Balclutha Primary School - T3 Wk 10
Newsletter 1 October 2021
Principal's Report
Kia Ora e te Whānau and welcome to the last week of Term 3.
What a mucky term this has been. As I watch the erratic numbers of new cases in Auckland this week, I don't think we are quite ready to come out the other side just yet.
On behalf of our team here at school, I would like to thank our wonderful parents and community for their ongoing support this term. Every different alert level brings its own challenges, but I am very proud of the way the BPS whānau have risen to this challenge.
While it has been wonderful to have all our students back on site under Level 2 and our classroom programmes humming, we have missed having our parents on site and being able to share some of what we have been up to through assemblies. We are all looking forward to a drop to Level 1, so we can resume our assemblies.
The upcoming term break will be very welcome for many of our students who are showing signs of being ready for a break. I hope you all have a restful and relaxing couple of weeks, and we look forward to seeing you all again next term.
Ngā mihi nui,
Vicki
Whānau and School Update
We would like to have a stall selling food as a fundraiser at the Cross Recreation Half Marathon, 10km, and 5km Event on Saturday 16th October.
We are needing some additional helpers for food preparation and on the day, could be a good opportunity for us to gain additional fundraising. If you can help please let me know via email on balcluthapta@gmail.com
We had our Whanau and School Meeting last night, many thanks to the parents and teachers who attended, we really do appreciate all that you do for the school community.
Enjoy the school holidays and see you back in Term 4 for some sunshine :-)
Whanau and School Co-Presidents
Sara Sutherland and Carleigh Frisby
Email: balcluthapta@gmail.com
Balclutha Primary School Library Update!
Click on the link below to read Janette's report.
Balclutha Primary School Homework Expectations
A copy of our guidelines are below. If you have any questions, please contact your class teacher.
Thank you!
Sport News
Super 8 Cricket
Year 5-6 and year 7-8 super 8 cricket tournament is on at the start of term 4. The permission slip has been emailed to parents. If you haven't already replied, you will need to reply via email before the closing date. Below is a link to the notice.
Please note notices are due no later than Sunday 3rd October.
Room 1’s blossom trees look amazing. We are so proud of them. We added the blossoms to our painted tree trunks with fizzy bottles.
Room 2
We decided to have another "themed" week of learning, and the students chose native New Zealand birds as their theme.
Therefore, our reading, writing, maths, poetry and art all featured New Zealand native birds.
Room 2 also finished making bugs, which was a project they started with Mrs Judson before lockdown. Our bugs are now fluttering around the room!
We also enjoyed a visit from the science people who came in from Otago University. We had great fun making different colour solutions and playing in the dry ice.
This week Room 3 made their own daffodils to celebrate spring. We used paint for the background and cut out petals and stems from painted paper. We used cupcake liners for the middle. Look how awesome they turned out!
Room 5 have been very busy this week!
Room 6 with their artwork and mindfulness creations
Room 12
Our Year 8 students took advantage of the lovely spring weather to head out and clean up part of the river bank around the bridge. This was part of our Term 3 community service.
Reminder - Sunhats Term 4
Saveloy Fridays
If you would like to pay online - please pay into our bank account 02-0900-0000452-00.
Congratulations to our Award Winners this week. Mrs Neave presented awards in class today to ...
- Cristian Andrew - for being a respectful member of Room 1 and for gaining confidence in his reading.
- Dylan Young - for showing a keen interest in science and asking some very intelligent questions.
- Dani Cleverley - for a positive attitude to her writing, and taking risks to challenge herself. Dani's confidence is growing more each week.
- Jarvis Tohiariki-Brooking - for developing some amazing leadership skills and helping friends in Room 2 with their learning.
Room 3 -
- Haylin Storer - for her positive attitude and the consistent effort she puts into her ALIM maths.
- Florrie Winslade - for trying her best in ALIM maths. She is gaining confidence in her abilities.
Room 5 -
- Isabelle Jamieson - for clever maths thinking and for working hard at all tasks.
- Chloe Bloxham - for working hard and doing the right thing.
Room 6 -
- Mioné Meyer for showing considerable thought in her school work and in the way she treats others.
- Meg Smith for demonstrating empathy and respect towards others and finding ways to brighten up everyones day.
Room 12 -
- Brier Marsden - for working hard to achieve her work on time.
- Lilly Inglis - for her amazing language and art work on feelings. Kei te pehea koe?
Room 11 -
- Molly Paterson - for progress and achievement in Maths.
- Lucy Harrison - for a positive and hard working attitude towards new learning.
Happy Birthday
this week to...
Sam KinderJames Toole
Tristan Dobson
and during the holidays to...
Amelia Maxwell
Brylee McElrea
Madison McElrea
Rashaun Melvin
Blake Galbraith
To view OSCARS Holiday Programme and to find out how to make a booking, please check out the link below...
Bank Accounts
- School Saveloys, sport fees and all camp fundraising - 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/