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Newsletter Week 3 Term 1 - 2015
Kia Ora & Welcome ​
- A warm welcome to Oliver, Guy, Stephen, Amelia, Joshua, Freddie,
Olive, Mingston, Aidan & Fendi to our school. It’s great to have you with us and we know that you will
have a great time at our school.
School Consultation​
- The Buildings & Grounds - We have begun our consultation around
the design for our master plan for KNS with our students yesterday. We have formed a team of
students who contributed their ideas towards the new KNS building and grounds design. Our
architects Nigel Dong and Brian Elliott from Designgroup Stapleton and Elliot were impressed with the
diverse and creative ideas that our children had. This is the first in many events that members of our
school community will be involved in. Our first community consultation will be held first week back in
Term Two on Wednesday 22nd April at 7pm in the school hall. We encourage your attendance.
Magpie Lawn Picnic ​
- Tomorrow night from 4:30 onwards - Just a reminder that Magpie
Lawn picnic for all families is tomorrow night. We are looking forward to all the yummy food that they
PTA will be cooking. Remember to bring your picnic and something to drink (BYO). The weather
forecast is for a clear night so fingers crossed.
Whanau Day​
- Tuesday’s whanau day at Scorching Bay was a stunning day for all involved. We
were blessed with the weather. Thanks to all those parents who came and assisted at the beach for
the day. It was great to see all those students from year 1 to 8 working together.
Mandarin Language @ KNS ​
普通话在KNS​
- We have also welcomed to KNS Chunlin
our new Mandarin language assistant who will be teaching every Tuesday with all our students at
some stage during the year. She will be supporting second language learning. Thank to the Confucius
Institute of New Zealand for their support in this venture.
Parent- Student- Teacher Conferences ​
- These are set for next week for
Wednesday and Thursday. The site for booking your conference with your child’s teacher is open.
Please visit ​
www.schoolinterviews.co.nz​
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and please enter the code 223G8 and you will be able to see
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the times available for those days. A reminder that students do need to be present for the conference
as they are an integral part of the goal setting and development process.
School Donation ​
- As you are aware, we rely heavily on your school donation. This year, the
board has set it’s donation at $380 per pupil, which is the same as 2014. We have given a breakdown
of how your donation contributes to the big funding picture. Just to give you some assurity, the other
evening at our meet the teacher night, we were asked how can the school be needing parent
donations when such a rebuild of $8 million is underway soon? The rebuild funding is directly
resourced outside of school operations by the Ministry of Education from it’s building fund. Our
schools operational budget is funded by the Ministry of Education operations grant pool, but they are
not funds that can be utilised for other purposes. Marty Read out BOT Finance representative has put
together the following graph that shows KNS’s income for 2015. You can pay your donation at school
in person (EFTPOS/Credit Card) or online directly to our ASB account 12-3223-0190001-00 using your
child’s name as the reference.
Mathletics ​
­ Mathletics is an online Maths learning platform that we use as our homework maths maintenance in Years 3­8. All those students who were enrolled in 2014 have automatically been re enrolled for 2015 and the yearly fee of $30 added to your account. If you did not participate in Mathletics last year and would like to have an account created please email Loraine at the office and she will create your child an account and add it to your invoice. Any questions about the programme please see your child’s class teacher or email [email protected] Civil Defence ​
­ It is time to update our Civil Defence supplies again. We ask all families to donate to school a box of muesli bars that can be used in the case of an emergency. We also carry water supplies which are changed regularly and cans of food which will last another year. Can each family please send the muesli bars to the school office by Friday 13 March. Radical Reading Fundraising​
­ Next week sees our personal challenge starting for all our students. Funds this year are assisting with our outdoor education programmes that we are running this term. Our new PTA class reps will be distributing and collecting the funds for our reading challenge. Information about what the reading challenge looks like will come directly from the syndicate that your child is in on Monday. Road Safety - Drop Off ​
­ Several parents have been unaware of the drop off zone outside KNS on Kowhai road is strictly for dropping student off, not parking or for waiting on the yellow lines on the eastern side of the road outside the Visual Resource centre. It is very important that parents/caregivers do not stop on the yellow circle area. If you are dropping off your child, the parks on the left of Kowhai rd are for drop off only. PTA Survey​
­ Just a reminder that the PTA survey was sent to all families last week. We would greatly appreciate these being returned to school as soon as possible please. Have a great week Andrew, Kirsten, Danielle & Charles Additional Newsletters other than the School Newsletter
19 Feb
School Donation and Payment Instructions 19 Feb
Capital E National Arts Festival LM and Jnr notice 19 Feb
Wests Junior Rugby Club Registrations 19 Feb
KNS Netball Club Registration and Trials 19 Feb
Mathematics Problem Solving Workshop @ Scots College 16 Feb
Senior Syndicate Camp Notice ­ hard copy 10 Feb
Upper Middle Syndicate Newsletter Term One 10 Feb
Lower Middle Syndicate Newsletter Term One 10 Feb
Junior Syndicate Newsletter Term One 11 Feb
