GLAMORGAN
SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
Term 4, week 9: 2 December 2004
Kia ora koutou. Hello everyone.
End
of Year Date and Time
School
will finish at 1.30 p.m. on Tuesday 14 December for the end of our 2004
school year. We will have a
shortened lunchtime that day, from 12.30 to 1 p.m.
2005
Term Dates
Term
1 � Tuesday 1 February to Friday 15 April
Term
2 � Monday 2 May to Friday 8 July
Term
3 � Monday 25 July to Friday 23 September
Term
4 � Monday 10 October to Wednesday 21 December
School
Pool Keys
Don�t
miss out on a pool keycard before school closes on 14 December.
Pool keycards are available for sale at $60 each from the school
office. Eftpos is available
for payment.
Correction
The
Year 2 tiles displayed in the Library and ICT foyer, were painted at Paint
Ceramics in Browns Bay (not at Paint the Earth).
Year
6 Final Assembly
Next
Tuesday 7 December at 7 p.m. we will be having our Year 5 & 6 end of
year assembly in the school Hall to farewell our Year 6 students.
You are all welcome to attend.
Sports
Uniforms
With
the end of our school year looming, please return any school sports
uniforms if you have not yet done so.
Lost
Property
We
have just over one week of school to go and there is a lot of lost
property in the Hall box. Please
have a look through the box for any items your children have left at
school. Any items left at the
end of the year will be disposed of.
End
of Year Reports & 2005 Class Placements
On
10 December each child will bring home their End of Year report and their
class placement for 2005.
End
of Year Discos
TOMORROW!
Entry $3. Drinks and
sweets for sale.
�
Year
1 to 3 children 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
�
Year
4 to 6 children 8 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
Encourage
your child/ren to put their dancing shoes on, wear black/white or glitter,
and come along to celebrate the end of the school year. If you would like to assist on the night, come along and let
us know at the door.
For
safety reasons, all children are to be collected from inside the Hall,
please.
Sunscreen
Sunscreen
still for sale through the school office.
Support school fundraising efforts and purchase the handy roll on
or family pump.
School
Donation for 2005
A
reminder that our school donation for the 2005 school year is reduced if
paid by the end of this year. The
rates set for 2005 are as follows:
�
1
child - $130, reduced to $110 if paid by end of 2004, $120 if paid by end
of March 2005 or $35 per term
�
2
or more children - $250, reduced to $230 if paid by end of 2004, $240 if
paid by end of March 2005 or $70 per term.
Donations
can be paid at the school office by eftpos, cheque or cash.
Thank
you to those of you who have contributed with your 2004 donation.
We also appreciate the 2005 contribution paid by families so far.
Food
Donations
As
in the past, we would like to provide the opportunity for children to
donate canned and dried food, for those families in need on the North
Shore. Foodstuffs can be
dropped off in classrooms and will be collected for distribution by the
local Methodist Church on Friday 10 December.
Kind regards
HEATHER RICHARDS
Principal
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2 December 2004
Glamorgan School Walking Bus has started!
We are pleased to confirm that we now have two WSB
routes in operation. These
are running as a trial until the end of the term, with the intention being
that they become permanent for 2005, but this won�t happen without
parent/child support.
Please encourage your children to walk with our parent
�drivers� on either route. The
children simply join the �bus� at any designated stop at the times
indicated.
The two routes are:
Route A � Glenreagh:
Morning:
8.20am
Start cnr Glenreagh Place/Kate Sheppard Ave (Kate Ryburn side of
Glenreagh cul-de-sac)
8.24am
�Bus stop� cnr Helen Ryburn Place, at the wooden seats
8.25am
Continue along Kate Sheppard
8.29am
�Bus Stop� No 13 Kate Sheppard (opp Phoebe Meikle)
8.30am
Cross to cnr Phoebe Meikle/Kate Sheppard (school side of road)
�Bus Stop�
Walk to Caversham, cross at No 45 Caversham Dr
8.33am
�Bus Stop� 36 Caversham Drive
8.35am
Continue into Carnmore Place, �Bus Stop� No 3 Carnmore Place
Continue to school, cross Mizen court
8.40am
Arrive at school, �Drop
Off� at entry to school walkway.
Afternoon:
3.05pm
WSB departs from Carnmore Drive, at the walkway street entrance.
Route to operate in reverse of the morning route; journey approx 20
mins.
Route B � Gerontius:
Mornings only:
8.20am
Start cnr Gerontius Glade/Weatherly Road, Walk Weatherly towards
Sunburst
8.23am
�Bus Stop� opposite Sunburst Lane, 112 Weatherly, walk
Weatherly towards Ceramco
8.28am
�Bus Stop� opposite Ceramco Place, walk Weatherly towards
Glamorgan
8.30am
�Bus Stop� cnr Weatherly/Glamorgan:
continue to school crossing
8.35am
Arrive school; �Drop
Off� at school hall.
We have lots of giveaways for the children that do walk
on the WSB before the end of the year� these will be given out during
next week.
Please register your interest for 2005 by completing
the slip below. (Please
return by Friday 10 December). We
must have 8 children on each route for the scheme to be viable.
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Route preferred (circle)
GLENREAGH
GERONTIUS
I would be interested in being a volunteer driver
(circle) YES
NO
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