Week 9, Term 4 2024
Christmas Cards
Just letting parents know that it is okay for children to bring and give Christmas Cards to each other at school. We ask that there be NO candy canes or lollies with the cards please.
January 2025 Office Hours
The school office will be open on Wednesday 29 and Friday 31 January 2025. The office will be open from 9am-12pm on both of these days.
2025 Class Structure
Next year we will begin with 11 classrooms operating. The structure looks like this:
Room 1 = New Entrant
Room 2 = Year 1-2
Room 3 = Year 1-2
Room 4 = Year 2
Room 6 = Year 3-4
Room 7 = Year 3-4
Room 8 = Year 3-4
Room 9 = Year 3-4
Room 10 = Year 5-6
Room 11 = Year 5-6
Room 12 = Year 5-6
Your child will visit their next class and meet their 2025 teacher on Monday 16 December.
End of Year Events and Dates
Swimming: Monday 9 – Friday 13 December; Our Year 5 and 6’s will have swimming each day at the EA Networks Pool. Children will be swimming from 11am-12pm each day and parents are welcome to come and watch lessons.
Celebration Assembly, 2pm School Hall, Thursday 12 December
School Picnic, 11:45am, Monday 16 December
Prize Giving Assemblies Tuesday 17 December; Junior at 1.30pm in the Hall, Senior at 7pm at the Event Centre
Clean Up Morning; Wednesday 18 December, 8.55am – 12pm. Classes are closed for instruction and any child who attends will be asked to clean up around the school. The school bus will not run on this day.
Friday 13 December; Year 6 Big Day Out. A separate notice has gone home about this. Our Year 6’s will have an end of year celebration day to celebrate their time at Tinwald School.
Celebration Assembly; All parents and families are invited to our final celebration assembly on Thursday 12 December in the school hall beginning at 2pm. Our Year 6’s will be presenting an assembly of memories of their time at Tinwald School.
Class Visits; Children will visit next year’s classroom and met their next teacher on Monday 16 December. They will be given a 2025 stationary list to bring home.
School Picnic; All parents and families are welcome to join us for our school picnic on Monday 16 December. Children will be sent out to lunch at 11:45am. There will be games and a Santa for the children. The picnic finishes at 2.30pm and parents are allowed to take their children home at the conclusion of the picnic. Children will be asked to wear their House colours for the picnic, giving parents a chance to clean uniforms before the prize giving assemblies.
Final School Reports; Your child’s end of year report will come home on Tuesday 17 December. These are in envelopes. Please check your child’s bag for this.
Prize Giving Assemblies
This year we are having two prize giving assemblies due to the size of the school roll. Both assemblies take place on Tuesday 17 December. For both assemblies’ children must wear the correct school uniform. They will be asked to remove their sweatshirts before the assembly begins.
Junior Prize Giving Assembly – Years 0-2 (Rooms 1-5 and 14). This assembly begins at 1.30pm in the School Hall. The Hall doors will be open from 1pm. Parents please be seated by 1.25pm. Once the assembly has finished, children will be taken back to their classroom. Parents you can meet them there and take them home.
Senior Prize Giving Assembly – Year 3-6 (Rooms 6-12). This assembly begins at 7pm at the Ashburton Event Centre. The doors to the auditorium will open at 6.30pm. When children arrive, they will be instructed to go upstairs to the Bradford Room. All children must have a parent or adult attending the assembly and cannot be dropped off for the event. The assembly should finish by 8.10pm. Families of Year 6 children may have up to 4 people attending, and we ask families of Year 3-5 children to restrict their numbers to two from each family. During the morning the children from Rooms 6-12 will travel to and from the Event Centre for a practice. There is no cost for this bus trip.
Pirates of the Curry Bean
Tinwald Netball Club 2025
