As you all know, last year’s festival was a huge success, raising more than $20,000 for the school.  This year Terri is standing down as festival co-ordinator so it is already time to start thinking about your role.  We invite all families to take part in some way and would like to take this opportunity to especially invite all our new families on board!  Call Terri on 526 8771 with any questions or for more information

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Our Hall class had a great day yesterday at the Touch The Sea Aquarium at Mapua!

INFOMINGLE  THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY
5pm – BBQ available!  Pool open!  Bring your own tea and togs!!  6-7pm meet the teachers in class.
NEW LIBRARY/ MULTI PURPOSE ROOM
The plans for our new building are well underway and will be displayed
at our infomingle tomorrow evening.
NATIONAL STANDARDS & NGATIMOTI
The National Standards are in reading, writing and maths.  No doubt you have heard about these through the media!  At Ngatimoti School we already make student achievement a high priority.  For us, the testing is already in place.  Now we are required to report in writing twice a year about your child’s progress and achievement in relation to the National Standards.  We are also required to include what the school is doing and what parents can do in support.  If you would like to know more about the National Standards, they will be on display at the infomingle tomorrow, or you may like to look on the National Standards page at www.minedu.govt.nz

A lovely warm welcome back to school everyone!  Our roll now stands at 102 students and we especially welcome new students Stella, Ari and Anita into Room 1 and, of course, our new teachers Bruce Whitwell and Liz Wijnands (pronounced Wynans).  We hope you all enjoy being here at Ngatimoti in 2010.  
In addition to some classroom changes, we have some timetable changes to get used to:
 Interval will now be from 10.15am – 10.30am
Lunchtime now runs from 12pm – 1pm

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