Weekly newsletter week 4

Howick Primary School Junior Weekly Newsletter 22nd May - 26th May Room 16
Lots of information this week!!
Prime Maths	Remember to pay your $11 for the PRIME maths books. This can be paid with cash to the classroom teacher, eftpos at the office or internet banking. The internet banking number number is 12 3089 0282406 00. Reference: your child's name and prime maths as reference. Thank you to those of you have already paid.
Mathletics & Reading Eggs	A reminder to have continued access to these programmes the activity fee needs to be paid to the office.
Bake Sale	Bake sale is on Tues 23rd May - please bring a $2 OR $1 coin ONLY
Adventure Playgrounds	These will be out of bounds for all children (including pre-school children) before school in Term 2 and Term 3 due to the bars and platforms being unsafe when wet Please support the teachers by reminding your children that they cannot use the playground before school.
Uniform	Please, please, please could all items of uniform be named. We often have to play the game ‘Guess who this belongs to” If your child does lose an item of clothing, the missing item can be easily reunited with its owner if it is named!!
Yummy stickers	Don’t forget to save the yummy stickers and stick them on the sheet Completed sheets can be returned to school and a new one taken
Class blogs	Please check the child’s class blog for weekly letters and other info Click on the link : http://2017hpsrm16.blogspot.co.nz/
Teacher Only Day	Don’t forget that next week school is closed for children on Friday 2nd June due to a Teacher Only Day School is closed for everyone on Mon 5th June - Queen’s Birthday
Grandparents’ Day	Thursday 25th May -join us at 8.50 am in your grandchild’s classroom Morning tea for Grandparents ONLY in the hall at 10.15am
Walking School Bus	If you are interested in joining our current Walking School Bus or even starting a new route, contact Miss Jonson in Room 12 who has the information. Email her on s.jonson@howickprimary.school.nz if you are interested.
Fidget spinners	A reminder that these are toys and we ask that these are not brought to school unless a prior arrangement has been made with the class teacher
Reading books	Please could reading books be brought back EVERY day - if you have any reading books hiding at home from previous weeks, please could they come back too!
Triple P - Positive Parenting Programme	Verona is running another Triple P discussion group on the 1st June from 10am to 12.30 on Managing Fighting and Aggression Any parents interested in attending need to register with Verona via email veronar@hcc.co.nz as soon as possible.
Looking Ahead: Term 1 Week 5: 29th May -2nd June
Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Teacher Only  day