29 June 2015 ‘Term 2 finishes on Friday 3 July at 3.00pm and Term 3 starts on Monday 20 ‘uly at 9.00am. We hope everyone enjoys the school holidays. Keep warm ‘and. Mobile Dental Bus A big Hi to everyone from Ngsiie and Liz. We will be atthe school from Monday 22" June 2015 for around seven weeks. Ifyou are already enrolled you will be ‘contacted for an appointment. Ifyou have moved, please lt us kno your new ‘address!phone. If you have not enrolled your child/children with our service please phone us. All parents and caregivers are encouraged to attend appointments Phone 027 555 7062 SPEAK UP & SING OUT Invercargill Holiday Programme ‘With fibaious Southland succes in New Zealand's X Factor will ou chill be next? Fully interactive and extensive ‘nging and drama holiday programe for studens Yeus | 8 led by fly egistered specialist teachers Miran Erison and Alice Fraser (Southland Entertsiner ofthe Ves 2 Limited spaces so book early. Wednesday 15"- Friday 17th July Sam — {Cot & S40 for Monday oF $10 for days Contact Mira 027600463 mans co.nz ‘Thar & Feather Restaurant, Mondays an Tuesdays kids ot fee wi the purchace ofan ols main meal and when kids nde off the Kids me hetreen Spm ~ 7pm Wednesiays and Thursdays Ks yt complimentary erea sua withthe purchase ofan ult main meal and wher Ks order of the Kis men between Spa and Tn Fr fizzy Fea’ day whet hs ‘nlr off kis menu they receive free 12 vonce of yostaix.Slarting on Nonday 6" July unl Monday aly ‘Bia Tanior Rugby A reminder to parents. Ifyou want your kids nickname on the back of ther hoodie please contact Nikki Fever 027337882 by the end of the week please. Thanks. ‘Bran Wr Tew vibave Bacal abla Bra Seal paving ug rama program ts cron lke yours! were oping im vreau ‘Riverton and wllaetoin a thir tr! YE ming ta you eohol in fet clays where our fable enn nll run iakpraetive daa eles to give yur hla tac of wha Bran Works! la wl ak ne, Drama encourage crontve inking, provides 2 ysitiv out, romtes performing, beets ctf rer, Yelp dei eonamuseation, fiers fendshige, dl eo wach mar Following the eck elaees well be halding mone hour drain woes th een on Sturdy #thjuly, Were Leng for students thay Ue Invest in pariigating ina wel arma lacs aftr eel hour x your a, ttn in i Ce. THs welche forall ee aud ables fied wl ew enue of fl The cot of tous Hour Saturday woe is 5. ell Enh che esse tha 35 ute 5A for parent, and Br opportunity es evo th Dra Wor Tie a open fora chro, ou isa toto chiaren from testes we vite If you have Friends family tne ay beef fans Ue vavesen place nite then along, Wiel ou to ee you hae! WER: wm dramciorRe et fu + ‘Fase: svete sm/tramaworneala Polyfest - Performing on Thursday 27 August, s0 mark this on your calendar. Our school will be performing both KapaHaka and Siva from 9.20 ~ 10.00am. ‘Open leer all whanau fom te Board of Tasos ‘Thanks to everyone fr another fantastic tm — ou should lb very proud ofthe luring your chiles have done as Seen in thei portfolio. ‘Often a this time ofthe year we send out eter wo Year 6 whanau sskng them o think careflly about ‘the ehoices they make for thei chillin Year 7. Secondary schools are about ie up their marketing ‘machines to coninn tel numbers for next yea, ad ran open nights showing Some amazing one-off sul =the realty there are some things they can offer that we cannot. However, the reverse i also very tue — ‘we an offer opportunities they cant provide Plese all be assured that all schoas in NZ have to each from the same curriculum so what students gt in tems of what they are expected to lear isthe same no ‘mater where they areatending schoo ‘Many of you wll have seen an atl in Saturdays paper abou bus issues. Basically, oar understanding is that his year Ministry of Education rule regarding transports now being enforced nationwide This rule regards inl’ students on ministry fundod bus rus. Tho rules have always been ati you got on 8 ‘maisry bs that you are nt “else to be on hen you must pay a fre and gt persion fom effected Schools. Uni now the practice regarding Blu has ben tht students going ota for Year T and 8 must, aya very smal fare forte bus they are “ineigibe'~ because both schools in Bla o up Yea 8 But, rom ths point onward these students wl also require permission from their cal conbuting school tw geton the bs. Please all larly understand this is NOT abou reduced choice, this s NOT about us making anyone stay ‘here against thee wil and this is NOT ou rule o ntiated by usin any way ‘We have always supporte people's ht o choose which chool hey send thee kds trig from the age ‘ofS. Everyone har choice ut cannot exec! the ministry to fund that choice, ifr some reason they do ‘ot wish be par ofthe lea school. The board has had lor of aiscusion about this, bu imately he ‘ecsion of wheter to endorse children bypassing ou cool, comes daw to what isin the best interests ofthe schoo! asa whole Its ureasonable to expec an school actually make the decision tenders, sppoc or sanction the loss of ay stadents by signing penmssion, Schoo funding is dependent on ‘bers andthe impact canbe sjnificant e.g we hae the same buildings tocar for Whether We have 10 students or 300 yet the funding for maintenance ofthese is number dependent ‘We ae incredibly lok bore in Bluff with the community that we have andthe suport tht we receive from whanau andthe community a a whol is phenomenal and second to none. Wht everyone needs to ‘osindul of that schools are an cmational topic for many’ fer parents, forthe community that vs ‘thet, for people who workin them and fr kids who goto them ~soas we navigate tis change it would be fabulous if everyone was respectful oF is “Thetricky partie that its only halfony through the shool year and re itil tof earning todo and ‘eu on for terest ofthe year, Thi me of year ean be very disruptive to our senior lasses and we ae realy hoping that you will assist usin keping hs dsropdon toe minimum so tat the karin pans ‘being made can conte Tsudeas “check ou now then they have lot 6 month of leaming time and oboe wants that! We hate losing any students even when we know they are ready to leave at Yea 8 as we love having cach and everyone of tem around! Each stent ad fo the eines of our shool andthe fun we bave! ‘Asallvays, we will contin io work had and your best forthe development of every earner We hve in Front of ws each da. Keep warm and try to kep from beng blown away’in this weather! Have a fufiled, relaxing two weak tm break and se You all pun ext tom Board of Trostes