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newsletter ­ 11 november 2010 from the principal tn koutou katoa thank you all for bearing with us over the last week while our phone system was out of order thankfully we are restored to normal this week and you will once again hear hannah s fantastic welcome message pet day what a fabulous day we had last wednesday with all creatures great and small taking part in our annual pet day it was obvious just how many hours had gone into preparing pets and owners for display as always we are grateful to the members of our local community who acted as judges on the day to the pta for providing morning tea for the judges and to parents for transporting and supporting we have been hearing a persistent `rumour that this was our last pet day i can assure you that this simply is not true by the end of last week staff and students had reviewed the morning and made a list of suggestions for improvement for next year including a parade and dress up event for the dogs national standards at the end of this year teachers will be reporting to parents against the newly introduced national standards our end of year report format has been redesigned to accommodate this requirement you will be aware that national standards have been hotly debated in the media throughout the year prior to reports going home on december 10th we will be running a seminar for parents to `unpack the standards explain how teachers are required to make judgements about a child and also to outline what some of the fuss has been about this seminar will be offered twice on wednesday december 1st at 2 p.m and again at 7 p.m please dairy this date while i can not claim to have all the answers at this stage please let me know if you have any particular questions relating to the standards new appointment a permanent appointment has been made to fill the vacancy created by lorraine scarlet s retirement i am delighted to announce that simon dakers will be joining our staff from the beginning of 2011 and will be teaching in the senior learning team simon is currently completing his batchelor of teaching and learning at the university of canterbury and has considerable skills in music simon is also very interested in the environment and he and his wife are keen to raise their young family in the country there will be an opportunity for you to meet simon before the end of this school year on the buses take a close look at the new e-can buses running through springston because the production of the brand new buses for this route was interrupted by the september earthquake older buses are being used in the interim e-can invited our school to decorate one of the buses which fitted nicely with our art theme for the term we had to use childrens handprints as part of the deisgn and thanks to julia and rachelle a very effective depiction of the alps rivers and plains will decorate one of the buses travelling through springston each hour keep an eye out pool keys thanks to craig phillipson our swimming pool will be open for use from monday november 15 members of the school commuity can purchase a key for the season at a cost of $70 school swimming will also begin on monday ng mihi ki a koutou katoa liz weir principal principal s awards r2 will lunch with liz the following children had their names drawn out of the gotcha box at our last assembly harry w for being accepting and adaptable by collecting the wheelie bins.

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sarah mc for being self managing and listening really well in assembly thanks to rolleston subway for continuing to sponsor this lunch a awards at our next assembly on nov 19th we will present a learner certificates to the following children r1 caz r2 martin maggie r3 mya lucy c sam r4 isaac ineka r5 dean anton r6 annabelle callum haidee r7 philippa sinead chloe r8 kaylee isaac these names were previously published in the newsletter on october 29th change of bank accounts please note that the school bank accounts have been changed to asb if you make online payments to the school please take note of our new account number 12-3153-0110300-00 the westpac account will be closed soon head lice we have had quite a few cases of head lice reported recently please keep checking your children s hair and treat accordingly if any lice are found wowow wheeling or walking on wednesdays if you wish to join our walking train please be at the domain ready to depart at 8.15 on wednesday nov 17th the wowow mascot dog will be at springston school with his owner from 8.40 a.m to 9 a.m pta news there is still time to send in a donation towards our christmas raffle thanks to those that have already sent donations along christmas gift fundraiser a reminder orders and payment must be at the office by tuesday 30 november calendars if you still wish to order a calendar there will be another order sent off next week please have art work and payment to the office important dates november 12 show day ­ school closed 15 swimming pool opens 16 school photographs due back 17 wowow dog at school 8.40 a.m 18 canterbury area day icey slicey day 19 whole school assembly 23 year 8 s to wellington 24 junior run jump throw 26 subway 30 pta fundraiser due back december 1 national standards seminars 7 starting school party 10 a.m 9 bot meeting 10 school reports issued 13 year 8 dinner 14 school picnic day 15 final assembly 7p.m 17 parent helpers morning tea 10.30 certificates assembly 11 a.m school closes 12 p.m trophies it is that time of the year again to return any school trophy you may have at home please clean and return to school as soon as possible china room 7 is looking for any old or chipped china that you don t want or need could you please send along to room 7 icey slicey day room 7 will be selling ice cream slices 1.50 each next thursday for a fundraiser for a school mosaic project an order form will come home on monday clown day this year s fundraiser for school council will be a clown day where you can come dressed as a clown we will have activities in the morning and a special parade plus prizes for the best dressed at present we are still waiting for our surprise guest to confirm a date hopefully this day will be in the first week of december children will be asked to bring a gold coin donation to support ronald mcdonald house.

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