Week 5 (28 May-1 June)

Welcome to Week 5 :)

Classroom Release Time
This week Room 18 children have Art with Mrs McHaffie and Room 19 have PE with Mr Lukes on Wednesday afternoon.

Lunchtime Options

• Our senior playground leaders are running organised games for year 1-4 children every lunchtime. Children can meet at 12.45pm after the end of eating time bell has gone, over by the big tree outside He Tangata.
• Craft club is on every Tuesday lunchtime in Room 22 starting at 2.45pm.
• Our library is open at morning tea and lunchtime for quiet reading or colouring in activities.

Farewell to Mrs Parnham
Join us on Friday just before home time outside the school office for our special farewell to Mrs Parnham who is taking up a promotion in Auckland. We are really going to miss having Leanne around Waimairi and wish her well for her move up North.

Junior Disco
The PTA are hosting a disco for the children on Friday 22 June.
Juniors (Year 0-3) from 5.30-6.30pm. $2 entry and glow products will be available for purchase on the night.

Christchurch Marathon
We only need 2 more helpers for this Sunday 3 June for the morning to help on a water station for the Christchurch Marathon. If you can help the PTA with this by volunteering a few hours of your time, please let Monique know.

Library
Please send books and library bags along for our Friday library session. Books can be returned anytime, you don't need to wait until Friday. You'll find our yellow library containers in the middle space of Kohara by the bookshelf.

Reading Book Returns
We would love a helper to put away this week's books - anytime from Tuesday onwards (books are returned by the children on a Monday). Many thanks to our wonderful helpers who have helped with this already this term.

Connect Waimairi Volunteers
We are still searching for two lovely classroom connectors who would be interested in being the class reps for Kohara. If you would like more info, please come chat with Monique or Tracy.

Winter
With the winter weather upon us (sadly!) it is time make sure that all children have a jacket at school everyday, particularly important if there was an emergency evacuation as children would be outside in the cold. Please also ensure that these are well named.

Coffee Shop and Hot Dog Sales
Did you know that every hot drink or hot dog you order at school raises money for our school and our wonderful children? Our PTA are just fantastic, and at last months PTA meeting they put $60 000 aside for a playground and landscaping in the rebuild. A large percentage of this was profit from our school fair so if you see our hardworking PTA members around, be sure to congratulate them!

Sickness
Currently chicken pox and a nasty stomach bug are doing the rounds at school as well as the usual coughs and colds.

Science
Does anyone have any contacts with anyone who works with bees/beehives? We are after a contact person to come in and speak with the class about their work. If you know of anyone, please let us know.

Have a great week.