Principal's Kōrero
Kia ora koutou whānau. I hope you had a nice week and that everything has gone smooth with you and your family.
It has been another busy week here at Cust school. Lots of speech preparation has gone into this week and from what I am hearing, the speeches are sounding very good and the kids are excited about next week's speech competition. A reminder that the timetable for the speech competition will be:
Tuesday 3rd September: |
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9.00am - 10.30am | Rooms 4 & 5 | in breakout space between Rooms 4 & 5 |
9.30am - 11.30am | Room 6 | in Room 6 |
11.00am - 12.30pm | Room 3 | in Room 3 |
11.00am - 12.30pm | Room 2 | in Room 2 |
Wednesday 4th September: |
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9.30am - 11.30am | Room 1 | in the Multi-purpose Room |
Please feel free to join us.
The school speech competition will be the following week - Tuesday - 10th September.
Agriculture day Term 4: We are excited to share that we will be joining West Eyreton School on October 31st for Agriculture Day! It's going to be a day full of fun, laughter, and making wonderful memories. A big thank you to Lisa Duff (Principal) and the West Eyreton School for all the effort they are putting into organising this event and for graciously inviting our school to participate. It's great that we are able to come together and collaborate with our neighbouring schools. More details to come.
Disco: Get your dancing shoes on! - The PTA is organising a fun disco -happening in two weeks time. Check out the following poster for more details. Please note - if your child is in years 1-4, you need to accompany them to the Disco. Please pre-pay at the school office (see below).
Netball: We wish all our year 5/6 netball team all the best for next Thursday's final. The girls have been training hard and will represent Cust with pride. Well done to all our netball teams who have done very well this year in their grades. Thank you to all those parents who have supported the teams with this.
Fire Brigade Honours: Our congratulations to school parents Johnny Riley and Simon East who will receive Gold Star Awards from Fire & Emergency NZ this weekend for 25 years of service as volunteer fire fighters. What an amazing achievement - well done to you both.
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ko ora ai te iwi | With your contribution, and my contribution, the community will thrive.
Ka kite Cust Whānau - I hope you have a nice weekend.
Gerhard Potgieter
