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After School Pick up
Our Junior team is finding it hard to continue Learning through Play in the afternoon and ensure an efficient pack up with several parents arriving to collect your children any time after 2.00pm and positioning themselves outside the classrooms and the immediate play space. This is distracting to the children when they see their whanau and they are interacting with them. We would ask, if you could please wait outside the office area on the seating or the tree area by the main pathway into the office area. Thank you in advance. Swimming - Room 1 , 2 , 3 & 4 Monday 23rd - Friday 27th Feb Senior swimming has been fabulous this week. We look forward to our junior Swimming programme next week. Our teachers love some help with dressing etc so please speak to them if you are available. We love having some dads/grandads that can help the boys as well. Feel free to come to the pool to see your children during their lesson. Athletics - Tuesday 24th Feb It is a busy week with Athletics as well. Your child will have delivered a notice with all the details as well as on the App. If you are able to help we are still short of some helpers. Come along and enjoy the day watching your child participate. Thank you Ngā Mihi Linda Fraser Principal Just a few reminders of what is happening and will happen …
Welcome to the end of week 2. We hope your children are settling back into school routines after what was a very long break. Very little summer weather but after yesterday I am not sure we are cut out for hot weather! There is a lot coming up with swimming and athletics hard on our heels. Swimming We are very grateful for the Gore District Council & ILT sponsoring our children's swimming lessons. Week 3 - 16 – 20 February – Seniors 10.00am - Room 15 10.45am - Room 14 11.30am - Room 12 Week 4 - 23 – 27 February – Juniors - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 10.00am -Room 1 10.30am - Room 2 11.00am - Room 3, Room 4 On Athletics Day-> Tuesday - Rm 2 and Room 1's 6 year old's will swim at 10am, Rm 3 and 4 at 10.30am No 11am session on Tuesday 24 February Our Junior teachers would welcome your help with dressing if you are available during your child’s time. This is part of the curriculum so please respect the teacher is in charge during pool times and while walking to and from the pool. All children will walk to the pool so it is not an option to transport them in your car. Please make sure they have a jacket in their bags each day as the weather is very changeable. The swimming instructor is in charge of the children when they are in the pool. If you require anything please speak with your child's teacher. Athletics Mrs Sandi Pasco, our sports coordinator has sent home messages requesting help on the day of our athletics event. If you can assist please let Sandi know as soon as possible. We need people to support teachers running events. You will be instructed on what to do and supported throughout the day so no previous knowledge is needed. It is always a great day and we appreciate you all being there to support your children. We just can’t run this event without your help! Open Morning - New Entrant Students - Wednesday March 4th We welcome all intending students or anyone that may be interested in enrolling their child at West Gore School. Speak to neighbours, friends and family and encourage them to come along to this morning . it is a great way to meet the staff and see the children in their classroom and see the programmes in action. Strike Performance We had a fabulous performance on Wednesday that inspired many of our children. The Strike team are fabulous musicians and entertained the children. They then did a workshop in each classroom. Lets see this creativity expressed during our Learning through Play. Teacher Only Day - Monday March 9th
All teachers have a Ministry of Education Maths Professional Development day on Monday March 9th. We appreciate your support in arranging care for your children during these days. This is necessary due to the significant changes in our curriculum. Teachers are implementing a very new curriculum. Enjoy your weekend, Ngā mihi Linda Fraser Principal Welcome back! It was just lovely to have all our tamariki back at school today, bringing West Gore School to life again. This morning we held our Mihi Whakatau, where we warmly welcomed our new students and their whānau, and also introduced Miss Kasey Owen-Wilson to our school community. This is a short week, with Waitangi Day on Friday. Please keep an eye on all news and notifications via our school app, as the beginning of the year brings a number of forms that need updating. This term includes Athletics, Swimming, a Teacher Only Day, and the Year 6 Camp. Head on over to the calendar on the school app for specific dates. We’re pleased to get the year underway and know the students of West Gore School will thrive! |
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