syndicate assembly week 8

Syndicate Assembly

25.03.13

Camp

·      Camp was AWESOME!  From all accounts it was a fantastic experience for both students and parents.

·      A BIG thank you to all of our fulltime and day parents…you were FAB!

·      An encore performance of ‘On Direction’ can be found on Room 12’s classroom blog

·      A notice will come home, later this week, asking for interest in a camp DVD of photos

·      Camp books and pencil cases need to be returned to school

·      There has been a lot of lost property left at Forest Lakes Camp:

1 pair white puma shoes size 2

Blue Pillowslip (Main Camp)

Lightweight navy blue Mountain Pass raincoat

White and blue American college style jacket/hoodie with ‘68’ logo on it

Size 6 Glassons red and white top

Size 16 axle black and white rash top

Size small green hoodie – Named Pablo on tag

Fluorescent green belt

Blue sneakers Size 44 Marcs brand

Size 7 boys swimming togs black

1 head torch

A couple of pairs of socks

*If of any of these things are yours Forest Lakes Camp are happy to return them if you send a self addressed post paid bag to return them in (Forest Lakes Rd, Otaki North 5581).

Sports

·      CENTRAL ZONE SWIMMING SPORTS 2013

DATE: Wednesday 27 March 2013

TIME: 10.30am -1.30pm (often finish early approx. 1.00pm)

10.30-10.40am Warm up time

10.45 First race

DEPART FROM SCHOOL: 9.30am                     

VENUE: Naenae Swimming Pool        

·      Touch Rugby

The finals will be held on Thursday.  Please contact Mr. Chadwick of you are unable to play on Thursday night.

·      Cricket

Training will be on Wednesday for the boy’s team and Thursday for the girl’s team.

Forest Lakes 2013

Syndicate Assembly week 6

Syndicate Assembly

11.03.12

·      Rubbish

There seems to be a lot of rubbish being left on the field.  Make sure you put YOUR rubbish in the bin and pick any rubbish you see lying around the playground/field even if it’s not YOURS.

·      Trees around the field

Please look after the trees around the field!  Be the GAURDIANS!!

·      Capital E Arts Festival

The Y5-8 students will be going to 3 performances at the Capital E Arts Festival this Friday (http://www.capitale.org.nz/whats_on/ArtsFestival2013.htm)

Fri 15 Mar 2013 10:00 AM

Sky Dancer

Fri 15 Mar 2013 11:30 AM

Down Beneath Below

Fri 15 Mar 2013 01:15 PM

The Man the Sea Saw

We will be traveling by bus to the festival.   The 3 parent helpers are Linda Monrad, Jane Woolley and Jane Humphries.

·      Peer Mediators

Peer Mediation will begin the week after camp. 

·      Touch Rugby

There will be practices this week.  Listen out for the notices informing you of your training time during the week.

·      Cricket

The girls and boys team training days and times are yet to be confirmed.

·      Camp

An email, containing the gear list, will be sent to all families this week.  It’s time to start preparations for camp.

·      Cleanest class competition

The competition will run over the school term and at the end of each week Danish and Aijita (the cleaners) will check each classroom to see which room is the tidiest.  The tidiest classroom for that week will receive a certificate and the classroom with the most certificates over the competition period will win the school award for overall best cleaned classroom.

·      NZEI Union Meeting

There is a meeting for the teachers on Wednesday afternoon.  Make sure you know whether you are going home with your parents or if you need to stay at school until 2.55pm.

·      CARE certificate

Congratulations Ben Cass!  Ben received a ‘Citizenship' award for being a great support to another student during lunchtime.

Syndicate assembly Week 5

Y5/6 Syndicate Assembly

Monday 4^th March

REMINDERS!!!

·      Inside @ morning tea and lunchtime

No one is to be inside without permission from a teacher!

·      Scooters and bikes

Scooters and bikes MUST be parked before school.  No riding around on the school grounds before OR after school.

·      Hats

A BIG thank you to all those who are their wearing hats in the playground.  Keep those ‘full brimmed hats” on!

·      Tidy classrooms and cloak bay

It is our responsibility to keep our classroom clean and tidy as well as our class cloak bay area.  Make sure you hang up your bags and things in the cloak bay AND pick up any rubbish on the floor.

·      Stealing

Some food has been going missing from people’s lunchboxes recently.  Make sure you respect other people’s property.

·      Trees around the edge of the field

There have been some issues with students who spend their time hanging out in the trees around the edges of the field.  If this persists we will have to ban certain students from these areas.

SPORT

·      Milo Cricket

Cricket practice this week:

Y5/6 Girls @ lunchtime on Wednesday

Y5/6 Boys @ lunchtime on Friday

*Mr. McMillan has asked that you bring any cricket gear you have at home to the training

·      Touch Rugby

Touch trainings for the Y5/6 teams will be on Wednesday and Thursday this week.

Art

·      Art club

Ms. Berry said that there has been some stunning art work from our Y5/6 students this term.

School Magazine

·      This term there will be an opportunity for students to be involved in the creation of a school magazine.  Mr. Chadwick and Ms. Berry will lead the project.  There will be a variety of roles for students to engage in as well as an chance for our writers to shine.  Watch this space!