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Fish and Chip Lunches Friday 9th
Welcome Back BBQ Working Bee
Board of Trustees Meeting Thursday 15th
Variety Lunches Friday 16th
Year 1 -3 Swimming
Demonstration 1.50 – 3.00 Wednesday 28th
March Events Year 4 – 8 Swimming Sports
Thursday 1st
Cluster Swimming Thursday 15th
EPro8 Challenge Tuesday 27th
Easter Holidays Good Friday
30th Easter Monday/Tuesday
2nd & 3rd April
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Welcome back to 2018! What an amazing Summer we are having!
We have started our term with eleven new children; five new families. I have been very impressed at the way our Toko kids have made the new children feel welcome. We have also opened our fifth classroom, AKA the Library Class, with Mr Sanderson. The classroom organisation is:
Room 1 - Miss Scott (AKA Mrs Bismark) – Year 0/1 Library Class – Mr Sanderson – Year 2/3 Room 2 – Mrs Frost – Year 3/4 Room 3 – Mrs Sanderson – Year 4/5/6 Room 4 – Miss Armstrong – Year 6/7/8
Our Library has now been relocated to the Dental Clinic and will be fully operational in the coming weeks. My personal thanks to Pam and my staff (and helpers) for moving HUNDREDS of books over the holidays! Pam has the new space looking great. Keep an eye out on Facebook for when we have it open.
Last month the annual school wash-down was done and the paint touch-ups have been started. Now that the classrooms are looking sharp on the inside and the outside, it’s time to turn our attention to the grounds. We need your help! Next Thursday from 5.30pm we are holding our Welcome Back BBQ & Working Bee. We would love help with clearing garden beds and removing shrubs and trees, in preparation for landscaping all garden areas. If you have a trailer and would be happy to take away green waste on the night, please let me know! We would love as many people to muck in as possible. Our aim is to have all of the landscaping complete and well-established by the Jubilee at Labour Weekend.
We look forward to another action-packed year!
Smiles, Sonia Mudgway Principal J
Term 1 2018 Wednesday 31 January – Friday 13 April Term 2 Monday 30 April – Friday 6 July Queen’s Birthday – Monday 4 June
THURSDAY 8th JANUARY 2018 20172017 j17
Ayjae – amazing writing !
Congratulations to all of our Student Stars!
Kayden – for being a Star Student on day 1!
School Staff Sonia Mudgway – Principal
Mel Bismark (DP, Room 1 teacher) [email protected]
https://blog.seesaw.me/rumatahitokomaru/
Jacqui Frost (Room 2 teacher) [email protected]
https://blog.seesaw.me/ruaruma2017/ Karen Sanderson (Room 3 teacher)
Riley – In the holidays Riley achieved a milestone that she has been chasing for 3 years – Riley placed 3rd at
the Tuakau ODE! !
Ethan – for making a great start at Tokomaru
School!
Congratulations to Noel who won the Quilt Raffle. Many thanks to all of you
who purchsed tickets. The
proceeds went directly to our end-of-year trip to the
Lido.
We would like to extend a special welcome to Bella, Tobias, Dylan, Athan, Vinnie, Patrick, Shiloh, River, Savannah, Maeson and Ethan.
We warmly welcome you and your families to Tokomaru School.
We hope you enjoy your time here.
Riley was up against many older riders, who have had much more
experience. Achieving Excellence, Riley!
WELCOME to the Tokomaru Family!
Admin Announcements Fish and Chip Lunches: On sale tomorrow Friday 9 February - $4.00 for fish & chips, sausage & chips, hot dog & chips or chicken patty & chips. Please order at the store before school. School Dental Van: Due to problems with the dental van and therapists last year, we didn’t get our yearly visit. This week we have had an email informing us that the estimated time will be mid March and if parents have any urgent request or pain issues they can contact the 0800 0825583 number and they will be transferred to the first available clinic. Lunchboxes: It is an expectation that all children have a lunchbox/lunch bag at school every day. All children are required to take their lunchbox/bag to the eating area every day. That way they can put their containers/rubbish and any uneaten food straight back into their lunchbox/bag before going to play. This way we reduce the rubbish around the school grounds, you get to see what has/hasn’t been eaten, and less small containers get lost! Thanks for you cooperation with this. Book Bags: It is an expectation that all children have a book bag at school every day. These bags protect our reading books, Library books and Homework Books, as well as being a great place to put important school notices that need to go home. We don’t mind what the book bag is made of, but it needs to be at least A4 in size. You could get creative and make a fabric one, or use a laptop sleeve for example. The Book Bag is a great place to look if your child looks blank when you ask, “Did you get a newsletter today?” Check the Book Bag! Water-resistant ones (with a clear zippered pocket) can be purchased cheaply from Office Product Depot (in store or online). Togs: All classes swim most days, so please remind your child to bring their togs and towel EVERY day to school. Please NAME these items.
