GLENTUNNEL SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Friday 9th September 2016 Tena koutou parents and caregivers,

Dates to remember … What a wintery blast we had yesterday! The students

Thursday 15 September - had a great me playing in the snow. There were snow School closes at 12.30 p.m. angels, snowmen and snowballs galore. Remember if you’re not sure if the school’s closed or open please Friday 23 September - check the school’s website and Facebook page. Also in the future I Term 3 ends plan on using the Selwyn Gets Ready website to inform people

registered via text message. If in any doubt please put the safety of your family first, as condions can vary a lot throughout the different communies we live in.

Thank you to our ‘Home and School’ for the five new

scooters we have tearing up our tennis courts. They are being well used already and are providing the opportunity for all students who don’t own a scooter to ‘give it a go’. The students are exploring ways to share the scooters

and we also have some ‘ramp controllers’ helping with scooter jumping.

Quote of the week … It was unfortunate we couldn’t go skiing this week as I Respect for ourselves know the students and parents were looking forward to guides our morals, respect another adventure on the slopes. I have inquired about for others guides our another possible date and wait to hear back from the ski manners. field. With so many schools booking days it is unlikely, but we can keep our fingers crossed!

A reminder to please pick your child up at 12:30pm on th Thursday the 15 of September. We appreciate your help in allowing us to be well informed on the ‘Global Budget’ topic. You may have seen it on the news recently as it becomes a very important and heavily debated topic.

Thanks to everyone who gave me and supplies for the Bunnings BBQ last Sunday. We raised close to $1,000 for the senior camp. Well done everyone, that’s a lot of sausages!

Kind regards Dion Stechmann Awards this week Lily Champion-Smith - You are a role model to your peers - al- ways seeking to achieve beyond your potenal AND you are always helping others whenever you can. Blake Woolley - For persevering in Maths - you discovered that with pracce something that is hard soon becomes easy. Abigail Driscoll - For aenve listening during Maths and the success you have gained due to having good listening skills. Fergus Currie - For your effort with Random Wring this week. Olivia Kershaw - For awesome effort in Reading and Wring. Daisy Maude - For listening to and following instrucons carefully. Ruby Lee - For always helping others. Carys Rugg - You show determinaon in all your learning, responding posively to feedback, so you can achieve beyond your potenal. Holly Seaton - You show perseverance and determinaon in your learning and are showing this growth mind set in your work with Selina. Jamie Hunt - For being a great self manager. Breanna Lumsden - For improved focus and neatness. And the Star of the Week goes to - Megan Knights - For displaying amazing problem solving skills and a wonderful atude towards learning and life.

Home and School news

Coalgate Tavern meat raffle roster - Saturday 10th September Lee family Saturday 17th September Boyd / Mills family

School hot lunches - School lunches are available every Friday during Terms 2 and 3. The choice for Friday 16th September is hot dogs; or chicken noodle or tomato soup with a bread roll. All lunches include a piece of baking and a piece of fruit (these are given to the children at morning tea me). Cost for a school lunch is $3.50 (or $4.50 for a double serving); or $2.50 for the soup opon. Milo is also available for a further 50c. Please make sure all lunch orders are at the office by 9 a.m. on Fridays, with the correct money and a note of your child’s choice of lunch, in an envelope. If you have prepaid for your child’s lunch, please send a note with their choice of lunch each Friday. The roster for school lunches for Friday 16th September is - Serving Sarah Baker, Inge Damiens Baking Kylie McDonnell, Claudee Pullan, Janine Kirkby, Larissa Karst Coalgate Sale Yards roster - Thursday 15th September - Cooking Juanita McAndrew, Rach Moore Pie Chrisne Russell Baking Virginia Adams, Emma Rose, Donna Young

Community News

MEET THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES MEETING to be held next Tuesday, 13th September at 7.30pm in the Darfield Recreaon Centre. Organised by Rural Women NZ. Come and hear from all the Selwyn mayoral candidates plus those standing for the Malvern Ward seats on the Council. There will be an opportunity to ask quesons so come and have your say. Light supper provided – gold coin donaon towards costs appreciated.

Radio (RNZ) - Has an amazing free resource - a wonderful collecon of stories for 4-12 year olds called the Children’s Treasure Chest. And it’s true - access to these stories is absolutely free. No strings aached. We have more stories coming soon from , , , and Lynley Dodd - yes, the Hairy Maclary stories! sign up here: Sign Up for the Treasure Chest Newsleer

School Holiday Golf Coaching Programmes - Have fun learning golf these school holidays, programmes running 26-30 September, venues include Hagley, Rangiora, Harewood, Hororata, and Waimairi Beach. Contact [email protected] or 359 4000 ext 2 to find out the details of a programme running near you. Cost is $10 per session.

Raspberry canes available next Friday 16th September - $3 each or $5 for two. For sale by Room 4, who wish to help the seniors with fundraising for their camp, as we are grateful for their help with cleaning the school.