SCHOOL IS CLOSED TOMORROW THURSDAY 12th NOVEMBER FOR A TEACHER ONLY DAY & FRIDAY 13th NOVEMBER FOR SHOW DAY - St Albans School
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Phone: 355 9132 #0 Office
Absences: 027 750 3559 (text only)
office@stalbans.school.nz
www.stalbans.school.nz
11 November 2020
Kia ora whānau,
SCHOOL IS CLOSED TOMORROW THURSDAY 12th NOVEMBER FOR A TEACHER ONLY
DAY & FRIDAY 13th NOVEMBER FOR SHOW DAY
What a mixed bag of weather we are having - certainly not the early summer that the
experts were talking about - yet! Hopefully it gets a little warmer as we intend to open the
school pool for class swimming on Monday 23rd November. Your child’s home base
communication will be able to tell you what days your child/ren's swimming time will be.
The pool will open this Monday 16th November for community members who were
successful in the pool key ballot and who have completed a pool induction with Heather
our caretaker.
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our Principal Ginnie Chapman (nee
Warren) on her wedding at the weekend. The St Albans students and staff came together
to make this wonderful image of a heart, complete with staff wearing veils. This caused
much surprise and excitement for the children. We know Ginnie and Hugh felt the love,
warmth and support from us all here at St Albans. A special thank you to one of our
school parents Sander Murray for flying his drone to capture this wonderful image.
NEW CLASSROOM
We are very excited to announce the beginning of the new classroom project. Site
preparation begin this Monday 16th November. This will involve the establishment of the
construction zone whereby fences will be used to define the building area. To ensure the
safety of our tamariki a fence will be erected from the U (building area) to the gates at the
end of the two storey building (see map). This will mean there will be no access for
tamariki and whānau through the gates between the two storey block and the staff car
park. These will be shut until further notice. Where possible, the majority of works will be
Hutia te rito o te harakeke, kei hea te kōmako e kō?
If you pull out the centre shoot of the flax plant, where will the bellbird sing?
carried out, outside school hours. There will be a gated access way in the middle of the
fencing to allow tamariki and whānau to access both sides of the school. The completion
of this project is mid-February 2021.
TERM PLANNER
This term is starting to get very busy with many events coming up. Below is a list of dates
to help you plan ahead.
November
Monday 16 Nov: Pool opens for community swimming for key holders only
Tuesday 17 Nov: Parent camp meeting for camp volunteers - 5pm in Kererū 7-10
Piwakawaka - Run Jump Throw
Wednesday 18 Nov: Kererū Athletics Day
Monday 23 Nov: Pool opens for school swimming
Kererū 13/14 Junior Park Detectives
Wednesday 25 Nov: Kāhu 15/16 off to Hanmer Camp
Primary Schools’ Triathlon
Thursday 26 Nov: Pūkeko Run, Jump, Throw
Friday 27 Nov: Kāhu 15/16 return from Hanmer Camp
December
Wednesday 1 Dec: Canterbury Primary School Athletic Finals
Thursday 3 Dec: Te Puāwaitanga 5.30pm
Friday 4 Dec: Pīwakawaka singing at Empower Church and Rugby Park picnic.
Monday 7 Dec: Kāhu 17/18 & Pouākai off to Hanmer Camp
Beach Ed at Waimari for Pīwakawaka19/24
Pūkeko Whānau singing and picnic - 4.30pm
Tuesday 8 Dec: Reports go live on ‘Hero’
Wednesday 9 Dec: Kāhu 17/18 & Pouākai return from Hanmer Camp
Kāhu 20/21 off to Hanmer Camp
Beach Ed at Waimari for Pīwakawaka 25/26/27
Hutia te rito o te harakeke, kei hea te kōmako e kō?
If you pull out the centre shoot of the flax plant, where will the bellbird sing?
Thursday 10 Dec: Class placements go live
VIP Morning tea 10.30am
Friday 11 Dec: Kāhu 20/21 return from Hanmer Camp
Beach Ed at Waimari for Pīwakawaka22/23
Monday 14 Dec: Pīwakawaka & Pūkeko end of year assembly 9.30am
Kererū end of year assembly 2.15pm
Students meet their 2021 teacher
Tuesday 15 Dec: Yr 5 & 6 Prizegiving & Yr 6 Leavers Assembly 1.15pm
@ St Margaret’s College
Yr 6 Leavers dinner and swim 5.30pm to 7pm
Wednesday 16 Dec: Final Assembly 12pm - school finishes at 12.30pm
ESOL Picnic - It was wonderful to see so many of our ESOL
(English as a Second Language) learners and their families come
together for a Kiwi picnic yesterday at Malvern Park. Thank you
to June and Julie for their wonderful organisation. The children
have told us it was a great day!
This week we welcome back Renee Kake from her study leave.
Renee will be teaching in various areas of the school until the
remainder of the year.
A reminder that school is closed tomorrow for a Teacher Only Day and on Friday for
Show Day Enjoy the long weekend!
Ngā mihi, Glen and Jo on behalf of our team
NEW PUPILS
We welcome Jack, William and Kyraan who joined our school this week.
SCHOOL NOTICES
2021 Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon - Sunday, 28th February 2021 at Jellie Park Recreation and
Sports Centre. If you’d like to enter your child as part of
the school team please use this link:
https://bit.ly/2UbZ3XU
School Rock Band – Yesterday the students were treated to
a performance by the school rock band. This fantastic
performance was acknowledged with an impromptu haka
by our Kapahaka students! Our thanks to Matt Hall for his
work with the band.
PTA NEWS
Wine & Cheese Evening – Tonight!! – 6.30pm Wednesday 11th November -
Join us for wine & cheese and find out a little more about the PTA and how
we work to support the school community. A great opportunity to meet
some of our lovely members and see if you would like to be involved in 2021
Hutia te rito o te harakeke, kei hea te kōmako e kō?
If you pull out the centre shoot of the flax plant, where will the bellbird sing?
Year 3/4 Athletics Day – Wednesday 18th November
COMMUNITY NOTICES
See Donovan
Bixley in act ion
Join us as he draws and reads
from “ Māui and the Secret of Fire”
11am, Sunday 15 November
Tautoru / TSB Space, Tūranga
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Hutia te rito o te harakeke, kei hea te kōmako e kō?
If you pull out the centre shoot of the flax plant, where will the bellbird sing?
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