Kauri's trip to Mystery Creek Museum

29 May 2014

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Stepping Back in Time . . .

As part of our learning this term, we are able to attend the ‘Ag Village’ at Mystery Creek, to experience life from 100 years ago.  The facilitator from the Te Awamutu Museum, who spent a morning with us learning about toys from the past earlier this term, will join us at Mystery Creek, taking us through a range of learning activities.  We we will be able to step back in time; role playing different aspects of life.  The children will “explore the restored heritage buildings in a peaceful lake setting. The schoolhouse, hospital, church, blacksmith and garage are authentically furnished, and kids especially love the 19th century jail! Pump petrol at the Clydesdale Garage, try out a 100 year old school desk and ring the school bell!”

When: Monday 23^rd June 2014

Venue: Mystery Creek Events Centre – ‘Ag Village’
Time:  We will leave school at 9.15am, and return to school at 1.45pm.

How will we travel?:  By bus

The cost of the trip is $11 per child.  This covers the cost of the bus to Mystery Creek, and the admission to the Historic Village and Dairy Museum. 

We do require adults to accompany us, to help with supervision on the day and to help the trip to be a success. (No pre-schoolers please). There is no cost for parents and there is room on the bus for parents to ride along with us.  (We do ask that one car be taken, as an emergency vehicle).

Please fill in the form below and return to school with the $11 payment, in a clearly labelled envelope by Friday Tuesday 17^th June 2014.

Thank you for your support. 

Rachael Tangney, Anna Crawford and Rebecca Low

Kauri Trip  - MYSTERY CREEK ‘Ag Village’ Monday 23^rd June 2014

___________________________ in Room _______ has permission to attend the trip to Mystery Creek.

Signed: _________________                                                            $11 per child is enclosed.

Please circle:              I can  assist on the trip.  

 Name  _______________________________  Phone Number  ________________

Historical Dress Up Day

Back In Time –

Hamilton 150 Years

On Friday 13^th June, Woodstock School is having a special day, where everyone can dress up like the 1900s.  We encourage everyone to come to school on the day, dressed as they would 150 years ago.

We look forward to a fun day, as we compare our school life today with those people of early Hamilton.

Oxford Pies

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Reminder that all orders must be received by

9:00 am Friday 30 May.

We will place orders that day so don’t miss out.

Woodstock School PTA promotion.

Dental Therapist Fluoride Visit

A Dental Therapist from the Fairfield Community Dental Clinic will be coming out to Woodstock School on the 29^th of May 2014 as part of our 6 Monthly Fluoride programme.

This dental visit will be for those children with parental consent that have been placed on a six monthly Fluoride programme. They will receive the topical fluoride applied to their teeth.

No dental check ups will be carried out on the 29^th of May due to the amount of children we need to see. Many thanks,

If you have any concerns re your children’s teeth please feel free to call our clinic for an appointment.

Kind regards the team at Fairfield Community Dental Clinic.

0800 TALK TEETH – 0800 825 583

Woodstock School’s Going Waste Free Everyday

Our Waste Free days have been so successful in reducing rubbish that we will be going WASTE FREE EVERYDAY for the rest of the term. Waste Free Schools all over New Zealand find this to be a successful venture for both creating and maintaining healthy environments, with an added benefit of saving money on rubbish disposal. This will be a great way to keep the clean, green image of Woodstock School.

WASTE FREE DAYS will start Monday 26th May!

We ask that EVERY DAY everyone…
 Packs a NUDE FOOD lunch –where your child’s lunch contains as few items as possible that must be thrown away.
 Uses the WORM BINS to recycle our food scraps.
 Uses the PAPER RECYCLING BOXES for our paper ‘rubbish’.
 THERE ARE NO RED BINS in the playground and the classroom rubbish bins will also be No Go Zones!!!

All other rubbish will be taken home with the children. Wrappers, chip packets, yoghurt containers etc. will be put back into lunch boxes to take home. We will encourage the children to rinse their yoghurt containers first.

This means no litter leaves the classrooms at interval. Packing NUDE FOOD lunch boxes can be a challenge, but here are some ideas to help us…
- Using re-useable bags.
- Peeling Fruit and popping straight into your lunchbox
- Unwrapping Muesli Bars Etc at home before you pack the lunch

Principal's Newsletter 21 May 2014

Find linked the latest Principal's Newsletter coming home in your child's book bag today.

Kauri Syndicate Games and Pastimes Visit

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Games and Pastimes Over the Last 150 Years – Kauri Trip

This term, we are learning about and celebrating Hamilton’s 150^th Birthday.  We are learning how the times have changed over the last 150 years.  One aspect of this, is studying the games and toys children played with.  We have the opportunity to experience a hands-on session with the support of the Te Awamutu Museum - playing games from 150 years ago.  The facilitator from the museum will meet with us at the Fairfield Community House.  Weather permitting, we will walk to the Community House, in Sare Crescent.  We will arrange for cars to transport us there also, in case of wet weather.

When: Wednesday 28th May 2014

Venue: Fairfield Community House, 60A Sare Crescent, Fairfield
Times:  Each class will have their own session with the Museum Facilitator:
Session 1.  - Room 6:    9.15am-10.30am
Session 2.  - Room 10:  10.30pm-12.00pm
Session 3.  - Room 11:  12.00pm-1.15pm

	Depart school (walking)	Session with Museum Education Facilitator	Depart back for school (walking)
Room 6	8.50am	9.15am-10.30am	10.45am	Take morning tea to eat before heading back
Room 10	10.00am	10.30pm-12.00pm	12.15pm	Take lunch to eat before heading back
Room 11	11.30am	12.00pm-1.15pm	1.15pm	Have an early lunch before leaving

The cost of the trip is $2 per child.  This covers the cost of our use of hands-on games and activities that we will get to play with.  Please fill in the form below and return to school with the $2 payment, in a clearly labelled envelope by Friday 23rd May.

