Newsletter 10 May 2024

2023/2024 Lions Most Improved Swimmer Award

by Kathy Crow

Today we celebrated one of our younger students receiving an award from The Te Puna/ Bethlehem Lions Club for Most Improved Swimmer from the Reweti students for the 2023/2024 swimming season.

Image by: Margie Jordan



Reporting Absences

We are currently receiving many absentee notifications that do not include the child’s surname, room number, or reason for that child's absence. Using the School App to report absences ensures our admin team has all the information required to code absences appropriately into our system.
by Margie Jordan

Go to the App Store on your device and search 'SchoolAppsNZ' to download the app. Then search ‘Your School Name’ to find Bethlehem School.


If you email or call to report an absentee please leave your child’s

Full Name

Room

Reason for their absence in your message (this is a requirement for the Ministry of Education).

Phone: 576 4726 dial 2

Email: absences@bethlehemschool.ac.nz

Please note that the text option is no longer available.

It is important to include the Office when informing class teachers as the teacher may be away from the classroom or off site for a variety of reasons. The Attendance Officer is based in the Main School Office, not the classroom. Thank you to all those who already do this for us.