This is our last visit for the year to the Waikouaiti Library and our last Lean and share morning. You are welcome to join us from 9am at school. We leave for the library by bus at 9:30am and come back to school at 10:30am for morning tea.

Amanda from the Waikouaiti Library comes and reads to our tamariki regularly and will have her last visit for the year this morning.

update 26/11/2018 CANCELLED - Junior Athletics

Junior Athletics for our 5-7 year olds will be held at Palmerston Primary School today. Postponement date is the 29th November.

Purakaunui School are visiting Kati Huirapa ki Puketeraki Marae this morning and the tamariki from Karitane School will be there to welcome them. We are hoping to have the opportunity to practice our mihi’s.

Industrial Action – Thursday 15th November

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

The NZEI has advised the Karitāne Primary School Board of Trustees that the principal and teachers at our school will be taking strike action on Thursday 15th of November 2018.

The Board has carefully considered the availability of teaching staff, and unfortunately decided that we can’t provide the normal teaching services during the strike. The Board has made the decision that the school will need to close during this strike. I know that this is inconvenient for parents and students alike, but please be assured that student safety is our main concern. It’s important that you make alternative arrangements for the care of your child/children on the day of the strike.

The board supports the principal, teachers and NZEI in striving for better employment conditions so that the teaching and learning of our children remains at the highest quality possible. If you wish to know more about what is being discussed in the negotiation please view at the following site:

https://campaigns.nzei.org.nz/…/campaign-negotiation-and-c…/

Thank you for your understanding.

Liz Wootton

Chairperson
Karitāne School Board of Trustees

https://www.getfirewise.org.nz/index.html

Aaron Collins is coming to our school this morning to educate the tamariki about fire safety.

School photos are being taken today. Please have your child/ren dress in bright colours.

SCHOOL VISIT TO GREEN ISLAND LANDFILL. Parents and siblings and Learn and Share participants are welcome to join us. Please let us know if you will be joining us by Wednesday the 24th as we need to submit names/numbers for Health and Safety requirements of the landfill site.  We will be travelling by bus leaving first thing in the morning. After the visit we will stop in at a Dunedin park and have some fun time before making our way back to school.

Parents ensure you return the consent form for your child/ren which has been included in our weekly newsletter.