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22nd October 2015 - Week 2 Term 4 Golden Bay Schools’ Soccer Tournament Tomorrow Friday, 23 October, all our Yr 3,4 5 & 6 children will be involved in an interschool soccer tournament. The venues for the tournament will be Yr3/4 Girls grade - Motupipi School Yr 3/4 Boys grade - Central Takaka School Yr 5/6 Girls grade - Collingwood Area School Yr 5/6 Boys grade. - Takaka Primary School The games are to begin at 10.00am. Those going to Collingwood will leave at 9.15am and the others at 9.30am. Golden Bay ON Stage The Yr 5/6 Boys and Girls will finish around 1.15pm and the Yr 3/4 Boys and Girls around 2pm. Children will need School T Shirt Shorts Talent Quest Sunhat / screen Girl's and Boys A & P Show Sports shoes or boots Saturday 31st October Lunch Solo / Duo / Groups Drink Entry forms at your school office, Community Centre and Takaka Library Food is available at Collingwood – Sausage n’ Bread Ph: Dave 525 8876 Parents are most welcome to come along and support the teams. This is a Tasman Youth Council event Project Janszoon School Advisory Board Members 2016 Congratulations go to Jack H, Iris, Rhys N and Rosie who were selected to be our Project Janszoon School Advisory Board Members for 2016. They were selected after presenting an online application as well as participating in an interview process. A number of children applied and we were really proud of the effort they put into their applications. All the children showed a real passion for the environment and the decision in selecting the final four was very hard. They will attend the last Advisory Board meeting for the year at Kahurangi Function Centre next Tuesday 27 October along with the new members from GBHS and Motueka High School. Our 2015 Advisory Board representatives Alex, Chris, Jessie and Pippa will be chairing the meeting. Iris, Jack & Rosie (Rhys N absent) Swimming Pool We will be emptying the pool next week in preparation for the swimming season. It usually takes at least a week to get the chemical balance correct and we may need to give the pool a paint. Motupipi School Contact No Details: 435 Abel Tasman Drive School lunch Takaka 7183 this week Phone: 03 525 9986 EMAIL: [email protected] due to Or: [email protected] Soccer Internet Banking No: 03 1711 0013347 00 Tournament Schools Camps Room 5 will head to Totaranui on Thursday 3 December and will return home on Saturday 5 December. Room 1 will also be heading to Totaranui and they go on Monday 7 December. They will leave after the Year 6 students have been to the Powhiri at Golden Bay High School in the morning. They will return on Wednesday 9 December. Both Room 1 and 5 will be camping and will be doing lots of water based activities such as snorkeling, swimming, sea biscuiting and fishing as well as walks, cricket, volleyball, eel feeding, biking, orienteering and team challenges. Rm 4 are heading to Motueka on Wednesday 9 December where they will be based at the Motueka Top 10 Holiday Park. They will doing parts of the Great Taste Bike Trail, roller skating, rock climbing, swimming and various other activities. They will return home on Friday 11 December. School Concert Sunhats Last year due to health and safety 7.00pm Tuesday 10 November Rm 2, 3 & 4 evening show concerns over high rates of skin cancer, the 1.00pm Wednesday 11 November Rm 2, 3 & 4 matinee Board of Trustees reviewed the school’s “Care in the Sun Policy”. 7.00pm Wednesday 11 November Rm 2, 3 & 4 evening show We are all aware of the need for 7.00pm Thursday 12 November Rm 1 & 5 evening show protection from excessive exposure to U.V. rays and the effect a lack of it can have 1.00pm Friday 13 November Rm 1 & 5 matinee later in life. Many of the hats worn by the 7.00pm Friday 13 November Rm 1 & 5 evening show children do not give adequate protection. We will also be scheduling in dress rehearsals for Rm 2,3 & 4 on Tuesday We have decided to use the Cancer Society recommendations to guide our morning and Rm 1 & 5 on Wednesday afternoon. decision. This year the children will be required to wear the Cancer Society recommended If your child is not going to be at the concerts or away on some of the hats when playing in the sun. The hats can days please let the teacher know so that adjustments can be made. be any colour. These hats are to be either Wide brimmed hats Ticket purchase Bucket or surfie style hat Legionnaire style hat Tickets will go on sale next Wednesday 28th Oct. Initially tickets will be Baseball caps and sun visors are NOT able to be purchased for one evening show only, of the junior and senior recommended hats as they leave the ears shows, so that all parents who wish to go to a show, get the opportunity. Day and back of the neck exposed, which are two common areas of skin cancer time shows are not as busy so you are welcome to get extra tickets for Children not wearing these. From Friday the 6th November parents will be able to purchase Cancer Society recommended hats by additional evening show tickets that haven’t already been sold. next Friday the 30th October will be The cost of tickets is $3, which helps to cover costs of theatre hire, paint required to play in the shade . and equipment used in the making of props and costumes as well any extra sound or lighting equipment. School Calendar John Parsons October On Wednesday 2nd December John Parsons will visit Motupipi. John Parsons is 23rd Soccer Tournament an Internet Safety and Risk Assessment Consultant to schools, the private sector 26th Labour Day and the health sector, providing specialist advice and direction on the safe use of 29th BOT Meeting 6.30pm Digital Communication Technology. 31st GB Girls & Boys Agri Show He works alongside Police, Children Young Persons and their Families (CYF) and 31st War Memorial Opening Health Professionals delivering training in child protection. November He delivers cyber safety workshops to those who work with young people in 9-10th Production Rehearsals areas of health, education and safety. 10-13th School Production John also delivers parent/caregiver cyber safety workshops through school or 20th GB Athletics community based initiatives. December He promotes the rights of children to be judges, fairly recognizing their rights to 2nd John Parsons use communication technology safely and with the respect for themselves and 3-5th Rm 5 Camp others. This is the foundation upon which he delivers his classroom workshops 7th Yr 6 Powhiri GBHS to students of all ages. 7-9th Rm 1 Camp John will work with children during the day, providing a workshop for staff after 9-11th Rm 4 Camp school and parents in the evening. 16th Dec Last day of 2015 John has visited the Bay on several occasions and his sessions are well February worthwhile. 2nd Feb Term 1 2016 begins .