Junior room Teddy Bears Picnic

Today"s the day the Teddy Bears had their Picnic

Newsletter, Term 4, Week 6

Coroglen School Newsletter

Term 4 Number 6

Wednesday 13^th November 2013

Hello / Kia Ora

Concert – Ukulele performance for the years 4 to 8, at Continuing Care this Thursday the 21st of November. The planned performance will take approximately 30 – 45 minutes. We will need to leave the school by 10.30am and plan to be back for lunch. We still need transport for this trip as we have only had two slips returned. Please fill in transport slip and return to the school.

Swimming – we have started swimming at school. All children are required to bring their togs and a towel each day for swimming. Please make sure you have named all your children’s clothing. This makes it easier to find the owners.

Swimming Lessons – If we have the numbers we will start this Monday 25^th November. Please let Janine know by Friday if your child wants to have lessons this season. Lessons will be on Monday and Wednesday after school. $6 per lesson.

Swimming Pool – we have reviewed the expense of running the pool over the summer holidays. The pools operating expense over the last season was $6,000 to run. This means the 6 weeks over the holidays cost us about $2,000 to keep open. We cannot justify this expense and the pool will be closed over the school holidays this year. Any pool keys from last year can be returned to the school.

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TRANSPORT SLIP FOR YEARS 4-8

UKULELE CONCERT AT CONTINUING CARE IN WHITIANGA

I can/cannot provide transport on Thursday 21^st November to Continuing Care in Whitianga.

I understand I must be at the school ready to leave by 10.30am.

I can take _____ other children plus my own child/ren _______________

Your name ____________________

Signed  _______________________

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Walk through Christmas – The junior room has been invited to the Combined Churches walk through Christmas on Monday 2^nd December. The walk through begins at 11.30am at St Peter’s Church on Dundas Street and will continue to St Patrick’s in Campbell Street, and finish at St Andrew’s in Albert Street. Please fill in the transport slip at the end of this newsletter if you are able to help.  All children under 7 years old will require a booster seat.

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TRANSPORT SLIP FOR YEARS 1-4

WALK THROUGH CHRISTMAS 2013

I can/cannot provide transport on Monday 2^nd December 2013 to the Walk through Christmas in Whitianga.

I understand I must be at the school ready to leave by 11am.

I can take _____ other children plus my own child/ren _______________

Your name ____________________

Signed  _______________________

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Teddy Bears Picnic – On Monday the junior room held an awesome Teddy Bears Picnic with each child bringing their teddy bears. The school also received a bag of goodies from yummy stickers and amongst the goodies were blindfolds. Pictured are some children guessing who the teddy bear they have belongs to.

They also enjoyed music lessons in the sun.

Enjoy your week

Penny and the team

Coroglen School holds onto Athletics Shield for another year

Congratulations to Coroglen School who have maintained the Athletics Shield once again with an average of 14.7 points per child. Whenuakite had an average of 14.43 points per child.  Special mention must go to Tyrese Melde who scored top points of 21 out of a possible 21 points. Well done!  Thank you to all the parents and supporters who came along. Pictures by Sam Torowai

 

Tag Tooty Monday 4 November 2013

Round 1

Junior Coroglen team vs Jackman's

Seniors Vs PD Boyz

Newsletter, term 4, week 3

Coroglen School Newsletter

Term 4 Number 3

Wednesday 30^th October 2013

 

Hello / Kia Ora

 

Athletics – Monday 11^th November from 10am till 2pm. Children will be participating in all the events. All parents and grandparents are welcome to come along and watch the children.

Peninsula Central run/jump/throw off - Children will be selected to take part in this event, to be held next Wednesday at MBAS. They will bring home a consent form this week. Children will be selected on their times and distances this week. This affects 9years and up.

Preparing the back field

Huge thanks to Craig and Amy Hodge for pruning the trees that were overhanging the long jump pit. This was a great example of team work.

Many thanks also to Sam Toworai and Kylie St George and helpers for digging out the long jump pit and topping up the sand. The lane markings are only a few days off so we will be ready in plenty of time. We appreciate all your efforts.

Tag Rugby –New round starts next Monday 4^th of November. at 5pm.

If you have not paid your registration fee of $10 per child, please send your payment to the school or bring it on Monday. This pays for the registration and T-Shirt. If we receive a draw

before Monday we will get this information to you. Theresa Kereopa

 Concert – we are planning a ukulele performance at Continuing Care on

Thursday the21st of November and will require transport to and from Whitianga. The planned performance will take approximately 30 – 45 minutes. Transport slips will come home soon. Please remember from the 1^st November children under 148cm will require a booster seat when travelling.

