This message is for everyone who has ordered cheese rolls.

To save on packaging and to be kind to our environment, we would love you to provide a container for us to package your cheese rolls in.

We will put collection boxes outside the hall each day this week.

Please label your container with:

• The name of your child 
• Their team
• The number of dozen you have ordered

This week we are underway with training walks for camp and Show Quest dance rehearsals most afternoons. It was great to see how well the children coped with our first walk yesterday. Steady uphill climbing (and the heat) was challenging, and they showed good resilience.

We have an urgent request for parent help on camp. Over the past two days, three people have had to pull out as full-time camp parents due to work commitments. We don't expect, at this late stage, that people will be able to offer to come for a full week, but if you were able to join us for even a day or two, that would really help. It is a 90-minute drive to Wainui from the city. Please fill out this form if you have some availability from April 8 - 12.

Cheese Rolls:

Bingo Night:

We have rescheduled our Comedy Bingo Night to Saturday, May 18th. Please promote this fundraiser among your family and friends. A new ticket order link will be sent out soon.

Camp:

Have you...

• Returned your child's (Yr 7) Health Profile Form and those for camp parents?
• Sent your child's raincoat along to school for checking?
• Checked through the gear list that was in our last post and was also sent home in paper form last week?

Camp Cost:

Sport:

Winter sport relies on parent help to go ahead. So far we have no offers of help to take sports teams. Please fill in this form if you can help.
If your child would like to enter the Huxter Mountain Bike Race, please fill in this form and send money to the office by this Thursday.

Showing 'We Care':

Cheese roll orders close tomorrow. If you would still like to order some, please click this link.

Next steps for those who have ordered:

• Please make sure you have paid, either online, by EFTPOS at the office or cash in the cheese roll box at the office.  Payments are due tomorrow, Monday.
• If you would like to have your cheese rolls packaged in your own container, please look out for the box outside the hall at the start of week 9. Place your named container in this box.
• Delivery day is Thursday, April 4th.
• Get ready to toast your delicious treats!

Some important messages and reminders for Monday...

Forms in

All Year 7 and camp parent Health Profile and Medical Consent forms need to be in by Monday. Many thanks to so many of you who have already sent these in.

Walking

From next Monday we will be walking up Huntsbury Hill to build on fitness levels for camp. If your child has a medical reason that will prevent them from walking up (and down) for 60 - 90 mins, please email their home-group teacher before Monday.

Rain-coats

Many thanks to those who have brought rain-coats in for checking. If your child has not brought theirs in yet, it needs to come in for checking next week.

Cheese Rolls

Cheese roll orders close on Monday. We are hoping to be flooded with last minute orders. Please place your order on this form or put your order form in the box in the office.

What extraordinary times we are living through at the moment. Our love and support goes to those in our team who we know have been directly affected by the events of last Friday. Yesterday we aimed for a very normal day at school. We acknowledged how well the children had done during the lockdown and how it was important not to talk about the details of what happened with peers at school, but to let us know if they did want to talk with an adult. The day went smoothly with the children responding positively to their learning.

Below is lots of important information about our upcoming camp to Wainui in the last week of term.

Camp Fundraising

In light of Friday's events we have decided to postpone the Bingo Comedy Night, scheduled for this coming Saturday, until next term. Ticket sales were steady until Friday and then dropped right off. I have contacted Jarred and once we have a new date we will let you know. Leigh is contacting those who have already booked tickets.

Cheese rolls sales are steady. Please use this link to place your order. It has been heartening to hear about children approaching friends, extended family and neighbors to boost sales.

We are assuming the Bingo night will make at least $1000 in term 2,  and once the cheese roll orders close next Monday, we will finalise the cost of camp. Please do your best to support our cheese roll fundraiser.

Can you join us for some afternoon walks?

Our first camp activity is a tramp to camp. The children will be walking the last section of the journey to Wainui, around 2 hours walking. In order to build up fitness for this, we will be walking up Huntsbury Hill regularly from next week. If you are able to join us on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday afternoon, please click the link below. We will be leaving school at 2pm next week and possibly at the earlier time of 1:30 in the week before camp. Please fill in this form if you can join us.

Camp

Today we will be sending home a health profile form for all Year 7s. Camp parents will also need to complete this form.  We already have these for Year 8 from leadership camp. If any situations have changed for our Year 8 children since leadership camp, please update us by emailing your child's homeroom teacher.  We will also send home a paper copy of the gear list explained below. Our camp, from April 8 - 12, will be in the middle of autumn. While we hope for warm dry weather, we need to be prepared for the cold and wet. It is essential that every child has a waterproof coat. We need to sight your child's waterproof coat before camp. Please send it along to school sometime over the next week.  Please let us know if you need help sorting this for your child.

Camp Gear List (supplied by Wainui)

Please ensure all of the items below are named. Gear needs to be packed into a sturdy bag.

 Warm Sleeping Bag or Bedding
 Fitted sheet
 Pillow
 Pyjamas
 Toiletries: toothbrush, toothpaste, soap,  deodorant (not spray), shampoo etc.
 3 towels
 Raincoat
 Warm waterproof jacket
 2 warm jerseys
 6 T-shirts
 3 pairs of shorts
 3 pairs of trousers
 Socks and underwear
 Thermals longs and tops
 Swimming togs
 Warm hat / beanie
 Sunscreen
 Sun hat
 2 pairs of lace up shoes, including one pair of sneakers that can be used for water activities.
 Gumboots or jandals
 Torch
 Small Backpack
 Water Bottle
 Any Required Medication
 Plastic bags for transporting wet clothes and shoes home
 Lunch for the first day
 A book

Optional Items

 extra clothes, bedding, toiletries, cards, diary, wetsuit, camera etc

Do not bring

 Money or valuables
 Spray deodorant
 Pocket knives
 Sweets or energy drinks
 Electronic equipment*

* Children will not have cell phones / electronic devices on them during the day. If they would like to make contact with home in the evening, we will make sure they have access to their phone to do this. We will be taking plenty of photos and will aim to put together a photobook after camp.

Camp Food

We will be self-catering at Wainui to help keep costs down and will ask for every family to donate some baking. We would also like some parents to volunteer to prepare a chicken pasta bake for our first night's dinner. We will provide the ingredients and send these home on the Friday before camp. Please fill in this form if you are happy to help prepare one of these dishes. 

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