GRETA VALLEY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
9 September 2015
GRETA VALLEY SCHOOL
A dynamic rural School empowering students
with skills to be future focussed culturally aware
and creative thinkers.
We build SKILLS for SUCCESS!
Dear Parents/Caregivers
Two weeks until the holidays; where has the term
gone? We have certainly been hit by this flu virus that
has been going around and would like to thank all you
parents and caregivers for keeping your children at
home when they are unwell. I think our average
attendance in the senior room over the last two weeks
has been 10 but the junior room has recovered and is
now back up to its full complement of students. A few
days a couple of weeks ago there were only 6 in
attendance in the junior room. Let’s hope we’re over
the worst of it.
CULTURAL FESTIVAL
The highlight of last week was our trip to the Cultural
Festival at Horncastle Arena. We especially enjoyed
the bright and upbeat performance by Aranui School
with their Samoan cultural display. The Irish Dance
School was also amazing with a very polished and
dazzling performance. We hope that those who came
and helped with transport and supervision enjoyed the
event as much as we did. We think our juniors were
great sitting for all that time and becoming involved
with hand clapping and foot stamping when
appropriate with the performances. Thanks also to
Murray and Colin who waited patiently for us to
return back to school.
PRINCIPALS AWARD
Congratulations to Savannah and Adele who received
last week’s Principal’s awards. Adele received hers
for self-managing her work schedule and quality of
her schoolwork and Savannah got hers for her great
maths work. Great skills for life, well done to both of
you!
ASSEMBLY
There is a full assembly this week on Friday at
2.30pm in Room 2. The last and final assembly for
the term will be held on 25th September. The end of
term celebration is going to be a disco at the Greta
Tavern for the children that Friday night. More
details to come in the next newsletter.
Celebrating birthdays between now and our next
newsletter we have Ashlee. We hope that you have
an amazing day.
SCHOOL PHOTOS
School photos have been scheduled for 28th
October which we are very happy about as the
children will definitely be looking much healthier
then.
PARENT EVENING
This is a short reminder about your evening with
Tim Heidmann. Our parent evening is to be held on
Tuesday 22nd September beginning at 6.00pm. Tim
Heidmann who is one of our ‘Resource Teachers for
Learning and Behaviour’ (RTLB) will speak on
‘The Ten Most Common Mistakes We Make in
Parenting.’ Tim says it’s a lot of fun. He is
passionate about what he does in the RTLB service
and well-grounded in behavioural analysis and
modification.
The format of the evening will be similar to that of
our last parent evening. Children will be fed and
entertained in Room 4 while parents meet with Tim.
After Tim’s discussion the board will present the
new vision and strategic goals based on their
consultation with the community.
DAFFODIL DAY
Thank you for your generosity and support for
Daffodil Day last week; we raised $65.00 which is
great especially as we had quite a few absentees.
Phone 314 3800 - fax 314 3809 - E-Mail: office@gretavalley.school.nz
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Q How do you become successful?
A By making good choices
Q How do you make good choices?
A By making good decisions
Q How do you make good decisions?
A Experience
Q How do you get experience?
A By making made bad decisions
TERM DATES FOR 2015
Term 3
20th July – 25th Sept
Term 4
12 Oct – 18th Dec
UPCOMING EVENTS
Kiwi Sport is tomorrow Thursday 10th of September.
September
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Kiwi Sport Challenge
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Mueseum Visit
18/21 Life Ed Bus Visit
18
Spring Flower Show
22
Parent Evening
25
Term 3 Ends
Raising Dairy Goats and Sheep: Visit a Balcairn
property aiming at self-sufficiency, where the main
focus is on milking sheep and goats for making
cheese. 17 Sept, 10am – 12pm. Meet the flock,
(including new arrivals!), and learn about
establishing a diary and cheese-production setup. Cost: $10 or 2 TimeBank Hurunui credits.
Register at: tbhlearningexchange@gmail.com or call
03 314 3406.
WOODEND SCHOOL FAIR
Woodend School and Recreation Ground Sunday 13
September from 10am to 2pm.
This year's 'fun at the fair' includes live
entertainment, Woodend School's Got Talent show,
82 ft zipline (flying fox), rifle range, bumper boats,
face painting, Fire Brigade display, pony rides,
bouncy castles including a large inflatable slide, 4in-1 bungy, chocolate wheel, mystery bottles and
our amazing 'what's in the handbag prize draw?'
Our 'What's In The High Heel' is a major prize raffle
with many local businesses contributing to
this. Some of the prizes include: A framed 2015
All Blacks Jersey, A surfboard valued over $1,000,
Vouchers for meals, Vouchers for Hair Salons, $200
cash from Pegasus Medical, $200 voucher from
Pegasus Holistic Beauty and Spa Therapy, Pressie
cards, and many many more.......
And add to that a large number of stalls selling all
sorts of things - new and used, A great place to buy
some plants for the garden or some pressies for
Christmas.
Malin, Sue, Jo, Megan, Yo and Lou
**COMMUNITY NOTICES **
TIMEBANK HURUNUI:
Canterbury Aviation: Brian Lockstone will talk
about the pioneering beginnings and development of
aviation in Canterbury, and its place in the
international story of human flight. Thurs. 10
September. Amberley Library, 6.15 - 7.15pm. Brian
edits the journals of the Aviation Historical Society of
New Zealand. The cost is $7 or 1 TimeBank Hurunui
credit.
Phone 314 3800 - fax 314 3809 - E-Mail: office@gretavalley.school.nz
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AMBERLEY FITNESS CENTRE
SCHOOL HOLIDAY DENTAL SERVICES
The Community Dental Service will operate an
emergency service over the school holidays. This
service is to provide relief of pain only and will not
undertake ‘routine’ treatment. The service will be
available each working day from 8:30am until
12:30pm from the Hillmorton Community Clinic,
Sylvan Street, Christchurch for the following times:
28th Sept to 2nd Oct and 5th Oct to 8th Oct
This service will operate by appointment only and if
we are unable to see your child, alternative options
will be given. If your child has dental pain as a result
of an accident please contact your dentist in the first
instance.You can phone and make an appointment for
the emergency clinic by ringing 0800 846 983.
SCARGILL SPRING SHOW
Friday 18th Sept in the Scargill Motunau Memorial
Hall. Items can be entered between 8.30 and 10.15am.
All entries are free. There’s a huge range of categories
to choose from – flowers, ANZAC biscuits, decorated
cupcakes, sculpture, tasty table arrangement, soft toy,
drawing, and many more! This year’s annual
decorative theme is “driftwood and rope”. Public
admission from 1pm. Adults $3 entry, children free.
Plant stall and raffle on the day and afternoon tea is
available. For more information or for a schedule
phone Bernadette 3143816 or Irene 3143545.
Phone 314 3800 - fax 314 3809 - E-Mail: office@gretavalley.school.nz
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ROCKETS
In the senior room we made bottle rockets as part of our technology study. What a great deal
of fun and some very focussed learning was had by those who were at school. We had to test
our rockets to see what modifications were needed to make our rockets fly better. We were
very scientific recording the amount of fuel to air and the time of the flight. We decided that
climbing a tree was not the best way to see whose rocket flew the highest!
Phone 314 3800 - fax 314 3809 - E-Mail: office@gretavalley.school.nz
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