Coroglen School Concert 2013

Coroglen School end of year Concert started with Christmas Carols sung by the students, and the piano played by local pianist Sue Donovan.

We then moved indoors for our Junior room to play their ukuleles and sing a medley of four songs.

Then it was time for the puppet performance

Then our Senior room played their ukuleles and performed their medley of four songs

Thank you to the teachers, parents and friends of Coroglen School who came enjoyed the community BBQ and end of year concert. Have a happy and safe holidays, and we will see everyone back at school on Thursday 30th January 2014.

Newsletter, Term 4, Week 9

Coroglen School Newsletter

Term 4 Number 9

Wednesday 11^th December 2013 11/12/13

Hello / Kia Ora

This is the last newsletter for the year. On behalf of the staff, BOT and children I would like to thank you all for your support, involvement and contributions throughout 2013.

Season’s Greetings to everyone. Have a safe and happy holiday.  All the best to those, who are gearing up for the busiest time of the year.

End of year picnic on Tuesday 17^th December. We will meet at 10am at the 309 waterhole (about 2.5kms up the 309 Rd - look for the sign).  There is a public toilet there and it is a lovely spot for a fun family day out. Don’t forget the sunscreen.

End of year concert and leavers evening will be on Monday 16^th December at the school library. Don’t forget to bring some meat to put on the BBQ, and a salad for our community BBQ before the concert from 4.30pm. The performance will start at 5.30pm.

Pining for Christmas - Hodge Family Tree Farm in now open weekends between 10am-4pm. Give them a call on 866 3134 and get down and tag your tree now.

Stationery accounts Thank you to those families who have paid their accounts. Please endeavour to get these paid before the end of year.

Lawns donations – Thank you to those families who are up to date with their lawns donations. If you are unable to pay this by next week, we will add it to next year’s account.

Fundraising committee – Don’t forget to keep Saturday 1^st March free on your calendar. We will do a roster up next year for the volunteers.

Library Books – Last days to return your library books.

School Attendance – attendance is important. Your child’s learning is scaffolded on what they know already on work they have learnt the day or weeks before and need to be at school unless they are sick.

By law they are required to attend unless they have a reason for being absent.

There are times when teachers need to get away after school for appointments and meetings. We need warning or notification if you are unable to collect your child at 3pm.

Wanted to Rent – 2 bedroom+ house in Coroglen area. Please phone Shokujo on 027 3638 422.

Farewell and good luck to Shriya, who leaves us on Friday to move to Australia. We wish you and your mum all the best in your future endeavours.

Good luck also to our year 8s James Arthur, Alana Howat, Liam McQueen and Hannah Parry who will be attending Mercury Bay Area School next year.

Enjoy your summer holidays, be good and we will see you all back at school revitalised for another year on Thursday 30^th January 2014.

Best wishes to you all at Christmas and the New Year!

Penny and the team

Newsletter, Term 4, Week 8

Coroglen School Newsletter

Term 4 Number 8

Wednesday 4^th December 2013

Hello / Kia Ora

Walk through Christmas – Thank you to all the parents who provided transport and supervision for the Walk through Christmas on Monday.

Stationery accounts are attached to this newsletter and we would appreciate payment before the end of next week. The school is not funded by the Ministry for your child’s stationery. For those families who are not paying their bills, please remember other families who are paying their accounts are carrying the stationery debt.

Lawns donations – If we do not have a record of payment for lawns donations in our receipts book, you will also have a reminder attached to your newsletter. Once again payment would be appreciated before the end of next week, or part payment to reduce this bill for next year.

Fundraising committee – The Trail Ride has been moved to Saturday 1^st March. This is a great fundraiser for the school and a wonderful family day out. We are also looking for volunteers to help with the marshalling, registering and food catering on the Saturday so mark this day on your calendar.

Tag rugby – It is great to see parents and children playing tag rugby on Monday night. We have some stars in the teams. Captured on camera are

                     Dante as he runs the ball up, and Carter as he rips his opposition.

