The principal's newsletter updates parents on recent events at the school and important upcoming dates. It notes that the school is halfway through the current term and expresses condolences for the recent passing of Mrs. Doherty's husband. The newsletter also provides information about various school activities, including cross country, milk and winter sports programs, and an assembly visit. It reminds parents about uniform requirements and chocolate fundraisers. Important dates are listed and a math curriculum information evening is announced.

1. Dear Parents/Caregivers
I hope you have all enjoyed a warm and
relaxing Queen’s Birthday Weekend. It is hard
to believe that at the end of this week we will
be halfway through the term.
We were saddened over the past fortnight
with a death of Mrs Doherty’s husband Paul,
who died after a long illness. Paul was a lovely
man with a great sense of humour and he will
be sadly missed. Our thoughts are with Mrs
Doherty at this very difficult time. The
School Parent Support Group has kindly
delivered food and flowers on our behalf.
The Cross Country will be held for the senior
school tomorrow. We have a number of our
students who now participate in Club Harriers
so the standard continues to be very high.
The Milk in Schools Programme seems to be
going very well with the children enjoying the
opportunity to have free milk alongside their
Brain Break food.
It is very pleasing to see the large number of
students participating in Winter Sports this
term. We are very lucky in Invercargill to have
such a wide range of opportunities for our
children. A highlight for our students was the
visit by Dillon Boucher from the New Zealand
Breakers last Friday to our School Assembly.
Have a great fortnight.
Kind Regards
Wendy Ryan
Principal
IMPORTANT DATES
TERM DATES
5 June: ICAS Science Exam
11 June: Ki O Rahi
13 June: Zone Cross Country
17 June: ICAS Writing Exam
18 June: ICAS Spelling Exam
28 June: Southland Cross Country at Gorge Road
12 July: Last day for Term 2
Term 3: Monday 29 July– Friday 27 Sept
31 July: ICAS English Exam
13 Aug: ICAS Mathematics Exam
Term 4: Monday 14 October – Friday 13
December (depends on Teacher Only
Day/s)
MATHS CURRICULUM
On Tuesday 25th
June at 7.00pm, we will be
holding a Maths Curriculum Evening in Room 1.
This is an information evening to explain what we
are presently teaching and assessing in
Mathematics. This is a chance for you to ask any
questions about an area of Mathematics.
If you are interested in attending, please fill in
the form on the bottom of the opposite page and
return to the School Office.
UNIFORM
Uniform is compulsory for all students. It is
expected that students wear the uniform with pride
and have all the correct items. If for some reason
your child has to wear a different item of clothing,
please send a signed note along to Mrs Maher
explaining this.
Please name all items of clothing.
CHOCOLATE SALES
We are keen to sell the remaining chocolate that we
have in the School Office.
There will be two Rebel Sports Vouchers of $25 each to
the students who sell the most chocolate between now
and the 28 June. Please contact the Office if you would
like some chocolate to take home and sell.

2. SERVICE AWARDS
To acknowledge all those students who go the extra mile and show great responsibility around the school:
Teilah-Rose Templeton & Josh Ngahiwi – Always willing to help
MERIT CERTIFICATES
The following children have been acknowledged for working well in their classroom.
They were presented their Merit Certificate in Assembly:
Room 1: Nash Swinburne-Creedy Room 5: Bianca Popham Room 9: Liam Gurney
Brooke Brown-Ogilvy Jaykob Yaxley Ryan Dickey
Room 2: Fatimah Fisher Room 7: Nekko Turipa Room 10: Bailey Stewart
Tyrhys MacGregor Jayden Slaughter Shaunte Collins
Room 4: Amber Emerson Room 8: Tyler Murdoch
Izaha MacGregor Anton Sullivan
We want to celebrate your fantastic children. Thanks. Rae Maher
SCHOOL ACCOUNTS
These are now due. We do have Automatic
Payment Forms available from the Office if you
would like to set an Automatic Payment up. The
School Donation is voluntary but as you are
aware, schools rely on the money collected from
these donations to allow us to provide more
resources for your children’s education.
Payment of this is much appreciated.
Any problems with your account please contact
Mrs Tiplady or leave a message on the answer
phone outside school hours and she will get back
to you.
BELL TIMES
A reminder that the first bell goes at 5 to 9 in the
morning with the second bell at 9.00am for the prompt
start of school. Road Patrols come in at 5 to 9 so
children need to be here to cross before this time.
8.55am: Bell to be in class
9.00am: Instruction Begins
10.00-10.10am: Brain Food Break (children may eat
healthy food and/or water in this break and are
supervised by their Classroom Teacher)
10.10-11.10am: Instruction
11.10-11.25: Interval
11.25-12.30pm: Instruction
12.30-1.15pm: Lunchtime
1.15-3.00pm: Instruction
MATHS CURRICULUM NIGHT – Room 1 – Tuesday 25th
June 7pm
Name: _________________________________________
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