer to the time go4it this sports skills programme starts for all children next week if you have paid your shows and events fees there is no further cost if you have not please ensure that the go4it part is paid so that your child can be involved sports on wednesday of last week you should have received a copy of the summer sports schedule we have had lots of children return their sports fees and permission slips if you have not done so and you wish your child to be involved please send in your form and money before thursday sunsmart please remember to send your child to school with their school hat each day all children must be wearing their school hat to play outside in terms one and four it is also important that you provide your child with the appropriate sunscreen should you wish them to apply it at school are you an 80 s kid do you love fluoro we need some help to man the crossing in the mornings and afternoons if there are any parents that would like to don a fluoro vest and keep me or miriam company we would love to hear from you please email the office on lisa@goldensands.school.nz lunch time arts groups this year we would like to offer opportunities for children to be part of different arts groups the children will be surveyed this week to see what their interests might be regarding some lunch time groups once we have found which of these things the children are interested in we will offer some each term these will be voluntary for those children that elect to take part so far we are offering opportunities in recorder choir scrapbooking kapa haka language arts ­ creative writing and drama visual arts ­ drawing glee club ­ singing and dancing not all of these will take place in term 1 they will be offered at different times throughout the year if there is enough interest.

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netball skills and drills in preparation for the term 2 netball competition miss clark and lisa adkins will be running a fun netball skills and drills session for children in years 2-5 all welcome boys and girls if there are any parents who are interested in helping please come along too miss clark can run some sessions for parents interested in coaching or umpiring in term 2 tuesday beginning 14.2.12 2:45pm-3:30pm dental clinic if your child needs to see a dentist please call te puke intermediate dental clinic for an appointment their contact details are 07 573.6310 term dates term 1 31 january ­ 5 april term 2 28 april ­ 29 june term 3 16 july ­ 28 september term 4 15 october ­ t.b.a fri 10 feb 2pm celebration assembly fri 10 feb lunch juicie sales $1.00 tues 14 feb go4it sport skills starts thur 16 feb 7pm parent meeting ­ learning at gss fri 17 feb lunch juicie sales $1.00 fri 24 feb swimming sports papamoa sch pool fri 24 feb lunch juicie sales $1.00 health service fri 2 mar 2pm celebration assembly if you have any concerns about your child s health fri 2 march lunch juicie sales $1.00 needs or just require some general information public tues wed 6-7 mar transition conferences health nurse siobhan is available to talk with to make fri 9 mar 2pm celebration assembly contact just ask at the office or talk with your child s fri 9 mar lunch juicie sales $1.00 teacher fri 16 mar 2pm celebration assembly siobhan whittingham ph 07 577 3383 fri 16 mar lunch juicie sales $1.00 public health nurse fax 07 578 5485 fri 23 mar 2pm celebration assembly 889 cameron road fri 23 mar lunch juicie sales $1.00 private bag 12024 fri 30 mar 2pm celebration assembly tauranga 3143 fri 30 mar life education programme begins email siobhan.whittingham@bopdhb.govt.nz fri 30 mar lunch juicie sales $1.00 fri 5 apr 2pm celebration assembly lost found fri 5 apr lunch juicie sales $1.00 ring found in the sand pit please come to the office if you have lost fri 5 april 2:30pm last day of term 1 one watch found last year we also have a number of items of clothing lunch boxes and especially shoes in the lost property please come and have a look at our green lost property bins in the foyer of the multipurpose space we also have a couple of children that have lost part of their uniform at the wet n wild day at the end of last year it is easy for uniforms to get mixed up when all the kids change into sports gear so please check that your child brings home the right uniform on sport days thank you thanks to dale who has put together our lecturn and is taking away our big pile of weeds for us we appreciate your help what s happening shows event fees need to be paid for these money collected on wed/thur in multi purpose space congratulations to giselle lomas who was 1st runner up in the miss sunshine papamoa in the holidays.

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yearbook a big thank you to shaun bradley and the team at oyster design shaun donated a lot of time at the end of last year in which he designed the inaugural year book for us as always should you have any need to use a designer it is great to support those that support our school so please use oyster design if you can i hope that you all enjoyed the year book ­ it will be a very special reminder of our very first year at golden sands school we still have a small number of copies left should you wish to purchase one school helpers for parents that would like to help us with jobs around the school we are going to host meetings and/or workshops so we can book you in and show you what needs to be done if you would like to help with some outside work please meet as follows outside jobs ­ pruning shrubs weeding windows etc making resources and library help reading assistance and other learning community help new zealand shaun bradley m +64 21 711 460 e shaun@oyster.net.nz www.oyster.net.nz thursday 8.30am info only to be advised next week to be advised thanks for your help everyone we really do appreciate it have a great week melanie taylor melanie taylor principal flipperball competition dates and times term 1 games will be played on sundays from sunday 19th february to sunday 1st april 2012 at various times between 11.30am ­ 7.00pm note that these times are approximate and are subject to change dependent upon entries this makes for a 7 week league papamoa football soccer registrations ages 5 15 years competitive or social players all welcome where sport rec centre gordon spratt reserve papamoa when tues 14 feb 4 6pm sat 18 feb 2.30 4.30pm wed 22 feb 4 6pm sun 26 feb 2.30 4.30pm call jane white on 5423980 e-mail papamoafootball@hotmail.com website www.papamoafootballclub.co.nz

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studio stars drama in the pilates studio with dianne leach wednesdays 3:00 ­ 3:45 wednesdays 4:00 -5:00 first class wednesday february 8th creating rehearsing and performing drama with others improves confidence communication skills and is senior group 9 years junior group 5 ­ 8 year olds papamoa re-starts the year on the 13th february and invites boys girls in these age ranges kea s 6 to 8 years [school year 1 3 cubs 8 to 10 years [school year 3 6 scouts 10 to 14.5 years [school year 6 10 venturers14.5 to 18 years [school years 10­13 join for free for month fun term 1 fee $70 or $120 for two siblings enroll your star now contact di leach 5738346 or 0274789066 or email dandbleach@gmail.com

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