Scholastic Book Fair

Our fantastic Scholastic Book Fair opens next week! From Thursday 2 November to Monday 6 November the library will host our very own Book Club. It will be open from 8.30am until 3.30pm each day.  This is a great opportunity to get some amazing items for Christmas – books, games, science kits, stationery and more… all at reasonable prices. Every purchase earns the library Scholastic Rewards Points to spend on books for our school. We look forward to seeing everyone at our Book Fair next week!

Please join us for Grandparents’ Day on Friday 3 November. We invite all Kuia, Koro, Grandmas and Grandads to come in to school to have morning tea with their family, spend time in classes and browse our Book Fair. All are welcome to attend!

Grandparents’ Day is held in conjunction with our Book Fair.

Students are encouraged to dress up as their FAVOURITE BOOK CHARACTER.

There will be prizes for the best costumes.

The programme for the day is as follows:

11:00am Morning Tea Time: Grandparents arrive at school and head to classes to eat morning tea with their grandchildren or accompany them to the library to browse the Book Fair.

11:30am Book Character Parade: The bell will ring for the end of morning tea time and students will go back to class. Whānau will assemble in the hall ready for our Book Character Parade.

Approx. 12:15pm Whānau time: After the parade, grandparents are invited to join us around the school until lunchtime at 1pm. Your tamariki may wish to share some work in their classroom or browse the Book Fair in the library.

1:40pm: Classes resume as normal after lunch.

Tea, coffee and home baking will be available for sale at the Tuck Shop for $2 each, fundraising for the PTA.

The 2023 school Cross Country event is scheduled as follows:

Intermediate Team  TUESDAY 22 AUGUST 11:30am start @ Mangati Walkway (Antonio Place) – 11, 12, 13 year olds

Senior Team  TUESDAY 22 AUGUST 9:30am start @ Mangati Walkway (Antonio Place) – 9, 10 year olds

Middle Team  WEDNESDAY 23 AUGUST 12pm start @ Mangati Walkway (Antonio Place) – 7, 8 year olds

Junior Team  WEDNESDAY 23 AUGUST 2pm start @ Bell Block School field – 5, 6, 7 year olds

Distance Middle/Senior/Intermediate Team: 7-9 year olds = 2 laps (2.4km) / 10-13 year olds 3 laps (3.6km)

Distance Junior Team: 5 year olds = 2 laps / 6-7 year olds = 3 laps

We look forward to welcoming all of our community on Thursday 17 August to the Bell Block School Arts Showcase, which is being held in conjunction with the termly Technology Showcase. Our school has been focusing on Mahi Toi – The Arts for the last term which incorporates Performing Arts, Music, Creative Arts and Visual Arts.

We will be having two performances – the first one at 9:45am and the other at 6:00pm. We anticipate the performances will last for approximately one hour.

Please Note: Rooms 2, 5 & 6 will only be performing at the 9:45am show.

Another important aspect of the day is the opportunity to view your child’s artwork which will be displayed in the hall. The hall will be open for viewing from 3:00pm until 4:00pm and again from 5.30pm. There will be artwork from every student at our school on display.

Whānau are also invited to walk through the Technology classrooms and hall from 5.30pm – 6.00pm to see examples of the Intermediate students’ creations from the work they have done in Hospitality, Digital Technology, Enterprise, Manufacturing and Visual Arts & Design. This is followed by the Arts Showcase performance in the hall.

Schedule of events – Thursday 17 August

We are proud to be sharing the learning of the Intermediate students with the school community at the Intermediate Technology Showcase on Thursday 11 May at 6pm. The Showcase will be held in the Technology classrooms and school hall and will conclude at 7:30pm.
Whānau are invited to first walk through the Technology classrooms to see examples of the students’ work, followed by performances and a presentation in the hall.

The schedule of events is as follows:
6pm – 6:45pm Technology Walk Through

• Manufacturing & Enterprise      ROOM 18
• Digital Technology                       ROOM 19
• Visual Arts and Design                ROOM 20
• Hospitality                                     TECH ROOM

6:45pm – 7:30pm Showcase Performances in the Hall

• Performing Arts (Music)
• Visual Arts and Design (Wearable Arts)
• Performing Arts (Dance & Drama)
• Awards presentation

We hope to see you there to support the Intermediate students and to experience what the Intermediate Team has to offer to Year 7 and 8 students.