Newsletter Wednesday 29th November 2023

Term 4  Week 8

Wednesday 29th November 2023

Welcome – Nau mai haere mai

Congratulations London and calf, Dallas!

London won the “Taranaki School Supreme Champion Beef Calf” category at the Stratford A&P show last weekend. She received a shield which will be engraved with her name and Ngaere School on it. Well done London!

POOL KEYS

These are available to purchase from the school office from today.  The cost is $60 (cash only please) for a key and are only available to school families.  There are a limited number of keys so it will be “first in, first serve”.  Keys are for use outside of school hours, ie after 3pm, weekends and holidays and must be returned at the end of the swimming season.  

LOOKING FOR A UTE OR SMALL TRACTOR FOR OUR XMAS FLOAT

Are you able to pull our float/trailer in the Eltham Xmas Parade on Friday 08th December? We will be leaving Ngaere School at 5.15pm and finishing up at the Eltham Town Hall at 7pm.  If you are able to help, please contact the school office or Mrs Andrews at penny@ngaere.school.nz . Thank you.

End of Year Prizegiving: Thursday 14th December 7pm at Stratford High School Hall. This is an opportunity to celebrate our Year 8 leavers and present our end of year trophies. More details will be sent home closer to the time.

Thursday will be the last official day for children for the year. School will be open until 12noon on Friday but we would appreciate it if children were not sent to school unless absolutely necessary. This is an opportunity for staff to do their final classroom clean and tidy as well as share information with your child’s next year teacher. 

The last day for the Ngaere school buses will be Thursday 14th December. 

Community Survey – Congratulations to Shantenelle Vest who won the $100 Voucher

Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the survey.

We will share the obvious themes in next week’s newlsetter.

Children from Rooms 1 & 2 having fun at their PE lesson with Mrs Brown.

Junior Tryathlon: On Friday, 1st December children in Rooms 1-4 will be participating in a Junior Tryathlon at school. This will be in the middle block, from 11.15am.  Children may participate as an individual or in a group of three (all from the same year group), with one doing the biking, one doing the running and one doing the swimming.  Children will compete in their year group starting with the Year 0s. When they have finished then the Year 1s will start followed by the Year 2s then Year 3s and then Year 4s.   If your child is the cyclist or participating as an individual they will need to bring their bike.  These will need to be put down along the outside of the turf fence on arrival at school.  Cyclists will need a helmet and covered shoes.  Ngaere Sports shirts can be worn or school uniform.

Junior Big Day Out: On Thursday 7th December children in Rooms 1, 2 and 3 will be heading to Hollard Gardens for their Big Day Out. 

LOST PROPERTY:  There is currently alot of unclaimed items of clothing in the lost property cupboard.  If you are in school at any time please have a look at the big blue cupboard which is situated on the deck area outside Rooms 4 & 5. 

PET DAY TROPHIES:  These are now back from the engravers and can be collected from the school office.

PTA:  Next Meeting 7pm Wed 6th December in the staffroom.

All welcome.

 What’s On..

• Wed 29 Nov  – Fri 1 Dec – Room 5 Camp Konini Lodge 
• Friday 1 Dec – Try-athlon for Rooms 1, 2, 3 & 4
• Tuesday 5 Dec – Board Meeting 6pm
• Wednesday 6 Dec – PTA Meeting 7pm
• Thursday 7 Dec – Hollard Gardens (Rms 1, 2, 3)
• Friday 8 Dec – Float entry in Eltham Christmas Parade
• Monday 11 Dec – Reports home this week
• Tuesday 12 Dec – Rm 4 Vertical Horizon’s day
• Thursday 14th December – End of Year prize Giving 7pm SHS Hall
• Friday 15th December – Last day Term 4 (Children not expected at school)

School resumes for the 2024 school year Wednesday 31st January

COMMUNITY NOTICES

DOES ANYONE HAVE A CARSEAT I CAN BORROW:  Looking for a carseat with a 5 point harness for a small 4 year old to borrow from 20th December to 12th January.   Please contact Mel 021 0231 7666