Balclutha Primary School - T1 Wk 5
Newsletter 4 March 2022
Principal's Report
Well, after weeks of waiting, planning and preparation we finally have COVID in our school community and it is becoming more and more widespread around the Clutha district.
A huge thank you to the parents who have been monitoring their children for symptoms, getting children tested and letting us know the results.
This is an incredibly anxious time for our school community but I am confident we can continue to work together to support everyone in our school whānau and minimise the spread.
At school we will continue to:
- wear masks
- maintain good hand washing and hygiene procedures
- limit the people our students have contact with
- monitor the students for signs of illness
We ask that our parents continue to:
- wear masks when dropping off and picking up students
- monitor their children for signs of illness
- keep unwell children at home and seek medical advice if they show COVID symptoms
By working together we can ensure school is a safe place to be.
To ensure we maintain the confidentiality of everyone, we are unable to tell our school community who any positive cases are or which class they are in, so it is important that everyone is diligent about monitoring for symptoms.
This week we were very excited to welcome Paul Skipper, the South West Otago Sports Activator, to Balclutha Primary School for his first sessions. The classes all really enjoyed their session with him and are excited about his future visits.
Have a great week,
Ngā mihi nui,
Vicki Neave
Working Bee
Working bee
We will be holding a working bee on Saturday 5 March at 9am, (tomorrow) to start working on our playgrounds. Please bring along shovels and wheelbarrows.
Whānau and School Update
SAVE THE DATE!!!
BPS House and Garden Tour - Sunday 6th November 2022
We need your help....if you are handy with marketing and/or design can you please get in touch with me before 18th March so we can start working on the flyers and tickets for the House and Garden Tour. Many hands make light work :-)
If you would like to have your house or garden on the tour please get in touch we would love to hear from you. Email balcluthapta@gmail.com or Sara phone on 02102372282.
Thanks for the great support in regards to the Foodwrap fundraiser. Please make sure all payments are through asap.
Keep safe and let's be kind to each other :-)
Sara Sutherland and Carleigh Frisby
Whanau and School Co-Presidents
Welcome to Jacobi who started in Room 1 this week!
2022 Sport News
Thursday 10 March is BPS athletics. Unfortunately, we are not able to have parents attend this event. All children are welcome to dress in their house colours and results will be recorded and posted in next week's newsletter.
House colours are:
Hubbard - yellow,
Grigor - red,
Moore - blue,
Turner - green.
Touch
BPS Racers had a great win this week. (Photo Rylie Labes having a great run!)
Draw for 10th March
BPS Stars v Lawrence Gold , 5:15 ground 7
BPS Racers v Rosebank Pink, 4:30 ground 5
BPS Superstars v Milton Green, 4:30 ground 11
BPS Lions v Rosebank Blue, 3:45 ground 5
BPS Teenies v Stirling Stars, 3:45 ground 11
Hockey
Draw for 7th March
5.00pm, court 5 BPS Orange v Catlins
5.00pm, court 4 BPS/Waiwera South v Romahapa Black
Walk 'n' wheels week
7-11 March. Help us support this fantastic event by supporting your child/children to walk or wheel, even if it's only once during the week.
Wacky Wednesday (9 March) - Walk n' Wheel Day. Dress up in something bright; bright shoes, bright socks, bright hair, bright clothes! Be seen by the cars on the street! Gold coin donation.
Let's have some fun with this!
We would love to celebrate any outside of school sports achievements, please email sports@balclutha.school.nz if you have anything to share.
Tania Arthur
Balclutha Primary School
Sports Co-ordinator
Sports Activator Visit
Room 1
Room 1 had an amazing time with Skip on Wednesday. We enjoyed practising our jumping skills with him. We can’t wait until our next session!
Room 2
Room 3
Room 5
Room 6
Room 12
Room 11
Congratulations to our Value Award winners last week -
Sophie Cook - for being a respectful member of Room 1. You are such a helpful and caring student Sophie!
Room 2 -
Rikoh Neale - for a great start at BPS and settling quickly into Room 2.
Jonty Inglis - for fantastic contributions in class discussions during Maths and Literacy.
Room 3
Sofia Galbraith - for helping others, doing her best and being ready to work.
Cooper McLean - for a positive attitude, perseverance and doing his best at all tasks.
Room 5
Dannielle Kelly - for helping her classmates and taking responsibility for her learning.
Keith Butcher - for showing respect to everyone and being a good friend.
Room 6
Brendon Burgess - for working hard during structured literacy.
Paris Au Yeung - for working hard in all subjects and helping others.
Room 12
Malia Laban - for her great leadership in her reading group. She is a role model to her peers!
Gabby Warden - for speaking up more and contributing to discussions. Keep it up!!
Room 11
Taylah Labes - for leading by example with her focus and determination to take on new learning.
Lilly Inglis - for determination and effort with all the new learning in Room 11.
Bank Accounts
- School Saveloys, sport fees and all camp fundraising and donations - 02 0900 0000 452 00
- Whānau and School, fundraising, school uniforms (2nd hand and new) -
- 03 1734 0006449 00
Contact Us
Email: admin@balclutha.school.nz
Website: http://www.balclutha.school.nz
Location: Lanark St, Balclutha 9230, New Zealand
Phone: 03 419 0103
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Balclutha-Primary-School-193822224020032/