Marae visit – We are in the process of planning an overnight visit to Kennedy Bay Marae on the 18^th of November. The children have been working on their mihi and waiata in preparation of this visit. Please complete the permission and transport/supervision form at the end of this newsletter. The cost of this visit is $30 per person.

Halloween- Tomorrow is Halloween and the students can come to school in dress up. This does not need to be gruesome as it is a harvest celebration.

 

Enjoy your week

Penny and the team

Newsletter, term 4, week 2

Term 4 Number 2

Wednesday 23^rd October 2013

Hello / Kia Ora

 

 Welcome  Shriya Clohessy to our school who joins the junior room. We hope you enjoy your time with us

 

 

 

 

Athletics –Our children are training for athletics every day so need clothing that is suitable for running, throwing and jumping.

Preparing the back field – We still urgently need help to prepare the back field for athletics. This involves marking the lanes for sprints (50 and 75 metres). We also desperately need someone to help get the long jump pit ready – this needs digging out and refilled with clean sand. Please let us know when you can come and help.

Gardens - The gardens have been weeded over the holidays and are looking good, however the weeds continue to keep coming up. If you can spare even 5 minutes when

dropping or picking your children up to pull out a few weeds as you see them coming through, we should be able to stay on top of it. Thank you.

 

Tag Rugby - Try scorers on Monday night for Coro were dante (2pts), Sam (2pts), Jerome (1pt) drawing the game 5 all. Glen lost their game 5-3, try scorers were Jett (2pts) and trinity (1pt).

Registration fee for tag players is $10 per child and is payable to the school before our next game on Monday 4^th November. This pays for the registration and T-Shirt. We hope to receive the notice with our game times next week.

Please note there is no game on Monday 28^th October due to being Labour Day.

BOT meeting is this Thursday 31 October at 5.30pm, in the school staff room. Everyone is welcome.

Nits – please check your child/rens hair as we have had another break out of head lice in the school. If you do find head lice, please keep your child home until they are treated and cleared of lice to prevent further spreading.

Anchor Milk – the children have been enjoying their drink of milk during morning interval this week. Pictured are Sashka, Myah and Aliza from the junior room.

 

 

Badminton – Tracey from Sports Waikato visited today to teach the junior and senior children badminton. Pictured are the junior children learning how to tap the balloon gently with the hand they use to write with in preparation of holding the racket and hitting the shuttlecock.

Please note: School will be closed on Monday 28^th October for Labour Day and will re-commence on Tuesday 29^th October.

 

Labour Day commemorates the struggle for an eight-hour working day. New Zealand workers were among the first in the world to claim this right when, in 1840, the carpenter Samuel Parnell won an eight-hour day in Wellington. Labour Day was first celebrated in New Zealand on 28 October 1890, when several thousand trade union members and supporters attended parades in the main centres. Government employees were given the day off to attend the parades and many businesses closed for at least part of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy your week

Penny and the team

 

Newsletter, term 4, wk 1

Coroglen School Newsletter

Term 4 Number 1

Thursday 17^th October 2013

Hello / Kia Ora

Pet Day – It was great to see all the pets at pet day, from guinea pigs to lambs and not forgetting the pet turkey who enjoyed the day as much as the children. Thank you to our parents who volunteered behind the stalls to help make the day a successful and enjoyable pet day gala and to our judges who had the task of judging the pets. The olive oil and lemongrass soap the senior room were selling sold out making a profit of $316. Well done guys. The cake stall and raffles made a total of $710.10, the fundraising committee made about $1,000 in the food stalls and the Willigers stall made $448.20 which was donated to the school.

Pet day results were:

Leading: Senior lamb 1^st Stella McQueen and Chief.

Leading: Junior lamb 1^st = Tyrese Melde and Harry, Marama Illingworth and Icy, 2^nd Awa Illingworth and Snowy, 3^rd Riley-Jean Macdonald and Rosie.

Leading: Junior calf 1^st Zoe Jordan and Raspberry, 2^nd Jessica Jordan and Sparkle, 3^rd Ruby Jordan and Ice cream.

Rearing: Senior (Year 4 – Year 8) 1^st Stella McQueen and Chief, 2^nd Dante Sunderland and Allemande.

Rearing: Middle (Year 2-Year 3) 1^st Tyrese Melde and Harry, 2^nd Zoe Jordan and Raspberry, 3^rd= Awa Illingworth and Snowy, Riley-Jean Macdonald and Rosie.

Rearing: Junior (Year 1 and Pre-schoolers) 1st Jessica Jordan and Sparkle, 2^nd Ruby Jordan and Ice cream, 3^rd Marama Illingworth and Icy, Highly Commended: Hinekirunga Haddon-Webster and Pixie, Aria Macdonald and Rambo, Mason Campbell and Silas.

