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Quote for the week: August 8th 2008
A hamlet is a village without a church and school,
A town is not a city until it has a cathedral.

Principal’s Pen
Kia ora
I think we’ve had enough rain now! Anymore and we will all need flippers for cross country.

IRON BRION
Today ‘Iron Brion’ visited our school to spread the word about healthy eating.
Children and Staff were treated to a delicious hamburger after the show.
Our special thanks to Georgina Ashby, Tania McGrath, Jody Trimble, Karen Orr, Heeni Kani,
Catherine Rivers-Smith and Henare Kani.
for helping to prepare the hamburgers.
Iron Brion with his healthy eating message..
Everyone enjoyed the show ….

CROSS COUNTRY GOLDEN CIRCLE FUN RUN
This involves the whole school on Friday 8th August. Start time 1pm – weather permitting. Postponement day Monday 11th August.
We will break for lunch at 12:15pm ready for a 1pm start.
Please ensure your child has a complete change of clothes, a towel and a warm jacket.
Programme
Races begin with - Year 1 & 2 Room 4
Followed by - Year 3 & 4 Room 2
And then - Year 5 & 6 Room 1

Presentation of Certificates and trophies kindly donated by Mrs Lucas.

This year our Cross Country event is sponsored by Golden Circle, all students have been issued with Sponsorship forms. Money raised will be used to purchase sports equipment.
Students will have until next Wednesday 13th August to collect their sponsor’s money and return to school so that prizes can be ordered.

CAUGHT BEING GOOD
This week’s recipients of CBG awards were:
Room 1 Dylan Box & Kartik Rattan
Room 2 Braden Mellville-Rangi &
Ruby Quinn
Room 4 Jarrod Rangi, Alfred Lapwood &
Summer Orr

RIVER GROUP CROSS COUNTRY
Thursday 14th August. Once we have the River Group team selected parents of these students will be informed. We will require assistance with transport for this day.

BOT MEETING
Our next Board meeting will be held in the staffroom at school on Thursday 28th August at 7:30pm. All welcome.

KIDS CLUB
Kids Club After School Care is available Tuesday to Friday. At this stage we do not have regular students requiring Monday childcare. Kids Club is available for casual childcare Tuesdays – Fridays.
Please contact the office if you require after school child care.
Please make use of this wonderful service. Your support, even on a casual basis will help to sustain Kids Club.

AG DAY – FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER
The Chickens have found their new homes. Now it is time to be thinking about lambs and calves and goats. If you require an orphan lamb please let Mrs Robson know.
There is a pet care website www.calfclub.co.nz
Check it out for some valuable tips. If you require an entry form please let Jacqui know.

PHOTOLIFE STUDIO SCHOOL PHOTOS
The photographers from Photolife Studios will be taking class and family portraits on Wednesday 24th September. If you wish to have family portraits taken come along in the morning – no appointments necessary. They usually start by 9:30am. More details will be sent closer to the time.

POLICIES UNDER REVIEW
Nag 3 – Personnel
• Police Vetting – (Procedures)
• Teacher Appraisal Policy
• Principal’s Performance Management Policy
• Staff Discipline Policy
• Protected Disclosures Policy
• Equal Employment Opportunities Policy
• Staff Induction Policy
• Beginning Teacher Policy
• Complaints Policy
• Management Units Allocation Policy
• Staff Leave Policy

Copies are available at the office if you wish to read them and make a submission. This will need to be done by Monday, 25th August.

DAFFODIL DAY – Friday 29th August
Please give generously to this worthwhile charity, the Cancer Society. We will be selling daffodils and have balloons and tattoo’s for donations given. We will start collecting on the 25th August so if children would like to bring money along that would be great.

THANKS
A special thank you to Heeni and Henare Kani for cleaning the Playcentre (Kids Club) building. Your help is very much appreciated.

Carol Harwood
PRINCIPAL