TERM 1 2016 From our principal ISSUE No:3€¦ · compassionate and highly professional team in...

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TERM 1 2016

ISSUE No:3

25th Feb (hui-tanguru)

From our principal

Last week we held our first evacuation drill and I am pleased to report it

was a real success and our systems worked well. On review we have

decided to move the assembly area to the roundabout area behind Te Pā

Harakeke in front of the orchard. This space is bigger and will allow us to

set up good procedures now before the school grows larger. Obviously we

will cone off the area so there is no vehicle access in the case of an

emergency (except for emergency vehicles).

Our establishment board chairperson has included an open letter to the

community with this newsletter. The board did a phenomenal job

preparing our beautiful school to open and their work continues today

with our charter work and planning for the future. I hope you are able to

take the time to read this letter.

Finally, thanks to our amazing local Police Officers and Firefighters for

volunteering your time with our learners. We all loved learning about the

Police dogs and being squirted by the fire hoses (thanks to the Army too!).

Sylvia (Ms Fidow pronounced fee-dough)

Reminders This Week

Please ensure sunhats

are named.

Lunches available online Fridays

www.lunchonline.co.nz

TERM DATES 2016

Term 1: Tuesday 2 Feb –Friday 15 April

Term 2: Monday 2 May – Friday 8 July

Term 3: Monday 25 July – Friday 23

Sep

Term 4: Monday 10 Oct – Friday 16

Dec

Staff only day Thursday 10 November.

How can you help us this

week?

We are nearly ready to start

baking on our fantastic

inductions ovens we need

some flour, sugar, baking

powder, cream of tartar, salt,

etc for each studio please see

Amy or Trish at the office they

have a list of what is needed.

Thanks very much

Our School Day

School starts 8:55am

Morning Break 11:00 till 11:30

Lunch 12:40 till 1:30pm

Finish 3pm

Easter Holidays

School closed Friday 25th March

till Tuesday 29th March.

School commences again on

Wednesday 30th March 2016


Round and about last week

A big thanks to Rob and the local fire fighters who squirted us with water on

Wednesday


Itinerant Music Lessons

Piano and recorder

lessons available with

Delwyn McKenzie from

Accent Music School.

Forms avaliable at the

office

Introducing Our Team

Tess Johnsen

2016 is going to be 'a year of new' for me. I am so very fortunate to be

able to join the incredible team at West Rolleston and begin the

journey of growing a new school and a new team of learners. I will

also be new to Christchurch, having lived in Central Otago, teaching at

The Terrace Primary School for the past 3 years. I will even have a

new husband at the end of Term One!

I am passionate about The Arts – I can’t wait to see how our

performing arts studio is coming along and finally get a taste of all the

artistic talent within our school community.

In my spare time you will likely find me hunting out a good fishing spot

– I hear there are some great rivers in Canterbury!

I really look forward to meeting you all and beginning the exciting

adventure that lies ahead.


Message from the Establishment Board of Trustees

By the time this gets to print the school would have been “operational” for just on a month – but there is a whole back-

story that we should all be aware of that has happened well before we opened the doors to the children! A little under

2 years ago we sat with a blank canvas, a new Board and some eager MoE and architects/advisers, to plan out West

Rolleston Primary School. A rather bleak and weathered paddock was the starting point, with lots of advice from people

that know about this stuff to guide us. Now, looking at what we have done, it is pretty impressive. It wasn’t easy, but

then - good things are never easy to achieve, and to be fair the MoE, the advisers, the innumerable contractors, project

managers, and entourage of trades people have done an amazing job and have really made it the best possible outcome

for the children!

Building the physical asset was probably the easiest bit of this project. The most important part for the Board has been

establishing the vision, values, the culture and the way we see West Rolleston moving forward. Fundamental to this is

getting the right staff in place – we are delighted to have Sylvia as our Principal and she has created an inspirational,

compassionate and highly professional team in Ben, Amanda, Rebecca, Megan, Kate, Laura, Tessa, Peter, Emma, Kirsten,

Trish and Amy. Also as part of this is the inclusion of Waitaha – how fantastic it is to have them join us as a part of the

school!

As the Board worked through how we would like to see West Rolleston for our children, the importance of

environmental and sustainable practice was forefront in our minds. This was challenging for the MoE at construction, as

items like Solar and LED lighting didn’t form part of their standards – but we persevered and have managed to build this

in, as well as numerous other efficiency specifications that will be used as educational opportunities for the children. It

was with huge satisfaction that last week we launched our Solar program with Genesis (SchoolGen) – our school is

running pretty much on 100% solar at the moment – over a year this will see money available for other resources in the

school – that has to be a good thing!

An area that we are really passionate about as a Board is the area of school fees – you may have noted that we have

a No-fee policy, but do ask for koha – what this means, in really simple terms is – we want our parents to be involved

in the school, to assist in areas where they can, to provide expertise and actual hands-on help when we need it. Fees

are really an offset of operating costs in a school – we can only manage this with your help. So – if you can help in the

library, take away some recyclables, do a window-wash, pull some weeds, read to the children, help with sports, lift-

and-shift stuff – whatever you can do to help, we welcome it. Right now we need help in all these areas – don’t be

shy – a school is a community when we all help. Talk to Sylvia!

Finally, we will be holding elections this year for our Board of Trustees – another way to help! There will be more

information coming out about this in due-course – but feel free to ask me about my experience! It is a wonderful thing

to be able to do for our kids!!!!

Simon McDermott, Chair, West Rolleston Primary School Board of Trustees.


Community Notices

Garden Fete

When: 27 February 2016

Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Where: St. Saviour's, 50 Kirk Road, Templeton, Christchurch 8042

Community Groups welcome to hire Stall for $20.

Please phone the Parish Office on 03 349 7311 to book a stall or for more information

Come & play netball for your local club. We are the

largest club in the Selwyn region, catering for netball

players of all ages and abilities.

Rolleston Netball Teams range from Y1 to Premier

netball. If you or your child are interested in playing

netball please visit our page for more information.

http://www.sporty.co.nz/rollynetball

Coming up in Junior Netball

Y1 / Y2 Netball & Y3 / Y4 Netball: these are 10 week

programmes, commencing in Term 2 . Registrations

are open now.

Y5 & Y6 Netball. Registrations are open & trial dates

are 28th February & 29th February.

Y7 & Y8 netball. Registrations are open & trials dates

are 22nd February & 26th February

We also have a Master & Social grade played on

Saturdays. If you are interested, click on the link for

more info!

Rolleston Scouts Jamboree

Fundraiser

Poplar 3 cubic meters

$140

Delivered within Rolleston &

surrounding areas.

!!Place your order now!!!

Dry and ready to burn

email: [email protected]

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DEVINE PONY PARTIES

Horse Cart rides for all ages, Pony rides for children upto 8 years. Treasure hunt with treasure for each child or teen Pony to groom, lead and play with. Greyhound to brush and interact with Activity table – lots of little ponies Colouring in fun Rocking horses to ride A special gift for the birthday person Self catering – we provide the venue

Added Options available i.e. birthday cake, horse shoe art, trailor rides for boys and girls.

Contact: Debbie Devine 021924499, Email: [email protected] Address: 904 Waterholes Road, Templeton, Christchurch.

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