EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Term 3

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1 EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Term 3 Walk as Children of Light Eph 5.8 End of Term Newsletter Dear parents this is the final newsletter for term 3 and how fast the term has flown by. A reminder 3 way conferences are this Thursday with the first conference commencing at 9am, school is closed for usual instruction, so classes will not be running, the only time students should be at school is when they are with their parents attending the conferences. Conference Bookings If you have not booked onto online to speak with your child s teacher there is still time. Booking closes Wednesday afternoon at 5pm, see booking instructions attached to this newsletter. It was wonderful to see our children from room 1&2 perform for their parents at assembly today, they did a wonderful job under the guidance of Mrs Langford. Important dates for the last week of school Wednesday Middle School Astronomy postponed to term 4, due to excessive cloud cover Thursday Parent / Teacher conferences 9am start Friday Last day of term, 12:30pm student pickup Uniform Junior boys winter (Y1-6) polo shirt. Some of you will be aware of the difficulty we have been having in purchasing the junior boys winter long sleeve polo shirt with red stripe on the collar. We have had discussions with The Warehouse who advised us that they are no longer able to source or provide this item. Following these discussions, the existing short sleeve shirt with red stripe collar will be used for both summer and winter as part of the official uniform, a long sleeved navy thermal garment may be worn under the short sleeve shirt during winter terms 2 & 3. Parents who have already purchased the long sleeve shirts may continue to have their boys wear these during 2017 during winter terms 2 & 3, after this date they will no longer be uniform. The school s website will be updated shortly to reflect the change. Summer Uniform should be worn from the start of term 4. Staff Changes Sadly Mrs Hussey (room 6) will be leaving us at the end of this year, Mrs Hussey and her Husband Mark will be moving to the North Island where Mark will take up a new position. We would like to thank Mrs. Hussey for her positive and valued contribution she has made for our children and tremendous blessings she has brought to our school. We pray that the move north will go well and hope to see Mrs Hussey visiting us whenever the opportunity arises. T3 - Issue 5: August Term 3 dates 21 Sep Astronomy evening postponed to T4 22 Sep 3 Way conferences, parent/teacher interviews from 9am 23 Sep Last day of term 12:30pm finish (Mufti day) Term 4 dates 10 Oct First day of term 4 Free full school BBQ courtesy of our neighbours the Papanui Club 17 Oct Room 4 assembly item 20 Oct Board of Trustees meeting 6pm staff room 24 Oct Labour Day School Closed 27 Oct Christchurch school s music festival 28 Oct Teacher only day (note date change) 31 Oct Room 6 assembly item 04 Nov School Athletics day 07 Nov Room 5 assembly item 08 Dec Board of Trustees meeting 6pm staff room 10 Nov Zone athletics Y5-8 (selected students) 14 Nov Room 3 assembly item 21 Nov Room 1&2 assembly item 07 Dec Central athletics (Selected students) 15 Dec Prize giving Bishopdale Reformed Church 16 Dec Last day of School Mufti, gold coin donation, 12:30pm pick up Term Dates 2017 Term 1 30 January to 13 April Term 2 01 May to 07 July Term 3 24 July to 29 September Term 4 16 October to 15 December (TBC) IMPORTANT DATES / NOTICES Term 4 Teacher only Friday, 28 October School closed on this day. Note the date change for the teacher only day, which is now a week later than previously advertised. Emmanuel Christian School 322a Sawyers Arms Road, Bishopdale, Christchurch p e: office@emmanuelchristian.school.nz

