BBS Newsletter 29 October T4W4
Get your Gumboots ready in support of Gumboot Friday on 07 November 🪙 Gold Coin Donation and Mufti Day
Coming Up
FOTS Meeting - Monday 03 November - 6.30pm (Staffroom) - All Welcome!
FOTS Pie Day - Thursday 06 November * orders on Kindo close Tuesday 04 Nov - (no late orders)
Gumboot Friday - Friday 07 November 🪙 Gold Coin Donation and Mufti Day
Y3-6 Assembly - Friday 07 November - 9.45am - (Y4 Hosting)
Y0-2 Assembly - Friday 07 November - 11am - (Y4 Hosting)
Junior Cross Country - Thursday 13 November - 9am (Year 0-3) - Parents are Welcome
Travelwise Event - Twin Day - Friday 14 November
Contents
Principal News
School Pool
Swimming at School
New 4 Square Courts
School Notices
Photolife Photos
School Events
Junior Cross Country (Year 0-3)
Friends of the School/P.T.A
Pie Day
Santa Parade
Principal News
School Pool
The Board has put a huge amount of work into doing massive due diligence on ensuring that the school pool can open again during the summer holidays and weekends throughout Term 1. There are some significant challenges and there are still some final logistics that need to be worked through. We hope that these will come together in the next week and we will be in a position by the end of next week to offer pool keys for the 2025 - 2026 Summer season.
To meet all the requirements, the cost of the pool key hire will be $200 per family. 100 keys will be available for hire. We need to sell a minimum number to make the opening viable, but we expect to sell out, so this is your chance to reserve your key.
Please complete the registration form by clicking this link. Don’t wait - this is the only way that you can secure your pool key for the summer.
Swimming at School
Our Waterwise programme starts next week. At Browns Bay School we do not offer a ‘learn to swim’ programme. The Waterwise programme is designed to develop swimming and water safety skills for all children at all levels of our school. The first four levels are taught in our school pool and are an essential part of learning to stay safe in the water. The Waterwise programme at this level is not optional. The pool is being heated now and will be ready to start next week.
If your child is not able to swim because of an injury, please let your child’s teacher know. Otherwise, we expect that all children will take part in the lessons.
An extension to the programme, covering Sailing and Kayaking, is offered for Year 5 and 6 students who have completed the swimming and water safety components. This program enables capable swimmers to use the beaches and boating clubs in our local area safely and experience aquatic pursuits that could provide lifelong recreational enjoyment. Parents in Year 5 and 6 have been notified of this already.
New 4 Square Courts
The new 4 square courts are another great addition to our school grounds, (see main photo at the top of this newsletter). Children love playing 4-square. Now we just need some warm dry weather so they can make use of them!
School Notices
Photolife Photos
The Team photos and Rms 6 and 10 class photos are now available to be viewed online - www.photolife.co.nz
Photolife have informed us that parents have been emailed their child’s unique Key Code to go online to view and purchase these school photos. ***FREE DELIVERY EXPIRES Midnight Sunday 09 NOVEMBER***. Please check your junk/spam folder. For any queries, please contact Photolife direct: enquiries@photolife.co.nz.
School Events
Junior Cross Country (Year 0-3)
This will take place on the school field on Thursday 13 November at 9am (subject to weather). A decision will be made on the morning of the race if we need to cancel. Parents are welcome to come along to support their children.
Friends of the School/P.T.A
Pie Day
Pie Day is on Thursday 06 November. Orders on Kindo close next Tuesday 04 November. No late orders.
Santa Parade
The FOTS Team.
Community Notices