End of year picnic on Tuesday 17^th December. We will meet at 10am at the 309 waterhole (about 2.5kms up the 309 Rd - look for the sign).  There is a public toilet there and it is a lovely spot for a fun family day out. Don’t forget the sunscreen.

End of year concert and leavers evening will be on Monday 16^th December at the school library. We will be having a community BBQ before the concert from 4.30pm, so please bring a salad and some meat to put on the BBQ. The performance will start at 5.30pm.

This is a time for the children to show off their musical talents and perform songs they have been working on this term.

We would like to acknowledge our bus driver, Rice McDonnell and Murphy Buses for providing us with a safe and reliable bus service throughout the year. We rely on this service connecting our town children out to our country school.

Pining for Christmas - Hodge Family Tree Farm in now open weekends between 10am-4pm. Give them a call on 866 3134 and get down and tag your tree now.

School starts back on Thursday 30^th January 2014.

End of year Hoedown – Please support our local community this weekend and get yourself down to the end of year Hoedown at the Coroglen Hall on Saturday night. Tickets are available from the Coroglen Tavern $25 per person, or $40 for couple. There will be great music from Gentle Annie, Coroglen Big City Band and Overdrive the Rock Experience so get a group together and kick up your heels.

Library Books – Can you please ensure you have returned your child/rens library books before the end of the week for our stocktake. They can then have books issued for the school holidays.

School T-shirts – We have a few  school T-shirts which still need to come back. Can these please be returned to the school as soon as possible.

Carol singing - please find attached a list with dates for carol singing in Whitianga for those children who enjoy singing.

Enjoy your week

Penny and the team

Newsletter, Term 4, Week 7

Coroglen School Newsletter

Term 4 Number 7

Wednesday 27^th November 2013

Hello / Kia Ora

We welcome our new entrant, 5 year old Ridge Ngataua who joined our Junior room last week.

Walk through Christmas – to help organise supervision for next Monday please let the school know if your child will not be participating in the Walk Through Christmas. We have enough transport for all but any other parents wishing to attend will be very welcome.  We will be leaving the school by 11am.

School Staffing – Our wonderful junior teacher Mrs Saunders has won a Teachers’ Study award for 2014. She will be away from March till early November. We have had many teachers wanting to join our school to relieve in this position. On Monday I met with a BOT representative and we have appointed Mrs Katarina Lee to this fixed term position. Congratulations Jean.

Square milk/yoghurt cartons – Please save your square milk/yoghurt cartons for a craft project in the Junior room.

 BOT News—We will lose one of our valued BOT members at the end of the year so will need to appoint a new member to our Board.

Nikki Colville has been involved in the BOT for 6 years and we will be sad to see her leave our school as Hannah moves onto MBAS for her secondary education. We have valued her wise council over the years. Thank You

If you are planning to be involved in the governance of the school, now could be your opportunity to begin to find out more. Please speak to a BOT member if you are interested in joining the Board at some stage.

Year 8s – can those year 8s moving on the MBAS who have not yet returned their enrolment forms, please complete and return to the school office this week.

Congratulations

Jack Lockhart has been nominated for Junior Sportsperson of the year. The winner will be announced on Thursday the 28^th of November. Watch this space.

Jack and Timu in 2010 with their boats

Thames Valley Athletics:

Congratulations to Khan, Ben and Tyrese who competed very well in the Thames Valley Athletics on Monday25th November. Khan did particularly well achieving a silver medal (2^nd) in the shot put event. He is eligible to attend the next level of competition. Ben and Tyrese were both in the long jump and did well. In the trials to go to Thames Valley Tyrese jumped further than the first placed jumper at the meeting. Some names to look out for in the future.

If you have any pictures of our recent Athletics Sports please send these along to school. Thank you.

Important dates coming up:

Mon 16 Dec  Clean up day

Mon 16 Dec  End of year concert,                        Leavers evening

Tue 17 Dec   Picnic day TBA

Thurs 30 Jan 2014 Start back date

Enjoy your week

Penny and the team