2 EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Music is a very important part of our school and our choir/s participate in many annual events. This year is no exception. Lions Christchurch Schools music festival celebrating 77 years - at the Horncastle Arena on Thursday October 27 th Thursday 17 th November 12 noon Kids in Town at the city Art Gallery wet or fine. Our performance will include items from our combined choir and individual performances. We will be the only school performing at that time, so would appreciate crowd support from family and friends. Missing clothing: A number of our students are missing uniform items so please continue to check your child s/children s clothing to ensure you have the correct clothing items. If you find items that belong to another student please bring these to the lost property box, in the hall, where they can be collect by their owners. As uniform items are costly to replace we ask that you exercise some vigilance in checking clothing. Size 6 boys shorts missing since swimming the name Couprie is written in the back label. Please check your boys shorts so this item can be returned to it s owner. Parent/caregiver Prayer time Thursday mornings Room 7-8:55 a.m. start All welcome. Please write any prayer needs into the book at the school reception desk. Dental Care over the School Holidays The Community Dental Service will operate an emergency service over the school holidays. This service is to provide relief of pain only and will not undertake routine treatment. The service will be available each working day from 8:30am until 12:30pm from the Hillmorton Hospital site. Monday, 26 th September to Friday, 30 th September 2016 (excluding weekends) and Monday, 3 rd October to Thursday, 6 th October 2016 (excluding weekends) This service will operate by appointment only and if we are unable to see your child, alternative options will be given. If your child has dental pain as a result of an accident please contact your dentist in the first instance. You can phone and make an appointment for the emergency clinic by ringing

3 Fun in Room 1 In our Scripture lessons we have been learning about some Old Testament characters and their roles and responsibilities. In Social Science, we have been learning about what it means for us to have roles and responsibilities. For our school Olympics showcase we learned about Italy and we prepared to host other classes. We decorated the classroom with flags and balloons We made Venetian style masks We made gelato (ice cream) and pasta from scratch. We made pizza too 3

4 The famous Mona Lisa painting was done by an Italian artist. We had fun photographing ourselves in the picture. done by an Italian artist. We had fun photographing ourselves in the picture. We made racing tracks for Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati toy cars Before the big day we decided what jobs we would do. String puppets came from Italy and we had a go at working one. 4

5 Congratulations Leona Jones who won the NZ age grade Ice Speed Skating championships last week in Auckland. Leona will now travel to Australia in a few weeks to defend her 2015 title she won last year. We would ask for your prayers for Leona as she travels overseas. NZ Competition results Race: 111 (1 lap), 1 st place Race: 222 (2 laps) 1 st place Race: 333 (3 laps) 1 st place Race: 500m 1 st place Race: Team relay 1 st place GIRLS CRICKET STARTS IN TERM 4 Register now or in September If you are interested in knowing more or registering your daughter barry@denver.co.nz or text Barry van Beurten St Albans Cricket Club We run a Holiday programme from Timony Hall located on main north road beside St Joseph presbytery. We have a great programme to offer which may be ideal for some parents needs. For a copy of the School holiday programme please contact Karen at the number below. Papanui TocH Athletic Club Paul Spinks - Junior Club Captain paul@ptoch.org.nz Come visit us on the Free Performing Arts Holiday Program Held at Majestic church 85 Moorhouse Ave October 3rd-7th, 10am-12pm. For children age 6-12 years. Music, dance, and drama. Space is limited! Hannah Snelling at hannahgreengables@gmail.com to register. 5

6 Some of our Learning in Room 2 This term we have been learning about the Heroes of the Bible. We have learnt about Noah and Moses and their obedience in following what God had asked of them and having trust in God. ********************************************************************************** Part of our PE programme this term was 8 mornings of swimming lessons at James Condon Pools, Northlands. ***************************************************************************** During Discovery time, we had fun taking turns making some pikelets. We practised how to measure the ingredients accurately mix and beat the mixture using a hand mixer safely working around heat when using an electric frying pan. Recognise when our pikelets were ready to be flipped to cook on the other side. ***************************************************************************** Mrs Langford has been teaching us music. She is lots of fun and we have been learning the names for musical notes. We have learnt words to help us remember the names for notes that sit on the lines (every good boy does fine) and in the spaces of a staff (FACE). F A C E We have also been learning to play glockenspiels. 6

7 In Social Sciences, our country for the ECS Olympic s Day was Mexico. Sienna s role SERVING FOOD Phoebe and Joshua PARADE FLAG BEARERS We had fun dressing up in costumes and colours of Mexico. The country we hosted was Room 1. In the afternoon we also got to travel through other classes over the school and learn lots of things about their country of choice. We have been learning that for an event to be successful everyone must work together. Mrs K gave us a special role to do for the day. The roles that we had were: Welcoming visitors Farewelling visitors Serving Food Serving Drinks Photographer (I-pad) Parade Flag Bearers Passport Assistants (Stamping passports to all visitors) Assisting our Buddies from Room 1 to make mini-piñata s We had great fun on Olymipic s Day!! 7