We have decided to make an early call and postpone the athletics day again. It’s very wet under foot still and not likely to dry out tomorrow, and with more rain in the forecast. So we will not be holding the athletic sports tomorrow as originally planned. There is a possiblity of a date next Thursday, but we will have to confirm this. Darn weather!

The end of the year seems to be careering towards us at an unbelievable speed. There’s always so much to do and finalise in these last few weeks. Some key dates to put in your diary as we head into the final straight!

· Year 8 Leavers Dinner at Sopheeze on the Bay on Monday 10th December

· Our End of Year Celebration will be held at the South Canterbury Events Centre on Morgans Road from 6:30pm on Monday 17th December

· School closes for the 2018 year at 12pm on Tuesday 18th December

· School begins for 2019 on Tuesday 29th January

Exciting news for me as Principal in 2019. I have been awarded a sabbatical in Term 2 of next year. This means I get to spend the term away from the school working on a research project. We’re all pleased to announce that during my time away that retired Geraldine Primary School Principal, Lindsay Robertson will be in the Principal chair here at Gleniti. Lindsay has a huge amount of great experience in education and it’s fabulous that we’ve been successful in securing his services for the term.

We’d also like to announce that Nadine Jones will be joining our teaching team from the beginning of 2019 as the new Team Leader in Learning Team 2. Nadine will be taking over Denise Hutchison’s role as she heads off to retire.

More retirement news! It seems to be the season for it. Allan McCambridge our Caretaker and Val Mulrine one of our Cleaners have both indicated that they will be retiring at the end of the year. Alan has done an amazing job looking after our school as Caretaker here over the last few years, and it’s sad to see him go. Equally so Val has worked tirelessly in keeping our school as spotless as possible over the years and it’s also sad to see her go. It will be hard to replace both of these quality people. But in saying that, for every challenge there is also an opportunity! So if you are interested in a Caretaking or Cleaning position … or you know someone who is then contact the school.

Congratulations to all those who received Principal Awards at our assembly last week.

Steve Zonnevylle

Principal

Gleniti School

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