Just to let everyone know that the Year 3 camp is all go this morning. The children will be leaving after the Junior School Celebration Assembly.

Since we have started to rejuvenate our school gully, one of the new attractions at the back of the field is a hut building area. The children have been taking full advantage of the opportunity to build huts during breaktime and lunch. Each week a different year group has a turn to put their building talents to full use. On a Friday the huts are taken down again so that the next year group can come up with their own designs the following week. Have a look at the photos to see what some of the children have managed to create so far.

Please make sure you come and join us on Friday the 6^th of December. We are going to have a school open afternoon followed by a family fun evening on the back field. The open afternoon starts at 1.30pm and you are invited to spend time in the classroom with your child. From 3.00pm onwards our fabulous Parents of the School group will be organising some fun activities for children and their whanau to take part in on the back field (make sure you wear your running shoes). This will be followed by the official opening of our gully at 4.00pm and live performances by our choir, kapa haka and instrumental groups. We may even be able to throw in a visit by Santa!!! Please come and join us on the day. (The event is weather dependent, in case of rain you are still most welcome to come and visit the classrooms in the afternoon but the after school events would have to be cancelled).  

The children have been working hard getting their entries ready for Ag Day tomorrow (18th October). Here are some of Room 18′s scarecrows and gum boots. Parents, caregivers and whanau are very welcome to come and have a look at the children’s creations in classrooms from 11.50 am tomorrow. Remember that the animals will all be on display on the backfield from 9.00 am, rain or shine (let’s keep our fingers crossed).

Remember to come along to Ag Day this Friday. The action kicks off at 9.oo am on the backfield with children showing their animals. Meanwhile back in the classrooms there will be a range of activities for the children including making sand saucers and designer gum boots. Above are some of Room 25′s gum boot designs. You are welcome to join your child in their classroom at 11.50 am and tour the other classrooms around the school with them from midday onwards. It is going to be a great day, we would love to see you there (rain or shine).

Agricultural Day is being held this Friday, 18th October rain or shine. The starting time will be 9.00 a.m. and all participants are to report to our back field via Homewood Tennis Courts.  There will be a sausage sizzle on the day at a cost of $2.00.  As part of Ag Day children will be undertaking projects back in the classroom such as designing sand saucers and vegetable creations. We would love you to come along and have a look if you are free. You are welcome to meet your child in their classroom at 11.50 a.m. From 12.00 until 1.00 p.m. all of the classes will walk around the school to view each other’s creations. You are most welcome to take a tour of the classrooms and see what all of our children have been up to! Assembly will run as normal at 2.00 p.m. We hope to see you on Friday.

I hope you enjoy the holidays with your children. Just a reminder that Katikati’s Art Festival will be in full swing during the first week. Children from Room 11 have created their own masks as part of the festival and our school Kapa Haka group will be taking part in the grand opening on the 30th September. Make sure you come along and have a look.

On Tuesday 17th September Charlotte and Tommaso competed in the Northern Cluster Speech Competition. Unfortunately they didn’t get a place, but they did great to get this far.
In the Year 5′s, first place went to Blake from Waihi Beach with his speech on Dragons. In second place was Hannah from Omokoroa No.1 with her speech on Irene Van Dyk and in third place was Genevieve from Bethlehem College with her speech on Moustaches.
In the Year 6′s, first place went to Te Puna Primary with a speech on Homework and in second place was Caitlin from Matahui with her speech on Sugar.
Well done Charlotte and Tommaso for representing our school. You both did us proud!

Abby,The Press

On Wednesday 13th September the Junior School held a Wearable Hats Day. Rooms 1,2,3,4 and 6 made wearable hats that all fitted on their heads. Parents arrived with their cameras. Click, click went the buttons. All the children sat down in a square in the hall. They stood up and sang the National Anthem. Caleb and Jack from Room 4 introduced the parents and encouraged them to join in with some Jump Jam. During the middle of the song the music was paused. Class by class the children walked around the inside of the square showing off their cool as hats. The parents clapped and a Jump Jam video began. All the parents joined in with their children. The wearable hat day was really good.

Cassandra, The Press