Nayland College Jazz band

Tuesday at 9.30 am we are going to pile onto Tasman Bay Christian school's bus and join them watching Nayland College's Jazz band.

Celebrations

Check out our facebook page to see the wonderful achievements of our athletes recently . We hold the Peace shield, RSA cup and trophy for fastest senior relay...

History in the making , at an event that has spanned 90 years!

http://www.facebook.com/TasmanSchool

Term 4 Enviro bus tour

I have finally sorted the google account changes and am back in business!

This week we host about 80 students and adults on an enviro bus tour.

We are honoured to be one of only two schools visited and children are looking forward to sharing some of the great projects they have been involved with!

The week ahead

We have another busy week. We welcome Hayley Wilson to Room One . Hayley is releasing Jude for the Incredible years professional development series.

John Grundy is releasing Sue to attend her Professional Learning groups workshop this afternoon.

We welcome Ben Wright this afternoon - working on basketball skills with our senior rooms, and Damon , of course - continuing the great music tuition.

Tonight the Board of Trustees meet at 7pm. These are open meetings and you are welcome to join them.

Tomorrow Room 2 are planning an excursion up the road Leila's farm to find out a bit about spring and lambing, and the following day Room 3 are hoping to do the same thing on the way to the Moutere Hills for a cluster volleyball tournament ( to put into action all the skills they have been developing over the last four weeks).

On Friday Room 3 will host assembly - We look forward to seeing you there!

Planting

Our enviro grouup of students teachers and parents can start to see their vision unfold as our planting gets underway...

Moutere Hills cross country

Fingers crossed it is all go for a 12 30 start.

A final decision will be made by organisers at 10.30am .

Community expertise

Considering we have only four classrooms we are certainly getting a fantastic deal from our visitors today ...

First thing this morning Luke - who is studying writing full time - came to work with a group of Room 4 authors.

We have now have Allanah (ICT guru) working with Fraser ,Chris from Sport Tasman , coming to coach our Room four students in the ancient art of golf, and Craig teaching Rooms 2 & 3 Hockey skills.

All this and the wonderful skills of our teacher trainees are creating an amazing learning environment full of rich experiences for our students.

Being Active - Looking ahead

We have a busy few weeks ahead... Students in rooms 2-4 are involved in weekly skills sessions focussing on fundamental hitting skills for golf and hockey thanks to Sport Tasman , and funding from the school's operation grant. Room One are busy developing fundamental movement skills twice weekly.

We have continued the cross country training we began last term - and look forward to a great Tasman school cross country event Monday 23 May. We have invited Tasman Bay Christian School to join us for a bit of extra fun and competition.

Miniball and netball team competitions are underway and we have selected four fantastic leaders to take part in a day workshop next week being run by international skipping Champion Peter Nestler.

Next Tuesday our seniors travel to Saxton Field to defend their title as winners of the intermediate schools hockey tournament... Good luck to them all!

Updates

Watch out for todays newsletter... it includes information about emergency procedures, bullying, upcoming events, and more.

Thank you to Pip for the apples our children have enjoyed, to Caroline for organising new benches for the swimming pool changing sheds, Geraldine for the painting them and Darren for putting up hooks for clothing.

Room 4 are looking forward to First Aid training tomorrow- organised by our teacher trainee, Bronwyn, as part of their learning about survival... I am too!

Updates

Watch out for todays newsletter... it includes information about emergency procedures, bullying, upcoming events, and more.

Thank you to Pip for the apples our children have enjoyed, to Caroline for organising new benches for the swimming pool changing sheds, Geraldine for the painting them and Darren for putting up hooks for clothing.

Room 4 are looking forward to First Aid training tomorrow- organised by our teacher trainee, Bronwyn, as part of their learning about survival... I am too!

Monday welcomes

Welcome today to Carmelita who joins Room 3. It is great to have you and your family as part of our school community.

Welcome also to Stacey ( lecturer from the University of Canterbury)- who is visiting Bronwyn, as part of her teacher training programme.

Apologies to those all set for the Room 4 camp meeting this afternoon . We have had to postpone it until next Monday as Sue is home with an unwell Lochie.

We hope to see you all here same time next week

Learning Interviews

Thanks to everyone who has been involved in our goal setting interviews, this week.

Last nights evening ran smoothly and everyone was punctual which really helped!

These conversations form the basis for each child's learning for the next terms work and are vital so we can wrap learning programmes around each child, to meet their individual needs.

Thank you to the teachers who continue to put long hours into planning to make sure these are highly valuable.

By next Tuesday we will have met with each family - which is fantastic !

This is partnership in action!!

Welcome

A special welcome to our newcomers today !

We welcome Tyla and Tobias into Room 4, Theo into Room 3 and Lara, Sam, Finlay, Cameron and Riley into Room 1

We know you will quickly find a special place in our school and look forward to seeing you grow and develop with us.

A very warm welcome also to your families - I am sure you will quickly become a valued part of our wonderful school community.

Please don't hesitate to ask about anything you are unsure of.

Naumai,

tena koutou, tena koutou , tena tatou katoa .

New beginnings

It is wonderful to welcome back so many bright faced learners to a new year!

Thank you for ensuring your child is well rested and ready for their learning.

Swimming will start immediately so do send along their swimming togs and towels tomorrow.

There is lots to talk about - so look out for our first newsletter tomorrow.

Please do not park in school grounds tomorrow morning .

We are getting the office block roof spray painted - and can not guarantee this won't drift onto your car.

Children can be dropped off at the bottom of the driveway , to walk up the path, or on Dicker Road.

You can resume using the driveway in the afternoon.

Thanks for your patience with this!

Carpark upgrade

Work is underway for our new carpark and driveway, and the moving of the old dental clinic.

This is necessary to improve the safety of our children coming and going from school- and has been a Board priority for what seems to have been a long time.

In the process we will sadly lose a couple of our treasured trees- but have an extensive planting plan to replace these and add even more.

The vision is to also develop a grove of fruit and nut trees, as well as develop our school gardens.

If you have ideas to add - or can help- please see Fred.

Planting will begin in winter..

The carpark base surface will be laid today, but not finished until the old dental clinic is moved to its new site by Room 1.

Please continue to use the one way system of driving and parking that we trialled last term.

Hopefully this upgrade will cause minimum disruption.

2011 begins with a bang!

Happy New Year all!

I hope everyone has had a fab holiday and is brimming with energy and enthusiasm to start the new school year, next Wednesday 2 February.

Teachers have been working hard to plan wonderful opportunities for the new term. We are all looking forward to lots of exciting learning!

Lots of other people have also been working hard to prepare the school for a new year.

The Board have been busy analysing student data and planning our future goals and targets.

Many of you may have seen the huge efforts being put in by Lorraine Talley , Caroline and others to replace the tennis court fencing , pruning, clearing and cleaning our fabulous grounds.

You may have noticed that the grounds have all been newly mowed and a team are working hard to completely repaint the school.

We have another team doing an inside spring clean, whilst Dave takes his annual leave.

Tomorrow work will begin on the new car park - so please take care if using the school pool or grounds during the holidays.

We have been working hard to try and get things done over the holidays - Sadly others also need a holiday -so some work will go into the new term... We will let you know how this may impact dropping off children etc...

Until then ... Enjoy the last of the school holidays and the long weekend coming up.

We will look forward to seeing you all next Wednesday.

Pip