Dear Parents/Caregivers

Ng mihi o te w kia koe me te whnau. Tomorrow sees the first day of Spring. We are all enjoying the wonderful daffodils and warmer weather. The excitement is building as we look forward to the many fantastic events in September. The World Cup being one of them! On Friday 2 September, a group of students (selected from our School-wide Reward Scheme for excellent behaviour) will travel with Miss Jones to Winton to meet the All Blacks who are visiting Southland to promote the Tournament. Tomorrow our school skiers will depart for Coronet Peak for a great day on the slopes. This is always a fantastic opportunity to experience great skiing at a very reasonable cost. Miss Morrison, Miss Horrell and Miss Gorton are all ready for their 5.30am start! Thank you all for your support of the School Council fundraiser for the Cancer Society last Friday. Yesterday our BP Technology Challenge students (Robbie Gill, Jesse Hawken & Alex Thompson) did extremely well and were awarded 3rd place in this event at Waianawa. Thank you to Nathan Gill and Bruce Thomson for providing transport to this event for the students. Regards

Term 3: Monday 1 August Friday 7 October 31 August: Choir Practice Donovan 1 Sept: Ski Trip 6 Sept: Drama Festival 14 Sept: ILT School Sing-out, Civic Theatre 21-22 Sept: 3 Way Conferences Rms 1,2,3,7,8 & 9 Term 4: Tuesday 25 October Wednesday 14 December (depends on Teacher Only Day/s)

IMPORTANT DATES

NB. Book Week will now be held in the 6th week of Term 4

CELLPHONES
Any cellphones brought to school MUST be handed into the Office on arrival at school and collected at the end of the school day. The School takes no responsibility for valuables such as MP3 players, Jewellery, Cellphones that are brought to school. Cellphones are not to be used in the day at school except for the ones left at the Office for a special purpose/reason.

SCHOOL ACCOUNTS

Our Account Number for direct Payment is: Westpac: 03-1745-0058244-00

Wendy Ryan Principal

RUGBY WORLD CUP

Please pay these as soon as possible to the School Office. Some students still have outstanding Club and Sport Fees. These need to be paid immediately as these are overdue to the Associations and Organisations concerned. Automatic Payment Forms are available from the School Office.

PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS

These will be held on 21 & 22 September for Rooms 1, 2,3,7,8 & 9. This will be an opportunity to review original goals set at start of the year and set further goals and to discuss your childs Mid-Year Report and any other relevant questions you may have.

The Parentsto the many peoplelooking for already paid Thank you Support Group is who have volunteers to man making weekly collect entry passes for World or are the gate and payments Cup Games at Rugby Park on: 10 Sept: Overdue accounts will9.30am 2.00pm be sent onto Southern Debt 14 collection as the 8.30pm Collectors for Sept: 4.30pm school cannot absorb 17 these debts. Sept: 12.30pm 4.30pm Training will be provided. If you are interested and Our School Website is through the available, please contact $48.00 Jenner continually being School Donation: Vanessa updated and looks fantastic with plenty School Office by Monday 5 September.

WEBSITE

Activity Fee: student work to view. Please log on $60.00 of and Consumables Fee: $21.00 have a look. This opportunity has been offered to the School as a
fund-raiser and will go To visit towards purchasing new ICT equipment.

the website, go to:

http://www.ascot.school.nz

PARENTS SUPPORT GROUP FUNDRAISER

Raffle tickets have been issued. We would appreciate these being sold and returned to the Office by Friday 23 September. The Raffle will be drawn on Friday 30 September. More tickets are available at the School Office.

The mobile Dental Clinic has now returned to our School. It is open full-time until 23 September. If you wish to contact the Dental Clinic, please phone 027-555-7062. Also, the blue dental forms can be returned to the School Office. Thanks. Philippa Earland (Therapist) Jill Gibson-Smith (Assistant)

MOBILE DENTAL CLINIC

SERVICE AWARDS
To acknowledge all those students who go the extra mile and show great responsibility around the school: Kaleb Muir Rm 5 For being a helpful student

MERIT CERTIFICATES
The following children have been acknowledged for working well in their classroom. They were presented their Merit Certificate in Assembly: Room 1: Jessica McMurdo Room 5: Maddison Hodges John Reyes Tara Ballie

Room 2: Tyra Maxfield Taylor Gray Room 3: Allazay Speden Rico Wairau-Taetuli

Room 7: Lilly Turipa Daniel McMurdo Room 8: Kady Gill Aimee Heads

Room 10: Bayley Boot Jarrad Conway

Room 9: George Riki-Pennicott Emily Hansen

We want to celebrate your fantastic children. Thanks. Rae Maher