Apiti School Notice to Parents, 18/10/2010

Lamb and Calf Day

This will happen this Thursday the 21st of October. The day consists of two parts :- Indoor work carried out and completed during the early part of the morning, with judging of this work from mid to late morning and then after lunch, the lamb and calf section with judging starting at 1.00p.m after which we will have prize giving and afternoon tea. Could we ask parents to please supply a plate of goodies for afternoon tea.

Outdoor Section

We would like to encourage all students to participate on this day by bringing along a lamb or a

calf.

We suggest that lambs and calves are born on or between 1/07/10 and 23/09/10. Could all cups

(nice bright & shiny), be returned to school before Thursday please.

You will need to have your lamb or calf at school well before 1.00p.m which is when judging will

start. Lambs are judged on Leading, Calling and Rearing, calves are judged on Leading, Walking without

a Lead and Care & Attention. We will also run fun events, while points are being added up, for best

dressed lamb and calf and a drinking competition if you would like to bring 200mls for your lamb and

2 litres for your calf.

Lamb judging this year will be carried out in 3 sections :- Junior = Yr 0 – 2.

Intermediate = Yr 3 – 4. Senior Yr 5 – 8.

Please don't wash your lamb, just give the coat a light brush regularly. You may wash your calf, but

make sure you do this on a warm day, rinse all soap out of it's coat and rub it dry with a towel.

Practice leading your pet every day so that it becomes used to walking beside you rather than you

pulling it along, regularly check that its collar isn’t too tight and don’t forget to take it off when your pet gets bigger.

This day also provides a great opportunity for the school to celebrate success, by showcasing student work.

We use Lamb and Calf Day as a meaningful opportunity, to present work from many areas of the curriculum,

in a variety of formats.

Indoor Exhibits

Many tasks have been or will be completed at school before Lamb and Calf Day.

These include : A Poem.  An Inquiry Project

(into Apiti's history).  Pottery.  Screen Printing.  Photos.  Native Creature.

Tasks to be completed at school on the morning of Lamb and Calf Day

'Miniature Scene' depicting message about 'sustainability' or 'olden day scene'

meat-dish size container).

'Flower arrangement in a recycled container'

'
'Decorated Queencake'  Queencakes will be made at school.  Basic decorating

ingredients’ will be available at school.  Students are able to add anything special from home.  

'Decorated old gumboot / workboot / shoe.

Please make sure students bring all the material needed to complete these

tasks to school with them  

on the morning of Lamb and Calf Day.  

The native area will also be judged on the day in 2 sections – care and attention and landscape design. 
Please remember that only natural materials are to be included in this area e.g, no tin, plastic, C.Ds. 
We welcome families, friends, neighbours and relations to the school for this day. 
Visitors are welcome to come along anytime from 12.00 noon.  A sausage sizzle
will be running during the lunch break for anyone who would like a sausage.  
If the weather is extremely wet, Blair and Fiona McCarroll have kindly offered
to hold the 
Lamb and Calf judging in their covered in yards.  We appreciate this
but hope we won’t need 
them. 
We will have the Book Fair running.  Lamb and Calf Day will be a great day for
everyone to have a look at the books on display in the library and place orders
in time for Christmas.  Please remember, that the school benefits in way of
receiving free books from Scholastic from the amount of books sold.
We look forward to seeing you all here for our Lamb and Calf Day.
Please, if you have any questions regarding this day, don't hesitate to contact Mary or Nicki. 

ASSA – Lotto

We will once again run our “Lotto fundraiser” this year. It has been very successful and the funds raised from it have been used to directly benefit your children’s learning opportunities. We thank and appreciate everyone for supporting this fundraising effort.

This has been a great way to fundraise without too much work and a lot of fun. Tickets will cost $50.00 with a chance to win $25.00 every week for 52 weeks. Your number will be drawn on Lamb and Calf Day. If you would like to pay prior to lamb and calf day, please pay at the school office and then enter your name and address in the lotto book. It would be great if you could ask family, friends, business people if they would be interested in purchasing a ticket. Many thanks, - Sonya Dearlove.

Raffle

ASSA will be running a grocery raffle again this year, to be drawn on lamb and calf day. Could each child who attends school, please donate 2 – 3 grocery items to go in the raffle. There is a box in the office for these items to be placed in. Tickets are selling for $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00. Many thanks, - Sheree Knight.

Ski Trip

The ski trip is unlikely to happen this Friday as the mountain is closed today therefore it is unlikely to be good for skiing on Friday.

We thank you for your understanding with having the ski trip on again off again, but our aim has always been to send the students on a nice day as this makes for a much more fun filled, learning experience.

We will try again next Tuesday and while we know that this may not suit everyone, we need to take the first opportunity that comes along as the skiing season could finish in the very near future. We will make the decision as soon as we know what is happening up the mountain and let you know over the long weekend via our website.

Oroua Netball

Thank you to Maryann Pratt and Linda Jensen for coaching our team this year. Your support is really appreciated. It is hugely valuable for your children to learn from a range of experts and coaches.

This was a great day. The team pulled together right to the end with a fantastic final game! Apiti finished in 6^th place. Congratulations to Kiwitea School for finishing 1^st .

Thank you to Wendy, Sonya, Sara and Sheree for organising fundraising activities and to Jock for helping out with management during the day.

School Closed

School will be closed next Monday (25^th) for Labour Day and will re-open on Tuesday at 9.00am.

Phone Tree

Please find an updated phone tree attached. This tree is used at such times when events are postponed or cancelled – keep it by your phone.

Regards, Mary & Nicki.