PONO: Sincerity Ka rongo i te ia o te aroha, he ngākau māhaki: To feel genuine intentions is to understand a charitable heart.

The end of the term is fast approaching. Our staff are looking forward to sharing information about your child’s learning and progress at the conferences in week 10 with the children.

We are fortunate to have the team of Mana Ake workers at our school. They have produced an excellent pamphlet on maintaining our wellbeing. This links into the work we have been doing over the term.

PTA news

There is a meeting tonight at the Papanui Working Men’s club at 7:30pm, see you there.

The PTA are organising a sausage sizzle on Friday 21 June for the children. For the first time the PTA are offering hot chocolates for $1 and sausages for $2. They have a team of parents who will ensure all children receive their sausage.

Congratulations to Tayla Bruce

Tayla Bruce received two awards during the Bowls Canterbury annual prize giving on 25 May 2019. These awards were Young Player of the Year and Sportswoman of the Year. It was an honour to receive them. These awards were awarded to her for her achievements in bowls for the 2018-19 season and the volunteer coaching work that she did with her club members and youth players in Canterbury.

Thanks to Mrs Jelley

We would like to wish Mrs Jelley all the very best when she leaves at the end of the week to start her next exciting journey into parenthood. We wish Tracie and Casey all the very best with the birth of their first child and look forward to sharing in the celebrations and hearing the news. Thank you for the work you have done in the Kererū Team and in Homeroom 11.

We would like to officially welcome Miss Julie Brown into the teaching position in Homeroom 11 for the rest of the 2019 school year. We really look forward to you joining the teaching team.

Board Elections

Thank you to the families who voted for the nominees for the board elections. We are awaiting announcement of our new trustees. The Board will inform you when the candidates have been notified.

School Swimming Lessons - Jellie Park

We are looking forward to our school swimming lessons beginning Monday 24th June.

Children attending lessons will need named togs & towel in a separate bag to take to the pool.

Please also ensure that all items of clothing are clearly named. If you are available to help during swim week please see your child’s homeroom teacher.

Mid Year Student conference - 2 July / 3 July

A reminder about booking for the mid-year interviews. Our families book these interviews promptly. Click the link here to start the process. We encourage you to make a booking as soon as possible to get preferred time slots. Teachers will contact families who haven’t made an appointment to ensure reporting information is made available to all.

How to book your online interview

You will be able to book everything in a couple of minutes. Once you have booked your interview, you will be emailed confirmation of your interviews, and can confirm, cancel or reschedule on the internet at any time, until the closure date of Friday, 30 June at 12 noon. If you do not have access to a computer or have difficulty booking please contact the school office for assistance.

Follow the simple steps below to book your school interview:

1. Type in www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

2. Type in the school code: Kbxew

3. Select Go

4. You will be asked to enter your details a. Full name b. Email address c. Number of students booking for d. Student(s) name Select Go

5. To choose interview times, click the check boxes - missing check boxes mean this time is unavailable - press the green Go button to confirm your interview(s)

6. Select Finish and print a copy of your time.

Certificates

Congratulations to the following children who have received certificates at this weeks assembly:

Lele, Jayden, Shaun, Hoani, Brianna, Jess, Yuan, Olivia, Eva, Thomas, Ella, Nathan, Emily, Lily-Rose, Jay, Oliver, Sophia, Ruby, Alexis, Sam, Dalipinder, Isaac, James and Victor.

Welcome to Te Ara Maurea Roydvale School

We would like to welcome Lyric, Sophie and Isabel.