26 June

Dear Parents

Thank you to every parent, grandparent, family member and friend who supported us by attending and acknowledging our ‘Creation Production’ on Wednesday night. The look of joy and achievement on each child’s face as they came off the stage made all the preparation worthwhile. A big thanks to all the school staff and parents who assisted with costumes, props and anything else. We look forward to looking at our performance when the DVD is produced.
Well done to both the teams who took part in the Aerobics & Hip Hop Festival last Sunday. All your hard work paid off with very polished performances. Thanks to Mrs Williams and Bella Forde for your coaching of the teams.
We look forward to school getting back to our normal routine after the last few weeks of production rehearsals and Term 2 wind down.
I apologise for the latest newsletter not being posted on our website. I hope to fix this problem as soon as possible.

FIRST RECONCILIATION ~ The children’s next session is on Wednesday 1 July at 3.15 till 4.00pm in the church. The night of First Reconciliation is next Thursday 2 July at 6.30pm in the church. Mary O’Neill

NATIONAL STANDARDS ~ With the excitement generated by the Big Wednesday Lotteries and our Production, the issue of the New National Standards has taken a back seat. The government has developed digital sets of expected standards for Writing, Reading and Numeracy for children at the end of Year 1, 4, 6 & 8. Information can be found on line at www.minedu.govt.nz/nationalstandards.
There have been teacher consultation meetings and selected school parent meetings. While no-one can disagree with the importance of raising child achievement, the presenters were unable to tell us what form (or test) would be used to assess achievement. Experience in Britain, USA & some Australian states, has shown that national tests and publications of results have done nothing to increase achievement and in some cases have had negative results. We have been told that the Ministry has learnt from previous mistakes so we look forward to their implementation.

NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING RENEWAL ~ It’s coming up to that time again when we will be renewing advertising on our newsletter cover. If you are interested in purchasing a space on our newsletter, please contact Christine in the office. Existing businesses will be contacted by Dave @ Print and Copy, to gauge their intentions for the next 12 months.

SKILLS BASED PROGRAMME ~ Today was our last day for the above programme. We thank Mrs Brookland for her continued support.

LOST PROPERTY ~ Lost property will be on display in the school foyer for parents to view until Thursday 2nd July.

ALTAR SERVERS ~ Sat 27th June: Liam Hogan Sun 28th June: Patrice Brookland & Erica Forde

NumberWorks’nWords ~ Now taking bookings for after school Maths tuition (to Year 11) and English tuition.
Call Raewyn to secure your child’s place for Term 3. Phone 2186804

ROOM 2 CLASS HAPPENINGS



Room two dressed in their green costumes to act
and dance in the production. We were very excited
about performing at the Civic Theatre on Wednesday.








Well done to both aerobic teams that performed on Sunday the 21st June.