 Other Pets: Senior 1^st Jerome Melde and Rex (Lop eared rabbit), 2^nd Isabelle Catton and Elle (“Alley” the cat),        3^rd Trinity McQueen and Gollum (Baby possum).

Other Pets: Junior 1^st Anna Smith and Snail family, 2^nd Myah Hales and Zoo-Zoo.

Best Dressed Pets and Owners: Hinekirunga and Pixie as fairies, Marama and Icy as Bumble bee in flower garden.

Best Trick: Anna and Sean Smith: Extreme sport snail jumping.

Senior Projects: 1^st Alana Howat and Arnie the horse, 2^nd Jerome Melde and Rex the rabbit,        3^rd Stella McQueen and Chief the lamb.

Junior Projects: 1^st Riley-Jean Macdonald and Rosie the lamb, 2^nd Tyrese Melde and Harry the lamb, 3^rd Leon Melde and Blackie the dog.

Most Obvious Pet: Tyrese Melde and Harry the lamb.

We would like to say a big thank you to our judges Charmaine Clow (leading) Howard Saunders (rearing) and Luther Hare (other Pets). Below Tyrese & Harry

Mason Campbell watches Sean Smith attempt snail jumping.

Raffles

Guess the Weight of the Fleece: 2.62kg Duncan Innes

Scratchies: 29 Kylie St. George

Stephenson’s Unichem Pharmacy Gift Basket: Kylie St. George

Grocery raffle: Nadia

Lollies in the Jar: 141 Khan Simpson Hibbert

Congratulations to all our winners.

 Icy the Bumble bee and Marama the flower garden

Jessica Jordan leading Sparkle

Coroglen School would like to thank the following sponsors for their generosity and support in our annual pet day gala recently.  Baddest Baits, Combatzone, Flippers, Health 2000, Hooked on Fishing, Leighton Howarth O'Connor - RD1 rural delivery, Longshore Marine,  Mill Creek Bird Park, Peninsula Vets, Pinkys, Placemakers, Silverfern Farms. Snapper Jacks, Subway, Whiti Farm Park, Whitianga Hardware, The Glasshouse, The Lost Spring.

We still have a bit of olive oil left, so are offering 250ml refills for $10. There are also cards still available - $12 for a variety pack of 8 cards (they make a lovely gift for xmas for those hard to buy for family members). There are also a few packets of sunflower seeds left for $5.

Ear Clinic – The next free ear clinic visit is on Friday 13 December from 8.30am to 12.30pm at the Whitianga car part by Mainly Casual. They are available for glue ear assessment & management, grommet checks, wax/foreign body removal and treatment of discharging ears.

Athletics – Coroglen School will be hosting Whenuakite and Te Rerenga Schools this year for our annual athletics sports on Monday 11^th November.  Our children will be training for athletics every day so need clothing that is suitable for running, throwing and jumping.

Preparing the back field – We urgently need help to prepare the back field for athletics. This involves marking the lanes for sprints (50 and 75 metres) and getting the long jump pit ready. Please let us know when you can come and help.

Junior Tennis – Every Saturday morning during Term 4 and Term 1 next year (excluding public holiday weekends).

Beginners (approx. 6-8yrs old) 9am to 9.55am.

Juniors (approx. 9-12yrs old) 10am to 11am.

The first session will start Saturday 19 October. Please email [email protected] to register or call Lisl on 021 148 6982 or 866 2181. There is a $20 per child membership fee.

Tag Rugby – we had a great turnout on Monday night for our first game. Try scorers were Nixon (1pt), Stella (2pts), Jett (1pt) and Trinity (1pt). Well done team!

Booster Seats in cars for children -

The New Zealand child restraint law will change on 1st November 2013. Under the new legislation children will be required to use a booster seat up to their seventh birthday. (the current law is up until their 5th birthday).

This means that all under sevens will require a booster seat when travelling by car on school trips.

It is generally accepted that it is safest for a child to stay in a booster seat until they reach a height of 148cm (usually between nine and 12 years). (see Safekids)

If your child needs a booster seat when travelling on school trips, by car, please make sure this is organised with the driver who is transporting your child, before the trip occurs.

Teachers will include information about booster seats on consent forms.

Sunsafe Term 4—Hat wearing is compulsory when outside, during terms 4 and 1. Hats need to be able to effectively protect faces, ears and necks from harmful sun rays.

Wide brim hats and bucket hats are the preferred style. Legionnaire caps are excellent

Enjoy your week

Penny and the team