ISLA BANK SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
30 April 2015
Term 2, Week 3
NOTICES FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Excitement is building for our trip to Te Anau
tomorrow. Thank you to the parents that have
offered to assist with transport and help us with
the children on this trip. All permission slips
should now be into the school. A notice was sent
home on Tuesday with further instructions and
has also been included within todays newsletter.
MATHS NIGHT
This has been planned for Thursday 21st May.
We require families to register by the 14th May if
they are planning on attending the night. Please
fill out the form below and return to the school.
By registering for this night you will receive a
maths pack which you will be able to take home
and use with your families.
TECHNOLOGY
Year 7 and 8’s will be attending technology in
Winton from 18th – 21st May. Invoices were sent
home with the children today.
ANZAC
We are going to the Southland Museum on the
14th May, to “experience life in a trench.” We
would appreciate parents accompanying us on
this trip. Permission slips were enclosed with last
weeks newsletter. There is a cost of $2 for this
trip.
FITNESS
Children continue running everyday to increase
their fitness levels. All children need to bring
suitable running footwear daily. This does not
include gumboots please. Some children have
made excellent progress, which they are all
tracking and would love to share their results with
family.
TE ANAU TRIP
This is taking place on 8 May. This trip is being funded
by the curriculum budget.
SURVEY FOR COMMISSIONER
Surveys are still welcome if you have not yet returned
them.
KIND REGARDS
CLARE ROBINSON
ASSEMBLY AWARDS
WEEK TWO
Reading Award: Jake Haare-Black
Writing Award: Blake
Maths Award: Olivia
Values Award: Elgie
Merit Awards
Daneka – Super spelling
Jaz – Helping hands Award-thinking
about others
Dylan B – 66 words in 10 minutes
Trinity – Being super organised and
ready to learn
Assembly will be held on Fridays
at 2.25pm
COMMUNITY MEETING
The next meeting is to be held on 19th of May.
Commissioner Details:
Paul Ferris
pferris@xtra.co.nz
02748898822
Calendar of Events
Week 1-Week 6/Term 2- Golf lessons
8 May – Te Anau trip
13 May – Public Health Nurse visit
14 May – Museum visit
18-21 May-Year7&8 Technology
19 May – Community meeting
20 May – PTA AGM @7pm
21 May – Maths Night
24 June – Public Health nurse visit
25 May – Elgregoe magic show
3 June – Book Bus
4 June- Cross Country@Thornbury School
19 June – Room 1 First Aide course
24 June – Public Health Nurse visit
Staff For Term 1
Room 1
Room 3/Principal
Principal Release
Teacher Aide
Office
Bus Driver/s
Cleaner
Miss Lee Smillie
Miss Clare Robinson
Mrs Rochelle Sherlock
Mrs Isobel Dahlenburg
Mrs Katrina Irwin
Mr Tony Gerrard
Mrs Janice McMillan
Mrs Isobel Dahlenburg
Visit to Te Anau and the National Park
Friday 8 May
 Children on the Otautau bus will start to
be collected at 8.00am so that the
children arrive at school on time.
 All children are to bring a change of
clothes so that they return on the bus
nice and warm.
 Please make sure your child has a
packed lunch with no heat ups.
 Parents need to collect children at 4pm
from school.
 There will be no buses running in the
afternoon.
 The Big bus will do the first run in the
morning as usual but NOT the second
run. Children on the second run need to
come to school by car and be at school
by 8.10am.
 We need to be at the wildlife park by
10.30am sharp.
 Please remember to bring a jacket and
wear warm clothing, with suitable
walking footwear. No gumboots please.
 All permission slips should be at the
school.
 The Otautau bus children will be
dropped home by the Kempthornes.
Elgregoe Magic show
25 May 2015
Wallacetown Community Centre
This will reinforce values and positive
behaviour
TRANSITION CLASSES
We also run 4 year old transition classes each
Wednesday morning in Room 3. So if you have, or
know a 4 year old who will be coming to our school
soon, please contact the school to advise us of this.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Our family will be attending the Maths night on 21st May.
One Maths pack (maths games) will be given to families that register.
I____________________________ would like to register for the Maths night.
Family Name: ______________________
SIGNED:__________________________
HEAT-UPS
It is great to see most children bringing heat ups
for lunch daily.
Just a quick reminder that heat ups need to be
wrapped in tinfoil or baking paper and need to be
clearly named.
This service will be daily for Terms two and three.
NEWSLETTER NOTICES
Any member of the community is welcome to put a notice in our
weekly newsletter. To make it easier, we ask that all notices be sent
via e-mail or writing to the office on the Wednesday prior to the
newsletter coming out. The newsletter comes out on a Thursday.
office@islabank.school.nz
COMMUNITY NOTICES
ACCOUNTS
These were posted out on 23rd March. If you have any
questions regarding these accounts, contact the office on
Tuesday or Thursday and speak to Katrina.
Central Southland College
Reunion
Central Southland College will be celebrating its 50th Jubilee at Labour
Weekend 2015.
Pre-Registration Forms are now available on our Jubilee Website
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School Blog Sites
http://room1islabankschool.blogspot.co.nz/
http://room3islabankschool.blogspot.co.nz/
www.csc50thjubilee.co.nz or from the College office.
Further information can be obtained by emailing
csc50thjubilee@gmail.com or contacting the College.
Reminder – Registrations after 1 June will have an
additional late fee of $25.
PTA NEWS
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ANZ FutureFERNS programme
Riverton Netball Club have been selected to run a programme aimed at year 1,2 & 3
NEXT MEETING: Due to unforeseen
circumstances our next meeting which is the
AGM will now be held on Wednesday 20th
May @ 7pm
students interested in playing netball in the future
This is an exciting new programme which is very well structured and runs for 6 weeks
We are going to have sessions on Wednesdays from 3.30 til 4.30 at Riverton Primary
School netball court. The first session is Wednesday 27th May.
There is a small cost of $10 per person for the 6 weeks.
This programme is going to ensure that when players are ready to play competition netball
they are all at similar skill levels.
For further information or to register your child please contact either Ashley Kennedy on
027 380 0976 or Lisa Shearing on 027 496 3329
These meeting will be held on the third Thursday
of each month.
We have an e-mail address and would love parents to contact us
through this address, so that we can send out e-mails letting parents
know what is happening within the PTA.
islabankschoolpta@gmail.com
Reminder that orders must be in on the Monday, sausage day
will be a Tuesday. If you forget to get your order in on the
Monday please feel free to get in touch with Cara. We don't want
children missing out. We are now offering the chance to pay in
advance which may help. You will be notified 2 weeks in
advance as to when this needs topped up again.
Thank you very much for your continued support of the school
and the PTA
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Facebook- we have a page up and running. Check this
out and like the page
President: Ruth Stevenson