Newsletter Wednesday 18th September 2024

Ngaere School

School Newsletter

Living & Learning with RESPECT

Term 3 Week 9

Wednesday 18th September 2024

Welcome – Nau mai haere mai

SCHOOL PRODUCTION TOMORROW!

Classes have been practicing hard for our school production and we are ready to perform! We still have tickets available for the matinee but unfortunately are sold out of the evening performance.

Children will travel to the 11am show as a school, by bus, leaving school at 10am and returning after the show, to be back at school by around 1pm. If you are attending the matinee and wish to take your child home for a rest you are welcome to do so. Please advise your child’s teacher and your child will be brought to the main foyer at the theatre to meet you. Younger children may be picked up from school at 1pm. Otherwise, school as usual for the afternoon.

We ask that children are dropped off between 6 and 6.15pm for the evening performance. They will be met and directed downstairs from the theatre foyer. You may also pick up your children from there at the end of the show. Children will be downstairs, with their teachers, during the performance while waiting for their appearance. They will not need food or snacks while down there but may bring their named water bottle if you consider it necessary.

WHEN: Thursday 19th September

WHERE: the TET Kings Theatre, Broadway, Stratford

TIME: Matinee Performance 11am (Doors open 10.30am)

Evening Performance 6.30pm (Doors open 6pm)

PTA will have a raffle on sale at both the matinee performance and the evening – $2 ticket to win a ‘Movie Pack’

Harold is Looking for High Fives!

Taranaki Life Education Trust has recently launched its High 5 for Harold campaign! Through this fundraising initiative, we hope to raise as many $5 donations as possible, to ensure our highly valued health education programme can continue being delivered in local Taranaki schools for years to come.

If your children, grandchildren, or you yourself have been helped by Harold and his mobile classroom in the past, we would love you to consider whether it might be possible to help. Harold will appreciate any and all high fives that come his way!

Donations can be made via the link below, or the QR code located in the graphic below.

https://buy.stripe.com/3csbJcbop5Utcg0288

CONGRATULATIONS to all those who competed in the Central Schools Cross Country in Stratford last Wednesday. The top ten runners are eligible to compete in the Taranaki Champs next Wednesday.

Ngaere School Top 10 Placings

9 yrs & below boys: Parker G – 3rd, Jake E – 6th

10 yrs boys: Oliver O – 1st, Archie M – 6th, Jett M – 8th, Cooper B – 9th

10 yr girls: Mia H – 8th

11 yr old boys: Hayden M-H – 6th

11 yr old girls: Alice K – 1st, Ava D – 4th

12 yr old boys: Daniel T – 6th

12 yr old girls: Nikki Z – 3rd, Isabella E – 7th

13 yr old boys: Keegan K – 2nd, Lee M – 8th, Harry S – 9th

13 yr old girls: Kaylee E – 4th, Kelsey P – 6th

Well done!

Taranaki Cross Country – Wednesday 25th September 2024. (There is no postponement date.) This event will proceed unless the weather is extreme. A note has been sent home to those children above who have been selected to compete.

Tennis Lessons

A reminder to please advise Karen in the office if you would like your child to have small group (no more than 4) tennis lessons with Ghislaine Brien.

All classes will have a couple of whole class sessions with Ghislaine and the small group coaching would be a great way to further enhance your child’s love and skills of the game.

LAST FRIDAY PIE DAY THIS WEEK!

Please have orders in by Thursday 9am.

Mince Pie $5, Mince & Cheese Pie $5, Sausage Roll $3, Lasagne Topper $3 small mince pie $1.50.

Spare order forms are available from the school office.

Please do not include other plastic lids.

Milk & cream bottle lids only. Thank you.

PET DAY 2024 – Wednesday 16 October

PTA will be running a grocery raffle. Please send along a grocery item or two to make this the best raffle prize yet!
Next PTA Meeting – All are welcome to attend. 23 Sept 7pm. Main agenda item will be finalising Pet Day.
Can we please have all PET REGISTRATIONS back this week. Thank you.
More information about Pet Day will come home next week – but if you have any questions please do not hesitate to check with Karen in the office.

Mrs England’s Farewell Day

Last Day of Term 27th September 2024

At the end of the term we say farewell to our Principal.

We want to wish her well in her retirement and say Thank you for everything she has done for our school over the last 12 years.

On the last day of the term we will be holding a final assembly at 1.30 pm to say goodbye and thank you.

The PTA/Board of Trustees will be providing a small finger food afternoon tea for those attending.

Please RSVP to book your seat at our final assembly and to help us with catering for the afternoon tea. Please let click the link below, email the school @ office@ngaere.school.nz or see Karen in the office, to confirm numbers attending. Thank you.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAm-fr7AnO_FIPc96M-PiUXUgQ7JC709u_ODElAqClWZ5nTg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Such a nice way to say farewell to Megan over a cuppa.

After our assembly the Junior children will be going to Room 2 and the Senior children will go to Room 7 to allow parents and the community to take a moment to say goodbye and spend some time together.

School still finishes at 3pm

If you are passing, please take the time to check out the school lost property box which is situated on the deck area outside Rooms 4 & 5. There are a lot of items in there especically shoes and socks, and you may recognise items that your child doesn’t. This will be cleaned out at the end of the term.