Parent Talk Times Term 3

Our term 2 Parent Talk Times were well attended with approximately 10 parents coming to each session.

All parents are invited to our term 3 Talk Times. All of these sessions are held in the staffroom, with coffee from 9.00-9.10am. Sessions run from 9.10 to 9.40am. There are a wide range of session available to you. You can download the Term 3 Brochure here...

Please check the school web site for the timetable and to RSVP to let us know you are coming:

www.fendalton.school.nz/parenteducation

FOS Community Consultation

The latest community consultation survey is now online. This survey focusses on safety, which includes safety of facilities and grounds, but also bullying. We'd appreciate the PTA encouraging other parents to complete this survey.

Below is the form which we'd like as many parents to complete as possible:

Parent Talk Times for Term 2

All parents are invited to our Friday Parent Talk Time sessions. Most of these sessions are held in the staffroom, with coffee from 9.00-9.10am. Sessions run from 9.10 to 9.40am. Our next sessions cover: Blogging Basics, Dyspraxia, as well as Handwriting/Letter formation. You can download the Term 2 Brochure here...

Please check the school web site for the timetable and to RSVP to let us know you are coming:

www.fendalton.school.nz/parenteducation

Upcoming Events

Friday 12th June - School Disco
Wednesday 17th June - Cobham Info Evening
Friday 3rd July - Sausage Sizzle
Monday 17th August - Ladies Fashion Night

Principal's Report to the PTA - March 2009

Welcome to the 2009 PTA at Fendalton School. It has been a hectic start to the year, with Swimming Sports, Triathlons, Camps and the start of a few new projects for the staff.

This year the school is part of a Professional Development contract with the University of Canterbury, Literacy Team. The focus of this PD is writing, and it has already fired up some fascinating discussions amongst the teachers.

Alongside this whole school contract we are making some changes to the end of year reports for 2009. This will be a major focus for the year and a key element of this will be communicating our ideas with parents and asking for feedback. To this end, I am holding parents meetings to discuss the reports, starting tomorrow (7.30 in the Village). I will repeat this meeting next Tuesday at 2pm. I hope that this will be an opportunity for parents to express their thoughts about how we currently report on their children's progress and, more importantly, how we could do this better. It would be great to see a big turnout of parents for these meetings, so please spread the word.

Last year's hugely successful carnival was held to raise funds for our seating and shade project and this is ticking along nicely. We now have detailed plans, which the Arts team are looking at to decide the best way to include the children's artwork. Once this has been completed we will be ready to set up some dates for the work to begin. We do need the services of a structural engineer, so if anyone knows one, please could you point them in my direction?

Thanks,

Paul

First PTA Meeting for 2009

Hi Everyone

The first PTA Meeting for 2009 is being held tonight in the school staffroom starting at 7.30pm. The main part of tonight's agenda is allocating people to different duties and functions that we will be running throughout the year.

See you there .

Jo Allan

Carnival 2008 - Seedlings/Plants request

Just a reminder if you have any seedlings/plants to donate we would love them for our plant stall. See the image for details: