Thursday 7 November 2013

The Year 3-6 Athletics Day on Tuesday was a great success. Pictured in clockwise order are; the start of the 10 year old girl’s sprint, Patrick Albrow mid flight during long jump, Daniel Jefferies soaring over the high jump bar and Vithurna Baskaran about to unleash the shot put.

Dear Parents What a fantastic day we had on Tuesday for our Year 3-6 Athletics Day. Congratulations to all the children who took part. It was terrific to see the children dressed in their house colours for the day. It was fantastic to see and hear the children heartily cheering each other on regardless of their placings . Thanks to the staff, especially Ian Harrison for the planning and organisation of this day. Around 54 children from this event have qualified to compete at the West Zone athletics meeting at Burnside Primary School next Thursday. We wish these athletes all the very best and know they will be wonderful ambassadors for the school.

As mentioned in this riveting section of the newsletter last week, Parent Teacher Interviews are fast approaching on Wednesday the 27th and Thursday the 28th of November. The interviews on the 27th are from 3:15 – 5:30 and on the 28th from 3:15 – 8:30. These interviews are for all parents of Year 4-6 children, while for parents of Year 0-3 children they are for Term 4 ‘anniversary’ children as well as all other parents, who would like to ‘wrap up the year’ with their child’s teacher. In short I strongly recommend that all parents make time for these interviews.

To book a time go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz • Simply enter the school code 4BU96 and press ‘GO’. • You will be guided through three simple steps, and a few moments later you will get an email confirming your interviews. If you do not have access to the website, call into the school office to make a time.

As the year draws to a close we currently have $19,331 outstanding from activity fees. While a significant portion of this ($13,665) is the cost of swimming lessons in a few weeks time, if you have not paid for your child’s activities that they have participated in this year, it would be greatly appreciated if you could settle these debts as soon as possible. I appreciate that this has been a financially difficult year for many families; however the school cannot afford to absorb this sort of cost. Of course a big thank you goes to those families who have paid their activity fees and annual donation. While the donation is voluntary the school does rely heavily on this anticipated income as part of its annual operations budget. The Board of Trustees has set the school donation at $155 for the eldest child and $80 for subsequent children. Obviously each family is slightly different however for a family with two children at school this equates to $5:87 per week. Payment of the annual donations along with PSG fundraising programme allow the children at Ilam to have access to a range of extras that would not be possible otherwise. A small sample of these include; the amount of Learning Support tuition offered, the standard of library books in the school, the range of reading and maths resources, the new furniture in the junior and senior school and the amount of computers and IT resources available to the children. Your efforts to support the school while needed, is very much valued.

The junior school are delighted to have an amazing group of women from the Riccarton Rotary Club's Inner Wheel supporting us. They are visiting classrooms once a week to read with children. This started early this term and both the children and teachers are enjoying the support.

With the arrival of lovely, warm weather over the past few weeks, a number of uniform items are being left around the school. Can you please ensure that your child’s uniform is named and that they are wearing their own uniform items and have not picked up someone else’s by mistake.

Thank you for your support of children wearing their hats in Term 4, I have noticed an improvement in the number of children doing this. Thank you also for your support of ensuring your children wearing their correct uniform. I am seeing less and less non-uniform items being worn.

Have a lovely weekend. Kind Regards

Paul Dolan Principal

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UP-COMING EVENTS - Term 4, 2013

NOVEMBERNOVEMBERNOVEMBERNOVEMBER Tues 12 Itinerant Music Concert 6pm (hall) Wed 13 West Zone Athletics Wed 13 Middle School (Rm’s 5,6, 7, 8, 17 & 18) and Rooms 16, 21 & 22 trip to A & P show Itinerant Music Concert 6pm (hall) Thurs 14 Junior Athletics (Y 0-2) 9.30am-12.30pm School assembly. Parents welcome, certificates being given (see notice) above for details) Fri 15Fri 15Fri 15Fri 15 Show Day School closedShow Day School closedShow Day School closedShow Day School closed Tues 19 Piano itinerant concert 6pm (music suite) Tues 19 Postponement Day for West Zone Athletics Wed 20 Postponement Day for Junior Athletics Mon 25—Fri 29 Swimming lessons daily Wed 27– Thurs 28 Parent interviews DECEMBERDECEMBERDECEMBERDECEMBER Mon 2– Fri 6 Swimming lessons daily Wed 4 Central Athletics, Ashburton 9-3pm Mon 9– Fri 13 Swimming lessons daily Wed 11 Yr 6 Social Thurs 12 Certificate Assembly Mon 16 Middle School Picnic Evening 5pm-7pm Junior Picnic 12-1.30pm Mon 16- Wed 18 Senior Water Fun Activities (if fine) Thurs 19 Final Assembly 11.15am start

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12thththth Savannah Minchington: Dance Dance Dance Dance Delwyn McKenzie: PianoPianoPianoPiano Ai Ando: FluteFluteFluteFlute Savannah Minchington: Hip hopHip hopHip hopHip hop Alana Jeune: Trumpet and recorderTrumpet and recorderTrumpet and recorderTrumpet and recorder Damien Riddell: Guitar and rock bandGuitar and rock bandGuitar and rock bandGuitar and rock band

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13thththth Mandy Roberts: Junior danceJunior danceJunior danceJunior dance Andy Bell: DrumsDrumsDrumsDrums Mandy Roberts: Senior danceSenior danceSenior danceSenior dance

Cello and violin Cello and violin Cello and violin Cello and violin were to have been on Wednesday, November 13th, but this has now changed. The Cello and Violin itinerant teachers will personally inform families of the day and time due course.

