Anzac Day Observance

School is Closed Monday 27th April 2015

$339.00 Raised for Melanoma Awareness

Everyone looks great dressed in spots & dots - thank you for donating to Melanoma New Zealand.

Dates to Diarise

School Closes for Term 1 - Thursday 2nd April
School Reopens for Term 2 - Monday 20th April
School Closed Anzac Day - Monday 27th April
Wacky Wednesday Mufti Day - Wed 29th April
Year 7 Camp Kauaeranga Camp - Monday 4th May - Friday 8th May
School Closed Queens Birthday - Monday 1st June

Friday 27th March - Spotty Mufti Day for Melanoma Awareness.

This is to raise awareness of this disease that is affecting over 4000 kiwis every year.  Wear something spotty or dotty and bring a gold coin donation.  All proceeds go to the Melanoma Foundation of NZ.

3 Way Interviews for all students - Make your booking now.

Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th March - 3 Way Interviews, booking are now open, please visit the following link:

http://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the Event Code: F72FQ.

Mufti Day Money Raised

Our Rainbow Mufti Day raised $336.30 for Child Cancer.  Thank you for your support.

3 Way Interviews

Please diarise the following dates for our 3 Way Interviews:

Wednesday 4th March 3.30 - 5.30pm, 6.10 - 8.00pm
Thursday 5th March 3.30 - 6.00pm

Bookings will be open from Thursday 19th February.

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Important dates for February 2015

6th Feb - Waitangi Day, School closed.

11th Feb - Year 3, 4 & 5 Parent Camp Meetings, 7.00 - 8.00pm in Rooms 8 & 9.

12th Feb - School in the Park - Shakepear Park,5.30 - 8.00pm.  Everyone welcome, bring along a picnic dinner and enjoy the evening with other families from our school.

19th Feb - Board of Trustees meeting, 6.00 - 9.00pm in the Staffroom.

23rd - 27th Feb - Year 3 & 4 Shakespear (2 camps), Year 5 Whatipu (2 camps).

School starts back Monday 2nd February 2015

Welcome back to all our students and families and especially to the new families joining our school this year.  Weather permitting we will have an assembly on the courts at 9.10 am, everyone welcome. Enjoy the last few days of your holiday.

Updated Timetable For Gulf Harbour School Athletics Day

2014 ‘Kids in Print’ Illustration Competition Hibiscus Coast Writers

Congratulations to two of our students who received 'Dinstinction' in this year's 'Kids in Print' competition for Year 5 & 6 students.

Naho Tozawa with "Fiji Holiday"

Rory Gouws with "Artic Fox"

This Saturday, 1st November is the Big Day Gala Update No:8

This Saturday, 1st November is the Big Day - the one that we have been working so hard to make a success of! We hope to see all of you here and please invite all your friends and family who aren't at GHS. The more the merrier and the better our fundraising will be!

Please can you bring in any clean plastic shopping bags and empty ice cream containers with lids to be used at the gala. Please drop them at the front office. Thanks

At the Gala, all of the games will be run using tickets rather than cash. Tickets can be bought at the ticket booths which will be in the centre of the field. Please make sure you bring lots of cash with you! There will also be lots of yummy food available so make a day of it and have plan to have lunch here whilst watching and listening to some live entertainment. You will also be able to pick up a bargain at the clothing stall, White Elephant stall, book stall, toy stall and the plant stall.

We will have a Cash Out Eftpos stand available, minimum $20.00 but to avoid long queues please try and bring cash.

Raffle tickets for the Grand Prize Draw are still being sold before and after school every day this week outside the front office. The prizes are fabulous and include 16 chances to win:

These are the 16 prizes:

•         Wheelbarrow
•         Sweet Sensations gift basket
•         360 Discovery family ferry pass to Tiri
•         Bosch package - hand mixer, oven gloves, apron, cookbook
•         Food processor
•         3 x Northern Arena (1 month) fitness memberships
•         Peaches and Pickles 1 term membership
•         Fairway Bay ferry tickets - Auckland to Gulf Harbour
•         Fairway Bay ferry tickets - Tiri
•         Top Catch - 4 x Ridgeline clothing packs
•         Sport Gulf Harbour family membership for 1 year

Tickets are $2 each or $5 for 3 tickets. You can also buy raffle tickets at the gala from the ticket booth. The draw will take place on the main stage at 2:30pm. 

The Ray White Manly Charity Auction will be taking place at 1.00pm on the main stage.
Below is a list of items that are going to be auctioned. Please note these are all being auctioned off individually so there are some great items to bid on. Come along and have some fun!

