Newsletter - Week 4, Term 3

Greenmeadows School 18th August 2022

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

Tēnā koutou kātoa,

Our school is becoming more environmentally aware all the time. We certainly have a way to go but think about these already:

- the school environmental group who went with Ms Ceirwyn Ware yesterday on a field trip to PanPac, White Pine bush and then planting trees at the Guthrie Smith outdoor centre

- our Matariki celebration which had minimal waste as a result with the recycling and use of many natural materials

- a number of students being dedicated recyclers and collectors of items to keep out of the rubbish bins and landfills

- our school worm farm

- and the amazing amounts of plastic bottle tops and metal caps we are gathering in the Good Caps Collection competition.

The Good Caps Collection continues throughout Term 3 - and we are getting close to half the time gone. Please keep those piles of tops and lids coming. GMS is doing really well in this competition - we have collected well over 125kg of tops not going into the local landfill.

The aim is to get Nanogirl sessions for our school ... we need to finish in the top three to guarantee this. This week the staff had a session with some Nanogirl scientists - which was a great way to learn even more about recycling and chemistry. The children would love it if they could be involved in this learning as well.

Ka kite anō,

Mark Johnson

Principal

WELCOME TO GREENMEADOWS SCHOOL

We have had a number of new enrolments start at school over the past few weeks.

The following wonderful people are now part of the GMS scene:

Afifa Mansuri, Rory Bell and Sophia Davidson.

Our roll is currently 471 pupils.

TEACHER ONLY DAY - MONDAY 29TH AUGUST

School will be closed on Monday 29th August for a teacher only day. Staff will be spending the day at school completing a first aid course with the Red Cross.

BOARD OF TRUSTEE ELECTIONS

By now all parents and caregivers who are entitled to vote would have received their voting papers in the mail. If yours has not arrived, or your mailing address is out of date, please contact Carolyn or Sara in the school office.

We have three parent representative positions to fill and five nominations were received. Below are our five candidates who are standing for election. For each voting paper you may vote for up to three of the candidates. Voting papers are to be delivered to the school office.

The five candidates are:

Cherize Enslin

Ryan Hambleton

Donna Hicks

Kelsie Moroney

Chris Seibert

Many thanks to you for being willing to stand and show a willingness to help our school and its community.

GMS CROSS COUNTRY - TUESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2022

The cross country has been scheduled this year for Tuesday 13th September. This will be held at school, and not at Anderson Park as we have done so previously.

We held the cross-country last year at GMS and it went really well. So we will try again and see if we can recreate the magic - AND this time parents and spectators will be able to enter the school grounds to watch.

Below is the proposed timetable for the cross country:-

12:00 – 12:25 EARLY LUNCH FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL

12:30 – 1:10 Kōwhai syndicate races

12:30 – New Entrant races

12:40 – Year 1 races

12:55 – Year 2 races

1:10 – 1:50 Pohutukawa races

1:10 Year 3 races

1:30 Year 4 races

1:50 – 2:30 Tōtara races

1:50 – Year 5 races

2:10 – Year 6 races

The children will be able to wear their school house colours for the day.

They will sit in these house groups when their 'mini cross country' is on.

Children can run in shoes or bare feet.

The wonderful PTA will be running a sausage sizzle on the day.

If the weather is poor, then the cross-country will be postponed to Thursday 15 September.

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DAFFODIL DAY - MUFTI DAY - FRIDAY 26TH AUGUST

We are holding a mufti day at school on Friday the 26th August to support the amazing work the Cancer Foundation do. Daffodil day is a major funding source for the Cancer Foundation and a great opportunity to raise awareness of cancer in New Zealand.

If you have something yellow you can wear all the better, please bring along a gold coin donation.

GMS WORM FARM

Got any cut up food supply for the worms at school? Chopped up vegetable scraps, potato peelings and egg shells are favourites on their menu choices. Many thanks for any help you can provide.

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THE GREAT KIWI CIRCUS TICKETS

The school has been sent 30 free tickets to the Great Kiwi Circus which is coming to Hawkes Bay on Tuesday 6th September. The show will be held at Tamatea Intermediate starting at 6pm.

These tickets are funded by supporters in our community who want to gift a child/family within our community. This event is put on for underprivileged children, children with special needs and children that are going through hardship. If you think you meet that criteria either flick an email back to us or contact the school office. We will need to know how many tickets you require for your family. We will draw the names from a hat if we receive more than the allocated number of tickets.

There will be spot prizes and audience participation but for further information about the show go to: www.goingbananasshow.co.nz. Children can also enter a colouring competition and win some fantastic prizes.

SCHOOL CANTEEN NEWS

The school canteen is open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. All orders are to be done online through Kindo, click on the link below to create an account if you haven't already:-

https://shop.tgcl.co.nz/shop/flow_join.shtml

Please ensure you have the correct room number on your child's account, Mrs Batt doesnt have time to be chasing missing lunches!

Orders must be placed by 9am as Kindo closes at 9am sharp. Mrs Batt collates her orders at 9am and if your order is not in we cannot guarantee she will have in stock what you wish to order.

GMS SPARE UNIFORMS FOR WET AND MUDDY CHILDREN!

We have a supply of uniforms that we give out to children when they slip over in the wet ... or play too closely to the mud. BUT we are not getting these items returned - especially the smaller sizes. Can we please get these sent back to school ASAP?

Many thanks.

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GOOD CAPS COLLECTION COMPETITION - TERM 3 2022

GMS has made a fantastic start to the 'Good Caps' collection competition ... Keep sending those caps, bottle tops and plastic container lids into school.

The aim of this pilot is to teach our young ones the importance of saving materials from landfill, the value of the materials and what can be made from these materials.

Let's keep this going!!! This competition runs for the length of Term 3.

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YUMMY APPLE STICKER PROMOTION

School Sticker Promo | The Yummy Fruit Co

Collect the Yummy cut-out labels from bags (each cut-out label is worth 10 stickers) and individual Yummy apple stickers for your school’s share of the $200,000 free DG Sport sports gear prize pool.

www.yummyfruit.co.nz