School Starts Monday 3rd February 2014

Hoping you are all enjoying the last week of beautiful weather with your families.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone back on Monday 3rd February.  Welcome to all the new families who are joining our school.

School Office & Uniform Shop Hours during the Holidays

The School Office & Uniform Shop will be open for new enrolments and uniform purchases on the following days:

Tuesday 21st January, 2014  9.00am - 3.00pm

Thursday 23rd January, 2014 9.00am - 3.00pm

To purchase uniform online please go to the following link: http://www.gulfharbour.school.nz/index.php?page=gulf-harbour-school-uniforms 

Devices at School Meeting Wednesday 4 December

Mobile Devices Do you want to learn about devices at GHS? Wondering how we have used our iPads this year? Are you thinking about a mobile device for your child? Are you considering some useful educational apps for your existing device? We will be running a meeting on Wednesday 4th December 7:00pm in the staffroom at school. You can also check out our blog.  http://theipadpod.blogspot.co.nz

It's interesting to hear students talking about devices. They often love the engagement and opportunities that devices provide...

Books for Sale

Withdrawn Book Sale (books no longer is use in the library) in Room 7, half an hour before and after school for the next 2 weeks.

Reminder to please return all school library books for stock take.  Last day for returns 6th December.

Toys Please!

Toytastic Toy Sale  - Please help us to Help The Phillipines

We are raising money for the Phillipines. There was a huge storm and we would like to raise money for them by collecting toys to sell at school.

Ten thousand people were killed. Many of them do not have food, water or a house to live in. We have decided that we are going to do a toy sale to raise money for them.

So it is going to be on Thursday 28th November.  Please bring lots and lots of toys that we can sell. It is going to be toytastic!  Pease bring some money in to buy some toys on this day.

Do YOU have any toys or games at home that you don’t play with anymore? Please bring them in as soon as possible. Keep them in your classroom and straight after morning bell, one of our Toytastic Toy Team members will collect them.

You can bring dolls, stuffed toys, board games, robotic toys, anything in good condition. No broken toys, books, technology please.

We hope that with your help, we can raise enough money to help the Phillipines to rebuild their lives. Thanks SO much....

SEE YOU THERE!  Rose, Tatum, Liam, Taya and Christina.

Are you a Certified Water Wise Sailing Instructor?

We are looking for Water Wise Sailing instructors to assist our Year 5 & 6 teachers with a proposed trip to Big Manly Beach on 11th & 12th December.  If you are available and would like to help us with this activity please contact Jo Paget (Room 13), j.paget@ghs.school.nz or Mary Carter (Room 14), m.carter@ghs.school.nz 

The GHS Flying Man Challenge - Sunday November 24

Bunnings Help With Our Butterfly Garden

Room 21 and 4 have been working hard to create a butterfly garden for the school. Bunnings have kindly offered to help with the the fencing. The students are very excited and have learnt so much about butterflies and what they need.

School Athletics Postponed

School athletics postponed today due to bad weather. It will be hand next Tuesday 12 November.

Hibiscus Coast Writers Illustration Competition

Please find the list of illustration themes for this year’s Illustration Competition below. 

The closing date for these is 1 November 2013. 

These should be in full colour, max A4 in size and be the artists’ own work. 

Please mail to Tanya Gouws at 5 Lagoon View Drive, Gulf Harbour.

2013 Illustration List

Volcano

Emperor Penguins

Stormy night

A straight road in the desert

A geyser

Rats

A river flowing by with willow trees and lambs

The Mansion House on Kawau

A plane crash

Christmas at a camping ground

Immigrants landing at Puhoi (1863)

Surfing

Car crashing into a bike

World War I fighter planes

Expedition in the Amazon jungle

A slave trader’s boat, AD94

Cross country run

A girl riding a dolphin

A cocker spaniel puppy

The drop-off zone outside a primary school

A campsite in the bush

A school swimming carnival

At the tree adventure park : ‘Treetops’

The Sky Tower

An Anglo-Saxon burial ground

Getting muddy on the rugby field

Leaf boat race

Prince Spaghetti and Princess Meatball

ONE illustration will be chosen as the anthology cover image and the artist will win $40 cash and a copy of the publication!  Other illustrations will be selected to be included as artwork throughout the anthology, but these are unfortunately not eligible for any prizes.