• 1 x 1hr Intro session plus 5 Classes($200value) - Peak Pilates & Physiotherapy Red Beach
• Food Hamper - Manly Pricecutter
• WOF - Dave Brock Motor & Tyres
• Cut & Polish ($300 value)- Mike Butt Collision
• $50 Voucher - Ripples Cafe
• Voucher - Local Cafe
• Hair package - Navarjo Hair Design Gulf Harbour
• Foodie Voucher Pack - Manly Village Butchery, Manly Fruit & Vege & Bottle 'O Manly
• Gift Pack - Manly Chemist
• 'Ice Age' Ice Cream Maker - Eddie Law Whangaparaoa
• Hair Package - The Avenue Hair Studio Manly
• Round of Golf for 4 people plus 2 carts - Whangaparaoa Golf Club ($230 value)
• 12 month Gym membership ( $600 value ) - Fitter, Faster, Stronger Gym - Stanmore Bay
• $50 Voucher - Washing Well Laundromat
• Voucher - Bach 54
• Voucher - Maison Thai Manly
• One week mobile Scaffolding hire ( $250 value ) - Snapper Scaffold
• 4 x movie passes - Hoyts Whangaparaoa
• Hair package - Bronz Hair Design Gulf Harbour
• 1 Hr massage - Portofino Massage Manly
• Voucher - Indian Village Manly
• 3 month membership ( $280 value ) - Stanmore Bay Pool & Leisure Centre

Today (Tuesday), your oldest/only child will come home with an empty flat packed cake box. Please send it back to school on Friday with a homemade cake in it. We would really appreciate your home baking to be sold at the cake stall. Please make sure you complete your name and what type of cake it is on the slip of paper included and stick it on top of the box. Your name will go into a draw to win a prize worth more than $100.

Thanks again for your amazing support!

The GHS PTA

Items to be Auctioned

Below is a list of all the wonderful items to be auctioned at our Gala on 1st November.  Thank you once again to all the Companies who have so kindly donated to us.

• 1 x 1hr Intro session plus 5 Classes($200value) - Peak Pilates & Physiotherapy Red Beach
• Food Hamper - Manly Pricecutter
• WOF - Dave Brock Motor & Tyres
• Cut & Polish ($300 value)- Mike Butt Collision
• $50 Voucher - Ripples Cafe
• Voucher - Local Cafe
• Hair package - Navarjo Hair Design Gulf Harbour
• Foodie Voucher Pack - Manly Village Butchery, Manly Fruit & Vege & Bottle 'O Manly
• Gift Pack - Manly Chemist
• 'Ice Age' Ice Cream Maker - Eddie Law Whangaparaoa
• Hair Package - The Avenue Hair Studio Manly
• Round of Golf for 4 people plus 2 carts - Whangaparaoa Golf Club ($230 value)
• 12mth Gym membership ( $600 value ) - Fitter, Faster, Stronger Gym - Stanmore Bay
• $50 Voucher - Washing Well Laundromat
• Voucher - Bach 54
• Voucher - Maison Thai Manly
• One week mobile Scaffolding hire ( $250 value ) - Snapper Scaffold
• 4 x movie passes - Hoyts Whangaparaoa
• Hair package - Bronz Hair Design Gulf Harbour
• 1 Hr massage - Portofino Massage Manly
• Voucher - Indian Village Manly
• 3 month membership ( $280 value ) - Stanmore Bay Pool & Leisure Centre

GALA UPDATE 2 weeks to go!

GALA UPDATE no. 7  -  2 weeks to go!

Thank you once again for all the support we are getting from our school community. It has been really fantastic.

Great news for Buzzy Bee fans…. Buzzy Bee will be visiting our gala and you can have a ride around the field in Buzzy Bee! (Weather dependent). For you Sporting and Golfing fans, SNAG Golf will be at the Gala too. Both of these attractions will be found on the back field near the netball courts. We may even have a fire engine there too!

This week we would like to acknowledge the following companies:

• Salvation Army who has donated a lot of chipped crockery to be used in the Crockery Smash game.
• Bee Friendly Gardens (Sarah Lenton) for donating various plants and bromeliads to be sold at the Plant Stall
• Seaside Grill Restaurant in Orewa who have donated a voucher to be used in one of the raffles.

Ray White Manly are holding a Charity Auction for us at the Gala as well as sponsoring the Sausage Sizzle. We would like to acknowledge the following businesses who have kindly donated items or services for the Auction:

Manly Pricecutter, Dave Brock Motors and Tyres, Mitre 10 Whangparaoa, Mike Butt Collision, Bottle O Manly, Ripples Café, Local Café, Avenue Hair Studio Manly, Barry’s Supperette Gulf Harbour, Manly Chemist, Eddie Law Whangaparaoa, Navarjo Hair Design, Whangaparaoa Golf Club, Manly Village Butchery, Fitter Faster Stronger Gym Stanmore Bay, Washing Well, Bach 54, Maison Thai, Snapper Scaffold, Hoyts Whangaparaoa, Manly Fruit and Veg, Indian Village, Manly Bar and Grill, Bronz Hair Design Gulf Harbour and Portofino Massage Manly.

It is going to be an exciting Auction so make sure you don't miss it. We will announce the time the auction will be held in next week’s update.

At this point we have just 2 stalls left that could be sponsored by your business: they are Bacon Butties ($360) and Toasted Sandwiches ($150). If your company would like to sponsor one of these stalls, please email Nicki on leenickirobertson@me.com. Thank you.

