Congratulations Lisa, Ruby and Islay. Fantastic effort at the Canterbury Cross Country on Wednesday.

All 3 students did very well coming in the top third in their fields amongst some of the best from Canterbury and the West Coast. 

Congratulations Marlo from Raupo for being awarded the Principal's Award at today's assembly for consistently being a responsible and respectful student who demonstrate qualities of an excellent learner. Well done.

Reminder about the 'Learning Celebration' afternoon next Tuesday 2pm to 3pm.  Come in and meet your child in their learning space for a guided tour of the latest from Harakeke, Kowhai, Raupo or Totara.

Are you coming to the 'Parenting Adolescents' seminar presented by Toughlove next Wednesday night?  7pm here at school. All Welcome. Light refreshments from 6:45pm. Come and join us. 

• Toughlove is not just for parents with teenagers.
• Toughlove is for parents with pre-teens, teenagers and older children.
• Toughlove is not just for crisis.
• Toughlove can help with issues like technology use, lack of motivation and checking out what is fair and realistic.
• The mission statement for Toughlove is "To provide support and education that empowers parents and young people to accept responsibility for their actions."

Thankyou and best wishes to Annabelle who has been teaching alongside Rachel Ono in Kowhai these past 7 weeks as part of a teacher practice placement.  You became one of the teaching team Annabelle and we wish you all the very best for your future career.

We welcome Kellie, Julie and Lusila from the Education Review Office into the school next week to work with us through our external review process. We look forward to sharing the ERO feedback with the school community.

Keep warm if you are coming to the 'Festival of Lights' this evening. See you at the parade and the Family Hub stall!

Ngā mihi

Brendan