Term 4 Week 10 15th December 2014 Dear Parents and Caregivers Tenā koutou The Staff and I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I hope you find time as a family to enjoy the holidays. MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO TRACY PERRY AND PARTNER ANDREW ON THE ARRIVAL OF MONTY JACK CLARKE. HE IS GORGEOUS! I would like to thank and congratulate staff on the way they have committed themselves to providing children and families a wonderful school environment throughout the year amidst leadership changes. The commitment and dedication of staff to providing the best is a feature at Napier Central School. A sincere thanks to all families who contribute time and resources into our school on a volunteer basis. Last Wednesday’s Volunteers’ Morning Tea was an enjoyable occasion and chance for our staff to say thank you to so many of you who help. PTA, coaching, transport, class trips, Gala, and the list goes on. We do appreciate and enjoy your support and participation. I would also like to thank the Staff, BOT and families for the warm welcome and support over this term as I settle into the new role. I’m excited about the future and the opportunities for us, to ensure NCS is a leading school in the heart of the city, providing our students with the Best Possible Start. School Donation Start of Year organisation for 2015 is well underway. Please diary dates and times for purchasing Stationery before school commences on Monday 2 February. The School Donation is a vital source of income for our school. High decile schools rely on the support of their families in many ways. The School Donation will be used to benefit student learning resources especially in areas like e Learning a focus area for next year. Please make every effort to make this school donation. (Payment arrangements can be organised). Eftpos will be available for all payments. Kind regards Ka kite anó Ross McLeod Newsletter page links: Photos: Pages 1 & 2: Interschool Triathlon SCHOOL STATIONERY Stationery packs can be purchased on Friday 30th January 2015 between 12pm and 6pm from the school office. There will be no other stationery sales during the school holidays. Uniform will not be sold on this day. Stationery will not be sold on the first day back at school but will be available after school between 3-3.30pm on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th February. Term 4 Dates Tue 16 Dec Wed 17 Dec Thu 18 Dec Year 6 Dance Final Assembly 9.15am LAST DAY OF TERM finishing at 12.30pm SCHOOL WILL START AGAIN ON MONDAY 2ND FEBRUARY 2015 Notices sent home this week: Juniors Middles Seniors Whole School - Newsletter MUFTI DAY For our Mufti Day on Friday the school raised $368 for the Hawke’s Bay Christmas Cheer Appeal. Many thanks for your generous donations. NCS School Leaders Interschool Triathlon On the morning of 9 December, 18 talented triathletes competed against other Hawkes Bay schools at Frimley Pool, Hastings in the Interschool Primary Triathlon Championships. Despite the high temperatures they performed admirably against tough opposition. Well done especially to: Corban Watson 2nd Year 5 boy Oliver Parvin 4th Year 6 boy Amelia Barrett 4th Year 5 girl Melika Samia 6th Year 6 girl Issy Dunnett-Welch 8th Year 5 girl I’d like to say a big thank you to all the parents who helped on the day and to Maddy Krebs for taking fantastic photos. Go to the school website to see photos of the day. Teresa Cuthbert Basketball Results 8th December Year 1-2 Central Storm lost to Port Predators P.O.D. Meg Year 3-4 Central Hawks 36 vs Port Panther 36 Runners up in their division P.O.D. Team Central Harriers lost to NPS Pumas Runners up in their division P.O.D. Team Year 5-6 Central Eagles 35 vs Onekawa Stars 21 P.O.D. Team Central Raptors 36 vs Eskdale Hornets 21 P.O.D. Team Central Falcons 20 vs Port Pirates 25 P.O.D Team Grace Pritchard, from Room 3, won a visit from The Hits last week. Grace won herself some movie tickets and the class won apples and aquarium and laser force passes. Shared lunch in the Junior School with a visit from Santa. PTA SAUSAGE SIZZLE CO-ORDINATOR REQUIRED and more volunteers are needed to help with the sausage sizzle. Please see the office if you can help. Many thanks to Shona Gibbs and Paul Sewell for organising the sausage sizzle on Friday.