SCHOOL INVOICES

Please note an ―Activity Fee‖ will be applied on all upcoming invoices. It is being charged at $15 per pupil

with discounted rates of $10 and $5 for each subsequent sibling. This covers administration costs,

sports uniforms maintenance and any costs associated with educational trips. If you have any queries or

concerns about this please contact Sean.

School invoices will be sent home at the beginning of week 10. If your child is away it will be posted.

Also a reminder to those families using the Flaxmere bus service, school procedure requires users to set up regular Automatic Payments to

cover bus use ($1.30/child per day). Please phone the office if you need account information or have

any queries. If payments are not arranged in a timely manner, you risk losing the use of this

service.

SPORTS ASSEMBLY

Don’t forget we are holding a special Sports Assembly NEXT WEEK! All welcome!

Tuesday 24th November, starting at 2pm.

We would like to invite all coaches so that we may officially thank them.

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WHAT’S COMING UP? HE AHA NGA MAHI I TENEI RA?

NOVEMBER

16-20th Okawa Senior Camp (Wellington)

24th Sports Assembly (2pm)

26th Cluster Athletics (Hastings Sports Park)

DECEMBER

2nd Optimist Yachting (Okawa Class)

3rd Matapiro Overnight Camp (at school)

Oreka Overnight Camp (Kaweka Forrest Park)

14th Year 8 Dinner

16th End of Year Prizegiving / Concert

TERM DATES 2015 TERM ONE 2nd Feb—2nd April

TERM TWO 20th April—3rd July

TERM THREE 20th July—25th September

TERM FOUR 12th Oct—17th Dec (approx.)

FOR RENT

4 bedroom large house to rent at Sherenden, bus at

gate. Please reply with ref—phone 874 2776.

HOLIDAY PROGRAMME

Kid’s love YMCA holiday programmes – book now for summer, free drink bottle!

Fun, laughter, mates, parks, surf, pools, Splash Planet, arts and crafts … good times.

While you’re working your child will have a great time in a safe, professionally managed programme

doing something different every day.

Programmes cater for 5–7, 8–11 and 12–14 year age brackets.

To meet your needs our summer programmes start on December 17th and run right through to Friday 29th January 8am–4pm. We also offer 7.30–8am,

4–5pm and 5–6pm care with every programme. We can assist you with all WINZ paperwork which if you

qualify for full assistance may mean your cost (8am–4pm) could be as little as $4 per day.

Enrol now and every child gets a free drink bottle and you go in the draw for one of 10 $50

grocery vouchers drawn before Christmas.

For full details and to book your child’s place this summer please call 878 3027, email oscar3@ymcahb.org.nz,

www.ymcahb.org.nz click on holiday programmes.

YMCA Hawke’s Bay: 720 Pakowhai Road, Hastings and 129 Latham Street, Napier

CLUSTER ATHLETICS

Our annual cluster school Athletics is to be held next

week: Thursday 26th November at the Hastings

Sports ground on Percival Road. All children are

expected to participate. Please arrive by 9am.

Remember there will be NO SCHOOL BUS—you are

required to arrange transport for your children to and

from the event.

If you are having problems or need some assistance,

phone the office: 874 3830.

Children will be issued with a sports t-shirt on Monday

and need to arrive in this ready for the event on

Thursday. They will need their school jersey if the

weather is poor. Please provide children with food and

drink. In the event of bad weather, there will be NO

Athletics! Hopefully the weather forecast for next

week is more promising than this week!

If it is in fact cancelled, a normal school day will

resume and bus services will run as usual.

KAPA HAKA

WOW!!! It was a very successful day last Thursday

when our seniors took to the stage and performed at

the Kapa Haka Festival at Richmond School.

You all did so well and we are so proud of you!

Special mention to Isaac Hanara-King and Kristyn

Elliott who lead very well and Skylah and Honour Parkes

for their beautiful solo!

Also a big thank you to matua Pitiera and whaea

Harlem, we couldn’t have done it without you!

LOST—SET OF KNIVES

Plastic knife belt with 3 knives lost from 1222 Taihape

Road towards Fernhill from about 1:45pm yesterday.

If found, please ring Beetle at HB Home Kill on 027

226 6671.

Athletics The children are all looking forward to the Cluster Athletics next week and have been busy training at school during PE sessions. We will look forward to your support on the day at the Hastings

Sports Park. You are welcome to take your child home after the athletics have been completed but can you please let your classroom teacher know first.

Swimming On the days that it is warmer we are opening the school pool at lunch times. During this time we always have a duty teacher watching the swimmers and ensuring that they are safe. We will start class

swimming sessions after Athletics.

Kapa Haka A huge congratulations to our senior school for their outstanding performance in the Kapa Haka festival last week. We were so proud of them. The junior school enjoyed having the opportunity to go

along and support them and we were also proud of their behaviour as an audience.

A Little Quiet We wished the seniors well as they headed off on their camp on Monday. We hope that they are having an excellent time and look forward to hearing about what they have done, seen and learnt.

Thanks—Heidi Tyler

Assembly this week—Oreka

CHANGE OF ENROLMENTS FOR 2016 –

CHILDREN/FAMILIES MOVING IN OR

MOVING ON We are trying to plan ahead for 2016 with class

sizes / year groups etc and need to know whether

any children, other than those in Year 8, will be

moving on. If you know your child/children will

definitely be moving on in 2015 can you please make

contact with the school office as soon as possible.

Alternatively if you have a child ready to start

school in 2016 and have not completed an enrolment

form, then please make contact with the school

office.

HEALTH & SPORTS SURVEY

Thank you to those of you who have taken the time

to fill in the survey that came out last week.

This is a school requirement and helps us to

monitor what we are doing as far as health and

physical development in our school.

It’s not too late, if you haven’t completed it—

there’s still time!! Please return all surveys to the

office by the 27th of November. Thank you.

SPORTS

TEE BALL RESULTS/DRAW

Last week: LIL LEGENDS POD: Harmiora Kelly

This week—21st Nov: vs Te Kura Takitimu 1 Akina 3c 10.15am

If you have any queries regarding tee ball please phone Paula Ferrick—874 3044