Week 4, Term Three, 2018

Late Arrivals at School                                                                                                                                                  Please remember that if your child is arriving after the bell has rung, they must go to the school  office to collect a late slip which is then given to the classroom teacher.  

Absence/Holiday Notification                                                                                                                                               If you are planning on taking your child/children out during term time, can we please ask that you write or email the school office to inform the school of the reason for the trip, where you will be going and the length of the trip.  It is a Ministry of Education requirement that school keep this information on file, the principal reads and signs this and  the Ministry of Education check them when they audit the school attendance.

Visitors to the School                                                                                                                                                         Just a reminder that when you come to the school during school hours that you sign in and out of the visitors book at the school office.  It is a requirement for Health and Safety that we know that you are on the school grounds.

TAURANGA BOYS & GIRLS AGRICULTURAL CLUB (Group Day) AGM

Date: : Wednesday 30 August 2018

Time: 7 p.m.

Venue: 168 Soldiers Road, Kaimai

All welcome. Discussion includes planning for this year‘s Group Day on Saturday 27th October 2018

Enquiries: Ph Linda 543 5265

Annual Foodbank School Appeal for the Tauranga Communuity Foodbank

We are all super excited to start the 2018 appeal and really want to make it the most successful ever.  Here is a bit of background about why we so need your help and open up conversations about what we do, how we do it, and why the Foodbank is so vital to our Community.

- In the last year we issued 5,569 food parcels helping more than 16,000 people in our community with food. More than 10,000 of these were children.

- The increased cost of accommodation is having a major impact on people’s finances and they need to turn to foodbank for extra help.

- Foodbank works with 75 other community/social/medical/educational organisations who identify those that need help and refer them on to us. We are able to help out up to 3 times in 12 months with food.

- Foodbank can offer a greater level of help with food parcels to families and individuals who are working closely with a registered budget adviser. This is a free service and is aimed at educating people and helping them to improve their financial situation for the future.

- We do not receive any government funding and rely solely upon donations of food and money from our community.

- We are incredibly lucky to have a solid team of more than 40 volunteers and have relied upon more than 10,000 hours of volunteer work in the last 12 months to run the Foodbank.