ST MICHAEL'S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM 1, ISSUE 3

FRIDAY MARCH 12, 2004

St Michaels School 3 Cooper St , Taita
Ph: 5671514 email: saintmichaels@xtra.co.nz
Fax: 567 1519 www.stmichaels.school.nz

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING-A report on reading presented to the Board of Trustees on Wednesday night showed that 60% of children in the year 4 to 8 classes are reading at their actual age or above. Our school goal in reading is to get 70% of children up to their actual age or better. As parents you can support this goal by promoting reading at home. Read to your children, listen to your child read, join the Taita library and talk about what they are reading. If you have any concerns regarding your child's progress in reading (or any other area) please contact the school or your class teacher. The reading report is on display in the school foyer.
FUNDRAISING-At the PISCPL meeting, held on Tuesday night, fundraising was discussed. The school charges families around $2000 in activity fees (unfortunately this is not all paid) and fundraises another $4000 through the fundraising committee. The fundraising committee consists of a small group of hardworking people who put a great deal of energy and time into this. The idea has been put forward that the money required from activity fees and fundraising could be combined and be raised by the whole school. If a list of fundraising ventures was put together then different groups or individuals (including teachers and Board) could be responsible for different ones. I would be interested in any feed back from parents on this matter. if it seems like a good idea, a meeting needs to be held soon, for everyone, to discuss it

REMINDER THAT THE SCHOOL IS CLOSING AT 2PM ON MONDAY MARCH 15

DETENTION
Children who break school rules or waste their time in class may be put on detention. Detention is held twice a week in room 11. A book is kept with the names of children who are on detention . If a child's name appears in the detention book three times in a month a letter will go home. If it appears again parents will be asked to come into school. Half way through the term a mufti day will be held for all children who have not been in the book. A copy of the behaviour plan is on display in the foyer for parents to read.

Please talk to your children about NOT GETTING INTO STRANGE PEOPLES CARS. There have been two incidents in the last few days of a man in a blue car trying to get children into his vehicle in the Taita area. Children should be walking home with brothers or sisters or in a group with their friends. I would ask that very young children who have just started school be collected from Room 8.

FOR SALE- Second hand rugby boots. Assorted sizes. See Ronwyn Coffey
WANTED-Old clothing, towels, sheets needed for cleaning rags. If you have any at home that you could give the school we would be very grateful.
WANTED-As you can see our pathway is looking wonderful. Mr Maka has spread the soil down either side and will be planting grass there in the future. The problem is-we have run out of dirt. If you are doing any landscaping or know of someone who has soil to get rid of, could you contact the school, so we can arrange to get it from you. Thank You
Sausage Sizzle/Mufti Day-To get a bit of fundraising under way the school will be having a sausage sizzle on Thursday March 25. Thank you to those parents and teachers who are donating the food for this. Sausages will be $1 and there will be no shop lunches that day. There will be a mufti day on Friday March 26-gold coin donation thanks.

Christian Cultural Commitment
Many schools have a short logo that is used on letterheads, faxes, school signage etc. This logo , in a few words sums up the essence of the school. Over the last few weeks Board and staff have been looking at some options for a school logo that would give people a brief idea of who we are and what we stand for. We have come up with Christian Cultural Commitment Any thoughts?

St Michael's Catholic Primary School
3 Cooper St, Taita, Lower Hutt City, New Zealand.
Ph (04) 567 1514