Tuesday 20 October - Welcome to term 4! Things have certainly been busy around here:

The Event Management Hapori Awhina team ran a disco the second

last week of last term and did a fabulous job – thanks to Mariana for the lights! It was fantastic to see all the kids get into the spirit of it – dressing up and all joining in on the

dancing and the action!

In the last week of term we had the Education Review Office (ERO) in the

school. Their job is to review everything the school does that contributes to the

learning and achievement of our students. We received great feedback

and while being under scrutiny is never a treat, the week went really smoothly –

they enjoyed our students and were complimentary of our staff which is

lovely. We have received the unconfirmed report and will share the final report with you once it is finalised.

Upcoming dates:

Monday 26 October – Labour Day

Friday 30 October – Putangitangi

Friday 6 November- Teacher Only Day (no school for kids)

Thursday 10 December – Last day for the year. Whanau BBQ and art exhibition – put this in your

diary!!

Congratulations to Kaiah Foggo – our winner of the Invercargill North Rotary Youth Merit Award ☺

This was awarded to Kaiah on Thursday 24 September at a dinner awards ceremony- it is awarded to a student who is striving to achieve, displays honesty, trustworthiness, resilience and has won the respect of their peers. Kaiah is a great ambassador for Bluff School who epitomises the values of the school. She is a leader who has a positive attitude, is keen to participate in everything, has a great working relationship with adults and also her peers. She is a confident, yet humble person and is not one that likes to boast about herself. Well done Kaiah!

 

Hapori  Awhina:  

Appreciation  

team  searching  for  the  cheapest  recipe  to  create  truffles  for  end  of  

year  treats!  

ICT  team  busy  getting  all  the  

laptops  and  iPads  cleaned  and  

ready  for  Term  4  

School  Caretakers  

making  sure  the  school  is  looking  beautiful  and  

clean!  

Sports  Gear  team.  Making  sure  the  sports  shed  is  organised  and  everything  is  

in  its  place.  

Tuakana  Teina  group  choosing  some  books  to  take  up  to  the  

centre  next  term  to  read!  

School  Gardeners  on  the  hunt  for  any  weeds!  

 

Congratulations to Rachel who had her baby last week – welcome to the world and the Bluff School whanau Chloe Ann! While Rachel is off this term we have Juliette Lyon in Weka who has settled right in – Yay

BANNOCKBURN YEAR 6-8 CAMP

A fantastic time was had by all on camp in

Bannockburn last week – we were incredibly lucky with the weather and the

positivity of all the kids was just phenomenal. How lucky we were!!

Re photos – we will find a way to share more of these – probably on facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/bluffschool/

School Photos TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) We are wanting to take the photos outside so this will be on the next fine day if

tomorrow’s weather is poohs. So come looking sparkly just in case!

Nga Putangitangi – we have received the information regarding times of performances for FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER. The junior group are on 4th in their section that starts at 8.55 (so maybe about 10) and the seniors at this stage are on 2nd in their section that starts at 3.45 (so maybe about 4). These times are very approximate and things could run fast or slow. We will send a follow up notice this week about transport in and out etc later this week.

Have a great week all! Alison ☺