A Craighead Kōrero News

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

Craighead Community Weekly Newsletter

Date: 26 January 2023 Issue: Start of School Year 2023

Tēnā koutou katoa e te whānau o Craighead. Topics covered in this communication Beginning of the 2023 school year. Staffing update. NCEA interim results. Building and construction activity on site. Waiho i te toipoto, kaua it te toiroa Let us keep close together, not wide apart Beginning of the 2023 school year: Welcome to the 2023 school year. I hope that you had a lovely break with your friends and whānau over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Welcome back to those families who are already part of our school community, and a warm welcome to students and families who are new to Craighead. We are looking forward to having everyone on site next week to begin the 2023 academic

GENERAL NOTICES...

2023 STATIONERY LISTS: These are available on our School Website at this link:

https://craighead.school.nz/2023-student-stationery/

Dates for your Diary...

Term 1 2023 - School Start

Date	Day	Event
JANUARY
25	Wed	Year 7 Get Together Day 11.00am
26	Thurs	Teacher Only Day
27	Fri	Year 9 Get Together Day 11.00am
		Teacher Only Day
28-29	Sat-Sun	Meridian Sth Island Rowing Champs
		Lake Ruataniwha
30-31	Mon-Tues	All Y13 Leadership Workshop –
		Overnight in Boarding House
31	Tues	Years 7, 9 & 13 Boarders to Boarding
		House – 2.00pm
FEBRUARY
1	Wed	ALL Years 7 & 9 with Y13 at School.
		Years 8, 10-12 Boarders return to
		Boarding House in afternoon
2	Thurs	ALL Y7-13 students start school.
6	Mon	Waitangi Day – School Closed
12	Sun	Year 13 Commissioning & Chapel
		Service – 5.00pm Compulsory

2023 TERM DATES...

School Terms	Start and End Dates
TERM 1:	Mon 30 Jan to Thurs 6 April
Holidays:	Good Friday 7 April to Sun 23 April
TERM 2:	Mon 24 April to Fri 23 June
Holidays:	Sat 24 June to Sun 16 July
TERM 3:	Mon 17 July to Fri 22 Sept
Holidays:	Sat 23 Sept to Sun 8 Oct
TERM 4:	Mon 9 Oct to Fri 8 Dec

Uniform News...

Reminder to all parents and students regarding uniform and returning to school: The summer holidays are a perfect time to have your daughter’s blazer and skirt drycleaned ready for the new school year. Please also check the length of your daughters skirts – this should be between 30 – 33cm off the floor with school shoes on and your daughter looking straight ahead. If it is shorter than this, please contact Donna Adams on 027 262 2333 to arrange to have this lengthened before school starts. Donna is also able to repair blazers – please talk to her about this if your daughter’s blazer needs any repairs.

It is now compulsory for all Year 7 students to wear a tunic (these are available from the Uniform Shop). We are aware that there are issues with some sizes and alternative arrangements have been made with some families until the remainder of the stock has arrived.

If you are yet to contact our Uniform Manager about uniform please do so immediately on uniformco@craighead.school.nz

We do have high expectations with regards to our uniform and how this is worn. We will be doing a uniform check during the first few weeks of school to ensure that all students are adhering to our Uniform Policy and expectations contained in this. Please use this link below to ensure you are familiar with this prior to the start of the school year…

Please note: Uniform Guidelines and expectations around jewellery, hair ties, no makeup or nail polish etc can be viewed at this link: https://craighead.school.nz/uniform