Thursday 19 November 2015

Latest Newsletter


Dear Parents and friends,

I hope you have all  had a safe and happy week. We have a busy few weeks ahead in our lead up to the end of the year.
School Disco
A reminder that entry to our disco for students is by ticket only (available at the school office). Juniors 6:30-7:30 and Seniors from 7:30-8:30.  For safety reasons children will not be allowed to leave the hall until they are collected by an adult. Please help the event run safely and smoothly by not allowing your children to come before the start time for their age group.
We are really looking forward to an awesome day next       Friday with the ‘Star Search’ in the morning followed by the   disco in the evening.

End of Year Events
Please take careful note of the events coming up on the list to the left of this notice. We have lots of great things happening over the next three weeks.

End of Year Clean Up Days
Just to make it 100% clear...It is last day for regular classes on Friday 11th of December but school is open and children are most welcome on our clean-up days (All day Monday  14th and until 12:30 on Tuesday 15th). Attendance on these 2 days is at parents discretion and children coming  should be dropped off and picked up from their regular classrooms as normal. WOOSH are operating as normal on the Monday and from 12:30 on Tuesday 15th.





WALTHAM’S GOT TALENT


Following on from our last successful talent quest we are holding another grand  event on Friday 27 November in the school hall.  Starting at 10 a.m. & finishing at 12.30 p.m..   We welcome you all to  come along to watch this amazing talent quest, support those taking part - you will be amazed at the wonderful talent our students have.  This will be an awesome quest and not to be missed.




OUR AMAZING ZONE SPORTS TEAM
Congratulations to all our amazing zone sports team who competed at the zone sports Hansens Park last week.  Well done to you all for successfully making the team and doing Waltham School proud with great sportsmanship  and behaviour. A  Big thank you to Mr Weaver, Mr Caddie and Mr Deadmarsh for accompanying the team.








Reading Book Amnesty
This week and next we are having an amnesty to find as many ‘missing’ reading books as we can. There are lots of books missing in action so could you please have a look under beds, on shelves and anywhere else you suspect they could be hiding. Any returned books will be greeted with a huge smile.


New Entrants
As we  continue to grow it is becoming increasingly important that we know about children approaching 5 years old that may be coming to Waltham School. Please pass this message on to anyone you know with pre-schoolers and just get them to give the office a ring with names and birthdates.


Enrolment Zone
Due to our continuing growth the Ministry of Education are directing us to have an enrolment zone. The aim of a zone is to ensure a school does not become over crowed with children who do not live in the local area. It does not mean that any          families or students already here would ever have to leave.  There is quite a process of consultation to establish a zone which is now underway. Coming home on Monday will be an official letter worded to tick all the legal boxes. Basically what it all means is that if you would like to  comment on the boundaries of  our proposed zone you can do so by contacting me.


This weeks House Winner is…...


                                                 HARVEY




We hope you all have had a wonderful week. Have a safe and enjoyable weekend with your  family.
Kind regards,
Gordon Caddie and all the team.
Principal


 

Sunday 8 November 2015

End of Year Calendar

With the term quickly zooming past we thought we would send home the following dates for the remainder of the year. Many of these have been published previously but could I draw your attention to a change of day for our Final Assembly which is now on Thursday 10th December at 11am.


School Diary

Canterbury Anniversary
Show Day  (All Schools Closed)
Friday 13th
November
Helpers Morning Tea
Tuesday 1st December
11am Staffroom
Junior School Picnic
Wednesday 2nd December
Senior School Picnic to Spencer Park
Tuesday 8th December
End of Year Assembly
Thursday 10th December
11am in the Hall
Final Day of Regular Classes
End of Year Reports Home
Friday 11th December
Clean-up Days (school open and students welcome)
Monday 14th December
(normal hours)
Tuesday 15th December
(school closed at 12:30pm)
Woosh opens at 12:30pm for enrolled students