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Tena koutou e te whanau ma ZONE SWIMMING A huge congratulations to our swimming team who placed 1st at today’s Zone Swimming Competition at Cameron Pools. This is the 19th year in a row that TKS have won the cup. Awesome effort guys!! Thank you to all parent helpers who volunteered their time today to help transport and supervise at the event. LOST PROPERTY There is a large amount of lost property clothing in the foyer of Rooms 12 and 14. Please check to see if any clothing belongs to your children. Unclaimed and unnamed clothing will be washed and put into the second hand uniform shop. SCHOOL DONATIONS There will be a 10% discount applied to the below amount only, if this amount is paid in full before 31st March 2017. The School donation is $280.00 per child, per year, up to 2 children. The School donation is $200 per child for the 3rd and subsequent children in family. Thank you to all families who have paid donations to the school. Your funds go a long way in helping to supplement learning opportunities and experiences for all our students. ICAS EXAMS Information has been sent home today regarding the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools. These exams are available for Year 4 to Year 6 students. If you would like your child to sit these exams, please complete the form and make payment. The closing date for registrations is Tuesday 11th April. ECO CLUB Eco club is up and running with a group of approximately 80 children. During the year the students will be taking part in a series of workshops. Learning about worm farming Participating in the waste wise audit and reporting back to the board Learning how to sow seeds and look after seedlings Harvesting garden produce Cooking with garden produce Taking part in the spud growing competition Learning how to weed and look after growing plants Making something to sell at the market day Learning how to sort rubbish Additional responsibilities of the Eco-Club are: Organising the milk project (ordering, handing out, recycling bins) Ensuring that the school continues to be a Waste wise school by monitoring rubbish sorting (roster, training) This program provides a wonderful opportunity for children to learn about plant growing and environmental sustainability. The vegetable gardens have been replanted for early autumn harvesting. Newsletter No. 04 21 st March 2017 CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE Certificates are awarded to our students for: excellence in effort and achievement and demonstration of good citizenship and school values. CONGRATULATIONS TO: Room 1 Milla Orsbourn Emma Yeh Room 2 Bronson Dash Isabella Li Room 4 Ryan Abeysundera Sagana Sujeevan Room 5 Louie Aerts Tosh Dromgool Room 6 Korbin Jowsey Sofia Salinas Room 7 Kobe Grant Max Norwell Room 8 Kaya Fischer-Soffe Andrew Pooley Room 9 Daisy Miller Anna Pareja Room 10 Mohaddeseh Hashemi Dominik Slusarski Room 11 Janisha Manikkage Pearl Ioelu Room 12 Daniel North Anya Dhingra Room 13 Zoe Black Dillon Karunatillake Room 14 Zara Rouse Hesharm Smith Room 15 Maddie Pervan Michael Wong Room 16 Grace Bremner Taj Trebilco Room 17 Aaron Lobo Mackenzie Walley Room 18 Isabel Broderick Hayley Crawford Room 19 Yego Gill Jordan Hook Room 20 Katherine Eng Victoria Pike Room 22 Alex Sha Lela Vince Room 23 Mimi Guo Ravi Lafaialii Room 24 Mikaera Crichton Mandy Ling WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY The Whole School Assembly will be hosted by Room 9 on Thursday 23 rd March. All parents and families are welcome to attend, please be seated by 2.00pm. Regards, Jo Willmoth, Principal TOY LIBRARIAN JOB VACANCY Carlson Toy Library is a not-for-profit organisation, loaning toys to local families. We have a part-time librarian position available. If you are an organised person, with excellent people skills, basic computer skills and preferably a photographic memory for reuniting that certain toy with a missing piece then we’d like to hear from you. This role is a job share. The library is open: Thursday and Friday 9.30am to 12.00pm Saturday 9.30am to 12.30pm During school holidays, except summer school holidays. The librarian has some additional employment hours. To learn more or to provide your CV, call in at the toy library on 261 St Andrews Road, Three Kings, or contact the Chairperson on [email protected] or 021 858 197. Your CV needs to be with us by 5 April 2017. HOMESTAY FAMILIES NEEDED Onehunga High School has over 150 students coming on short study tours in July and August 2017. Please let us know if you like to host, sign up now and help Onehunga High School to give the International Students a fantastic experience. Please contact Anita Vulling: Phone: 636 6006 extn 8027 or Email: [email protected]
