6 Dec 2024

Well the weeks are certainly flying by.  There are not too many days left in the school calendar, but still so much to do!

All classroom placements should have been received for 2024.  We will be moving classrooms in the final week of school.

This coming week we will be farewelling four students early as they are heading away early.  For this reason we have brought forward our end of year Fun Day to Wednesday to ensure we can celebrate our year with all students.  There has been high demand for a 'wheels day'.  Students can bring along something with wheels for our fun day -  rollerblades, scooters, bikes etc, and we will have all of the school bikes here for use too.  There will be pool fun, a waterslide and hopefully a visit from Santa.  Please send along a plate of kai for a shared morning tea.

On December 17th, our PTA is holding a Softball and Carols night.  See the flyer attached - all welcome!

A huge thank you to Maria, Bridget, Michelle, Kate, Simon and Ash for completing even more hours in our outdoor classroom, it's looking great!

Please begin returning all library books before the end of year,

Thank you!

 

Monday - December 9th

Tuesday - December 10th 

 

Wednesday - December 11th

End of Year Fun Day!
* Shared morning tea (Bring a plate to share)
* Santa visit!
* Wheels Day (Bring your helmet)
* Pool
* Waterslide

BOT meeting 5.30pm

 

Thursday - December 12th

Final Music Lessons for 2024

 

Friday - December 13th

 

Upcoming:

Monday - December 16th

Moving Day - Moving Classroom Spaces

 

Tuesday - December 17th

End of year assembly 10am

Sample Books and reports go out.

Softball and carols night 6pm

 

Wednesday - December 18th

Last day, school closes at 12pm

 

Thank you,

Kirsty Steeghs.

 

 

29 Nov 2024

Kia Ora Parents,

Welcome to Layla and Taylor who are starting with us on Monday.  Layla will be in Karaka and Taylor will be in Rimu.  It is lovely to welcome another set of new faces into the school.

Remember to keep packing those togs and towels, we are swimming most days for the remainder of the year.

We have had to postpone our outdoor classroom opening date.  There are still lots of pieces of the puzzle to come together and it has become clear that we will not quite have this ready in time.  Please keep an eye out for the new date when it is advertised!

 

Is anyone looking for 3 chicks to add to their backyard?  At the end of the term, our chicks will be looking to spread their wings to a new home.  At this stage, I am still not sure if they will be hens and roosters.  Let me know if you are interested.  

The end of the year is coming up quickly, and there is a lot of work happening behind the scenes to set 2025 up to be a good one!  If you haven't already, please remember to send through a photo of your child as a toddler/5 year old to add to our prizegiving slides.

Week 8

 

Monday 2 Dec

Working Bee: Alex from Enviroschools is doing a small working bee from 2 - 5pm - if you are willing to help in the outdoor classroom, please come and join us!

An Olympic visitor coming to school  

 

Tuesday 3 Dec

 

Wednesday 4 Dec

All classroom placements will be emailed to parents for 2025.

 

Thursday 5 Dec

Music

 

Friday 6 Dec

 

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Thank you! 
Have a great week ahead!
 

25 Nov 2024

Kia Ora,

A few notes about the week ahead...

• If you have any thoughts to offer on the classroom structures for 2025, please make sure to have emailed this to me before Tuesday.  Myself, Mrs Buckle, and the staff will meet on Wednesday afternoon to discuss this before finalising our plans. I really value this input.
  
  
• Our school Athletics is on Wednesday.  A separate email will be sent with more information  .
  
  
• My next priority will be to help organise the outdoor classroom for its opening day.  At the moment some parents, in particular Maria and Bridget, have been taking on this load and doing a lot of work in the garden to get it ready.  If you are able to offer extra hands, we are having a wee working bee this Monday at 4pm.    Maria and Bridget are meeting at 4pm to work through some more garden projects.  We would love some help carting mulch and spraying.  If you can help at all please let me know.
  
  
• Please return any remaining prize giving cups to school.
  
  
• I have set the term dates.  Please note, our dates have us starting later than most Cambridge schools this year - This is due to an MoE required training that teachers are attending in Hamilton at the end of January.  We still have to open for the same number of days in total, so we are also finishing later than other schools as well.  This was the best solution to accommodate the fixed training dates provided.  Here are the dates set for 2025  

 

Term 1

Starts: 3 February

Ends: 11 April

No School:

All Cambridge Schools are closed Feb 7, this day is made up in Term 4.

 

Term 2

Starts: 28 April

Ends: 27 June

Teacher Only Day:

June 13th (Cambridge wide teacher development day).

 

Term 3

Starts:

14 July

Ends: 19 September

 

Term 4

Starts:

6 October

Ends:

18 December

 

And here is the plan for the week ahead!  Don't forget to dust off your swimmers and pack a towel  

Monday - 25th November 

Working Bee 4pm

Lunch orders are due - Forms have been sent home.  Orders to the office please.  Mince & Cheese Pie $3, Bacon and Egg Pie $3.

 

Tuesday - 26th November 

Final Athletics Practise - Dress Suitably

Mrs Jones in Tawa
Miss Forkitt in Karaka
Mrs Steeghs in Rimu

 

Wednesday - 27th November

School Athletics Day - Starts at 11.10am

Mrs Jones in Tawa

 

Thursday - 28th November

Swimming Starts - Please pack your swimming gear!

 

Friday - 29th November

Interschool Athletics - You will be notified if your child has qualified for the Rural School Team once the results are finalised.

Miss Forkitt in Karaka

 

 

Thank you!