Me mahi tahi tātou mo te oranga o te katoa - We should work together for the wellbeing of everyone

Craighead Community Weekly Newsletter

Date: 2 December 2021 Issue: Term 4 Week 7

Principal's Message

Tēnā koutoa katoa e te whānau o Craighead. Topic covered in this communication: 2021 Junior Prizegiving details. Year 10 Outdoor Education. The Junior Prizegiving will follow the same format as the Senior Prizegiving. It will be live-streamed, beginning at 10.30am on Thursday 9 December. Once again, it will be a combination of two school events – Colours/Sports/Arts Awards and a celebration of academic achievement for students in Years 7-10 for 2021. Audio Dynamite Ltd (Stix) and teacher, Mr Martin Kane will again manage the live-streaming, which worked very efficiently for the Senior Prizegiving service. Even though New Zealand is moving to the traffic light system as of Friday 3 December, we will be keeping to our own school bubble for

General Notices...

Dates for your Diary...

Date	Day	Event
DECEMBER
Fri	3	Junior Speech Cup
Wed	8	House based activities, House Quiz – pm
Thurs	9	Junior Prize-giving 10.30am-12.30pm
Fri	10	END OF 2021 SCHOOL YEAR
Mon	13	NCEA Final exam
Wed	15	BOT Final 2021 meeting

2022 TERM DATES...

School Terms	Start and End Dates
TERM 1:	Mon 31 Jan to Thurs 14 April
Holidays:	Good Friday 15 April to Sun 1 May
TERM 2:	Mon 2 May to Fri 1 July
Holidays:	Sat 2 July to Sun 24 July
TERM 3:	Mon 25 July to Fri 30 Sept
Holidays:	Sat 1 Oct to Sun 16 Oct
TERM 4:	Mon 17 Oct to Fri 9 Dec

2022 TERM 1 START...

Date	Day	Event
JANUARY		SCHOOL YEAR START:
Thur-Fri	27-28	Course Confirmation Days
Mon	31	Year 13 only – Leadership program.
		Overnight in Boarding House
FEBRUARY
Tues	1	Year 7&9 Boarders to Boarding House
Wed	2	AM: Years 7&9 Daygirls to School.
		All Years 7&9: Introduction Day
		PM: Years 8,10-12 Boarders to Boarding House
Thurs	3	All Year levels start school timetable
Mon	7	WAITANGI DAY – School CLOSED
		Boarding House – OPEN

Boarding Dates & News :

Uniform...

Our Uniform Shop:

PLEASE READ TODAYS UNIFORM ARTICLE TITLED:

‘UNIFORM – YEAR 7 2022 ONWARDS’

Under Alert Level 2 we are unable to fully open our shop. We are currently operating on a booking system and time slots will be able to be booked through the School Interviews site shortly. All items of uniform can be purchased from the Uniform Shop and there are also some items available in the Second Hand Uniform Shop.

To access the times Mrs McLeod is available for uniform fittings please go to the School Interviews website (http://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz) and use the code: f7fap

For urgent uniform queries please contact:
Mrs Tracy McLeod, Shop Manager
uniform@craighead.school.nz

CDS Old Girls’ Assoc. Second Hand Uniform Shop:

Year 13 students if you have any uniform ready (i.e. kilts) to be sold or donated please email: j.shallard@outlook.co.nz for forms and labels.

Next Shop Open Date will be: Friday 3 Dec for appointments – 3.30-4.30pm