Newsletter Term 4 Week 9

Windy Ridge School Newsletter
December 7th 2016
Term 4 Week 9
www.windyridge.school.nz
School Bank Account: ASB 12 3072 033 4812 00
PTA Bank Account: ASB 12 3072 038 4799 00

Hello, 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

Staffing 2017 – Farewells and Welcomes

“The only constant in life is change”. Change is an opportunity for both teachers and schools to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to a new team. While it is sad to say goodbye to good friends, it is also exciting to welcome new friends to our school.

The end of this year sees us farewelling a few people from our team;

Brian Taylor is retiring, John Keoghan is moving to Long Bay Primary (and welcoming a new baby to the family), Leila Twinn has accepted a promotion to manage the ECE centre at Kristin, Susan Cameron-Smith is extending her technology specialist role at Glenfield Intermediate, and Harmony Weston is accepting a new challenge teaching Year 7s’ at Remuera Intermediate. All five will be missed and we have appreciated their many contributions to our school in their time here.

We are delighted to welcome the following staff for 2017; Shirley deVilliers, Nicola Tyler and Katie Ford. All have visited the school in the last few weeks and have already started to feel like part of the team. We have other appointments in the pipeline and will advertise once confirmed. At this stage we are still looking for a new property manager (Mr Taylor is very hard to replace!!) so if you know of someone that might be interested please direct them to the school website for more information.

Helpers Morning Tea – Thursday 10.30am

Every year we like to take some time to celebrate and thank those people who volunteer in our school. There are so many fabulous people who help us out each year that it would be difficult to send individual messages, so we would like to extend an open invitation to those special people who have regularly helped us this year; Road Patrol parents, Walking School bus drivers, Kauri Club readers, PMP helpers, Enviro Club helpers, Sports coaches and managers to name a few.

(Please RSVP to the office for catering purposes.)

IMPORTANT EVENTS next week

Please make sure that you have these dates saved:

School Prizegiving and Year 6 graduation – Monday 12th December – Please be seated by 11am
Farewell Assembly for leaving staff (presentations from the children) – Tuesday 13th December – 11am
Last day of school – Wednesday 14th December – School closes at 12.30pm

Touch Draw for today:
Year 1 & 2 last round-robin game against Birkenhead 4 on field 3A at 4:30
Year 3 & 4 semi-final against Marlborough on field 6 at 4:30
Year 5 & 6 semi-final against Onepoto on field 3 at 5pm

PLEASE NOTE: End of season next Wednesday (14/12). As the final games are after school has finished for the year we need to arrange for all shirts to be returned to the school. If all players could please bring another T-shirt to change into after the game and hand your Windy Ridge polo to the coach after the game.

Reminders

School Notices are available on the school website.

Policy Review – Sun Protection and EOTC
1. Visit the website http://windyridge.schooldocs.co.nz/1893.htm
2. Enter the username (windyridge) and password (WRS0629).
Helpers Morning Tea – Thursday 8th December at 10.30am
Sun Safety – Just a reminder that as we head into summer (hopefully) children will need sunhats at school every day. Please make sure they are named.
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. If you are planning a holiday in term time please advise your child’s teacher and the office.
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 our car parks are not available for parent pick ups and drop offs as they are 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.
Stocktake – Please return all reading and library books to school asap.
Sports Uniforms – Could all netball, basketball and hockey players please return their uniforms to the office this week.

Term dates and Upcoming Events

School Terms 2016/2017

Term 4 Monday 10^th October – Wednesday 14^th December (school closes at 12.30 pm)

Term 1 Wednesday 1st February 2017 – Thursday 13th April 2017

PTA

Christmas Raffle: This will be drawn this Friday 9th December at the assembly.

Community News
3 Male Kittens to give away to a good home, contact the office for more information.

CHRISTMAS JUST GOT BIGGER!

Taller than a two-storey house and built from over half a million LEGO bricks, the LEGO Christmas Tree will land in Auckland on 25 November to light up Aotea Square until 27 December.

Designed and built specially for kiwi LEGO fans, the jaw-dropping giant LEGO Christmas Tree stands over 10 metres tall, weighs 3.5 tonnes and took more than 1,200 hours to build.

Decorated with some distinctly kiwi-themed festive additions including a life-size Santa with a surfboard, a pukeko and a kiwi, the massive tree will come to life each evening at Aotea Square from 7 pm onwards with a spectacular light and sound show.

While you’re there pick up a copy of the Auckland Live Summer in the Squarebrochure. Packed full of FREE summer entertainment, activities and events happening from December to February, it’s your one-stop guide to summer fun.

With support from Auckland Council, LEGO, Heart of The City, The Hits and The New Zealand Herald.

See you there!

Vinyasa Flow Yoga Classes

All Stages Welcome Tuesdays 7pm Highbury House, 110 Hinemoa St, Birkenhead

Saturdays 10am Shuriken Gym 89A Wairau Rd, Glenfield (Entrance via Currys Lane)

First class free then $10 casual or $45 for 6 classes For more information contact Simone 021 128 3425