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Newsletter Term 3 No 7 - 2 September 2010 |
Term 3 No 7 - 2 September 2010
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Dear Parents
Open Day and Performance – Date Change
The calendar originally advertised an Open Day on Friday 17th September. Due to some changes to our Year 5/6 performances (Dress Rehearsal will now be on Friday 17th with a matinee performance on Monday 20th) the date for the Open day has now changed to Thursday 16th September. Further details of these events will be in next week’s newsletter.
School Banking
We wish to remind people about our School Banking Programme, run in conjunction with The National Bank. Children can open bank accounts and make deposits at school. They receive an account book to record their deposits and keep track of how their saving is going. The objective of the programme is to help children develop a regular savings habit (no deposit is too small) and help them learn about money and how to manage it. School Banking operates every Wednesday between 8.15 am and 9.00am in Classroom 20. If you’d like to know more, call Helene or Lillian at the Bank on 2522668, come along any Wednesday morning or contact the school office.
After-School Activities for Term 4
Elsewhere in the newsletter you will find information regarding the planned after-school clubs and activities, which are being run at school in addition to our own after-school care programme. There are some new activities, such as Fine Young Artists and a Tutoring Programme, alongside some old favourites. Details of how to book can be found in the links.
Parking
It is an old chestnut that we return to on a regular basis in the newsletter but we have received complaints from both parents and local residents regarding some inconsiderate parking in surrounding streets by VAS parents. Stirling Street has caused the most concern where people have parked in driveways and across the end of the street resulting in difficulty for vehicles trying to turn and exit.
Ultimately whilst respecting the parking restrictions is important, student safety is our highest concern and blocking paths and driveways can increase the possibility of accidents. Bad weather and the wish to park close to school are not reason enough to ignore the safety of our children.
Kind regards
Allan Short
Principal
GST Increase 1st October.
Stationery and Uniform charges will increase as from 1st October to reflect the new 15% GST charge.
Senior Production ~ Young Hercules
The senior school is in the throes of preparing for their Herculean event of 2010! Information and tickets are coming!!! Watch this space!
Performance Dates:
- Monday 20th September at 11am
- Tuesday 21st September at 7pm
- Wednesday 22nd September at 7pm
- Thursday 23rd September at 7pm
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Coming Events
Refer to the calendar on our Home Page
www.victoriaave.com
SPCA CUPCAKE DAY!
This year I organised for our school to take part in the S.P.C.A cupcake day. I was so shocked by the response I almost fainted! The line was huge and we had heaps of cupcakes.We raised lots of money, $416.00 to be exact. I couldn’t have done it without all the children who baked and bought cupcakes and school staff such as Mrs Clark and Miss Bridgman.
By Daissny
Calendar Art
Your children have produced some glorious artwork which will be turned into 2011 calendars and also greeting cards. They make perfect Christmas gifts!
The timeline for viewing and placing orders is as follows:
- The art will be available to view in classrooms weeks 9 and 10 of this term.
- Order forms will be available from 12 October
- Orders to be in by Friday 22 October
- Delivery date is hoped to be 12 November- IN PLENTY OF TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
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| Olivia is no 'Second Best!'
Victoria Avenue schools senior school Speech winner Olivia M represented our school in the Remuera Zone finals last week. It was a tight competition and Olivia really had to wait her turn with eleven finalist representing the cluster.
Olivia showed little worry as she was prepared for the task at hand, if only her supporters were as relaxed as she.
Finally after all the fantastic speeches had their turn to shine, Olivia took the stage and had her chance to impress the judges with her speech 'Second the best.' or in her case first!
Before you knew it Olivia had wowed the audience and she calmly retook her seat. Its was time for the judges to make their decisions. Fifteen minutes passed and the announcement was made. Olivia took out the competition. She will now represent the Remurea cluster against all other area clusters in Auckland.
Well done Olivia and Good luck for your next competition, we are all so proud of you already! |
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French Lunch ~ Wednesday 8th September 2010 ~ Last Orders Monday 6 September
Place your order in Room 2 from Monday 30th August till Monday 6th September- (sold at lunchtime)
Menu
Ham and Cheese baguette $3.60
Plain Croissant $2.80
Pain au Raisin $2.80 (bread with raisins)
Pain au Chocolat $2.80 (bread with chocolate)
Almond Croissant $2.80
Orangina $2.60 ( a French drink)
Or a combo for $5.10 which includes one of the above and a drink- Orangina
Click on icon below for an order form.
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Walking School Bus
The Martyn Wilson Field Wilson Walking School Bus is starting again. The footpath upgrade and footbridge building is due to be completed in time for us to start walking again on Monday!! The school bus meets at the carpark at the bottom of Orakei Rd (opposite Palmers) at 8.15am and walk up Sonia Ave to Victoria Ave and then to the crossing. If you would like to join this park and walk Walking School Bus route please contact Helen Evans:
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Men on the Move - Walking School Bus Challenge.
