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Dear Parents
"The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are".
John Pierpoint Morgan
The start of every school year is always an exciting time. For our children they meet up with old friends and teachers but also have new classes to explore, new friends to find, and new experiences ahead of them.
I am pleased to say that 2011 has started really well at school. Much maintenance has happened over the summer and despite not quite having the final part of the building project fully completed until the start of this week, it didn’t get in the way of all classes enjoying their first few days back.
My thanks to the PTS for organising the Coffee Man to be on site last Thursday morning. It was a lovely start to the term with a large number of parents gathering to catch up and enjoy each other’s company. It was also an opportunity to help welcome some of our new families to VAS.
On behalf of the PTS, the Board of Trustees and the staff I would at this point like to say to a large THANK YOU. Your support over the course of 2010 enabled us to continue to upgrade our facilities and create wider opportunities for all of our children. The help that is given by you all in the classroom, on trips, with sports teams, resource making, fundraising and in many other areas is invaluable.
This is probably the busiest term for the PTS (not to mention the Gala committee), and on Tuesday evening the team spent a couple of hours discussing the variety of events, which are organised for term one. Please offer them, and our school your support. The purpose of the PTS is two-fold, supporting the school and families with both fundraising and friend-raising activities.
Last night hundreds of you attended the ‘Meet the Teacher’ evening at school. If for some reason you were unable to attend and still want to make meet your child’s new teacher early in the term, please don’t hesitate to contact them personally and make a time to catch up.
Next week we have our school Family Fun Night (aka The School Picnic), Wednesday 16th at 5.00pm, and with this newsletter you will receive an information flyer about the event. It is a wonderful opportunity for all, new families and old, to get together socially at the start of the year.
In December at prize-giving I reminded the children how lucky they were in being able to remember the wonderful things they had done in 2010, the special achievements in their personal history book. But reminded them that, like Lucy in Narnia, we cannot go back to change things, those chapters are closed and the page can only be turned forward and so we must look to the future.
So my challenge to them this year is to make their 2011 chapter an even more exciting one to read and remember, than last year’s. We have so much to look forward to; the Gala, camps, sports events, trips, music concert, the Arts Café, Rugby World Cup Week and many more. We will doubtless all have our favourite moments and I hope that as parents we will all be there to enjoy them with our children.
If I haven’t had an opportunity to catch up with you in person yet then “Happy New Year” and welcome back.
Kind regards
Allan Short
Principal
VAS GALA IS COMING - 3rd APRIL
Hi everyone, time is marching on and the gala is now only 8 weeks away!. Organisation is now in full swing, with heaps of great attractions planned to guarantee fun for all the family and your friends too.
A big thank you to all the parents who have offered their time already, we nearly have everyone we need, though here are a couple of positions yet to fill. In the coming weeks we will send out a reminder schedule of key dates and events leading up to the day and as last time, your contributions are vital to the success of the gala.
Helpers and items
Right now though, we would love some parents to put their hand up to help and there are a few more requests for items as follows
• Parents, grandparents or responsible teenagers to sell spot prize envelopes for an hour or 3 at the Gala, , please contact Marcus Hill
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• 5 portable BBQ’s as well (with full gas bottle), please contact Viv King,
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• Every Friday 8.15 -9am if you have white elephant items, clothes books, toys, bric a brac, anything IN GOOD CONDITION, please drop off the end of the teachers drive, beside the containers. If you can also sort and label your contributions to assist our helpers. The drive is busy so if you can carry your offerings down it would help.
We are also looking for sponsorship and donations to help us run this event. If your family or business can offer sponsorhip or product items we can give you great exposuire in return, please contact Jo ,
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Coming Events and Term Dates
Refer to the calendar on our Home Page
http://victoriaave.com/school-calendar
NOTE : Links for Sports Newsletter, Changes to year levels and days for some after school Activities
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
French Lunches: Tues only
Subway: Wed and Fri
Sushi: Thurs only
Order forms/Instructions
School Banking Wednesday before school in Room 4
http://victoriaave.com/our-school/lunch-orders
Term Dates 2011
Term 1 Thurs 3rd Feb to Fri 15 Apr 2011
Term 2 Mon 2 May to Fri 15 July 2011
Term 3 Mon 1 Aug to Fri 7 Oct 2011
Term 4 Tues 25 Oct to Fri 16 Dec.
SCHOOL HATS
The long awaited new school hats are here!! Click here to download the order form for your new hat.
On MONDAY the hats will be available to order online.
Please note: It will be compulsory to wear either the new hat or the existing bucket hat from the end of February.
SCHOOL BANKING
- starts on next Wednesday before school in Room 4
The National Bank, Remuera Branch operates school banking with Victoria Avenue School every Wednesday from 8:15am.
This is a great opportunity to start your child on the path to saving and it will teach them important skills as they start to manage their money.
For more information click here. To download an account application form click here.
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