Absences Please text your child’s absence to 0272542430 State: Name, Room Number Reason for absence. Term 4—2014 No.16 PRINCIPAL’S RAMBLE Next Newsletter: 20 November 2014 Remember: School Hours: 8:45 am to 2:45pm Our Mission: Developing Confident, Resourceful Life-Long Learners. WHAT’ S HAPPENING: October November 19 BOT Meeting 20 6.30pm Year 5/6 Sex- ual Education Night for Parents and Students 21 Elgrego Show 27 Last Day Bible in Schools (no BIS on 13th) 28 Beach Education December 2 Awarua Bay Trip 4 Reports Home 10 BOT Meeting 12 Last Day of Term— Finish 12.00 midday Quotes for the Week: It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper. What is another word for Thesaurus? They say marriages are made in heaven, but so is thunder and lightning Focus : Key Competency Relationships Value : You: Meaning Only YOU can be responsi- ble and show respect in being a good citizen Kia Ora, Talofa and Welcome to Term 4, Week 4. What a big week we had last week for all students and staff. EOTC week was fantastic, and I must say a huge big thank you to all parents/caregivers who willingly gave their time to help with the various activities including Year 6 camp, Year 5 overnight stay, whole school trip to Bluff and the in house activi- ties at school. Also thank you to all the families who paid the extra money for the Education Outside the Classroom week activities. We do appreciate these funds as our Operations Grant does not cover everything. Check out the pho- tos of the year 6 camp on the next page. Great to see lots of pirates and princesses at the PTA disco recently. Hope everyone enjoyed the night and it was a great venue too. Check out the column to the left to keep up to date with what is happening around our school. Note the Sexual Education Night for year 5/6 students and parents/caregivers on Thursday November 20th. This will be an informative, friendly forum for open discussion regarding the changes that our students go through in puberty. Tomorrow our year 6’s are attending their chosen high schools for an orienta- tion morning. Please did not send them back to school. They can go home when their visit is completed. School Uniforms: Enclosed with the newsletter is the information sheet regard- ing uniforms for 2015. Great to see some students wearing it already, they look very smart. Southern Zone Soccer Tournament: Well done to our teams that participated in the games yesterday. Great to see everyone having an enjoyable time and interacting with our southern zone neighbours. Until next time, enjoy the weekend and hopefully some sunshine. Kia Kaha Andrea and Staff TISBURY