Dear Parents/Caregivers

Ng mihi o te w kia koe me te whnau. We are all enjoying the magnificent sunshine today after the somewhat cooler holiday period. I hope that you and your family had a wonderful break and caught up on some well deserved rest. This week sees the beginning of Open Night season for Year 8 students. Schools have the opportunity to show their communities the wide range of curriculum, sporting and academic activities that are undertaken each day. We believe we have a unique situation at our school where our Year 7 & 8 children are encouraged and developed as School Leaders. Due to our size and nature, students have the opportunity to have real individual attention and represent the school in both cultural and sporting activities. They may not be able to do this in a larger school where spaces in these teams are keenly contested by a large number of students. The children are warmly received at High School at Year 9 as confident and well rounded students. We are happy to show you around our Senior School area and show you the Specialist subjects on offer such as Japanese, Food, Fabrics and Hard Materials Technologies, Youth Leadership etc. Just ring theSchoolOffice, 217-5196, for an School appointment to do this. Regards

Term 3: Monday 1 August Friday 7 October 2 August: English International Exam 4 August: Recorder Group to perform at Renich Rest Home 8 August: Support Group Meeting - 7pm: Keeping Ourselves Safe Presentation 9-12 August: Southland Science and Technology Fair 11 August: Waianiwa Polyfest performance at School - 12 noon 16 August: Maths International Exam 30 August: BP Technology challenge 31 August: Choir Practice Donovan 12-16 Sept: Book Week 14 September ILT School Sing-out, Civic Theatre Term 4: Tuesday 25 October Wednesday 14 December (depends on Teacher Only Day/s)

IMPORTANT DATES

WEBSITE
Our School Website is presently being updated and looks fantastic with plenty of student work to view. To visit the website, go to: http://www.ascot.school.nz

REMINDER: Children are not to be at School before 8.30am.

SCHOOL ACCOUNTS
These are now due and payable at the School Office. Sports Fees need to be paid immediately please as these have to be paid to the Associations concerned. A reminder that Automatic Payment forms are available from the School Office. Overdue accounts will be sent onto Southern Debt Collectors for collection as the school cannot absorb these debts.

Wendy Ryan Principal

School Donation: $48.00 Activity Fee: $60.00 Consumables Fee: $21.00

MUSIC AWARENESS/CHOIR
Out of School Music is running music awareness classes for 5-6 yr olds beginning 20 August at 9.30am. These classes give students a basic intro to music, beat, rhythm etc. Cost $30/6 weeks. We also have spaces in our choir for students aged 7 up. This runs at 11.30am (all classes run for 1 hour). Phone 216-5137, leave a message or email admin@osmc.co.nz

SCHOOL DATABASE
It would be appreciated if you could please notify the School Office of any change of contact details for your child eg. New cellphone number, address, landline, work details, emergency contacts etc.

SCHOOL DRIVEWAY
We have had a very pleasing number of enrolments during the first part of the year. As a result of this, we will be shifting some students to keep our class numbers down to ensure smaller class sizes and quality teaching and learning. Mrs Maher will be contacting the parents of those students affected over the next few days. Mr Graham will be starting a new senior class.

TERM 3 CLASSES

Please DO NOT come up the school driveway to drop off your child as we have a number of vehicles who need to have access such as Taxis with Special Needs students. Too much traffic causes a danger to our students.

NUMERACY PARENT INFORMATION EVENING

An evening for parents of Years 0-3 children (5-7 yr olds) will be held on Tuesday 9 August from 78.30pm at Fernworth School in Pomona Street. An Evening for older students Years 4-6 (8-11 year olds) will be held on Tuesday 6 September from 78.30pm also at Fernworth School. Please return the slip below if you are hoping to attend as the presenters would like an indication of numbers. NUMERACY PARENT INFORMATION EVENINGS

(Please hand into the School Office) I will be attending Workshop 1 Years 0-3 I will be attending Workshop 2 Years 4-6 NAME SCHOOL .