Bus Stop: Parents are asked to not stop on the bus stop when dropping off or picking up children as our bus needs to be by the front gate for safety. Parents are welcome to use the hall car park and students will use the under road tunnel to get to the hall. Students cannot go across the main road either to the store or the hall. We have limited parking on Tokomaru East Road so encourage you to use the hall parking. Toys: While it is exciting for children to bring and share toys at school, it is often a distraction to learning, and can be an interruption when toys go missing or get broken. We therefore ask that NO TOYS come to school unless they are needed/requested as part of your child’s learning.
Lollies: Sweets, lollies and chewing/bubble gum etc of any kind are NOT to be brought to school. If any of these items are brought to school, they will be held by the office until a parent can collect them.
Wheels: We have noticed an increasing number of children wearing “Wheelies” to school (shoes with wheels built in). While these shoes are pretty cool, and lots of fun, they also have wheels and therefore for safety, the rules around wheels apply; no helmet, no wheels. We have seen a few near-misses already! For the full expectations about wheels, pick up a copy of our Parent Handbook or go to the ‘Info’ page of our website.
School Staff Sonia Mudgway – Principal
Mel Scott (DP, Room 1 teacher) [email protected]
https://blog.seesaw.me/rumatahitokomaru/
Jacqui Frost (Room 2 teacher) [email protected]
https://blog.seesaw.me/ruaruma2017/ Karen Sanderson (Room 3 teacher)
[email protected] https://blog.seesaw.me/tokomaruroom32017/
Sara-Lee Armstrong (Room 4 teacher) [email protected] https://blog.seesaw.me/rumawha/
Andrew Sanderson (Library Class Teacher)
Christine Earle – Office Manager Donna Gifkins & Renee Fitisemanu –
Teacher Aides Pam Moore – Librarian
Board of Trustees Dave Lawton – Chairperson
06 3298 084 Denise Candy-Mason
Matthew Henry Layton Thomas
Sonia Mudgway & Mel Scott
Home & School Marie Henry
Katrina Lawton - Grants Officer Rebecca Louth -Treasurer
Mardi Windleborn – Secretary Jacqui Frost & Sonia Mudgway …and our School Community
School Contact Details 5 Tokomaru East Road
Private Bag TOKOMARU 4864
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.tokomaru.school.nz Phone: 06 3298780 Facebook: Tokomaru School Cell: 027 819 8039 (text absences)
Sports Announcements HWC Junior Youth Touch: The second half of the 2017/2018 season gets underway on Friday 16th February. The part of the season does not count towards play-off points as finals and prizegiving was last year. However these final four weeks are a great way to spend the last of our summer weather on a Friday afternoon/evening! Your child will be playing in the same team as last year (you were asked last year to indicate that you would continue this side of the season), and will therefore receive a new uniform. If you have misplaced the contact details for your team coach/manger, please contact us at school. The draw should be out early next week, and the link is also on our school website (Newsletters and Notices page).
Basketball: We are calling for all interested Y5-8 players (who are considering joining a school team for this year’s season) to be part of pre-season training sessions with Coach Logan. These will be held at school (in the hall) each Tuesday lunchtime and will begin shortly. We would love to enter a Y5/6 team and a Y7/8 team this year but will need managers for these teams. Coach Logan is happy to coach, but needs a couple of parents who are happy to support the team at each game. Games are usually held on Wednesday (Y7/8) or Thursday nights (Y5/6) at Arena Manawatu from May. We will call for Y3/4 players in the coming weeks.
Triathlons: Weetbix Tryathlon (20th March 7-15yrs) and I Tri’d the Tri Series
♪♫ MUSIC LESSONS at Tokomaru School 2018♪♫ Christian Stafford presently has vacancies in Drums, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar and Ukulele lessons at Tokomaru School during school time. Christian has had extensive experience as an instrumental teacher, classroom music teacher and a performer, so let us know if you would like to join in. For more information and an enrolment form contact: Liz: 027 3385 491 or 3553814 Or email: [email protected]. Home & School News: Our first meeting for the year is TODAY at 3:15pm in the Staffroom. All welcome.
Valentine’s Day Raffle:
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Wouldn't you love to win a basket full of LOVE? For Valentine’s Day this year we are organising a raffle. Each family have been asked to donate something for this raffle with the theme of love. Each family has also been given 10 raffle tickets to sell (these came home last week).
I Tri’d the Tri Series
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1st place is a ‘Love' themed basket, 2nd place is a tattoo voucher from Ink, and 3rd place is a free chimney sweep and dinner voucher. The raffle will be drawn on Thursday 15th February at the Welcome Back BBQ & Working Bee. Please return all sold/unsold books by Monday 12th February.
Tickets are $2 and are available by calling in to see Christine, emailing us, or sending a note and the money along with your child. The Tokomaru Store are also kindly selling tickets for us too. Thanks to those who have already donated items for the basket, and to our sponsors for the other prizes. All proceeds go to new ICT equipment for our classrooms.