 Sonrise Christian School Newsletter
To be a thriving community, committed to Jesus Christ, committed to excellence in education and committed to service to others - Vision Statement
24th February 2010
No. 4/1/10
Dear Parents/Caregivers
Tena Koutou Katoa
A Ministry of Education audit of our Annual Return of Students as at 1 March 2009 and
1 July 2009 was recently completed. The audit disclosed that the roll return was correctly stated (meaning, I did not claim for students who was not on our roll) and a review of the school’s staffing usage showed that staffing was well managed by the Principal and that the bank staffing was within entitlement. A review of the staffing units allocated to the school identified that the correct number of units were allocated to staff.
From this audit the school has now been granted full approval (with 1 condition) to use electronic attendance registers.
Unexplained absences which are initially coded (?) which is a temporary code must be followed up as soon as possible and when the absence is explained this is accurately coded on the SMS (student management system). If there is no explanation for the absence then the absence should be coded (T), Truant, not justifiable absence.
This is the reason why we have to insist that you notify the school if your child is going to be absent and please do not be offended if we ask the reason for your child’s absence. If we do not have a reason it is coded as Truant and you can expect a visit from the Gisborne Truancy Officer if they notice that there is a trend of a student regularly being absent from school without a justifiable reason. (Just as a matter of interest, the highest ‘truancy’ rates is from the 5 year olds. Mum usually decides that their baby needs to have a day off school).
Reporting to Parents
See assessment/reporting plan attached to this newsletter.
Celebrations
Room 1
“Student of the Week” goes to Max Law.
Being a role model to others in her class is Shiloh Goodyer.
“Player of the Day” for the Sonrise Sparkles Cricket team goes to Ariana McLeod.
Room 2
Lily Packman for working exceptionally well independently.
Fantastic improvement in knowing his times tables goes to Jett McLeod.
“Player of the Day” for the Sonrise Stars Cricket team goes to Janai Randall.
Room 3
Jacinda Takoko for excelling in Maths.
Te Ohomauri Kingi for taking pride in all her schoolwork.
Room 4
“Student of the Week” goes to Ethan Whitley for showing persistence in everything that he does.
Myah Woodcock for great progress in Writing.
Room 5
Simba Gair for maintaining persistence in all his work and presenting very neat and tidy work.
Sunhats
Summer is still with us and your children must bring their school hats to school. There are too many students who do not have a school hat.
Te Unga Mai Program
Rooms 4 and 5 will be participating in this program from 2 – 4 March. The teachers will be sending home a separate notice about this trip. There is no cost to you as the school will fund it as it fits in beautifully with the Social Science curriculum.
Reminder
2 March – Rooms 1 & 2 participating in the Junior Swimming Sports at the Enterprise Pool.
2 – 4 March - Rooms 4 & 5 on the Te Unga Mai Program at the Yacht Club.
3 March - Triathlon - Rooms 2 & 3. (Mr. Russell will send home details soon).
16 March - School will finish at 1.00pm for all students.
24 March - Senior Swimming Sports - Rooms 3, 4 & 5 - at Olympic Pools (more info to follow).
LOVE - INTEGRITY - FAITHFUL - EXCELLENCE = L. I. F. E
Kind regards
Wendy Gabriel
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