WEEK 9, TERM 3

**SPRING FAIR**
The Arahoe Spring Fair is coming!!  It will be held on Saturday, 29th October...

~Room 8 will be selling Jolly Jars. If you could help out by making some for us, that would be wonderful, thank you! The holidays would be a good time to perhaps gather some bits and pieces together and make some imaginative jars on rainy days, to sell at our stall! (It's not too early to start thinking about Christmas...)
~There will be a future notice to let you know when you can start bringing them into school. (that gives time for some room to be made for storing them!) 
~Below is an explanation of what Jolly Jars are and ideas for some cool jars.

What is a Jolly Jar, you ask? It is a jar filled with an assortment of different delights! 

 They can be themed, eg, boys, girls, Christmas, animals, Halloween - you name it - your imagination can run wild!

 After filling with goodies, they are usually decorated on the outside, to give them an extra pizzazz.

 Here are some examples of things you could include in a Jolly Jar…

McDonalds toys                                         Card games                       Miniatures                                                  Matchbox cars

Hair clips                                                    Collectible cards

Crayons or pencils                                     Sticker sheets

Barbie accessories                                    Water balloons

Random lego pieces                                  Kids craft bits & bobs

Loom bracelets/bands                               Play jewellery

***PARENT HELPERS

Parent helpers are vital to smooth running and low stress on the day - any offers of help would be hugely appreciated! Below are the time slots for possible helpers to work with Chris de Jong. We have found that 2 parent helpers per timeframe is ideal. If you are able to help, please let Chris know.  If anybody would be able to donate the use of a gazebo on the day, please sing out - THANK YOU!!!

10.00 (set up)- 11.00
11.00-12.00
12.00-1.00
1.00-2.00
2.00-3.00
3.00- Pack up

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Spring Mufti Day

Wednesday 21^st September

***To help us with our upcoming Spring Fair please bring a jar, bottle or can of NON-PERISHABLE food. This will go towards creating Trolley Raffles to be sold on the day.

***Come dressed in your spring attire!
Think bright and cheerful.

15th September 2016

Morena Ara Pakeke parents and caregivers

We look forward to meeting with you next week to discuss your child’s learning during parent/teacher interviews.   We encourage all parents who haven’t met with their child’s teacher this term to make a booking.  This is a great opportunity to talk about your child’s up and coming Student Led Conference on the 25th and 26th October 2016.  A reminder that 2 conferences will be held at the same time in each classroom.  Students are very excited to be sharing their science, literacy and maths learning with you.  

Bookings for Student Led Conferences are available online at https://parentinterviews.co.nz/ from Monday October 10th using the booking code MUXNK.

Don’t hesitate to contact your child's classroom teacher or Jocelyn Hair (Ara Pakeke Learning Leader) to discuss any concerns or ask any questions.  

Nga mihi mahana

Jocelyn Hair

THURSDAY, WEEK 6  TERM 3

                            Withdrawn Library Book Sale

          Tuesday 6th Sept to Friday 9th Sept

                 Lunch time, Library Foyer

         All books 30c, 50c or 4 books for $1

Visual Art:

Room 8 had a super busy time today, creating our silhouette picture for Visual art. They were very lucky to have our school art expert, Miss Read guiding them. 

Below shows Room 8 artists preparing their backgrounds. They learnt about the different tones you can have in a colour, and chose a colour they'd like to go with.

First they had to plan in their Topic books what layout and colour they wanted, then they started painting it. After that, they will put their silhouette of an athlete onto the background .