Welcome to the very special learning community that is
St Matthew's Primary School.
Update December 13
Just a reminder of events over the last week of school for the Year.
Literacy Quiz Day– Monday
Monday 16th is our Lit Quiz dress up day. Children come dressed like their favourite book character and participate in quizzes.
Year 8 Leavers Dinner
This will be held on Monday evening, 16th December. Details have been sent home to Year 8 families today.
Prizegiving
Our end of year prize giving is on Tuesday 17th December at 6:00pm in the Church.
All are welcome. Children need to wear their school uniform. Can we please have all Cups and trophies back please.
School Reports
Children’s reports are due to go home on Monday, 16th December.
W5 Trip
Our W5 class is heading to Anderson Park in Taradale on Wednesday 18th.
End of School/Start of School
Thursday, December 19th at 3:00pm is the finish time for school. We start back in 2020 on Monday, February 3rd and we are closed for Waitangi Day on
Thursday, February 6th AND Friday February 7th.
Arrival Times
While the earliest arrival time for children in the mornings is 8:00am, there are
children who arrive before that time. Parents need to be aware that the school cannot guarantee supervision for any child before 8:00am. Likewise in the
afternoons when school finishes at 3:00pm we cannot guarantee supervision for children who stay after 3:30pm.
2020 Start Date
We start back next year on Mon
day, February 3rd 2020 at 9:00am.
At A Glance
Thur 5 Athletics Akina Park
Fri 6 KOS– Splash Planet, SVA clean up
Mon 9 W2 Weka Point Camp week
Thur 12 W2, W4 Optimist Yachting
Fri 13 Last Canteen
Skool Loop App
Have you downloaded the Skool Loop App yet? Do it today and get all your notices, newsletters, give permissions for activities, let us know if your child is going to be absent, check the school calendar, all on your phone.
25th Anniversary 2020
Next year St Matthew’s Primary School will be 25 years old.
We will be celebrating this Silver
Anniversary during the weekend of 14, 15 March 2020 with a dinner, thanksgiving church service and other events.
The planning group have been working hard on this.
Student User Agreements
The BoT and staff have been reviewing the Student User Agreement that covers our pupils use of Computers and the
Internet here at school. It is stapled to this Chatterbox, and is also available on Skool Loop.
Can you please read it through and sign it—along with your child. If you have any questions about it, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with us here at school.
Breakfast Club
Breakfast club is up and running, in the Staffroom from 8.10 until 8.45 every morning. All pupils welcome for Weetbix and toast. We are looking for more volunteers to help us in the morning—if you had a spare hour it would be most welcome!
Term dates for 2019/2020
They are as follows:
Term 4 14 Oct to 19 Dec
2020
Term 1 3 Feb to 9 April
Term 2 28 April to 3 July
Term 3 20 July to 25 Sept
Term 4 12 October to 16 Dec (tbc)
Your Chatterbox
Many people get the Chatterbox by email and enjoy reading it on a device. If you would this by email, please let Mr Coyle know at admin@ourplace.school.nz
If you would ONLY like an email version (and not get a paper copy) also please let Mr Coyle know at admin@ourplace.school.nz.
Picking Your Child Up
A reminder please that if you are dropping off your child to school after 9:00am, make sure they come in via the office to sign in.
It would be best if you accompany them.
If you are picking up your child
early from school or for an appointment, please do this from the office as well.
Your child will meet you in the school office.
It is not OK to just meet them in the carpark, you need to let the office know.
St Matthew's Primary School is an Anglican state integrated school, catering for students from Year 0 to 8, situated in the heart of Hastings. Since its inception in 1995 it has grown to become a small school of just over 130 pupils.
Our motto is "teach our children to use the right path, and when they are older they will remain on it" (Proverbs 22:6). We achieve this by offering high quality values and curriculum based education within a special character context.
We have an open door policy and we encourage all members of our community to be involved in educating our children.
St Matthews Primary School has students from around Hawkes Bay, as well as from around the world.
Our website is aimed at the whole community, students, parents and parish members, to make it an information site to find out what is happening in the school.
Andrew Eagle (Principal)