Get Your Tickets for Lavalava Island Production!

Camp Camp Heroes on their Way Home!

GHS GHS GHS - the Best!!

We absolutely nailed our cheer performance at tonight's competition. It was perfect even though this week I've only snuck in one rehearsal! For those of you who saw the preview at assembly last week, multiply the energy, sharpness and performance by 10! For everyone else you will just have to wait til you see the video! Prouder than ever of the extremely hardworking kids.

Update on assembly due to America's Cup race at 8:15. 

If NZ win the race, assembly will remain at scheduled time of 9:30. If New Zealand do not win, we will postpone the assembly to 11.00 am so people can watch the second race.

Room 19 Science Fair - Thursday 9:30-12:00

Room 19 science fair is on this Thursday (19 September) in Room 8-9

Come along and see Room 19's amazing science projects.

Everyone welcome!

DOUCH'E DANCE GIRLS' END OF TERM CONCERTS:

Wed. 18 Sep. 7pm:  Year 4, 5, 6 girls dance concert at the Whangaparaoa Golf Club. Girls arrive by 6pm. Entry by donation at the door....All welcome

Thurs. 26 Sep. 7pm:  Year 2, 3 girls dance concert at the Whangaparaoa Golf Club. Girls arrive by 6pm. Entry by donation at the door....All welcome

Walkathon is On!

Although the weather today is not currently looking that great, the forecast for tomorrow is fine!  We will go ahead with our Walkathon, please make sure your child has a plastic bag to put any wet shoes into.

Room 13 are on the hunt for a child's stroller

Room 13 are designing and constructing a custom made ipad cart/trolley for our school.  We have been investigating various design elements for the cart.  Our steering system team have come up with an idea of using a child's stroller for the cart.  We are asking if anyone has a stroller they would like to donate to our school so we can explore this possibility.  We would greatly appreciate any stroller.  Please contact oliviade@ghs.school.nz (student in Room 13)

Thank you

Tiri Tiri Mobile Dental Unit

The Dental Unit will be a Gulf Harbour School until the end of the school holidays.
Please return any consent forms to the clinic so that any treatment required for your child can be completed before this time. Please check your child's bag!!

Encourage your child to brush twice a day with adult Fluoride toothpaste and drink mainly water

Dental Decay is Preventable

Get Ready For Our Walkie-Talkie Walkathon 13 Setpember

Dear Parents

We have exciting news! On Friday13 September we will be having a school walkathon. This will entail the school walking in classes around Shakespeare Park and our local area. We have called it the ‘Walkie Talkie Walkathon’ and this year we are raising funds for our library.

We are also trying something a little different. Rather than just walking around a fixed course, there will be a series of challenges and at each challenge, classes will have to take a photograph. The aim is to upload the pictures straight to class Yammer accounts so you can track a classes progress during the day. 

We are keen for you to get as many sponsors as you can for this important cause from now until the walk (Sept 13). You can do this by filling out the enclosed sponsorship form or by going online to... 

http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/fundraise/event.aspx?id=1133  

The beauty of online sponsorship is that it is easy and you can call on friends and family that are further away. We will also email this link and have it on class Yammer accounts.

Room 14 are currently designed the days special challenges and we think it will be a lot of fun. So, please get behind us this year. If you are free on the 13th please join us for the fun!

Yours sincerely

Mr Walkie, Mr Talkie and Room 14

Gulf Harbour School

Sport Gulf Harbour's fun for all DISCO

Sport Gulf Harbour's fun for all DISCO

Friends and family all welcome. 

Tuck shop open and free water available.

Whangaparaoa Golf Club

Monday 26th August 

6.00 to 7.30 pm  

Parents please pickup from the door.

$5.00 tickets