Welcome to Cooper Ball who started school this term. We hope you and your whānau enjoy being part of our learning community.

Congratulations to all of our Golf Tournament players who played in this week's tournament.  Team#2 were placed 8th and will go into 2024 Southland Primary Schools Festival of Golf Finals.  The positive words and encouragement between them was also noted, which we were really proud to hear about!

196 cans, 5 jars, 1 bag of miscellaneous items and $23.00 cash was collected by Melissa from the Salvation Army Food Bank on Monday as a result of our disco. A special thanks to our Parent Group and their team for this support and a fun night for students.

On Sunday the 3rd of November there was a pool party for all the kids from our community . It was held at Otātara School. It had American hot dogs , McMuffins and to top it off some ice blocks if you were getting a little hot or hungry.  In the morning there was almost no one to be seen, even the sun was nowhere to be found.  By the afternoon the sun came beaming in and lit up the inside of the pool through the brand new windows.  Over time people began to run into the pool. The pool had just been opened for the season. It was not very stable so they had to reinforce the roof to keep us safe for a new season. That is why the pool looks very new.  A huge thanks to the pool team that made that day possible.
My friend and I had a blast.

For the first three days of this week John Parsons, cyber safety consultant (https://www.citizen21.co.nz/), has been in our school talking with students about keeping themselves safe in a digital world.  
John shared some golden rules with students about the use of ICT and gaming

John introduced students to a really useful traffic light system (seen in the image above) related to game classifications and talked about the importance of these classifications for protecting our brains. 

Another analogy he discussed with students was the circle of lighthouses where students record the names of people they can go to with a worry.  You may like to ask your child/ren about their lighthouses. 

 

The Scholastic Book Fair is on for two more days.

Thursday 07 November and  Friday 08 November  8:30am – 9:30am and 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Displays are set up in the Community Centre Meeting Room and the event is open to the community.

Your support is very much appreciated, all purchases benefit our school library with purchasing power at Scholastic.

Most of us know our numbers to 10 in Te Reo Māori but do we realise how easy it is to count higher? Give it a go and challenge your whānau to a game of bingo using the te reo Māori kupu for the numbers.

The 2024 Māori Nurses Graduating class are fundraising, selling hangis for $16 per meal.  These are to be collected from Nga Hau e Wha, 193 Conon Street, Appleby, Invercargill, between 3.30pm and 4pm on the 23rd November 2024.  
Please email Vanessa Frew on write2vanessa@yahoo.com.au with your orders.

Friday 08 November - 2:00pm Whole School Assembly

Friday 15 November - 2:10pm Junior School Assembly

                          Morning                          Afternoon

Monday         Roshni Foster                  Roshni Foster
Tuesday        Bridget Robson               Bridget Robson
Wednesday  Koreena Wharepouri      Koreena Wharepouri
Thursday      Gillian Donnelly              Gillian Donnelly
Friday            Isaac Thurlow                  Isaac Thurlow

 

Parent helpers please be at school by 8.20am for the morning patrol and 2.40pm for the afternoon patrol. 
If for some reason you are unavailable on your rostered day please swap with another parent.