Monday 25 August 2014
Dear parents
“OUR BEST ALWAYS”
CONGRATULATIONS TO US!
Botany Downs Primary has won third prize in the Colgate carton race this year! We will be receiving $3,000 for our school. A huge thank you to everyone who brought in your Colgate cartons, purchased Colgate in the groceries and brushed your teeth extra well so that we could win this amazing prize. Thanks to those students who made posters for around our school and community, they worked a treat! Ms Pearce
(And THANKYOU to Paula Pearce for organising this! Mr T).
Opening of Additional Classroom
Our current total school roll is 503. Today we are opening up room 18, which we have until now been using as our music room, as another new entrant room. Music will operate from the staffroom.
Welcome to Mrs Darlene Farmer, who is joining our school today to teach Room 18. Welcome also to Mrs Linda Haaker, who is sharing the teaching role in Room 14.
Property Work
· New carpet has been laid in the hall foyer and corridor.
· The bark in the senior playground has been replenished.
FANTASTIC FRIDAY!
On Friday, we will be very busy! It is House Day, Daffodil Day and Botany’s Got Talent Finals Day!
We would like to encourage all children to wear their House T-shirts on Friday, as we will have some fun House activities during block 2 on Friday. These will be run by our awesome House Leaders.
The House Leaders will also be selling daffodils before school and during morning tea. This is to help raise funds for the Cancer Society. Please support this worthy cause by giving your children a gold coin to buy a daffodil.
During block 3, the whole school will be attending the Botany’s Got Talent Finals in the school hall. There will be no cost for this. Thank you to all children who have taken part in the auditions. We have enjoyed seeing all the talent in the school. Good luck to the finalists – a list of names of children who have been chosen by the House Leaders to participate in the Finals will be posted in Tuesday’s bulletin and it will also be put up on the doors of room 15. Parents are welcome to attend the Finals. We plan to start at about 1.40pm. Erna Bornman
Touch Rugby
Touch Rugby-Registrations are now open for the Eastern Junior Touch which is played on Sunday afternoons at the Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Centre. Botany Downs has a long partnership with this event. The grades that are open are:
U7 years co-ed for 5 and 6 year olds-cannot turn 7 during 2014
U9 years boys and girls for 7 and 8 year old teams-cannot turn 9 during 2014
U11 years boys and girls for 9 and 10 year old-cannot turn 11 during 2014
U13 years boys and girls-cannot turn 13 during 2014
To register, visit their website <http://www.sportsground.co.nz/easternjuniortouch
www.sportsground.co.nz/easternjuniortouch to access the easy online team registration form. The school can supply uniforms,touch balls and gear bags. We would really like a parent or parents to act as co-ordinators of this for us and we would also like parents to manage teams. Please contact me at if you would like to help with this. Grant Kibblewhite Sports Co-ordinator
Photos of Children and their Dads…please keep them coming!
At our Father’s Day assembly on Friday 5th September we would like to show a presentation of our kids and their dads. Please email your photo to Miss Lowans at by Thursday 28 August.
Thank you. Lyndal Lowans Room 2
Special Terrific Persons Awards
Congratulations to all the following children, who will receive their special certificates at this Friday morning’s assembly, starting at 9.10am, and run by the peer mediators, assisted by our Sheppard House Leaders: Erin Simonson, Evelyn Liu, Reeves Angell, Keenan McGregor, Dempsey Nowell, Heath Donaldson, Valeria Leyva, Zachary Samuels-Brits, Ethan Scott, Wade Melville, Chase Farrington, Gary Zhou, Mini Huang, Avadee Nowell, Samantha Dakin, Henry Duckworth, Eva Ye, Ryan Clark and Kendyl Kean
Values Programme
As we head towards the 2nd half of term 3 we focus on a new school value-COOPERATION. The students are given many opportunities in class and out to use the skill of cooperation with friends, teachers and peers. We talk about cooperation in class and we stress its importance when doing subjects like Inquiry, Maths and Reading when group work and buddy work is often expected. If you get the opportunity at home please take a few minutes to discuss the importance of cooperation; in a family, at school, with friends, at work, at church etc. Let’s hope the weather now cooperates and brightens up for us all. Amanda Foot
Well done also to the following children, who will be acknowledged at Friday’s assembly for showing consideration towards others: Yuheng Zhu, Linaya Rungan, Dylan Hartnoll, Brianna Sansom, Xavier Luafutu-Tamati, Oscar McGregor, Candy Huang, Harley Dawson, Sofia Currie, Izelle Steyn, Jairus Petelo-Vili, Callum White, Elkanah Petelo-Vili, Nicholas Smith, Jasmine de Kock and Brandon Tohovaka
Coming Attractions!
Wednesday 27 August BOT meeting 7pm
Friday 29 August Daffodil Day
House Day
Monday 1 September PTA meeting at 7.30pm
Wednesday 3 September Choir performing in the Kids for Kids Concert
Thursday 4 September Interschool gymnastics champs
Friday 5 September Father’s Day Assembly
Senior Cross Country
Wednesday 10 September Y3 & 4 PRODUCTION 11.30am; 6.30pm
Thursday 11 September Gymnastics Champion of Champions
Friday 12 September Junior Cross Country
Tuesday 16 September Interschool cross country
Wednesday 17 September Marae visits begin
BOT Meeting at 7pm
Thursday 18 September JUNIOR SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION
Saturday 20 September Koanga Festival
Monday 22 September Draft books coming home
Tuesday 23 September Mathex
Wednesday 24 September SENIOR SCHOOL MARDI GRAS 7pm
Thursday 25 September Happy Hour
Friday 26 September End of Term 3
Mr T