What’s On:

Drop off for Gala donations is on Tuesday mornings from 8:30am in Room 4, and on Saturday 25th October 2pm – 4pm. Please clear out your cupboards for toys, games, clothes, small items of furniture etc. (all in good, clean and working order please.)

Freaky Friday Mufti Day 24th October: come dressed crazily or colourfully (like our Gala Posters).  Instead of a gold coin donation we will be requesting a $2.00 item that can be used as prizes in our games at the Gala.  For example: erasers, stickers, balls, lollies, chocolates, etc.  Only 1 item per family is necessary. Thank you for your support with this.

How You can Help:

We are looking for white or cream fabric that can be used to make bunting, so if you have any please contact Jayne Shaw -  shaw.jayne@gmail.com  before Friday.

Thank you to all those people who have volunteered to help on the day or before hand. You should have been contacted by now. We still need volunteers to help with some of the games so if you have an hour or 2 to spare on the day of the Gala and would like to be involved, or would like to volunteer your partner/husband/wife, please email Jayne Shaw on shaw.jayne@gmail.com. Thank you.

Raffle Sponsorship THANK YOU

Thank you so much to these local companies who have so kindly donated items/vouchers/servcies for the Charity Auction we are holding at the Gala:

Manly Pricecutter

Dave Brock Motor and Tyres

Mitre 10 Whangaparaoa 

Mike Butt Collision

Bottle O Manly

Ripples Cafe

Local Cafe

Avenue Hair Studio Manly

Barry's Superette Gulf Harbour

Manly Chemist

Eddie Law Whangaparaoa

Navarjo Hair Design Gulf Harbour

Whangaparaoa Golf Club

Manly Village Butchery

Fitter, Faster, Stronger Gym Stanmore Bay

Washing Well

Bach 54

Maison Thai Manly

Snapper Scaffold

Hoyts Whangaparaoa

Manly Fruit and Veg

Indian Village

Manly Bar and Grill

Bronz Hair Design Gulf Harbour

Portofino Massage Manly

Teacher Only Day - Before & After School Care Facility

Friday 7th November - Teacher Only Day 

School will be closed

If numbers are favourable we will have our Before and After School care operating. The cost is set out below. 

Should you require this service, the final day for booking is Friday 24th October, please email asc@ghs.school.nz

Our programme will be open from 7.00am to 6.00pm 

7.00 to 8.30 $12.00

7.30 to 8.30 $8.00

8.00 to 8.30 $4.00

8.30 to 3.00 $26.00

3.00 to 4.00 $8.00

3.00 to 5.00 $13.00

3.00 to 6.00 $17.00

For example John Smith is booked in from 8.00am to 6.00pm the total cost will be $47.00

Late pick up fees apply as per usual

Sponsorship Donation Thank you

A huge thank you to all the Sponsors listed below who have very kindly donated towards our school  Gala on 1st November Coast build ltd - sponsoring some signage Raelene Dent - "Sweet Scents" hamper of body products and flowers Nathan Contractors Ltd – Bouncy Castle / truck Hamish and Sophie Harper– Milk for coffee van Ray White Manly – Sausage Sizzle and Charity Auction Trevor Cochrane – Drinks ( reconfirm with Jane) Solutions 3Sixty – billboard signage 360 Discovery – Family Pass to Tiri The Warehouse Whangaparaoa - $50 voucher spent on nerf guns for games Lazer Force Whangaparaoa – 4 x vouchers Kings Plant Barn – seedlings etc Mitre 10 Whangaparaoa – Wheel barrow for the raffle / bungy cord for game The Warehouse Silverdale – Not sure what the prize is yet Altura Coffee – Goody Bag still to collect Dress to Impress – free character costumes Bosche – Hand mixer, apron, mitts and cook book Top Catch Whangaparaoa – 4 x clothing packs worth $400 total Cadburys – 56 bars of chocolate ANZCO Foods – Burger Patties Fairway bay – Ferry passes Northern Arena – 3 x 1 gym month passes Café to you Silverdale – give us 25% back on coffee sold Fruit World Whangaparaoa – Onions, tomatoes and lettuce My Coffee Capsules - Brita water jug for raffle Supa Gas - helium for balloons Flight centre - Candy Floss One ten - bouncy castle Peaches and Pickles - voucher for 1 term of classes Crest clean - SNAG golf Puhoi Cheese - donating cheese (cafe or raffle) PakNSave Silverdale - assorted food items

Epic Coastal Beach Clean Up

We are having a beach clean up because we want to help the birds, marine animals and the environment. We need the Hibiscus Coast community to help! We need your help to save the animals, we watched a movie of birds suffering painfully, it was so sad and I nearly cried, but we are going to change that! We are having a beach clean up. So between 11.00am and 2.00pm on Saturday the 18th of October we challenge you to get down to your local beach and pick up the RUBBISH! We would love you to take photos of all the rubbish you collect and send it to our teachers email: y.cassidy@ghs.school.nz

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EPIC COASTAL CLEAN UP! 

We want to be the difference! 

Are you awesome enough to be the difference with us?

Bandanna Day in Room 23

Canteen Bandanna Day - Yvette Cassidy's Class Room 23 - Being the Difference