Thank you for your support,

Rachael Tangney, Anna Crawford and Rebecca Low

Kauri Trip  - Fairfield Community House (Wednesday 28^th May 2014)

___________________________ in Room _______ has permission to attend the Kauri trip to Fairfield Community House.

Please circle:              I can     /   cannot assist on the trip.   

I can transport ________ children if the weather is wet.

Name  _______________________________  Phone Number  ________________

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

PTA Notices

Find links to the latest information sent home from our hardworking PTA

Term 2 Update

Term 2 Donation Requests

Year 5 and 6 Museum Trip

Dear Parents/Caregivers

 

On Monday 9 June our senior students will be visiting the Waikato Museum as part of our Big Learning topic for this term. We will be exploring 150 years of Hamilton and investigating our own family history.

 

This is a valuable experience for our students as it allows them to see the history of Hamilton in an interactive way. This trip will include 3 sections:

• An exhibition tour of Hamilton Stories from founding the town until present.
• A history detective walk around the CBD
• Model making

 

The cost of this trip is $11.00 which includes the bus to and from the museum. Please return permission slip and payment to the school office no later than Wednesday 4 June.

 

Rooms 12 and 13 will be leaving at 9am and will be returning by 12pm. They will need to take morning tea with them.

 

Rooms 14 and 15 will be leaving at 12pm. Please note that Rooms 14 & 15 will be arriving back at school later than normal on this day. We aim to be back to school between 3:00 and 3:15pm

 

We will also require 4 parent helpers to attend per class. It is free for parent helpers to attend with us.

 

Thank you,

The Pohutukawa Team

 

Margaret Bull, Nicole Harrison, Chris Read & Tara McAuley

 

 

RETURN TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE: WAIKATO MUSEUM TRIP

 

I give permission for my child _______________________________ from Room ________ to attend the Senior School Waikato Museum trip.

 

Signed____________________________________________________

 

 

I am / am not able to attend as a parent helper. Name: ____________________________________

 

                                                                           Phone:____________________________________

 

Payment of $11 is enclosed.

Rimu Syndicate Term Update

Find linked the term update from the teachers in the Rimu Syndicate (Rooms 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Pizza Fridays

PIZZA Fridays!

As part of our Camp fundraising for 2015, we will be selling

HOT PIZZA SLICES

every FRIDAY at $2.00 per slice.

The toppings available are:

·        Hawaiian  OR

·        Ham & Cheese

·        Vegetarian

We are also continuing to sell choc. bars, biscuits and chips for $1.00.

Orders can be taken from Monday for your Friday pizza, in the foyer of the Library before school.

Thank you for your support,

Margaret Bull for the Pohutukawa students and teachers

Principal's Newsletter

Here is the latest Principal's Newsletter going home with students today. 
Have a happy and safe weekend.

Pohutukawa Syndicate Newsletter

Find linked the term update from the Pohutukawa Syndicate (Rooms 12, 13, 14, 15)

Entertainment Book

Support Woodstock School and purchase the latest edition of the Waikato / BOP Entertainment Book.  Perfect as a gift, or to use to treat the family to all sorts of activities.

 

O.K. Krew Performance 22 May

Wednesday 7 May

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Woodstock School has the fantastic opportunity to watch the O.K.Krew (Ordinary Kidz Krew) in action, at our school on Thursday 22^nd May. The O.K. Krew is a haka/dance fusion group from Turangi. They were contestants on New Zealand’s Got Talent 2013. They are a vibrant and energetic group of young performers.

It is very timely for our students at Woodstock to observe this group in action as our curriculum focus for Term 3 is The Arts.

The standard fee for this 40 minute show is $3.00 per student. This performance is for students enrolled at Woodstock School only. Only those students who have paid will be able to attend this performance.

Please fill in the permission form below and return to the school office, along with $3.00  per student in a named envelope by Tuesday 20 May.

Kind Regards

Maree LewisActing Deputy Principal

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O.K.Krew Performance Thursday 22 May.

I give my child/ren ___________________________________________  Room _________

                                  

                                     __________________________________________  Room _________

 

                                     __________________________________________  Room _________

 

         ____________________________________________Room _________

permission to attend the O.K. Krew performance.

Please find enclosed $3.00 per student.  Total enclosed $_____________

 

Signature: ____________________

Subway Lunch Orders

Lunch Orders – Thursdays only.

On Thursdays we are offering  a Subway lunch pack for $5:00.

The Subway pack consists of a 6 inch sub on white bread and a 125ml juice.

Please order using the order form or clearly mark an envelope including the following.

Childs name, Room number and the choice of sub from the list below. Orders need to be made before 8:45am by placing the envelope into the ‘Lunch Order Box’ in the office.

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Subway Order Form  :      Woodstock School

 

Your Name ____________________________________

 

Room number _______              Money Enclosed  $5:00

 

All subs are on white bread and include your choice of meat (see below – limited options available), lettuce, tomato and cheddar cheese (unless clearly marked ‘NO CHEESE’ on the order.)

Each pack also includes a 125ml juice.

 

Meat:  

Pick one. (If you don’t choose, one will be chosen for you)

□  Ham

□  Beef

□  Turkey

□  Vegetarian

□  Ham & Cheese (No salad)

Kowhai Syndicate Newsletter

Welcome back to term 2.
Here is the term update from the teachers in Kowhai Syndicate (Rooms 5, 7, 8, 9)