Newsletter Term 3 Week 2

Windy Ridge School Newsletter

August 3rd  2016

Week 2  Term 3

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School Bank Account:  ASB 12 3072 033 4812 00

PTA Bank Account:   ASB 12 3072 0384799 00

Hola a todos, Kumusta, Annyeonghaseyo, Ni Hao, Konichiwa, Namaste, Zdravstvuyte, Ciao, Hallo, Bonjour, Salut, Fakalofa Lahi Atu, Talofa Lava, Kia Orana,  Kia Ora Koutou

News from the Principal

Assembly and Book Parade this week

This Friday we have a Book Week event at assembly.  All classes will be presenting an item about a folk tale they have read in class.  We will start the morning with the Book Parade at 9.30 am, followed by our normal assembly items.

Parent Evening – Pubertal Change programme 

A reminder for the parents of Year 5 and 6 students of the information evening here at school next Wednesday evening (6.30 pm in the Hall or staff room, depending on numbers). It is a chance to meet the programme facilitator, hear about the programme and ask any questions before the programme starts the following week.

Damage to School Property

Many thanks to everyone for your support regarding the vandal damage in the school recently.  It is very disappointing to see this happen as we know our students and community are very proud of our school, and this sort of thing feels personal.  The Police are involved and will be doing some investigation.  We are having CCTV installed within the next two weeks, and have contacted our local schools to see if they have heard anything also.  While very tempting to ‘stake-out’ the school, we have decided it is best left to the professionals, and so Matrix Security and the local police have been patrolling the school in the evenings.  If you are here or passing, and see anything that concerns you, please phone the Police directly as they have us on a ‘watch list’.  If you find damage, phone North Shore Police (477 5000), but if you see the people of concern onsite phone 111.

Car Parking

As you know we are having our car parking at school altered to accommodate changes to the Wilson Unit.  This means that there are NO SPACES available for parents to drop off or pick up their children in either of our school car parks.  You will need to use the street parking. For our older children, perhaps they can walk to your car parked a little further away from the school gate, achieving the ‘Park and Walk’ Travelwise goal.  We have provided car park passes for three families with specific needs who will use the front car park, along with visitors to the school.   Please do not be offended if you are turned away from the car park.

Reminders

Term dates and Upcoming Events

• Attendance – Please ensure that your children arrive at school on time and that we are aware of their absence by 9.00am each day. We do follow up lateness and absence as we are required to report on both to the Ministry of Education and the Board of Trustees.
• Banking day is Thursday – please send ASB envelopes to the office.
• Ez Lunch available all days of the week now. Please go to ezlunch.co.nz to register and order.  More information available at the office.
• PTA Facebook – Information about our fabulous PTA is available online on Facebook. Search ‘Windy Ridge School PTA’ for the page and join up for updates and information about events and news.
• WINDY RIDGE PARENTS Facebook – We have a closed Facebook page for Windy Ridge parents – you need to request to be part of this page. Search – Windy Ridge Parents. It is a valuable page for reminders, information, and general WRS ‘stuff’.
• Parking: Parents please remember that the front car park is not available for parent drop offs as it is for staff and disability parking only.  Also remember that when you are parking in Valley View Road there are signs limiting parking between 8.45-9.15am and 2.45-3.15pm.  Please park outside the designated area or be aware that this is a ticketable traffic offence.
• Winter Walkers Week “Walk/Bike to Rio”   Thank you for helping our school in showing your support for cleaner air and less traffic congestion around the school gate. Next week will be Winter Walkers week,  a timely reminder to brainstorm about all the advantages walking has for our community. Often we use the weather as an excuse to feed our comfortable lifestyle of driving to school. Next week we want to celebrate walking, scooting and biking even if it rains. Since the Olympic Games begin next week, our motto will be “Walk or bike to Rio”. Children will receive a booklet in which they can add the distance they walk to and from school every day. In the classrooms the children will add up their kilometres.  The question is whether they can together achieve to walk to Rio? Rio is quite far away, therefore it goes without saying a lot of kilometres are needed. Let’s see whether we get there.
•  Road Patrol
  We are still desperately short of parents to supervise our road crossings.  We need people for Monday and Tuesday morning and Monday and Thursday afternoon.  Please speak to Jenine Maxwell if you can volunteer one of these days.
  Supervised Valley View Day’s End.
  We have a number of Mums who are struggling to negotiate the driveway at the back gate thanks to advanced states of pregnancy or numerous preschoolers to manage.  I am happy to organise two reliable seniors to walk the children of these parents up to the Valley View shelter.  If you think you fit into this category and would like to take advantage of this service, please let Mrs Boyce know your child’s name and room number and I’ll organise a pick up service.

School Terms 2016

Term 3     Monday 25^th July – Friday 23^rd September

Term 4     Monday 10^th October – Wednesday 14^th December (tbc)

School holidays during the term:

• Labour Day – Mon 24 Oct

Team Fantail Swimming Term 3:  Every Friday from 29th July for 8 weeks.

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