Our final meeting for Term 3 will be on Wednesday 7 September

It is hard to believe that we are already thinking about our final meeting for this term!  As the parents who were at our last meeting know, this next meeting will be my final one as I am retiring at the end of the term after nearly five years at Oaklands School.  I would love to say good bye to as many of you as possible, so please come along to the meeting in R14 from 9.00 am on Wednesday 7 September.  It has been a privilege to meet and work with so many of you and I appreciate all the ways in which you have supported your children, me, Mrs Kingston and everyone here at Oaklands School.

The following note is from Michiko Ward - she has asked that it be included on our blog.  It is a lovely note and I really appreciate her writing to you all.  We thought it best to include it on our blog so that as many of you as possible know about what Michiko and other parents are organising.

Hi everyone,

As you all know, this will be the last ESOL parents meeting with Chris.

Hope lots of you can join in to have a good chat with her as well as to enjoy shared morning tea.

Please bring a small plate of food if you can. (Don't feel like you have to. The most important bit is to come and see her!!)

To those who are new to school, Chris has been an amazing teacher and supporter for both kids and parents.

And we couldn't make the Multicultural Day so successful without her (and Kathleen, of course!)

You will also find a great group of parents at the meeting who came from all sorts of back grounds, so come and join in!

Looking forward to seeing you there :)

Kind regards

Michiko (Mother of Leo Rm 8 & Luke Rm 16)

Term 3 will be another busy term.

Term 3 promises to be another busy term.  The school calendar is full, so make sure you check what's on in the weekly newsletter which comes out every Wednesday.

Flags
As you know, we like to acknowledge all the different countries that our students come from by flying the flag of the country's national day.  This term we will be very busy flying flags from 12 different countries.  Where possible, Victor and Honor, our cultural ambassadors, fly each flag on the exact day, but sometimes this is not possible because of holidays, weekends, or two countries sharing their national days.  Below is a list of the national days being celebrated this term:

• 4 August - Cook Islands
• 14 August - Pakistan - the flag will be flown on Thursday 11 August
• 15 August - South Korea - the flag will fly on Friday 12 August 
• 15 August - India - the flag will fly on 16 August
• 17 August - Indonesia
• 19 August - Afghanistan
• 24 August - Ukraine
• 2 September - Vietnam
• 7 September - Brazil
• 30 September - Botswana - this is in the holidays so the flag will fly on 21 September
• 1 October - China - this is in the holidays so the flag will fly on 22 September
• 3 October - Germany - this date is also in the holidays so the flag will fly on 23 September

Parent Meeting
The first meeting this term for the parents of our English language learners will be held on Wednesday 10 August in R14 from 9.00 - 9.45 am.  Please join Mrs Kingston and I for a chat and a cup of tea or coffee, and, as always, pre schoolers are welcome.  Don't forget to sign in at the Office before you come to R14.  Several new families have joined our Oaklands community, so please feel free to come along and meet other people.  You are all welcome.