Term 1 Week 6

Kia Ora tatou katoa Camp Bannockburn was a stunning week of adventure, challenge, and self management for our year 6 students. They experienced many feel the fear challenges and came through the other side with a sense personal achievement and success. All involved thoroughly enjoyed the week, our parent helpers were amazing and their hard work and support ensured that we all returned happy, safe and with lifetime memories to keep. We were fortunate that the Central Otago weather was kind to us most days and the students enjoyed a large variety of challenge activities on the water. The highlight was the Yachting and also the annual Gunge War! This year our EOTC provider arrived at camp with no GUNGE! Mr Tucker had to do some very quick thinking, phone calls, and a GOOGLE search and spent the morning making his own version of GUNGE! The students would have been deeply disappointed if the Gunge war had to be cancelled! This is a highlight and great fun! I hope that your students have shared many stories with you, we will be sharing the camp photos and videos with you on Tuesday March 27 at 7pm at the Southland Museum movie theatre. Meanwhile back at school the students are engaged in our inquiry How my body works? I have observed many interesting learning activities in all areas of the school linked to the inquiry. Students have a raised awareness of a balanced diet and healthy lunch box choices, and are bringing a better selection of raw vegetable or fruit brain food. Please remember that all students require a brain food snack every day and with our changed interval break these are vital for learning. We are preparing for the Sports day with the Phoenix Zone and the year 1 students are still enjoying the Sport Southland Move and Improve programme. Relay teams will be practising daily. Students are working hard on their self management strategies and we are encouraging them to be responsible for the following:

9 March 2012

Calendar:
Pita Pit Orders Every Monday Sushi Orders $5 Every Tuesday Subway Orders Every Wednesday Sausage Sizzle Every Friday $1.50 each 12 MarBOT Meeting 20 MarAthletics Day 27th MarYr6 Movie Night 28th Mar MUFTI Day 31 Mar or 1 April Southland Athletics Day 2nd AprPTA meeting 3 AprGiant Club Sandwich Day

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Managing Self : I can carry in my bag and hang it up without help / get my book bag out and put it away and explain why I am taking responsibility for my bag: BOOK BAG. I can be responsible for what I say and understand the impact on others. Relating to Others: I can share my ideas with the group and listen to the ideas of others. I can work with people I know and people I dont know in a positive way. I can evaluate how the group is working and suggest different roles to make the group work in a more positive way.

If you are participating in the Relay for Life best of luck! Marlene

Welcome to our New Students to Salford School:

Joshua Bennett, and New EntrantsNicholas Cowie, Shaelyn Sutherland-McGearty, Ishaan Boon, Karl Bayne, Aadvik Kumar, and joining now with New Entrant visits areIsabella Fuller, Caitlin Watkins and Tyler de Clifford. Enjoy your time at Salford School.

PTA FUNDRAISER
The PTA have a limited supply of Pretty Purple Tulip bulbs for sale! They are ready to plant right now and very competitively priced at only $5.00 for 20 bulbs. (plus maybe a few extra baby bulbs..) Please call into school any-day next week either between 8.30-9.00am or 3.00-3.30pm and buy as many as you want! A great gift, for new or established gardeners, and in a colour bound to catch the eye this spring!!

ZUMBA
We welcome Lou Horo back to teach the whole school Zumba again this year. Classes will have a 30 minute session every Friday. Students really enjoy the Zumba philosophy of health and happiness and of loving everything you do, especially your workout.

From the PTA Notebook.

We have made a conscientious start to the year with 2 meetings held already. Our fundraising focus remains the safe reinstatement of the Jungle Gyms in some form or other for our "little monkeys" to play on. As you may appreciate this is a comprehensive issue involving several Government agencies, the Board of Trustees, the PTA and funding agencies. If you have knowledge or experience in building, safety, or layout our Jungle Gym sub committee would love to hear your suggestions. Contact Gillian Graham or Liz Knight through the office. We are delighted to have replaced our much loved and much used BBQ which was showing signs of its years of service. The "Sausage Sizzle Queens" can be seen cooking up an even more delicious morsel on Fridays now! Thanks to Janine Lamb-Turnout and her wonderful efforts to get us a great deal on the new BBQ. Thanks also to those carrying on the good work in our community by helping our students and their families where we can. Have a great weekend. Good luck to those involved in the Relay for Life! Lyndal

ENERGY DRINKS
We have had an increasing amount of energy drinks, coloured drinks and fizzy drinks. A reminder that we ONLY have water at school.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES FUNDRAISER EASTER RAFFLE 1st Prize 10 Dozen Oysters & Easter Hamper,
2nd and 3rd Prize, Easter Hamper. We will be sending home a raffle card with each student to sell this Friday. We are seeking Easter hamper donations please. The box in the foyer will be the drop off point. If every family can please donate one Easter product we will have amazing hampers. We appreciate your support! The raffle will be drawn on Wednesday the 4th

SALES FROM THE PTA UNIFORM SHOP

Have been well received. Thank you to all our donors, and a reminder to Parents if you have uniforms that your children are no longer wearing, this is a good static fundraiser for your PTA. The donations received do go toward supporting the school activities.

GOLFJUNIOR TIGER SUNDAY 18TH MARCH AT QUEENS PARK GOLF CLUB

TO REGISTER: www.juniortiger.co.nz Also on the day; Junior Tiger Challenges: Longest Drive, Chuck n Putt, Pitch and Splash and Putting Competitions. Days Timetable: 1pm: Registration - 2pm: Shot Gun Start - 4.30pm: Prize giving.

SPORTS .
Swimming Southland Swimming Championships for Primary Schools - 1st of April at Splash Palace. Are your entries in.? Entry forms can be obtained from the office or downloaded from our website. Sports for Term 2start thinking about what sports you would like to participate in, in term 2. There will be Badminton, Netball, Hockeyand a notice will be released by Ms Soper next week. Athletics day20th March - Sausage Sizzle Order now, for athletics day at either Salford or Waverley Park must be in by the 15th March - order forms available from school.

Public Health Nurse Visits for Term 1

1. Friday, 16th March 2012 2. Thursday, 29th March 2012 If you would like to make a time to meet and discuss any health issue you feel your child may have, call Gillian Sim on 0274223699 and make a time to meet.