Term 3   Week 9   September  2019

Principal’s Update

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa.

Greetings to you all. Te wiki o te reo Māori took place last week and each class was challenged to make a conscious effort to bring te reo into their daily interactions with others and help to strengthen the language. The theme for this year’s Māori language week was Kia Kaha te reo Māori, make the language strong. To coincide with Māori language week the Ministry of Education brought out some beautiful dual-language readers. A few of our senior students will be turning some of these texts into on-line stories to help the younger members of our school community to engage with these books. Keep an eye on our school Facebook page over the coming weeks as I will be sharing them.

 Swimming

Next term we will begin our annual swimming programme at Wharenui pool which consists of 9 swimming lessons.  Living in such close proximity to the sea, rivers and lakes makes learning basic water safety skills vital. I wish to extend a huge thank you to the New Zealand Community Trust who are providing financial assistance for this swimming programme. We appreciate their support which will make this swimming programme very reasonable.

 Wearable Arts

The excitement is building about the Wearable Arts Learning Celebration this Thursday. The children have made a wonderful job of their creations and are looking forward to sharing them with you.

Children need to meet in their classrooms at 5.40pm so that they get ready in their costumes. They will need to come to school dressed in mufti. Once you have dropped your child at their room, please head to the Parish Centre to take your seat ready for the celebration which will start at 6 pm.

Tuaki

Next term we welcome back Mrs Sauni who will be returning to Tuaki part-time for the remainder of the year. She will be working Monday to Wednesday and Mrs Duncan will continue to work in Tuaki on Thursday and Fridays.

Ngā mihi

Stephanie

                    Whāia te ara poutama o te reo ka tohatoha ai 

Keep improving your language, and share what you know

Upcoming events

Term 3

• Thurs 19 Sept - Korfball - Mako
• Thursday 19 Sept - School wearable arts celebration  6-7pm                                                         in the Parish Centre
• Wed 25 Sept - Board meeting in the staffroom 6pm
• Thurs 26 Sept - Korfball - Mako
• Friday 27 Sept - Mission Day - Last day of term 3                                         

Term 4

• Monday 15 October - Term 4 begins
• Wednesday 23  October - 10am-12.30pm -Run Jump Throw Matau
• RJT Postponement day Thurs 24 Oct  (run jump throw)
• Tuesday 29 October - Swimming programme for whole school begins

Term Dates 2019

Term 3 —22 July—27 Sept
Term 4 —14 Oct—17 Dec

Special Character            

Office Update and Reminders

Statistics on you reading our last communications 

Here is some feed back from us on the statistics we regularly monitor on our forms of communication with you to check on how we reach you and if you are using them.   (did you read it?)     

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Dental Care during the School Holidays                                    
The Community Dental Service will be providing dental care for children enrolled with our service during the upcoming school holidays.  The clinics will offer treatment and relief of pain sessions by appointment only.   To make an appointment please contact our Call Centre which operates between the hours of 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday throughout the year.
The following Dental Clinics will be open during these school holidays:
·         Woolston Clinic, 11 Hopkins Street, Woolston

·         Hillmorton Clinic, Hillmorton Hospital, Sylvan Street,

·         Ashburton Clinic, 38 Elizabeth Street, Ashburton

·         Hornby Clinic, 2 Hei Hei Road, Hornby

The clinics will offer appointments between 8.45am and 3.00pm for school-age and preschool children requiring treatment.
If your child has dental pain as a result of an accident please contact your dentist in the first instance.
To book an appointment at one of our clinics please:         call 0800 846 983
 Or email commdental@cdhb.health.nz

For all direct payments to the school:  123151 0173682 00
Please put your child's name as a reference

We have a meeting in Hoka classroom at 3.10pm on Monday 23rd September, to discuss the rearrangement of learning groups for Matau in term 4 , 2019.  All parents are welcome to attend.

Run- jump -throw

We began our preparations today for the run jump throw athletics event. It will be held on Wednesday 23 October  (pp date if wet -Thursday 24 October) from 10am to approx 12.15 on the field at school.  Please send along sports shoes for your child, as practises will take place over the next few weeks. 

