Morena Koutou,
Thanks for all of the prep that has been going in to get our tamariki ready for our excursion to Omaio Bay. We aim to depart from school at 9am tomorrow and are all looking forward to it. Here are a list of last minute reminders and if you click on the arrow in the slides above you can find a gear list, an itinerary and important numbers. We will update our school Facebook Page on Thursday and let the school what our ETA is but it is likely to be around 1pm. You can either collect your children then or at 3pm like a normal school day. If you are going to find it difficult to collect their gear at 3pm, they could leave some in Room 23 and catch the bus home and you could collect it the next day. Please have your child's pickup on Thursday organised because after a long week away all of our teachers will be wanting to get home to their whanau too. Many thanks in advance for this.
- All students must have morning tea, a packed lunch a drink for tomorrow as we may stop along the road for a break.
- Everyone is asked to contribute something towards baking for our snacks and supper. There will be clearly labelled containers to place this in on our year 7 deck in the morning.
- Students need to be at school by 8:10am with all of their gear in the year 7 cloak bay or correct containers or vehicle. These will be clearly labelled.
- Thank you all for your generous donations. If you have meat could you please ensure it is frozen and wrapped in newspaper or a chilly bin and that your containers to be returned are named clearly. We also need EVERYTHING belonging to your child clearly named so that we can bring everything home.
- Year 7's do not need mattresses as they will be sleeping in the wharenui but year 8's MUST have a bedroll, small mattress or stretcher as they will be in tents. Students also need their own pillow.
- Medication - Please place this in a named bag with instructions if necessary and place in the allocated suitcase in the morning. Students with Asthma must keep their pump on them at all times and please make sure these are named. Students with food allergies must ensure they check with the staff and whanau first if they are in doubt about any of the food.
- We will be feeding your children very well and if they are ever hungry they just need to ask one of the adults so we ask that NO food is packed in their bags for the wharenui. We also do not want food in the tents as this may encourage vermin to visit.
- If your child suffers from travel sickness please ensure they take some pills and have some for the return journey and also have an ice cream container and wet flannel to use as well.
- Students may chuck a couple of dollars in their vehicle to purchase an ice block on the way home. Any stops are at the discretion of our parent helpers. Treats in their car are also at their discretion but there is no food allowed in the main bus.
If we have not touched base with any of you face to face yet could you please come and say hi to us when you drop your children off as we would love to be able to put a face to your name. We are thoroughly enjoying our students and are looking forward to building stronger bonds with them and our parent helpers while we are away. If you were not able to come along this time we hope you might be able to join us on another excursion later in the year. We will also need parent helpers to transport out to the Marine Reserve on the 5th and 6th April so keep an eye on our blog and notices for more info after camp.
Our Year 7 Boys straight out of the gate! On their way to meet another Gisint challenge to 'Grow Great People'
Love this! Manaakitanga and Whakawhanaungatanga in action. Daelyn Taumata encouraging Sonny Perston around the course. Tau ke korua!
And some of our awesome year 7 Girls ...Shakyra Telfer, Rongomai Noviskey-Wharehinga and Riqueal Douglas. (Year 8 pics will be shared soon)
Our lovely ladies getting their game plan on! R to L Hayley Ahu, Charlotte Thompson, Jazmine Manuel, Moeawa Haney, Peti Te Pou, Alishia Williams, Leena Barnes and Maysha Koia.
Carlos Hihi pumping his way around the course
Some more of our gorgeous girls waiting for the team event - Attlee Waitoa, Judea Keelan-Phillips, Lena Baty-Akurangi and Morgan Ferguson
Finally, on behalf of all of the Turanganui Teachers we want to congratulate all of our awesome tamariki for their efforts at our team tri on Friday. Everyone participated in the individual and team events and looked like they enjoyed the challenge along the way. Our top 8 students for each year level and gender will represent our team against the other syndicates on March the 22nd. Please lock this into your calendar and we will confirm who these 8 are after camp. Our top year 8 and year 7 teams will be made up from our fastest individuals for the run, bike and swim. We aim to train these teams between now and then so they can set some goals for themselves for the school tri. If you can assist with this training in the day please contact one of us. Check out these awesome pics from last Friday and it was great to see many of our whanau supporting too.
If you have any queries please make contact with one of us.
Nga mihi nui ki a koutou
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