Pembroke School 17 March 2016

Harlech Street

Oamaru Phone: 437 :0931

Cell :027 437 0932

Duffy Books

Duffy Books in homes offer a free book

to pre schoolers 1-4 years of age. If you have a

child having a birthday come and see Mrs Drew.

Why is a tomato round and red? Because if it was long and yellow it would be a banana!!

Autumn

This weeks joke is from Hunter Wardle Rm 5

Greetings I am really enjoying getting to know our new five year olds. I have spent some time in room ten

getting to know children and their names. I apologise to the parents if I forget your name. With

over 250 children at school at the moment it becomes challenging. One of the areas we are

looking at for our junior children is handwriting. Handwriting is still an important skill to learn.

It supports the development of fine motor skills as well as supports the learning of the alphabet names and

sounds. If your child enjoys writing at home please encourage this. If they need help with letter formation etc.

please talk with the teacher to check how we are teaching them so we are all on the same page and don’t

confuse the children.

PB4L Positive Behaviour for Learning At the moment we are reviewing our rewards and consequences systems. Our consequence system is called

POP and will continue to be called this because it is well engrained in the school and the children know what it

is all about. Already we are seeing positive outcomes from our REAL cards. The students are part of this

process. Children are going up to teachers to show off their reward cards. This has shifted them from telling on

other kids to identifying positive behaviour in themselves and being proud of it. We will be having the POP

treat before the end of the term as we have a special visitor coming to school. Remember to remind your

children that three times in classroom POP in the last five weeks (The RED cards) means they will miss the

treat. This is not designed as an extra punishment for these children but as a reward for all the children that

make the right choices.

Once we have the new guidelines worked out we will give them out to you as information and to ensure we all

have the same information.

Sports The cricket has finished. My thanks to the parents who supported these teams. My thanks to the children for

giving it a go. It is always good to try new things. Touch finishes for this term next week. (Last day Tuesday

22nd March) Coaches please return the bags and shirts as soon as possible so we can get them ready for the

winter sports.

Notes will come home shortly for those wanting to play Hockey, Netball or Mini-ball. Please get these forms

back as soon as possible.

Lost Property Once again we have a huge pile of unclaimed, un-named clothing. Please check the staffroom deck on Friday.

The Lost property is all put out on display.

Have a great weekend. Go the Highlanders

Regards Brent and Staff

KIDZTIME (After School Games & Activities Programme)

Wednesday (Fortnightly) All Kidz 5-10 Years

3.40pm – 5 pm. $2 per session. Afternoon tea provided.

For New Venue or Transport: Text 021 254 6338

Jazz and Blues Festival A family concert is set for the Steampunk Playground on Saturday and Sunday. The FM hosts the brilliant Jazz Trio

of Alan Rakiraki, Rick Loos and Steve Courname. On Sunday there is also a best-dressed competition - the theme is the influence of Wartime on Jazz. Any students wanting to participate in this great festival are welcomed to come along and help collect donations to support next

year's festival. To help out or for further info call into the Jazz Fest site

office on Harbour St on Sunday morning.

Family Easter Egg Hunt Oamaru Public Gardens

At the Rotunda

25 march (Good Friday)

1 pm—3 pm

FREE

Wheelbarrow Race

3-Legged Race Egg and Spoon Race

Bouncy Castle Family Fun

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Happy Birthday

Faith Middlemiss, Seb Henderson, Ashleigh

Johnston, Hulita Kaufusi

& William Mansell

We hope you have a Brilliant Day!!

Home and School News Wednesday: Hot Eaties Thursday-Subway— $5.00 or foot long $8

When ordering your child's subway PLEASE PUT THEIR MONEY IN A NAMED

ENVELOPE STATING WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE IN THEIR SUBWAY

Please make sure you have the correct money in a named envelope for all lunch orders BEFORE 9am

New Comers Have You Just Moved Here?

Join up with the Waitaki newcomers group and

meet other new people who are keen to make

friends. We have a range of events from coffee

groups, book groups, walking group, drinks after

work, movie nights, family picnics to name a few.

Go to www.newcomers.co.nz and click the 'Join

Now" button.

Values Awards

Respect— Lydia Moffat

Excellence— Zoe Johnston

Action—Luke Ingram

Learning— Jake Crossan

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Room 1 - Mikaere Milmine

Room 2 - Ruby-Jay Drummond

Room 3 - Sisi Ofa

Room 4 - Levi Hoffman

Room 5 - Luke Fountaine

Room 6 - Tuhimate Marshall-Taingahue

Room 7 - Hazel Turner

Room 8 - Liam Fountaine

Room 9 - Iseleli Otunuka

Room 10 - Eden Solomon-Dickson

REAL Card/Subway :Laino Kaufana

Caught Being Good: Francie Lavell, Haylie

Smart, Kelepi Vai, Noah Frew, Casey Kinns

& Matthew Burke

Yogis: Lydia Moffat

Important Reminders

School starts at 8:55 am—Please make sure

your child/children are at school on time.

You must ring or txt in to the office if your

child is absent— 4370931 or 0274370932

Swimming starts tomorrow for Rooms 7 & 2

Remember your togs!!

School will be closed on the following days :

Monday 21 March—Otago Anniversary Day

Friday 25 March—Good Friday

Monday 28 and Tuesday 29

March—Easter Monday and Tuesday

Summer Sports—Touch Rugby

This is now overdue. Please pay $10 to

the office .

Easter Raffle Cards

Cards and Money need to be

handed into the Office by

tomorrow (Friday) at the

latest! Please return the cards

even if you haven't sold any

tickets.

Race Relations Day Celebrations Multicultural Concert 2016

Don’t miss this affordable family event. A colourful and vibrant showcase of multicultural talent.

Be entertained by a variety of acts from our community and performances from around the world.

Special guest: Dame Susan Devoy, Race Relations Commissioner

Celebrate Cultural Diversity, Unity and Harmony in our community with the Waitaki Multicultural Council and

Safer Waitaki. Come and join us and have a great night out.

7.00pm Saturday, 19 March 2016 Adults $10Children $5 (12 years and under)

Ticket price inclusive of service fee when purchased from the Opera House otherwise online and 0800 bookings service fees will apply.

Thank you to everyone who supported our

‘wear Blue’ day to help raise money for the

Fijian community.

We raised $311.10

Well done Pembroke School!!

Happy Birthday

Matthew Burke, Ratu Earnest,

Ana Siale, Jake Crossan &

Aiden Ofa

We hope you have a Brilliant Day!!