March newsletter 2014

Dear Parents and Friends of the School

LAWRENCE AREA SCHOOL

Community Newsletter

13 March 2014

No 3

Both Junior and Senior School have held Meet the Teacher nights, an opportunity for

parents to find out about class programmes as well as renew and build parent/teacher

relationships. Thank you to the many parents who made the most of this opportunity.

Feedback and feed forward, parents, pupils and teachers sharing goals is essential for

learning success.

Senior School Teachers

Junior School Teachers

Our rowdiest annual event, the school swimming championship, was held last Friday.

Students, in the face of a cold and grotty day, were sterling.

House Spirit saw students dressed and painted in red (Woods) and yellow (Read) in support

of their house. House captains and senior students rallied their respective troops for each

event and cheered on vigorously.

The quality of swimming and the competitive races were great to watch. We have many

capable junior swimmers who hopefully next year will benefit enormously from being able to

train in the new Tuapeka Aquatic Centre.

Through-out the day many parents, grand parents and friends visited the pool adding their

input and building the atmosphere.

To all students who participated, good on you for braving the cold, well done on many

personal best, thanks to our student helpers, well done to both houses. To the organisers and

staff helpers well done and thank you. There was however a disappointing aspect that I

addressed at this weeks senior assembly. There were a number of middle school and senior

students who did not turn up for this event. Personally I was not impressed by this - school

spirit is very important - and I was not impressed with some of the lame excuses given.

Parents you have a role to play in this. If your child was unable to swim we did have jobs for

all to ensure participation and contribution. Kind Regards John Auld

John Auld Susan Holgate Jeff Howell Linda Howell Anna Hyslop

Sally Benington Kerren Crawford Tash Hughes Eileena Kenny

Sara McTavish Jo Murray Kat Nichol Kris Watson

Gillian May Rachel OConnell Pauline Taylor

DIDNT WE DO WELL!! DIDNT WE DO

WELL!! DIDNT WE DO WELL!! DIDNT

WE DO WELL!! DIDNT WE DO WELL!!






























Senior School

Y e a r 1 2 B i o l o g yY e a r 1 2 B i o l o g y

Whats happening in

Senior School.

Paige Cotton

Netball & Squash

Top results for 2014

Secience Level 1

Eden Wilson - Excellance

Eloise McLaughlin - Excellance

Taylor Whitehead - Merit

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Year 12 Portobello Marine

Centre Trip

On the 5th March the year 12

Biology class travelled to

Portobello Marine Centre for

a day of learning based

around ecology and

adaptations of marine

animals. We had a fun filled

day and braved the cold to

gather data for an

assessment as well as getting

our hands dirty dissecting

sharks and crabs. We had

lots of laughs and came

home with a wealth of

knowledge about marine life

on the Otago peninsula.

S e n i o r R e s u l t s S e n i o r R e s u l t s









Art work

Taylor WhiteheadLevel 1

Artwork

2014

Bible in Schools

Bible in Schools - this has just began for the year. Parents you have the right to choose

whether your child participates. Please contact Mr Auld with any queries.

150th Celebration of Education in Lawrence150th celebration of education in Lawrence and districts is to be held January 9,10,11th

2015. This will be a wonderful time for former pupils to reunite with old friends.

Registration will be open soon. If you think you have ideas for, or could help on the

organising committee please contact any of the following:

Elaine Crawford, Tash Hughes, Louise Grumball, Liz McLaughlin, Jim Roughan, Bruce

Young, Keeley McLaughlin, Jim Crawford, Rueben Hinton, John Auld ....... Founding

committee.

Waitahuna Junior Swim Carnival - Yr 0-3

Swimming

Sports

LAS Style....

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