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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Friday 26th SeptemberLast Day of Term
School Closes 2.50pm
Monday 13th OctoberFirst Day of Term 4
****TRAVELWISE
Walk and Wheel BeginsKeep an eye out for more
info......
Wednesday 22nd October
BOT Meeting, 7pm
Monday 27th OctoberLabour Day
School closed
28-31st OctoberYear 5/6 Camp
Lakewood Lodge
Friday 31st OctoberYear 0-4
Athletics DayTe Puru Park -
Beachlands
ISSUE NO. 30 DATE: 19th September, 2014
HELLO FROM THE PRINCIPAL!
Dear Parents/Caregivers,
As we are on the down hill run to summer and all the extra out door things that come with the nicer weather, we introduce to you our Walk and Wheels programme, in conjunction with Travelwise. From the start of next term, we will be having a walk and wheel drop off point by the roundabout on Wairere Road. Children can be dropped off with their bike or scooter and can ride down the road, across the pedestrian crossing and into school. They will have their passport clipped by an adult who will meet them and, if they ride from the Walk and Wheel point at least 4 days in the week, the students will be able to ride their bikes or scooters on Friday during school breaks. The Walk and Wheel campaign is not only to get kids out there doing it, but also to ease the congestion that we are experiencing at our school drop off and at the Mt Lebanon entrance.
If the Wairere Road Walk and Wheel station is successful, we will try to add other drop off stations around The Gardens area. We will encourage children of all ages to use the Walk and Wheel station, so our under-Year 4’s can be supervised by adults in their short ride to school, but at this stage, we will keep our Bike and Scooter License to Year 4 and above, for children who are not supervised and ride from other areas.
We hope that you will get behind this program and help support us with the Travelwise message. Thanks also to Mrs Pearson, for her hard work and dedication to supporting fitness and road safety at our school.
SUSANNAH FOWLER, PRINCIPAL
Website: www.thegardens.school.nz Phone: 09-269-0041 Email: [email protected] Address: 101 Charles Prevost Drive, Manurewa, Auckland Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheGardensSchool
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CONTACT INFORMATION Have your contact details changed?
Please make sure any changes to address/phone numbers/email contacts etc. are passed on to the school office to ensure we have up to date contact information for all our families.
GENERAL NOTICES:
PEOPLE OF THE WEEK:Each week at our Monday morning assembly we recognise 6 students for their efforts, either in learning, behaviour, school values or for some other special reason.This week we acknowledge:
Mustafa Laxmidhar -‐ Kakapo 1 ShrisF Prasad -‐ Kea 1Kelly Cheng -‐ Kiwi 2 Indiana Vidal -‐ Pukeko 3Simran Samra -‐ Kiwi 3 Whare BeaOy -‐ Takahe 2
WODONGA EXCHANGE: HOST FAMILIES NEEDEDHOST FAMILY FORMS AVAILABLE FROM THE SCHOOL OFFICE
We have received confirmaFon that 12 students and 2 teachers will be visiFng from Wodonga South School, from the 9th -‐ 17th November. We are looking for host families who currently have a child in Y6-‐8 to host these students during their Fme here. If you are interested in hosFng, please see the school office for a host family “expression of interest” form and return it to school as soon as possible. Please contact Kate Gifford with any quesFons [email protected]
Mathletics Success:At the end of each term we get an update from Mathletics on the successes of individual students and classes. Well done to these people!
SPORTS NOTICES:Student Sport Achievements
Jaymie Kolose Y8 and Tori Kolose (2012) both represented NZ U15 Touch this week in Australia. We can’t wait to hear about their results. The Gardens School wish them both a great tournament and a safe return home.
KIDS Auckland Marathon - Sunday 2nd of November 2014Start: 10.45am - Beaumont St, Auckland City
SCHOOL ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED. (Students can still enter individually after this date on the Adidas website and run with TGS)
BE PART OF THE ADIDAS AUCKLAND MARATHON! Kids at primary school aged 7 & over and intermediate school. Final 2.195km run on the day at the adidas Auckland Marathon event.One parent or guardian can run with their child in the 7-9yr group KIDS MARATHON free of charge.
School training days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 am on the top courts, these will be supervised and attendance recorded. For cancellations on training days, due to poor weather, please view The Gardens School Facebook Page. The training distances will vary from 1-3 kilometers and even more for our intermediate runners. For an entry form and payment please see the school office. All students attending the kids marathon event, they will need to have transport and supervision arranged by their caregiver.
Term 4 Sports Calendar
CC Touch Rugby Monday 20 October
Year 0-4 Athletics - Friday 31st October
Year 5-8 Athletics - Friday 7th November
MPSSA Softball - Tuesday 4th November
CC Athletics - Friday 14th November
MPSSA Athletics - Tuesday 18th November
FREE INTRODUCTION TO GOLFFor youngsters Year 5-8, at The Manukau Golf Club. After school Mondays and Fridays 4.30 - 5.30pm. All equipment provided. Our focus is on FUN and Development.
Why not try it out? Interested? Contact Jock Paterson to book your free session: 09 267 0597
T.G.S Students of Kakapo 2
101 Charles Prevost DriveThe Gardens
Manurewa 2105
The Gardens CommunityC/O The Gardens, Manurewa
Thursday 18 September 2014
To whom it may concern,
Hello, I am a student of Kakapo 2 and I'm writing to you because there is a high rate of people speeding around schools, including possibly you. Over 1,000 kids have died because of speeding, each year.
If you don't stop speeding, you could either crash, run over someone or something worse. You could be charged by the police as well.
This letter is a warning, do not speed in front of schools. It’s dangerous, you could get someone killed. The speed limit is 40 km/h around schools at all times. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Yours faithfully, S.J Campbell.
Writing to Socialise: This term, our school wide writing focus is “Writing to Socialise”. This includes writing letters, invitations and emails. The following letter was written by Sam Campbell in Kakapo 2.
CHOIR:On Thursday evening, our choir was joined by Mrs Lee’s choir from Brookby school to perform a bracket of songs at Totara Hospice as guests arrived for a special memorial service. They sang a selecBon of New Zealand songs from the World Vision Kids for Kids Concert two weeks earlier, with harmonies and parts pracBsed only once together in our school foyer – with wonderful acousBcs -‐ before we went across the road to perform. The sang beauBfully together -‐ and behaved very appropriately for the circumstances. “Welcome Home” by Dave Dobbyn brought tears to eyes – literally. It was a great opportunity for our students to be involved in the community and was appreciated by the hospice and guests.
