Cross country and newsletter

I see the wrong newsletter has been posted! Oh dear :( I'm away sick today so we'll get a hard copy sent home to the online families. I think the most important bit of information is about cross country -we still need a few more drivers. Leave a message on the answer phone or send a note in for Thursday if you can drive and haven't let us know yet. Sorry about the newsletter. We'll fix it when we're in tomorrow. Ms McLellan

Rippa Rugby

Love Rugby?  Got some spare time?

All year 5 and 6 students will be competing in a Rippa Rugby tournament over 4 Fridays in June.  It would be great if we had a parent or 2 to come down to help coach.  We have all the rules and equipment here at school.

Give us a ring to let us know when you are available, or stop in and we'll get you started.

Kahurangi Dance Theatre

Next Tuesday all students will be heading in to see the Kahurangi Dance Theatre group at Westland High.  We have seen this group in the past and have always had an amasing show!  It is a great way to see how traditional Maori arts can be used to create a dynamic show.

Please make sure you send $5 per child or $10 per family to school to contribute towards the bus / entry fee.  This is also subsidised by REAP and the BOT. 

Happy Mothers Day!

Mum's are wonderful creatures! 

A special thanks to all the mum's who support the school, their kids, and all the kids in everything they do. We hope you have time to put your feet up and enjoy a quiet cuppa in between running kids to weekend sport, clubs, feeding the troops, laundry, homework, gardening, dishes, clean ups, nursing, making beds, vacuuming, feeding the pets, making dinner, listening to everyone, running errands.....etc etc - what would we do without you all!?!

Happy Mother's Day

Urgent Notice

Urgent Notice

We have just received notice that the scheduled power outage will include the school. Unfortunately because we rely on power for our water supply we will have to close the school on Friday.

If the work is not completed on Friday the postponement date for the work is Monday 7^th May 2012.

So the Mufti Day will now be on Thursday. Please check the expiry dates on the groceries. The raffle organisers are looking for larger, light grocery items (hint, hint – not too many cans pleaseJ)   

Kiwi Sport Times

Please Note: The time for Kiwi Sport is 3:00 - 4:00pm - Same as last term

Counting down

Can you believe the holidays are almost over?!
Hopefully you have had lots of fun with your family over the last 2 weeks.

We are getting ready for term 2 and still on the lookout for some helpers for our afternoon adventures. The children will have a choice of fabric art, wood work, or ukulele to learn for the term. I believe we have a ukulele expert signed up but could really use some experts in the other 2 areas so that the kids can create something awesome.

If you can spare an hour in the afternoon we'd love to have you - even if it is just once or twice :)

Enjoy the last weekend - see you next week

What to do on a rainy day?

We knew the wonderful weather couldn't last... but what do you do on a rainy day with kids still hyper on Easter chocolate?

I used to send my girls out in raincoats and gummys to play and have a warm bath or milo waiting for them when they came back in.  Not always a good choice, but the 10 minutes peace was needed!

Here is a link to some better ideas. Add your ideas in the comments.

Happy Easter :)

I hope you are all enjoying the great sunny long weekend with whatever you like to do for Easter. Hopefully the chocolate levels aren't creating too much of a sugar overload in your household. It certainly is a great start to the term break.



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West Coast Athletics

Check out our athletes at the West Coast Athletic Champs!  Well done Pippa, Amy, Matthew, Fergus and Hayley.

I haven't heard the official results yet, but they all performed their best on the day - awesome work!