School Assembly Thursday November 14thSchool Assembly Thursday November 14thSchool Assembly Thursday November 14thSchool Assembly Thursday November 14th At this assembly certificates will be presented to those children who have had the following responsibilities

this year: ROAD PATROL, PALs, LIBRARIANS, NATIONAL BANK HELPERS. ROAD PATROL, PALs, LIBRARIANS, NATIONAL BANK HELPERS. ROAD PATROL, PALs, LIBRARIANS, NATIONAL BANK HELPERS. ROAD PATROL, PALs, LIBRARIANS, NATIONAL BANK HELPERS. The assembly com-mences at 1.30pm. Parents and caregivers are very welcome to attend, especially those parents and care-givers of children receiving these certificates.

ATTENTION PARENTS OF STUDENTS ATTENDING COBHAM INTERMEDIATE IN 2014ATTENTION PARENTS OF STUDENTS ATTENDING COBHAM INTERMEDIATE IN 2014ATTENTION PARENTS OF STUDENTS ATTENDING COBHAM INTERMEDIATE IN 2014ATTENTION PARENTS OF STUDENTS ATTENDING COBHAM INTERMEDIATE IN 2014 Welcome to all new families who will be joining Cobham Intermediate next year. There are two events this term which we would like to invite you to attend. We warmly welcome all parents/caregivers of students who will be at Cobham in 2014 to come to the PTA PTA PTA PTA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING onANNUAL GENERAL MEETING onANNUAL GENERAL MEETING onANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20th th th th at 7.00 pm.at 7.00 pm.at 7.00 pm.at 7.00 pm. The meeting will be held in the in the in the in the school staffroomschool staffroomschool staffroomschool staffroom, which is upstairs above the main reception desk in the administration block. Mr Scott Thelning (Principal) will be addressing the PTA and the PTA officer bearers for the following 12 months will be elected. You are welcome to stay on for the regular monthly meeting which will follow at 7.30pm, immediately after the AGM.

There will be a SECONDSECONDSECONDSECOND----HAND UNIFORM SALE on Monday 16HAND UNIFORM SALE on Monday 16HAND UNIFORM SALE on Monday 16HAND UNIFORM SALE on Monday 16thththth December at 7.00 December at 7.00 December at 7.00 December at 7.00 ---- 8.30pm. 8.30pm. 8.30pm. 8.30pm. The sale will be held in the science block at Cobham Intermediate and will be sign-posted in the main car park inside the main entrance of the school. Good quality second-hand Cobham Intermediate uniform itemsCobham Intermediate uniform itemsCobham Intermediate uniform itemsCobham Intermediate uniform items for both girls and boys will be on sale, including sports uniforms. Payment is preferably by cash of cheque. Eftpos will also be available (no credit is available).

Note that there will be a further Second-hand uniform sale on Friday 1 February 2014 from 9.00 Friday 1 February 2014 from 9.00 Friday 1 February 2014 from 9.00 Friday 1 February 2014 from 9.00 ---- 11.00 am.11.00 am.11.00 am.11.00 am. The Cobham Intermediate PTA

Well done to Room 7 on their jewellery sale! Last Friday The

children raised $200 for Kidscan. Awesome effort Room 7!

PTA NEWS

Change of date for next PTA meetingChange of date for next PTA meetingChange of date for next PTA meetingChange of date for next PTA meeting Due to a scheduling conflict, the next PTA meeting has been moved to Monday 11th November. 7:30pm in the Staff room above the school office. Everyone is welcome. Returning of Junior School Reading BooksReturning of Junior School Reading BooksReturning of Junior School Reading BooksReturning of Junior School Reading Books Do you have a spare 30 minutes to help out the Junior School team? All those reading books that go home each day have to be sorted and returned to the shelves. It’s not an onerous task, and you can do it whenever you have some free time. If you are available to help over the next 6 weeks, please contact the PTA on pta@ilam.school.nz and we will pass your name on.

The PTA needs a Treasurer for 2014.The PTA needs a Treasurer for 2014.The PTA needs a Treasurer for 2014.The PTA needs a Treasurer for 2014. If anyone is interested or knows of someone who would be willing to do the job, please contact Rochelle on pta@ilam.school.nz The outgoing Treasurer has offered a full hand over and the PTA cannot operate without one.