Senior Syndicate Newsletter Term One Looking Ahead to Dates in Term 1 Below is a list of dates to be aware of for Term 1. Please be aware that some dates may change due to involvement from other schools, because of bad weather or availability of performers. For more update information please refer to the community calendar on Kelburn School App. Week 3 Friday 20 Feb Magpie Lawn Picnic 5 pm—6.30 pm Week 4 UM EOTC Week Wednesday 25 Feb 3 Way Conferences Thursday 26 Feb 3 Way Conferences Friday 27 Feb School Assembly @ 11 am UMs Week 5 Tuesday 3 March Wgtn Western Zone Cricket Thursday 5 March Wgtn Western Zone Cricket PP day Friday 6 March Teacher Only Day—School Closed ​
Week 6 Monday 9 March LM Capital E Trip Tuesday 10 March Jnr Capital E Trip
PTA Meeting at 7 pm Thursday 12 March
School Disco—fundraiser Friday 13 March School Assembly @ 11 am —LMs Week 7 Senior Camp at Eura Lodge Week 8 Friday 27 March School Assembly @ 11am Jnrs Week 9 UM Camp El Rancho Thursday 2 April School Term Ends ​
2015 Term Dates Term 1—Tuesday 3 February – Thursday 2 April Term 2—Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July Term 3—Monday 20 July ­ Friday 25 September Term 4—Monday 12 October – Thursday 17 December at midday Cellist Margaret Guldborg
Cellist Margaret Guldborg is originally from the USA where she received both a Bachelor and a Masters of Music in Performance. She has taught and performed professionally in America, Denmark, Malaysia, and New Zealand. She is excited to be part of Kelburn’s music programme and is hoping to teach bass as well as cello. Drumming Lessons
Drumming lessons are available with tutor Andrew McPartlin. Group lessons will be held on Monday afternoon in the drumming room, starting on the 9th of February. The cost is $10 per session and new students can join in anytime. In home private lessons are also available for $25 per session. For bookings email ​
[email protected]​
or call 021908118 Scholastic Bookclub
Deadline this Friday Start of school ­ continue reading ­ SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUB The Scholastic Bookclub brochures went home last week Thursday. All brochures have now been combined in one. Juniors and Lower Middles (Years 1­4) a brochure each. In case any of your brochures got lost or you missed out receiving them, you can find all brochures under: ​
www.scholastic.co.nz/schools/bookclub/index.php​
. We are taking orders for issue #1. Please pay by ​
CHEQUE or ​
CREDIT ​
CARD as ​
all payments go directly to Scholastic. DEADLINE​
: This Friday 20 February 2015. Birthday presents or similar orders can be picked up from the office ­ please note​
clearly on your order. Thank you Any queries please contact our fabulous new bookclub organisers Rebecca Gray and Nicole Taylor under ​
[email protected]​
. Permission for use of Child’s Photo
Please advise the Office in writing if you do not wish for your child’s image to be used in any newsletters, on the website or promotional material. This information will be kept as a permanent record for the duration your child is at Kelburn Normal School. Community Notices
Kelly Sports
Kelly Sports will be back in Term 1 2015​
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with their fun and exciting classes. Kelly Sports encourages children to have fun, build confidence and to give sport a go. We believe that sport and physical activity has so much to offer young people; it improves fitness, develops communication skills, team work and gives children a place to channel their energy​
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– all while having ​
FUN! Fun Fundamentals​
(Yrs 1­2) – Wednesdays 3:05­4:05pm ­ Learn the basics of all sports – throwing, running, jumping, striking and many more. Summer Sports​
(Yrs 2­4) – Tuesdays 3:05­4:05pm ­ Come and try Football, Athletics, Cricket and Ultimate Frisbee. Learn new game skills and improve ability. Football ­ January Holidays ​
­ Kelly Sports is offering their popular 3 day Football Holiday Sports Workshops for yrs 1­6 at the Wests Club Rooms in Wilton​
. Work on core skills of control, dribbling, passing & improve technique with our experienced coaches led by head coach Martin. TUE 13th, WED 14th THUR 15th Jan 2015, ​
TUE 20th, WED 21st, THUR 22nd Jan 2015 ​
& TUE 27th, WED 28th, THUR 29th Jan 2015​
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(All sessions from 9.30am­12.30pm). ENROL ONLINE FOR ALL PROGRAMMES AT​
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www.kellysports.co.nz​
or email [email protected] or call 04 972 7201. Little Dribblers
Little Dribblers runs throughout the year, so get out and make the most of our upcoming Summer by watching your little one learn to play football (ages 1­7). Term 1 2015 starts January 31st and you can register at: ​
www.little­dribblers.co.nz ­ Late sign­ups are perfectly OK, so sign up anytime! We have two venues in Wellington Central/East: Saturdays: Owhiro Bay School; and Sundays: Miramar Central School. Game times are: Under 2’s: 9.40am; 2­3 years: 10am; 4­5 years: 10.30am 6­7 years: 11am. It costs $75 to play each term, with an optional one­off charge of $25 for a uniform (which you keep). ​
NB: Under 2’s are free! OBU Kids Rugby 2015 - ‘Mud Free Rugby!!!’
With our great facilities at Boyd­Wilson Field and our committed coaches & management team, we aim to give 4 ­ 11 year olds a great Rugby experience. Ages 4 to 7 get to play at ‘home’ every week! Come and join the fun at our Junior Club Days at Boyd­Wilson 10am ­ 12pm / Sunday 8 March & Saturday 18 April Meet Leo the Lion, grab some pizza, lots of activities & meet the great coaching crew and other parents.For more information & to register go to ​
www.oburugby.com​
or contact Alastair Forde: 027 272 1728 or [email protected] Zak Feaunati: 022 013 7545 Dave Loveridge: 027 321 8176 ​
[email protected] House Sitters Available
Local family available to house sit in the Kelburn area while house being renovated. Available early March for 5­6months, happy to look after pets and maintain garden etc. Please contact Sandra 021 644484.