Room 3 on the move

Today Room 3 moved back into their newly decorated classroom.

Comments included ... "Wow ... this is real cool"
I like the way all the colours work together"
" The walls are so soft"
"look at our new sink!"

Everybody was so patient with the noise and disruption and the wait was well worth it!
It will be a wonderful backdrop for the students work.

Room two can't wait for their turn!

Book week

...What festivities!
Highlights included dressing up of course , but also the second hand book swap, ( with catering, courtesy of room 3 chefs), the Ashton Scholastic book fair, ( that has produced a commission of $250 for our library) and the fabulous book quiz which saw students and parents working together to solve the clues developed by students in each room.
Congratulations to our winners, our quiz masters Tayne and Francis, and all those that have made the week so successful.

Congratulations

We have a bit of a news to catch you all up with .
Our senior class took out the honours winning the Nelson Hockey tournament last week. Congratulations to all involved!

Further congratulations...
We have three new Board members as a result of our recent elections.
A special welcome and congratulations to Adele Bremner, Saree Dickson, and Joseph Scragg... and to our new Board secretary Pip Weir.
We know each of you will be a great asset to our school in this role.

BoT Elections

Last week saw the election of three new trustees to the Tasman Board of Trustees:

Congratulations to Adele Bremner, Saree Dickson and Joseph Scragg, who join Peter Van Veen , Jolene Salmond , Fraser and Pip.

Thank you to all those who stood for or considered standing for Board positions this time.

Farewell and huge thanks to their predecessors - “retiring” trustees - Noelle Griffiths and John Stephens, and previous members Jim Campbell, Martyn Peat and Lee Stevens - who have all given considerable time and energy to our school over the last three years- and ultimately to the education of your children.
We thank you for the parts you have played ( and often continue to play) in the life of our school.

Websites for learning

Some of you have asked for ideas to support learning at home, using computers.
This is a great way to get children motivated to take responsibility for their own learning_ which is one of our ongoing goals.

We have developed a link for you to go to if you want suitable on line activities for your child.

http://tasmanhomepage.blogspot.com/

This will be updated over time and is linked to your child's class blog.
Have fun!

Renovations begin!

Work is scheduled to start on the refurbishments of Rooms Two and Three, next Monday.
This is Stage One of the programme of work developed by your Board, and has been eagerly awaited for what feels like a long time.

Staff and children in these rooms are highly excited, and Room Three are busy transferring to the hall...for what we hope will only be three weeks.
Room 2 will them have their turn- and by the end of the term, we will have two beautifully renovated classrooms!

This will, of course, have an impact on our hall use over this time period but we are working to minimise the disruption as best we can.
I will be working with the builders next week to identify possible issues- Please be aware of potential dangers - particularly for supervision of preschoolers -as you drop off and pick up your children each day. I would encourage you to use the Dicker Road entrance if possible.

Im sure you will all enjoy watching the progress over the coming weeks!

Board of Trustees elections

Thanks to everyone who has been busy talking about this important job...
We are lucky enough to have four highly skilled candidates who have agreed to stand for the election
They are
Adele Bremner
Saree Dickson
Doug Donelan
& Joe Scragg
You will have read about each of them in your voting information.

Thanks to all of you who have already placed your votes in the box in the office.
Voting closes this Friday 6 May. Make sure you have your say.