NEWSLETTER: Term 4, Week 7, Wednesday 7^th December, 2011

Kia ora koutou

Dear Parents and Caregivers

School Buses

Parents of children who travel to school by bus need to be aware that the last day that the bus service will be provided will be Tuesday, 13^th December. The reason for this is that the contract for the buses is with the College and the number of days required by the contract will be up on this day. Parents will need to make arrangements to bring their children to school on the 14^th, 15^th and 16^th December.

Orchestra Exchange

Last Wednesday, the Orchestra and Choir from Napier Central School visited us on our annual Orchestra Exchange. 70 students came from Napier Central and joined our orchestra of 76 to share in each others performance. Both orchestras played for each other and the Napier Central Choir sang. Both orchestras played a piece together which turned out to be very successful.

Napier Central Orchestra playing

Our Waipukurau School students provided a very good audience for the performances and appreciated the amount of practice that had gone into preparing for this event.

Mr Ian Hall, the principal at Napier Central thanked us for hosting his school orchestra and choir and presented our school with a book for our library as a token of their appreciation.

Our children were a great audience

Boys from Napier show their percussion skills

An interesting feature of the Napier performance was a group of boys who put on a percussion item. They had seen a show earlier in the year that had inspired them to put the item together. It was their first performance of their item and was well done.

Follow-up Hui

A reminder that tomorrow, Thursday, 8^th December, there will be a follow-up hui for parents / caregivers of our Maori and Pasifika students. This meeting will be held at 5.30pm so that those who have other commitments can attend them. I look forward to seeing you all there.

Service Assembly

Our annual Service Assembly will be held in our School Hall on Tuesday, 13^th December starting at 9.30am. Parents / caregivers are most welcome to attend this assembly at which certificates are presented for a wide range of school service activities. E.g. Orchestra, Road Patrol, Choir etc. The assembly will take about an hour.

Final Assembly

Our Final Assembly for the year will be held in the Central Hawkes Bay College Assembly Hall on Wednesday, 14^th December, starting at 1.30pm. At this assembly students are acknowledged for their academic achievements and the Top Student for the year is named. The assembly takes about an hour.

End of Year

The school closes for the end of the year on Friday, 16^th December at 12.00pm.

Term 1 2012

Term 1 next year starts on Wednesday, 1^st February at 8.55am. The school will be open for enrolments from Monday, 30^th January.

Seasons Greetings

As this is the last newsletter for the year I wish you all a safe and happy Christmas holiday. May your travels be safe and enjoyable.

Welcome to New Students:

Caleb (6R) and Lukas (6R)

Going Forward Awards

5/12: Jessica (R3), Amanda (R2), Samantha (R1), Mikaela (R8), Elise (7D), Olivia (6S), Kate (6R).

BITS FROM THE OFFICE

Lost Property

We appear to have a very large number of unnamed lost property. This needs to be cleared before the end of year.

Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon

Registrations for the 2012 Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon are now open for children aged between 7 and 15.

Registrations and information available from www.weetbix.co.nz

School Library

The School Library is now closed. Please ensure ALL books are returned to school ASAP. Accounts have been sent to all children with overdue books.

TOUR DE BEAUTIFUL

Tour de Beautiful Cycle Ride is on Sunday 22^nd January 2012.

A fun ride catering for all abilities with different length courses through picturesque countryside in Central Hawkes Bay.

Exciting spot prizes including the chance to win a New Ford Fiesta.

Entry forms available at the school office or enter online www.cyclingchb.co.nz

YMCA Summer 2012 Holiday Programme

Get your children into an action packed & stimulating programme to keep them entertained all day!

(OSCAR subsidies available).

All the information is available on the YMCA website www.ymcahb.org.nz or the school office.

Juniors Visit to Mt Herbert House

In the last week or so Rooms 6R, 6S, 7D and R8 went to Woburn and Mt Herbert Homes, which they do annually, to sing carols and give the residents home made gingerbread Xmas trees.

(Singing with the residents at Mt Herbert)

(Rheanne giving a yummy Xmas tree)

Term Dates for 2012

To help you plan your holidays at Christmas and for next year here are next year’s Term Dates:

Term 1

Starts Wednesday, 1^st February

Ends Thursday, 5^th April

Term 2

Starts Monday, 23^rd April

Ends Friday, 29^th June

Term 3

Starts Monday, 16^th July

Ends Friday, 28^th September

Term 4

Starts Monday, 15^th October

Ends Wednesday, 19^th December

Public Holidays for 2012

Waitangi Day 6^th February (Mon)

Good Friday 6^th April (Fri)

Anzac Day 25^th April (Wed)

Queen’s B’Day 4^th June (Mon)

HB Anniversary 19^th October (Fri)

Labour Day 22^nd October (Mon)

Please plan your holidays around these dates so that your children do not have to miss days at school.