Thursday 23 June
*Newsletter updated at 1pm.

Friday 24 June
* Jammies in June-Wear your Pyjamas to school. Gold coin donation please.
   Special Guest Speaker @ 9am assembly.  ( 10 minute talk )

Monday 27 June

Tuesday 28 June
*Awards Assembly @ 1.30pm in the hall. All welcome.

Wednesday 29 June
*Sausage Sizzle orders due in today

Thursday 30 June
*Newsletter updated at 1pm.
*Jump Rope for Heart-Skipathon

Following our successful Fiji appeal, we paid a visit to the Red Cross to hand over the cheque.
Thank you for supporting this student-led initiative.  Below is a short 60 second video, for you, to share in the experience.

The Board is pleased to announce that Mrs Maureen Selkirk has been appointed to start up the next new entrant class.
Maureen will start on 1 August in Room 11.
We are delighted to have have such an experienced professional join the team.

On Monday 14th November 2016, most of the old chrome books currently in year 3 & 4 will be moved to the junior school.  They will replace the old stand alone machines in these classrooms.  This is NOT the start of a BYOD programme for juniors. We have no plans to roll out a BYOD programme for juniors.  We will make provisions for those students in years 3 / 4 who don't own a chrome book at present.  No child will be denied access to the curriculum.  

I am aware of various 'stories' out there about the use of these chrome books.  Please disregard unofficial talk. It is best to get your information from the newsletter or me.  If you'd like to ask a question regarding this notice, please use the form at the end of this newsletter.  - Kind Regards Paul

We do not believe that it's appropriate for primary school children to open their own Facebook accounts.
This is against Facebook terms and conditions, and it''s a misuse of the school's email accounts.  

Youtube accounts can be educative.  They have great value but they need to be actively supervised by parents.
We do not permit students to open their own Youtube accounts, using the school's email.  If we detect an unauthorised use of our email we will restrict the students's use of it.  

We encourage parents to have an educative conversation with their children about their Google accounts.
Check the chrome book history regularly.  Insist that chrome books are used in family spaces and not the bedroom.  Regularly engage with students about their digital work.  It's best not to permit a primary aged child to open a private Google account.  

Well known author, Des Hunt, visited the seniors this week.  We will report back on his visit in our next newsletter.
This one is too full.

The Senior School are having a Mini Gala on Friday 1st July. There will be loads of activities and goodies to buy. Bring along your coins and enjoy a fun filled day. Funds raised will go towards camp.
There will be a Sausage Sizzle, see below for orders.  Fill in the form and press the submit button. You will receive a confirmation message.

Thanks so much to those wonderful people who have offered to help with various roles!

Before the end of term, we will be sending home Major Raffle tickets for each family to sell. We have fantastic prizes again this year, which will appeal to everybody!! As in the past, there will be prizes for the children who sell the most tickets.

We've been getting increasing requests from other schools to visit our school.  Education professionals are keen to share ideas, participate in shared learning and contribute to our journey.  

We will be holding an open day for teachers on the 17th of August.  You may have noticed that we have several adverts running on Facebook at the moment.  To date we are expecting 30 teachers to attend.

Below is one of our adverts :

Please order by 7pm on a Thursday.

http://www.grazefood.co.nz/

Student led conferences will take place on 5 July 2016 - for years 4 - 8.
To book a conference slot please visit :

https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/?z=AomJQz

Enter the following code :

fdj8t

Stuck for ideas on how to entertain your children during the July holidays? Join us! With exciting activities for all ages, KAS has your holiday care sorted. A copy of our brochure has been sent home through your school. For more information and enrolment forms, see our website www.kidsafterschool.co.nz
Or visit us at our Bombay School Programme.
Get in quick! Spaces are limited so don’t delay in securing your spot today!!!

Link to programme: http://bit.ly/1YpA9jy

Just in case the paper copy gets eaten by the school bag, here is a link to the notice :

http://bit.ly/1rcE1qZ

Bela Giri, Room 4 has lost her jumper.  It is clearly named.  If found, please return to room 4.
We would like to take this opportunity to remind parents to clearly name all uniform items and to regularly check that your child has not brought home uniform that belongs to someone else.  

Congratulations to the following winners of the Franklin Science Fair:
1st    Yr 7 Poster - Caitlin
2nd   Yr 7 Poster - Grace
1st = Yr 8 Poster - Ashleigh , Olivia
2nd   Yr 8 Poster - Breanna
1st    Yr 7 Technology Device   Flynn
3rd    Yr 7 Technology Device  Oliver

On Friday 24 June we will be collecting for this very worthy cause. Children can come to school in their Pyjamas with a gold coin donation. We will then forward funds raised to Kidz First.  Stephanie Belz has organised for a speaker from Kidz First to come along to speak to us at a short assembly on this day.

Banking day is Wednesday. The winner of the banking trophy this week is: Jacob.
If you would like to open a bank account please collect forms from the office.

Wednesday 6 July                     Franklin Gymnastics

On Sunday 19 June, Bombay School was represented by a team of Year 6 rugby players at the NZ Barbarian Rugby Annual Year 6 Tackle Rugby Tournament. Our team won all 3 games; Game 1 vs Waiuku Primary 6 tries to 1, Game 2 vs Hauraki Primary 10 tries to Nil, and Game 3 vs St Johns Primary 3 tries to 1.  The team was made up of the following players:
Ryan, Andres, Max, Hayden, Cameron, Caleb, Sydney, Miles, Sam, Johno, Connor, Evan, Samuel, William & Ashton.
 It was a great day, with superb weather and made even more exciting for the players with the attendance of Auckland Blues players and Ex All Blacks.  A special thanks to coach Paul Brears and assistant coach Steve Armstrong for giving up their time to organise the boys.  Thanks also to all the parents for making the effort to get the boys all the way to Devonport for such an early start on a Sunday morning.

Please complete one form per child. $2 per sausage.

Please complete this form if you are able to help at the book fair on Tuesday 5 July.  Please tick the slots that you can help in.