Vote for Mia

Woodstock has their own super star. Vote for Mia in What Now's "The One", this Sunday morning

Rimu Syndicate Newsletter

In case you missed it, here is the term update from the Rimu Syndicate (Rooms 1, 1a, 2, 3 and 4).

Pohutukawa Syndicate Newsletter

Here is the latest update from the Pohutukawa Syndicate (Rooms 12, 13, 14, 15).

Go Green

Go GREEN!!

On Wednesday 30^th October (Week 3), for our Waste Free Day.

We’ll have a GREEN day at Woodstock School.  

Wear something GREEN

. . . we’ll be a sea of green,

hat wearing,

picnickers at lunch time . . .

PTA Monster Raffle

Thank you to everyone that has sold their 10 raffle tickets and returned their money and ticket butts or unsold tickets. We have raised approx $3,000 so far for resources for our school.

We have a number of ticket books still available for sale. lf you think you can sell another book (or two) over the next week please drop a note into the office and we can issue you with another book.

We still have nearly half the books not returned. Can everyone with outstanding books please return either the sold or unsold tickets this week so that all sold tickets are in the draw on the 31" October.

There are fantastic prizes and provide great value for just $2 ticket!

Remember there will also be a general prize draw for all ticket sellers who sell a complete book. $50 cash for 1^st,  $30 cash for 2nd, $20 cash for 3^rd.

Have you voted for Samuel?

Time is running out to vote for Samuel Engelbrecht (Room 6) in the Doodle 4 Google competition.

You can vote for Samuel until midnight Sunday, 27 October 2013. 

Thank you for your support!

Book Fair

October 2013

Dear Parents/Caregivers

 We are holding our annual Scholastic Book Fair during Week 5 of this term.  It is to be held in Room 21 (the resource room at the end of the A block corridor).

 

There will be a wonderful variety of books and other products available.  All Book Fair purchases benefit Woodstock School and our library, with twenty percent of all sales being donated to the school. 

 

You are invited to view and purchase your books at the following times:

 

Tuesday 12th November	8.00am – 8.45am
Wednesday 13st November	8.00am – 9.00am Adult Only Purchasing Buy those Christmas presents without the children!  2.15pm – 3.45pm
Thursday 14th November	8.00am – 8.45am 2.45pm – 3.45pm

       

For your convenience, EFTPOS facilities will be available.  Sorry no credit cards or cheques.
(Please note that school bags need to be left outside under the covered walk way.)

 

To celebrate our Book Fair Week, the school is holding a Book Character Day on Friday 15^th November.  The children are asked to come to school dressed as a character, from any book written by a New Zealand author.

 

Everyone who purchases a book during the event, will go into the draw to win one of many lovely prizes (books kindly donated from Scholastic).

 

The Book Fair creates an enjoyable opportunity for your whole family to get excited about books, reading and learning.   We look forward to your support of this event and our school library. 

Library Team

Principal's Newsletter 18 October

Check out the latest news from the Principal's desk.


Steve Ostermann
Principal



Rata (CEU) Syndicate Newsletter

Find linked the Term 4 update from the Rata Syndicate (Conductive Education Unit)

Kauri Syndicate Newsletter

Find linked the Term 4 update from Kauri Syndicate (Rooms 6, 10, 11)

 

PTA Update

Here is the Term Four update from our hardworking PTA team.

Year 4 Camp Meeting

Camp Meeting for All Parents and Caregivers - Year 4 Camp

On Thursday 24^th October, there will be a camp meeting for all parents of children attending Camp Karakariki.  The meeting will be held in Room 10 at 7.30pm.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and inform parents of:

·         The purpose of the camp.

·         Activities the children will be involved in.

·         Equipment, bedding and food the children will need to bring.

·         Any questions or concerns parents have.

At the conclusion of the meeting, we require all those parents who are attending camp as a helper to remain behind.   This will be the time for us to discuss further details regarding the event.

We also need to know if your child has any specific foods that they cannot eat.  Please complete the form below and return school before Tuesday 22^nd October. 

Regards,

Rachael Tangney, Anna Crawford, Rebecca Low

Year 4 - Parent Camp Meeting

I will    /    will not be attending the camp meeting on Thursday 24^th October at 7.30pm.

Child’s Name ________________________________________________________________

Parent’s Name _______________________________________________________________

Room  ________

Foods my child cannot eat.  (For example, due to food allergies, cultural customs, vegetarian.)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Kowhai Syndicate Newsletter

Find linked the latest news from the Kowhai Syndicate

School Picnic

Our first Waste Free Wednesday for Term 4 coincides with National Nude Food Day.  To celebrate National Nude Food Day, we will be having a school picnic.  Everyone will sit together, under the large trees and enjoy our lunches together.  If you are free to join us on National Nude Food Day, our lunch eating time is 12.15pm - 12.30pm.

What to bring: 

·       Our own packed nude food lunch from home.

·       Hats (In Term 4 we all wear our ‘sun-smart’ hats when we are outside).

If the weather is not appropriate for us to sit outside, we will sit together in our teams indoors.

Come along and join us.

Woodstock School’s Enviro-Team