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Welcome Back
It is great to welcome the students
back for the 2010 school year and hear about their excellent
holidays. The staff have spent considerable time preparing for a
successful year and we thank the schools BOT for their financial
support for us to attend the Inspired Teachers
Conference during the last week of
January in Palmerston North. The time spent at this confirmed to me
the excellent teaching and learning in practice at St Johns and also
gave us a range of next steps to trial. Very worthwhile!!
Thank you for ensuring that your
child is well prepared for the school year. We value the
partnership we have with our parents/caregivers. The teachers
appreciate your support and welcome any questions/queries you may
have. If there ever are concerns, we prefer to
address them early to avoid them
becoming greater issues. The teachers will discuss with you their
classroom expectations and programmes at the upcoming Parent/Teacher
evening (see below).
Kind Regards -
Michael Fitzgerald, Principal
School Special Character
St Johns Hill
School strives for excellence in all it does. A school curriculum,
sound in its design and innovative in its delivery, helps students
appreciate that learning is a life long process and is capable of
nurturing individuals, their interests and needs. Literacy and
Numeracy are given emphasis and our curriculum policy and programme
provides clear direction. The following are essential elements of
our school culture which
dovetail well to
support the successful delivery of the school curriculum, help to
produce Citizens who will contribute positively to society and which
further promote and develop student leadership skills. They are
given emphasis at all levels of the school.
1. Environmental Education 2. Health Promoting Schools
3. Virtue Programme 4. Thinking Tools
Education
for Sustainability: This is a
key element of our schools
culture. We
believe that every child has the potential to contribute
effectively to
society through respect for the environment. Three key goals are
that students will celebrate and enjoy our natural environment, will
reduce, reuse and recycle and will create and care for our
landscapes.
Health
Promoting Schools: Health
Promoting Schools are schools which display a commitment to
enhancing the emotional, social, physical and moral wellbeing of
their school community (World Health
Organisation).
For Health Promoting Schools to be successful it must be owned by
staff, students and the school community.
Virtue
Programme: This is a positive
holistic programme which is used to bring out the best in children
by giving educators tools and strategies to help them shape positive
character. Virtues we see as the gift of
character and
each term we have one virtue as a major focus with other virtues
revisited regularly.
Thinking
Tools: St Johns Hill School
is committed to teaching the
students thinking
skills and strategies. We need to equip our students for the
future. The teaching of thinking is one way to ensure quality
learning for all. This is an empowering process, which will provide
every student with everlasting skills - the tools for life long
learning.
Meet the Teacher
Parent Evening
Rooms 15, 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 - Monday 22nd February at 7pm.
Rooms 9, 10, 11,
13, 14, 17 - Tuesday 23rd February at 7pm.
These meetings
will follow the pattern of previous years with a
meeting in the
hall before moving to respective classrooms. If you attend the
senior evening you may wish to arrive at around 7.30pm on the
Tuesday, as the introduction to both sessions will be the same.
Change of Contact Details
Please phone the school office, on 349 1750, for any change of
address, phone or cell phone numbers since last year.
St Johns Hill
School BOT
Mr Stuart
Mackintosh - Chairperson
Mrs Rachel
Ritchie - Finance
Mr Michael Bourne
- Property
Mr John Quigley -
Health and Safety
Mrs Rae Falloon -
Personnel
Mr Michael
Fitzgerald - Principal
Mrs Trish Silk -
PTA Representative
Mrs Alison O’Hara
- Staff Representative
Thanking our BOT
for their hard work and dedication in their
governance role
at St Johns Hill School.
Uniform
1. Note all
students are required to wear plain black sandals in the summer
terms.
2.
Regulation school
sunhats are compulsory during
Terms 1/4.
3. Please
ensure all uniform items are well named. This can be particularly
frustrating for both staff and parents during swimming season.
4. Sports
Uniform - All teams except the Hardball Cricket are to wear the
current St Johns Hill School red sports shirt and
plain
black shorts.
Hardball
Cricket team wear all whites.
Kea Crossing
Constable Val
Overweel is currently training seniors to be selected as Kea
Crossing Wardens. Unfortunately some adjustments to the crossing
was required. Once crossing training is complete you will be
informed as to when it will be operating. The crossing is directly
in front of the Bird Aviary. Retention of this will be reliant on
it being used by our community and the parent volunteers to
supervise crossing.
Treasured Recipe Cookbooks
A few cookbooks which were not collected at the end of 2009 are now
for sale. Delicious recipes. One I sampled over the holidays which
was delicious is the Bullock family “Mama Mia Dessert”. Worth
buying the book just for that!!
After School
Netball Programme
Term 1 Start Date
- Monday 22nd February
Springvale
Stadium 3.30 - 4.30pm
for 8-12 year old
boys and girls
Cost $50
If you are
interested in registering your child please email
lisa@sportwanganui.co.nz
or phone 349 2326
Registration
closes Monday 15th February
Wanganui Ride In
A Truck Day
Saturday 13th
February
Start and finish
at Trafalgar Square
5km road circuit
over two bridges
Time - 10am - 3pm
(wet or fine)
Cost - $2 per
person per ride
Proceeds to
Wanganui Barnardos
Pool Murals
During the holidays the mural which the students worked on with
Karyn Schultz and Rei Hendri (Art Advisor) have been mounted along
the pool fence and the Periodic Detention Workers edged and shell
rocked the paths around the Peaceful Garden.
Please take a look and a visit.
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