The children have been divided into 7 teams from the 7 main cultures within the Matau team.  Inaka are showing the flags for each group. We are yet to pick flag bearers for the event.  Parents welcome to attend.

Discovery Fridays

We are in need for more parents and grandparents to come forward to assist us each Friday please.  Discovery runs from 10am to 11am.

You could just pop your name down for once a term, that would be a huge help to us.  If we are to maintain the current rich programe we will require more assistance in term 4 and indeed into 2020.

PE and Sports T3 week 7

Sport events coming up:                                                                                 

Mako Korfball - Thursday 12, 19, 26 September 
Y7/8 Let her play rugby with Canterbury Rugby - Friday 6, 13, 20 Septmeber and Thursday 26 September. 
Tangaroa Athletics Sports day - Thursday 24 October (PP date Friday 25 October) 
Swimming lessons 2019 - Monday 29 October to Friday 8 November at Wharenui Pool (Lesson timetable to be confirmed) 
Tangoroa Swimming Sports - Thursday 12 December at Wharenui Pool between 10:00am - Midday 

Touch Teams

Applications to join touch will close this Thursday 19th September as the coaches need to register their teams.  If you would like to join in please see Miss Burgess for a form and have $30 to hand into the office to complete your registration.

Junior Triathlon Training

Do you have children who have tried a triathlon and want to take it to the next level? Canterbury Triathlon offer triathlon training for juniors aged 10-16 during term 4 & term 1 each year. There are two sessions a week on Thursday afternoons and Sunday mornings. All levels are welcome as long as swimming 100m non stop is not an issue. 

The programme is based around skill development, having fun as well as general fitness across all three sports. For more information and to sign up visit https://www.canterburytriclub.co.nz/junior 

Pac n Save Triathlon festival

The annual Pak’nSave triathlon festival will be held on Sunday 24th November at Pegasus. The event offers events from 5 year olds up and is an idea hit out for any children doing the Primary Schools Triathlon the following week. For more information and entry http://www.triathlonfestival.co.nz 

PTA Update

Kia ora whanau,

Disco

Thanks so much to everyone that made the school disco so successful. Our aim was for a fun social time for the kids, not to raise a profit and happily we did better than break even which is great. We spent a bit more than usual on the DJ but we were happy with our investment as she was interactive and the kids had a great time. If you have any feedback on the Disco or ideas for improvement we’d love to hear from you, just send us an email. Keep the bling for next year!!

House of Bricks              Friday 18th October                  $5 per CHILD

• We have decided not to charge for adults, just $5 a child. 

• Please promote this event to your friends, family, neighbours, workmates etc. There is a prize to the family that sells the most tickets

• If you can help with the afternoon please let us know, 

Times for help 3-4pm,    4-5pm,    5-6pm,   6-6.45pm.

• Send along your high quality books, games, puzzles for sale

• Food will be available, bring lots of cash

• Order tickets by emailing us at pta@saintpeters.school.nz and depositing money into our account (03-0866-0328568-00). Tickets will be distributed the first week back next term. Community members can pick up tickets at the door. 

Tea Towels

Next term we will sell Christmas themed tea towels. There will be two to choose from, Matau students and Tangaroa students. $15 for one, $24 for two or $10 each for 3 or more. These will make great Christmas gifts and a lovely memento for the children to keep. 

Term 1 next year

We hope to begin the year with the Family Day at Halswell again and we will be selling bulbs as a fundraiser. 

2020 Fair

Next year the big fundraising event is the Twilight Christmas Fair, which we are hoping to hold on Friday 20th November . To run the fair we need a fair committee of about 10 committed people. If you would be interested in running the fair next year, keep your eye out in this part of the newsletter or drop us a line. We aren’t sure how we are going to work the PTA and the fair committee. In the past the PTA have run it with the help of a fair committee and we have also had a separate fair committee who ran it independently of the PTA. It will depend on numbers of people who put their hand up to help. If you can help in any way we need you! 

Dates for your Diaries:

House of Bricks Community Fundraiser 18th October 4pm - 6pm

Remember our email is pta@saintpeters.school.nz 

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