Excerpts from the Web Bulletin Issue : Friday, 30 July 2010

Dear Parents

Welcome to Term 3, which is shaping up to be a very exciting term especially for our Year 6 & Year 8 girls. Our Year 6s will be focussing on their PYP exhibition and our Year 8s will be presenting their Personal Projects along with training for the Rail Trail. Time management will become an essential focus.

During the holidays we received the exciting news that Jill Pears has been awarded the 2010 University of Cambridge International Examinations/ISNZ Excellence in Teaching Awards for Exceptional Professional Performance for Years 0-6.  We nominated Jill for this award earlier this year and she was one of 20 nominations from independent schools throughout New Zealand in this category. Jill will also receive travel, accommodation and registration expenses to attend the ISNZ Annual Conference in Queenstown in August for the presentation of the award.

We are all absolutely delighted that Jill's commitment and dedication to her teaching role has been recognised by ISNZ. The Excellence in Teaching Awards were established in 2005 to honour exceptional teachers in the independent school sector who demonstrate talent and commitment to teaching that is truly above the ordinary.

School Disco

A special thank you to the Parents' Association for organising the discos last week. It is a special event in the calendar for the girls. This year the Year 8s were invited to go with their Year 1 buddies. I am not sure who had the most fun dressing up. There was a wonderful feeling and, judging by the smiles and laughter, not to mention the screams, the girls enjoyed themselves.

Founders' Day Invitation to all school families - please see details on the last page of the Bulletin.

Kind regards

Jane Lapthorn

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