Update of Term 3 week 2

Hi All

It certainly been a cold weekend--both Liz and myself were down at the netball courts yesterday with our teams-- they were playing in 2 degrees!! 

For the staff last week was a buddy week --we were all assigned a buddy and each day we gave them a small gift--no -one knew who their buddy was until all was revealed on Friday.

Here is what Liz's buddy gave her. The children loved it!!

Liz has just put on her disguise. 

Taken just before skipping.

Then on Thursday they all got another surprise with the free sausages donated from the Road works team as a thank-you to us and Hoon Hay for the disruption they caused over the last month. Some of the comments from the children--'this is our best day at school!' 

This week we have 3 children beginning their Pre entry visits--Connor Stewart, Ella Sisikefu and Lily Bray. We also have the ERO team [Education Review Office] arriving on Wednesday. They will be based in the teacher work room from Wednesday --Friday. 

Our topic for the next while  is the Olympics-it would be helpful if you see any interesting pictures of our NZ athletes performing -- eg--in the newspaper --they could bring the clipping for and show it for "Sharing" . 

This week we are also preparing for our school's feast day which is next Monday August 15th.  For this day the children will come in their school uniform --no sports gear will be needed. We will start the day with mass at 9.15 am and you are all welcome. After morning tea the children will be involved in 'Acts of Mercy'. The children have already been divided into groups with a Teacher assigned. Tomorrow they will meet with their group and find out what they will be doing. For example I am taking a group to Rowley school and organizing games for their Juniors.

After lunch we have Nicola Coles a New Zealand Rower coming to talk to the school about the Olympics. It should be a fun day!

Kind regards,

Mary