23rd March, Week 8, Term 1 2023

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17th March Newsletter, Week 7, Term 1, 2023

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Picking tamariki up today at 3 pm

When picking your children up today, please use the Miller St entrance. Ranolf St is closed for resealing and the contractors are unsure if it will be completed by 3pm

Thursday 16th March Industrial Action

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Industrial Action – NZEI Strike on 16 March 2023. 

The NZEI has advised the Glenholme School Board that its member teachers at our school will be taking strike action on 16 March 2023. 

The Board has carefully considered the availability of non-union teaching staff, and unfortunately decided that we can’t provide normal instruction during the strike so the school will officially be closed for instruction on the day of the strike. 

Accordingly, it’s important that you make alternative arrangements for the care of your child/children under 14 years of age during the period of the strike as no supervision can be provided.

We know that this is inconvenient for parents and students alike. Please be assured that student safety is our main concern. Thank you for your understanding. 

Yours sincerely 

Jenny Packham

Board Presiding Member, on behalf of the Glenholme School Board

Glenholme School 75th Jubilee

Thursday 16th March – Strike Day

Our tamariki need a quality education. We want to give that to them. Unfortunately, the funding for our schools and kindergartens is not enough for us to give us the time we would like to support all our kids to thrive.

We need to attract and retain educators by ensuring that teaching is a valued and attractive profession.

Principals and teachers in primary and area schools and kindergartens have considered at length offers from the government to settle our respective collective agreements.

The offers did not meet our expectations, nor make sufficient steps towards the changes we need for our children to succeed.

You may have seen that we voted to take industrial action on 16 March.

It’s the last thing we wanted to do. And the decision was not taken lightly.

We felt that this was the only way the government would listen and recognise that when they support our children to learn and succeed, we are supporting whānau and communities to thrive.

We look forward to another great year in 2023 – and together with your support, building the case for better investment in our tamariki.

Glenholme School 75th Jubilee 1948 – 2023

In September this year it will be 75 years since the opening of Glenholme School.  If you are keen to be part of the committee who is organising a celebration of this event please come to a meeting on Wednesday 15th March in the Glenholme School Staffroom at 5.30pm.

2nd March Newsletter, Week 5, Term 1, 2023

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Monday 27th February

Monday 27th February
NZEI Teacher Paid Union Meeting
Please collect your tamariki from school at 12.50pm

Monday 27th February

NZEI Teacher Paid Union Meeting
Please collect your tamariki from school at 12.50pm
(our tamariki will have school lunches before they go home)
Please contact the school office if your child needs to stay at school

23rd February Newsletter, Week 4, Term 1, 2023

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Monday 27th February

Monday 27th February
NZEI Teacher Paid Union Meeting
Please collect your tamariki from school at 12.50pm
(our tamariki will have school lunches before they go home)
Please contact the school office if your child needs to stay at school

16th February Newsletter, Week 3, Term 1, 2023

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CYCLONE UPDATE

Kia ora koutou,
Thank you all for your support, keeping your children at home today. We hope that you are all safe.
A safety assessment has been done of our school site. We have spent the morning clearing away the damage. The school is now safe for our tamariki to return to school on Wednesday. The forecast looks much better for tomorrow.
Ngā mihi
Sarah Thompson

School Closed on Tuesday

Glenholme School will be closed to tomorrow – Tuesday 14th February due to damaged caused by Cyclone Gabrielle overnight.

9th February Newsletter, Week 2, Term 1, 2023

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Wednesday 8th February – Meet the Teacher afternoon

‘Meet the Teacher’ afternoon is today from 3.30 to 4.30pm.
Looking forward to seeing you at school today.

On Wednesday the 8th of February we will be having a ‘Meet the Teacher’ afternoon from 3.30 to 4.30pm.

This is your chance to meet the kaiako of your tamariki and to ask any questions you may have.

We’d love to see you there!!

Kia ora!

School starts for all tamariki on Tuesday 31st Janauary at 8.55am

School lunches start from the first day of school.
Please remember to pack a school sun hat – hopefully we will need them.
Swimming starts on Wendesday 1st February.

Ngā mihi o te tau hou. Welcome back for the 2023 school year.

School commences for all of our tamariki on Tuesday 31st January at 8.55am.

The school office will be open for new enrolments on Friday 27th January from 10.00am until 2.00pm.  We welcome new enrolments for students who are in the Glenholme School zone.  We will have a limited number of out of zone spaces available.  End of Year 2022 School Reports for students who did not collect them at the end of last year will also be available at the office.

Glenholme School uniform is available from NZ Uniforms on Ranolf Street, opposite Spotlight.  We have a limited number of second hand items available for purchase from the school office.  A reminder to have a school uniform hat for the beginning of the year.

Stationery can be purchased online from Office Max at myschool.co.nz enter Glenholme School when you have opened the school list search tab. Class lists are available under each team name.   

Ngā mihi

Sarah Thompson

Principal