We have several fathers/grandads walking with the bus routes. For the next few weeks if a male member of the family walks with the school bus three times they can go into the draw for fantastic prizes.
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Results for the Zones Cross Country:
Luca Mercer 1st in Year 5 Boy Race
Mollie Kroon 1st in Year 6 Girl Race
The Cross Country Zones team put on an excellent display of determination and fitness at the meeting on Monday where they competed against 20 other schools from the Remuera Cluster. We had superb finish times from all of our runners but a special mention goes to Luca Mercer and Mollie Kroon who both won their races.
Congratulations to everyone it was lovely to watch all your hard work during training pay off!
EXCHANGE AGAINST DILWORTH AND CORRAN
Tuesday 7th September 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Rugby, Football and Hockey - Away at Dilworth Junior School
Netball - All teams away at Auckland netball centre
After School Activities
Term 4 After School Activities are in place for next term. Click here to download the information sheet on the various programes available. To enrol in any of the programmes please click here to go to our website page re after school activities.
Holiday Programmes.
A number of companies are offering holiday programmes - they are being added to by the day! Click here to review the options available.
Basketball Year 6 Team Interschool!
The boys had an awesome time at Kings on Tuesday. It was great to see the team working together and giving all team members an opportunity to shoot, even though they were close enough to shoot themselves.
I would like to welcome Calvin Fraser to the team. He will be playing with us for the Spring Season, which starts 13th September. I will advise the time as soon as it becomes available.
Practice on Friday 7.30am rain or shine. We have Randy from Basketball Auckland taking us on Fridays at the moment and the skills/drills he is showing the senior players are invaluable.
No game on Monday.
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SPORTS NEWS
LOOKING AHEAD
WINTER FIELD DAY
Tuesday 14th September
9.00am - 2.30pm
All teams will be traveling to various sports grounds across Auckland to compete in the Remuera Winter Field Day. The children will be leaving school at 8.45am to get to their events on time.
RUGBY - College Rifles
FOOTBALL - Keith Hay Park, Mt Roskill
NETBALL - Auckland Netball Centre
HOCKEY - Lloyd Elsmore, Pakuranga
If you are able to help supervise the teams for the whole day could you email
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BASKETBALL RESULTS
VAS Year 6…A strong opening from Year 6 team against Churchill Park School, with some amazing shots from out of the keyhole. Churchill Park came back stronger in the second half and won 20-16. The team worked tirelessly around the court to make some impressive intercepts and rebounds.
VAS Vikings played Cornwall Park and lost. Emma Collard and Maddi Devereux scored all our points. The whole team played a very fast and exciting game of basketball, managing to keep Cornwall Park limited in points.
The VAS Vulcans narrowly lost to The Kohi Hot Shots on Monday. It was a great game, seeing a much improved Team Performance by the Vulcans. Karan B had a very dominant offensive game, Luca did some amazing steals (even after winning the Zone Cross Country that day), Dan was great on defence, Sarah S was always in position ready for the ball, Michael P proved how good he is at both the left and right hand dribble, and Michael M always managed to get free – not that easy against this team. We’ll nail it next time!
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Hi there,
NZ cricket have advised that the BlackCaps will be visiting Parnell Cricket Club on Wednesday, September 8th from 4.30pm. Click here to download flyer for details.
This will be an ideal opportunity for cricket enthusiasts, both young & old(er) to mix with their cricket heroes.
We ask local schools to help promote this event by placing the attached flyer on the school notice board, and (if possible) to mention it in your next school newsletter.
Please spread the word around as the club would like to make this event as successful as possible. Non Parnell Cricket Club members are welcome to attend.
Kind regards,
Steve Hurdley Club Manager. Parnell Cricket Club Ph 021 02726639 |
Soccer Success
Last term one of our students, Yasmeen Kareem, made the Auckland Football Federation U12 Talent Development Program which consisted of 50 mainly 12 year old girls.
From these girls Yasmeen has just been selected as one of three goalkeepers among 36 girls who will represent Auckland in the annual Weir Rose Bowl tournament which is held over four days in the Term Three holidays. In all there are ten teams from three federations competing for the trophy.
Well done Yasmeen!
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Only 4 weeks left until the end of the Yummy sticker promotion.
AND...to help your school boost the amount of sports gear they can get, we are doubling the points for all Yummy Royal Gala apples.
- Royal Gala Stickers are worth 2 points
- Royal Gala Bags are worth 20 points (you will need to cut out the barcode for this)
Both Royal Gala stickers and barcodes will need to be on the special Royal Gala sticker sheets....which you can download by clicking here
Please use these sheets and attach the stickers to them before returning them to school.
We will win sports equipment for the school as we did last year!
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