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Dear Parents
The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday
- but never jam today!
Lewis Carroll
What a cynic Mr Carroll was. Well let’s just prove him wrong and make the Promises Auction the best it can possibly be; an evening full of friends, music, entertainment, generosity and lots and lots of jam!
We are just two weeks away from our biggest fundraiser of the year on Friday 19th March. We have already had many promises from our staff, school families and the local business community.
We hope to have the Auction Booklet available for all to consider possible bids prior to the evening but as a ‘sneak preview’ we can tell you that current promises include:
- School Lunches made for your family and personally delivered
- Fitness classes
- Sky Tower Bungy Jump
- Tour of TVNZ newsroom
- Three course meal at your own home, catered by a team of teachers
- The chance for a child to be Principal for a Day (move over Mr Short!!)
- A Days fishing on the Harbour – fully catered
- Regular Home baking for your family
- Baby/Pet sitting
No promise is too small so please contribute to our evening. There are many imaginative ways in which by donating a little bit of your time or expertise we can help the school raise the much needed funds for the next stage of the Junior School redevelopment project. Remember supporting the Promises Auction is directly supporting your child.
On the night the promises and gifts are being sorted into items for a Live Auction, a Silent Auction and for Balloon Prizes. At present we have around 60 promises but still would like lots more, please think of how you can help us reach our target!
The catering is already underway with a team of parents starting this week on food preparation for the evening and the Promises team are also working hard to engage local corporate sponsorship.
Above all we want people to participate on the actual evening. Tickets are on sale now so send in your money to school, book online, don’t leave it too late – it will be a fantastic evening out! Please invite your friends, get groups of people together, they don’t have to be families of VAS. The more tickets we sell the easier it is to reach our target
We hope that our many new families will attend too. If you still don’t know many people at the school there will be plenty of PTS hosts around on the evening to introduce you to others. Please join us and enjoy the fun.
Kind regards
Allan Short
Principal
Road Tip ~ When walking to school look out for sneaky driveways.
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IMPORTANT DATES AND TIMES
School Times
School starts: 8.50am
Interval: 10.40-11.00am
Lunch: 12.30-1.30pm
School finishes: 3.00pm
Stationery Sales
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 8.30-8.45am
Uniform Shop
Fridays only: 8.30-9.00am
Orders and payments for uniform can be made online on our website http://victoriaave.com/school-shop
Lunch Orders
Subway: Wed and Fri
Sushi: Thurs only
Order forms/Instructions http://victoriaave.com/our-school/lunch-orders
Term Dates 2010
Term 1 Thurs 4 Feb to Thurs 1 April 2010
Term 2 Mon 19 April to Fri 2 July 2010
Term 3 Mon 19 July to Fri 24 Sept 2010
Term 3 Mon 11 Oct to Fri 17 Dec.
Coming Events
MUFTI DAY 19 March - Gold Coin
Refer to the calendar on our Home Page
www.victoriaave.com
Victoria Avenue School
Board of Trustees Elections
7 May 2010
19 March 2010 - Tickets on sale this week! Click here for order form for tickets:
We would love more Promises - Please contact Karen via email to make your Promises!
PAT TESTING
Next week students in Years 3-6 will be taking part in PAT testing. These tests are administered each year and provide valuable information that helps teachers to determine the learning needs of each student.
Tests will be held throughout the week before lunch. This year we are sending tests papers away to be marked, analysed and a report printed. As it is very difficult to catch children up who miss a test we ask that, if possible, children are not removed from school during this time.
Regards,
Jane Cameron and Anne Bridgman
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PTS NEWS
FRIENDS AND FAMILY PICNIC at MOTUIHE on SUNDAY 28th MARCH
Friends and family are invited to join us for a Beach Picnic and Games at Motuihe Island on Sunday 28th March. Come on your boat or the ferry. A fun day out for the whole family. More information to come next week. Save the date in the diary.
ICEBLOCK SALES
Iceblocks are sold on Fridays at 12.45pm. They are $2 and will be sold in the hall kitchen.
PTS MEETING
On the 9th - all parents are welcome to join us in the staffroom at 730pm.
MUFTI DAY
Is on the Friday 19th March to fundraise for daffodils to “pretty” up our school grounds. It will give every child the opportunity to watch their bulb grow. Gold coin donation.
SCHOOL DIRECTORY
You should have all received your school directory by now. Please
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the office if there are any corrections that need to be made for 2011 edition.
DAFFODIL BULBS
Plant this King Alfred variety with the famous yellow trumpet between February and April for a glorious spring blossom!
$5 for 5 bulbs or $25 for 30 bulbs
Ask friends and family...
Prize for the class which sells the most Daffodil bulbs!
Get ordering TODAY!
A 2010 fundraiser by the PTS for Victoria Avenue School.
Click here for order form and info sheet.
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Welcome to an evening of
Cocktails & Promises Friday 19th March 2010
Enjoy an enchanted evening with friends on Friday 19th March at the beautiful Remuera home of Kim and Rob Hamilton.
Your evening will begin with a complimentary ‘Promises Cocktail’. There will be delicious food and drinks available throughout the evening, along with live music and entertainment.
The Auction of Promises will give you the opportunity to bid on a magical range of promised goods and services donated from our community. This will be our major fundraiser for Victoria Avenue School for 2010. All funds raised will contribute to our new outdoor area behind rooms 7-10 which we hope to build next summer.
We are very excited with the promises that have been donated so far. We would love for some more! Whether it be babysitting, taxi driver, baker; however you can promise to offer your time, please return your Promise to the school office or email Karen on
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Deadline for Donations of Promises is 12th March.
Tickets are on sale now. To order please click here for order form.
If you can help with the event, prior to or on the night, please complete the form on this website - click here to download the form and return it to school. Thank you.
Looking forward to a fun night.
VAS PTS
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