Pembroke School 14 February 2019

Harlech Street Oamaru Phone: 437 :0931 Cell :027 437 0932

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Greetings I can’t believe week 2 is nearly over. The tone around the school is great. Children are happy to be back at school. Teachers are enjoying their classes and our amazing support staff are enjoying the groups they get to work with. Over the next few weeks everyone is establishing relationships.

Getting to know one another. At Pembroke we see this as the key to success. Teachers getting to know their students and building positive relationships. Parents feeling good about coming in to discuss any arising issue. Parent teacher Interviews Just a reminder these will be held in Mid March. We call these our goal setting interviews. By this time the teachers have got to know the children and had discussions about what they know, how they feel about their learning and what they want to achieve in the short and long term. Please have these discussions with your children as well so that when you meet each party can share their information and set common goals. Your insight into your children is valuable as you will always know them better than us. Touch starts next week. My thanks to those of you who are suppor ting the teams. Teams and organisation are almost sorted. The draw is often out late especially in the first few sessions as teams are consolidated and all the details worked out. We will send the draw home when we get it. It will also be available on the North Otago touch website and or facebook page. Sleep Each year I remind everyone that children need sleep. Please do your best to keep good routines and get your children to bed at a reasonable time. It really does support learning. Mrs Murcott Mrs Murcott is our amazing office manager. She is fantastically friendly and is usually your first contact when visiting or calling the school. Please support her by phoning in with any absences as early as you can. 4370931. We also have a dedicated cell phone for absences. 0274310932. Please include your child’s name classroom and reason for absence when you call or text us. Your support is appreciated as Sharon can spend a lot of time calling to check on absent children. Part of our safety plan for your child is to ensure we know where they are if they don’t turn up at school. Have a great weekend Regards Brent and Staff

2019 Cycle Skills Fun Day Free Family Fun Come along to

Waitaki Road Safe’s Annual Cycle skills fun day

Saturday 16 February 12:30pm—3:30pm Takaro Park, Severn Street.

Registrations from 12:30—1:30pm free BBQ from 12:30

A free event for children aged 4—12 years. Try riding heritage cycles, be amazed by

balloon magic, practice safe cycling on the excellent skills course and win some great

prizes!!

Clothing Cupboard Please feel free to come and help yourself to

clothing—There is heaps!!! Everyone welcome to look and take clothes home.

TISSUES Calling all parents! At school we go through a lot of tissues. We would appreciate it if you could possibly

donate a box .

Columba Scout Group Monday afternoons KEAS 5-8 yrs 4:15-5:15pm

Monday Nights CUBS 8-11yrs 6—7:30 pm At the Columbia Scout Den located at Awamoa Park, Holmes Hill.

Scout groups provide safe and nurturing environment for children to have fun and develop their creativity through games,

challenges, indoor and outdoor activities and so much more so come along and join in

the adventure. Contact Mary-Jane 022 300 9690

Oamaru’s Friendly Bay Family Fun Day Saturday 9 March 11am—3pm

Free Activities Live Music, food Stalls,

Inflatables, Face Painting, Sand Castles , Bring your togs,

deck chairs, buckets and spades.

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Home and School News Thursday-Subway— $6.00 or foot long $9

When ordering your child's subway

THERE WILL BE AN ENVELOPE TO FILL OUT IN THE OFFICE

Please make sure you have the correct money for all lunch orders BEFORE 9am

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Room 1 - Adam Rozaidi

Room 2 - Memphis Van Der Hilst

Room 3 - Chastity Ferguson

Room 4 - Gloria Iosefa

Room 5 - Willow Blair

Room 6 -Manaia Frew

Room 7 - Quinn Kininmont

Room 8 - Livai Kaufana

Room 9 - Waitapu Hepi

Room 10 - Quinn Tohill

Room 12 - Rylee Bishop-Duggan

Caught Being Good – Folau Sitake, Isabella

Kininmont, Sione Tuuefiafi, Isla Wardle 7

Ikuna Prescott

Yogis— Willow Blair

Subway— Ryder Curry

Happy Birthday!!! Shakaia Anderson, Hazel Kininmont,

Isla Wardle, Bennette Kennedy, Litia Tuitavake, Wayven Otunuku &

Benji Gray We hope you had a fantastic Birthday!

Living Arts Enrolments now open for Dance & Art classes

Term 1 Feb—10 April at the Manor Estate-Tuesdays / Wednesdays

For more info please contact Debbie Hodge 021 0559581 Debbie@inexjoinery.co.nz

Weston School Out of Hours Music and Art Classes 2019

Open to all North Otago children aged 8 -12 years, hosted by Weston School

MUSIC CLASSES Saxophone Clarinet Guitar Drums Trumpet

Information and enrolment e-mail: jkitchin@weston.school.nz or phone the Weston School office phone 434 5445.

Have you moved here from another part of NZ or from overseas? If so, you may like to

connect with the Waitaki Newcomers Network. They will assist you with your settlement and help you meet

other people who are also new to town. Contact Christine on

0272428643 or 4347544.

Papakaio 8 Hour Challenge Register your team for the Papakaio 8 Hour chal-

lenge; a relay format bike race for teams of up to 4 for 8 hours over an exhilarating 8km, or enter as a

hard core solo rider. Further details on papakaio8hour.co.nz, email us at

papakio8hour@gmail.com or follow us on Facebook. Not riding on the day? There’s heaps to keep you and

your family entertained, including all our awesome vendors; beer from Scotts, and delicious offerings

from Riverstone, Whitestone cheese and Whitestone Meats. The fabulous Monterssori children’s area with

bouncy castle and face painting will be open all day and a special children’s bike track for those under 13 with a timed race lap – registrations on the day. AND

of course watching and supporting all our awesome riders giving it their all! See you there; March 16th from 9am. Willowpark, Papakaio; opposite Papakaio

School on Highway 8.

Lucky Book Club

Issue # 1 of the Lucky Book Club was sent home

with your children this week. Please note that all

orders are due back at school by Friday, 15th of

February. Place orders in the Order Box in the School Office

or hand your order to Mr Eden in the School Library.

Every book ordered generates dollar points for the School

Library to purchase extra books; so far this year Lucky Book

Club and the Book Fair have generated over a $1,000 for the

School Library. Thank you very much for your continued

support.

CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS: Parents who wish to pay for their

child's Lucky Book Club order by credit card, please note that

you can only do so now by making use of the LOOP. Go

to https://mybookclub.scholastic.co.nz/ - This is

the LOOP, the linked online ordering & payment option for

parents who wish to pay for their child's Book Club order

by CREDIT CARD. You will need to REGISTER before you can

place an order. If you get stuck and need help, simply call our

friendly Customer Services team on 0800 266 525 between

the hours of 8am and 5pm.

Home & School Look out for the spring bulbs fundraiser sheet coming home today. Orders and

money to be returned to the school office by 7 March.

No late orders will be accepted Stride, Ride & Slide Sunday 24 February Multi-sport event for children aged 2-6 yrs old.

Children run, ride and waterslide to complete the short multi-stage course as their first

Introduction to a triathlon. You can register your child/children online before 12:00 Saturday 23 Feb. Venue—Takaro Park $5 per child for

online pre-registration or $8 on the day. Any other enquires: 034746411 or 027 6991580