Dear Parents, Caregivers

WHOOPING COUGH

There are known cases of this contagious disease in the community at the moment. It starts with a runny nose and then a cough that can build up to violent bouts of coughing lasting for weeks. It is infectious for 3 weeks after the cough starts and can be especially severe in babies under a year old.

Please check that your child has had their booster shot at 4 years of age and again at year 7.

Our year 7 students have just had their booster vaccine, any that were absent for this must have theirs at their GP.

Keep your children home from school if they are unwell.

YOUNG ACHIEVERS PROGRAMME

We welcome the following tutors who will help us over the coming weeks.

Ashley Patea – Kapa Kaka

Dance – Nadia Corcoran

Pasifika – Fatima Murray

FRIENDS OF RUTHERFORD

5^thJuly at 5pm at school.

All parents welcome. If you have any queries please contact Kerry Monroe on 3444660.

Please be a supporter of your child’s school.

SPORTS

Rugby and netball teams doing well.

Donna Martin is in the year 7 rep netball team and Tuupuhi Karaitiana is in the year 8 rep netball team – well done girls

Please come and support your child from the sideline.

SPORTS CANCELLATIONS

Online – Wanganui.online.com

Or

Radio - Simon Butters on 92.8FM at 8:00am

END OF TERM 2

School will finish at 3:00pm on Friday July 15^th.

Start of Term 3 - 8:45am Monday 1^st August.

SCHOOL CANTEEN

The new canteen has delicious aromas wafting out every day. Please support our new chef from Spain! - Queralt Pages-Scott.

The students will soon be taking part in a survey to find the most popular food.

We will be staying with ‘healthy’, but have a varied menu.

‘Lucky Lunch’ – a student who has bought from the canteen the previous week will win a lunch voucher - to be presented at Monday’s assembly each week.

UNIFORM

We still have a number of students with incorrect or no shoes and without warm enough clothing.

We have plenty of winter stock and we sell our uniform at cost price.

I will be making contact with parents or caregivers of students who tell me they do not have regulation shoes.

SCHOOL SORES

Please cover sore knees etc, especially for school and sport. If they get infected please take them to your doctor.

We can only treat minor injuries at school.

NAGAIZUMI CHO EXCHANGE STUDENTS

We welcome our second group of 10 Japanese students - Tuesday August 16^th until Monday 22^nd. We look forward to this return visit and will ensure they have a great Wanganui experience.

We require billets for these students, so if you are interested, please phone the office for an appointment to discuss this with me.

We will have 9 girls, 1 boy.

TRAFFIC

Thank you to those parents who are observing the road code and NOT parking in the wrong place – on the yellow line.

The Board of Trustees wishes to advise the community that they have requested that the Ministry of Education appoint a Limited Statutory Manager to support the school.

Carol Lynch has been appointed to this role.

We look forward to working together.

J Hannah

PRINCIPAL                                                                         23^rd June 2011