30 July

Dear Parents

Welcome to Anika Winders and Isaiah-Runi Tagomoa who joined the junior rooms this week. We hope they enjoy their time with us.

The next few weeks will be very busy for a number of our children who will be involved in a number of different events.
Reconciliation Parents meeting 5th August 7 pm in Room 6
Polyfest Thurs 5th Aug
Choral Festival Practise @ Donovan 9 – 12pm
Science Fair Friday 6th Aug
Speech Festival School Contest 3rd Aug 9.45 am
Cluster Contest 9th Aug
Life Education Van 10 – 12th Aug
Zone Netball 11th Aug

First Sacrament of Reconciliation
The meeting for parents of children being prepared for the Sacrament of
Reconciliation is on next Thursday 5 August at 7pm in Room 5. The children
will receive their programme book at their first session.

1st children’s session Friday 6 August 3.15 pm ¬- 4.00pm in Room 1
2nd children’s session Friday 20 August 3.15 pm - 4.00pm in Room 1
3rd children’s session Friday 3 Sept 3.15 pm ¬- 4.00pm in Room 1
4th children’s session Wed 8 Sept 3.15 pm - 4.00pm in the CHURCH
Reconciliation Night Thursday 9 September 6.30pm in the church

Car Park & Netball Courts
You will note some new signs in the car park regarding the drop off zones and no right turning. This is a follow up from Room 9’s survey in Term 1 on safety in the car park.
Our aim is to speed up traffic flow, especially after school.
Please support us in this endeavour.

Whenever possible we encourage the children, especially older boys, to be outside and active before school. Please be aware of flying objects on your way into and out of school.

Postcodes
Please let Christine know if your postcode is different from 9810, so we can update our files. Thank you.

Phone System
On Monday afternoon our new phone system will be installed. The phones will be down for approx 2 hours. Urgent messages can be directed to my cell phone: 0274918694.

Polyfest
Saturday 7th August Polyfest Food and Craft Market ¬ 10.00am ¬- 2.00pm Pacific Island Advisory and Cultural Trust, Bowmont Street.



HMNZS Otago
This ship is making her first visit to the Bluff port this week. There is an Open Day this Saturday 31st July from 10am to 3p.m. Come down and step aboard and have a look around the ship and talk to the crew.

Altar Servers
7.00pm Sat 31st July - Shaun Swain
10.30am Sun 1st Aug - Emma Harrington, Abby Humm

Children’s Liturgy
10.30am Sun 1st July - Jackie Taylor

Congratulations to:
Reuben Brown & Ronan Harvey who won their Table Tennis on Tuesday night against Windsor North.
Damian Mitchell & Harry McLean who won their game against Middle Red.


School Fair ~ 7th November Please Read
The fair committee needs all families and friends to start collecting second hand goods that may be suitable for our white elephant stall that runs in the hall on the fair day. If anybody has extra storage, that would also be great.
So please let the school office know or email pladams@xtra.co.nz
We still need the following:
Places to ask for prizes for the chocolate wheel ?
Are there any hairdressers in the school community who could advise on the funky hair stall ?
Does anybody have balloon animal skills ?
Does anybody have a harness we could use for horizontal bungy ?
Do you know of any school businesses who may be interested in sponsoring a stall at the fair ?














Room 2 Class Happenings

For our inquiry this term we have been finding out about magnets. We have found out that they stick to most metal things - but not all metal, and this week we found out that the magnetic force works through other objects, like our finger, our woollen jersey, paper, and even Aiden's ear! We also found out that magnets can make other metal into temporary magnets, like the paperclips in our photo. Next week we will find out if magnets work under water. Here are some of our stories about what we found out about magnets.

Ben is magic and I was magic because I was moving the magnet on my ear. The magnet went through the plastic to the paper clip ~ By Aiden

The magnet stuck through the tissue. The magnet stuck to the metal paper clip. The magnet stuck to the chair ~ By Azriel

The magnet stuck through Cookie Muncher¹s blanket and it was cool. I felt like it was magic inside my tummy. I like it ~ By Lucy

The magnet did not stick through the sand ~ By Scarlett

The magnet stuck onto my chair. It stuck through the leader ribbon ~
By Ethan

Aiden got an earring because the magnet stuck a paperclip to his ear ~
By Dylan