Newsletter Term 3, Week 1

Term 3, Week 1 – Friday 30 July 2021

School Production – Jukebox Drama

Principal’s Chat

Kia ora everyone

A big welcome to term three for all our existing, and our new, families. Our values focus this term for our students is Creativity. The te reo word for creativity is Auahatanga, and our whakatauki is Tukua te wairua kia rere ki ngā taumata. Allow one’s spirit to exercise its potential.

The creativity focus links in well with the whole school production, which is a major focus this term and provides our students with the opportunity to work alongside others and learn about the process of putting on a performance, and to share the skills that they have developed in the performing arts.
The production, Jukebox Drama  will be held on the evening of 1 September at the Bruce Mason Centre. Apart from new students, all others will be involved, from Year 1 to 6, so please do ensure you are able to bring your child along to the theatre that evening so they can perform with their class. As you can see by the start of this newsletter, the tickets will be available to purchase using your code from Wednesday, until Friday 13 August. Should you wish to purchase more, any unsold tickets will be available for sale from Saturday 14 August.

The School Board are looking at the possibility of funding a project to enhance the outdoor environment for our students. They have developed a community survey to help them with making a decision. Can you please complete the survey by Monday 16 August – your response would be appreciated. Please click here for the survey.

Term three promises to present lots of learning opportunities for the students – with the production, and the PTA/School Fun Mud run as real highlights. Do look out for the information about the Fun Run, our major fundraiser this year, which has been sent home this week.

Have a great fortnight everyone.

Linda

2021 Upcoming Events

2021 Term Dates

Welcome New Students

A warm welcome to our new students who have started at Long Bay Primary since our last newsletter:

Bella Rose, Noah, Anthony, Cheyenne, Michele, Jessie, Jake, Rubi, Jaroam, Nina, Vincent, Jessica, Ella, Elijah, Judah and Cameron

In-Zone Enrolments for 2022

If you have a younger sibling who is going to be turning 5 next year and you are wishing to enrol them at Long Bay Primary, can you please see the office to make sure that we have the child’s information and birth date to help with our planning for 2022.

Sports Buzz – Term 3, Week 1

Upcoming Sporting Events

Rippa tournament, Kristin winter sports day, Interschool football and cricket tournaments – please keep an eye on your child’s bag for notices.

Join the Walking School Bus

Keen to make school drop off/pick up easier and stress free?  Meet other local parents and get some fresh air and exercise? Have your kids arrived at school energised and ready to start their days learning? 

A walking school bus is a group of children who walk together to/from school with parent supervisors along a set route.  Parents take turns and shouldn’t need to walk more than one day a week.  The other 4 days are free.

PTA News

PTA Vacancies – Chairperson and Communications Liaison

If you are community minded and love working with a team to organise fundraising projects, please consider putting your hand up for the Chairperson role.
Our previous Chairperson, Jo, is happy to support a new PTA Chairperson. If you are interested in this role please contact longbayprimarypta@gmail.com

We are also looking for a regular volunteer to assist the PTA in a communications capacity. If you are interested in the role, please email longbayprimarypta@gmail.com

Important School Reminders – Please Read 

Absence from School

If your child is going to be absent from school, please email admin@longbayprimary.ac.nz or call 09 473 6077, option 2 and clearly state your child’s name, room number and reason for absence. This is to avoid them being marked as truant.

If you are collecting your child early from school, all parents/caregives need to sign them out at the Office. Children are not allowed to leave school grounds early unless they are signed out. Where possible, please do not arrange to collect a child during break times, as it is extremely difficult to locate them. Morning tea is 11.15am to 11.45am and lunch is 1.15pm and 2.00pm.

Lateness

A concerning amount of children are arriving late to school. The Office now hands out approximately 30-40 late passes every morning! Please ensure your child is at school, settled and ready for their learning before 8.55am. If your child arrives late to school, they MUST call at the Office window for a late pass. This is so we know they are safe.

Borrowed School Uniform

The Office has loaned out a huge amount of school uniform to students and this is not being returned to school. If your child/children has borrowed school uniform, please wash and return it to the Office as soon as possible. We are getting low in supply and will not be able to loan out any school uniform in future unless it is returned.

Lost Property

Please regularly check the Lost Property box inside the hall foyer for any missing items of clothing, lunchboxes, hats and drink bottles. Any named items are returned to the students, but there is a large amount of items not named and the box is overflowing. At the end of term, this box is emptied and remaining items delivered to charity.

Community Local Events and Sports