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LAST WEEK FOR ORDERING CALENDAR ART

Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 2:33 PM

Reminder: This week is your last week for ordering Calender Art – there are some great options available – calendars, greeting cards, mouse pads, sketch pads and diaries! It is also a great fundraiser for our school!

Touch Rugby Help Required

Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 2:32 PM

Fantastic to have Touch Rugby under way and wasn’t it a great night had by all, lots of smiling faces. Thanks to the volunteers who made it happen and to all those who have signed up to help on up coming weeks. BUT…we are still in desperate need of more volunteers/helpers in the coming weeks. All you have to do to help is click on the link below and sign up to a job/time slot that suits, its as easy as that. This will ensure the success of Touch Rugby for all the children involved. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0444A5AA28ABFB6-stmartins3

Calendar Art Orders

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 2:48 PM

Calendar art orders can now be taken. This is open for two weeks. So don’t miss out on purchasing some great gifts with your child’s/rens art. If your child hasn’t brought home an order form, please see your child’s classroom teacher. Thanks Charlotte Bates

Secondhand Uniform Information

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 2:46 PM

Dear St Martins community, Over the last couple of years the S’mart PTA secondhand uniform team has been selling uniforms on your behalf. Unfortunately the volume of stock has gone beyond our capacity to handle, and so the decision has been made to stop selling uniform on consignment. This will be effective from Term 1, 2021. We will be having a few sales this term, but if you have anything for sale on our racks at the moment you’re encouraged to come and grab it as we can’t guarantee it’s going to sell. The dates below are the best times to either nab a bargain before it goes, or to uplift your unsold clothes. Friday 23 Oct: 8.45 am Friday 30 Oct: 8.45 am Wednesday 4 Nov: 2.50 pm Saturday 21 Nov (Fiesta Day): TBA You’re still welcome to donate unwanted uniform in good condition to the office, but all proceeds will go towards funding school community initiatives. We hope to be able to still run secondhand uniform sales next year from your donations, although on a less regular basis. Thank you for your support over the last few years, it’s been great to meet so many people at the coffee mornings. We wish you a happy term 4, and a merry and safe holiday season. Best wishes from the team, Karina, Tahnda, Mathilde, and Shelley

Uniform Sale this Friday 23 October

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 2:45 PM

Uniform sale this Friday 23 October Come and grab yourself a bargain and stay for a coffee! When: Friday 23 October Where: School hall Time: 8.45 am – please let seniors exit hall first PLEASE BRING SMALL CHANGE. See you there!

THANKS FOR A GREAT DISCO

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 2:44 PM

What a great vibe at the Disco on Friday! Great decorations, Music, dancing, food and costumes. On behalf of the Student Council (led by Mr Pateman), – Special thanks to our generous, talented school families who donated their amazing lighting resources and services, and also DJ skills! – Big Thanks to all the parents, and past students who helped with preparing & selling food and drinks, face painting, wrangling the entry/exit door, cleaning up and other jobs thrown their way. – Thanks to all our fabulous Teachers, teacher aides and Mr H who helped out in lots of different ways throughout the night! – Extra special thanks to (retiring teacher) Jenny Wood for your unfailing support of the event over the years. If you/your children had a great time, consider getting involved in organising next year’s one. With a few of the Disco organising group moving on, more people will be needed for Disco 2021. Systems are well set-up. Best way to check out options is to pop along to a PTA/Smart Community meeting (next one is Term 1, 2021). As well as a fun night, we’ve raised close to $3000. This is a great result. The bulk of it will add to funds raised for our Hall renovation due to happen in 2021. Maybe even in time for our next Disco (?!?). From the disco organising group: Sarah, Ange, Michelle, Lesley, Jo, D, Aimee, Leigh, Nick, Leigh, Karina

TOUCH RUGBY 2020 HELP HELP

Monday, October 19, 2020, 2:09 PM

TOUCH RUGBY 2020 HELP, HELP, HELP! Touch Rugby starts this Thursday and we are still desperately needing a few willing hands to help man the bbq and move some gear etc for all our upcoming Thursdays Touch Rugby sessions. Even if your child is not playing, coming to help us for one small shift would be greatly appreciated. All funds raised from this event goes directly toward helping our kids! Please click on the attached signup link to choose your slot. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0444A5AA28ABFB6-stmartins3

Paper Bags for School Fiesta

Monday, October 19, 2020, 11:33 AM

The collection of paper bags to be used at the school fiesta will occur from Wednesday 21 until 3pm on Tuesday 27 October. If you have paper bags with handles to donate please put these in Te Rūma Hui (the meeting room with owl decorations on the windows) which is directly inside the main entrance to Te Whare Kūkūwai. If the room is in use please place bags on the seating area to the right inside the main door of Te Whare Kūkūwai. Some of these bags will be decorated by the Explorers Syndicate, we look forward to seeing their creations. Thank you.

St Martins Touch Rugby 2020

Monday, October 19, 2020, 10:38 AM

ST MARTINS TOUCH RUGBY 2020 As well as being heaps of fun and a great Summer sport, Touch Rugby provides a massive fundraising opportunity for St Martins School. Because we run the program we benefit from the profits! This year again we will be focusing on running a BBQ during all the session times. We’ll provide meals for hungry tummies and raise even more funds! So how does this concern you? Well, as famously said, many hands make light work. And to be blunt, we need help Touch Rugby is starting next week Thursday 25th October! If every family could sign up just once, then we’d have it covered. So please, click on the link below and take a look at the areas of need and choose one to suit you. Some sound rather daunting but actually only take a few minutes. Signing up for more than one week would make us very happy 🙂 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0444A5AA28ABFB6-stmartins3 Thanks

Next Smart Community Meeting

Friday, October 16, 2020, 2:29 PM

Next Smart Community meeting Monday 19th October 7.30pm School staffroom All welcome

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