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Shane Robinson —

Have your say on our School Survey

Kia ora e te whānau,

What a wonderful snap of weather we have had up here on the hill. The children have had lots of opportunities to be outside the classroom enjoying the environment with each other. Winter has been kind, so far.

Our students have been having a great time here at school. We have had a wide range of art happening as well as puppet shows, trips to museums and cupcake sales to keep us entertained. I am also sure many of our children will be grooving up a storm at the Disco on Friday night - party on!

Thanks to all of you who came in to celebrate your children's learning last week. We had a great turnout down here at school and its was wonderful to see the sharing and setting of targets for the rest of the year. Our staff really appreciate the support and input we get at these events - thank you.

Our school survey is currently live and we would love your feedback. Every three years our school Board of Trustees reviews our overall strategic objectives for the school. The strategic objectives are essential - it is on these that everything else about our school is built. For this to be an effective process, we need YOUR input - it’s your chance to have a really important say about the future of our school. You could also win - your participation means additional House Points for your children’s School House, plus everyone who chooses to leave a name goes in the draw for a yummy dinner out. Please take 10-15 minutes to tell us what you think the future of the school should look like. We need to hear from our whole community and this isn’t like other surveys - this will have a direct impact on your child’s schooling. 

We also have our major fundraiser starting next week. We are excited to be selling Whittakers Chocolates to fundraise for some sunshades in the playground. As we understand that this may not be something you wish to do, we will be sending home a Signmee notice which will allow families to opt out of this fundraiser. This fundraiser does have the potential to raise some excellent funds for the school and we do appreciate the support we get from you in these events. Please do come and see me if you would like to discuss this any further.

No reira, kia kaha ra,
Nga Mihi Nui

Shane Robinson