Kia ora e te whānau

I am writing to inform you about an incident that occurred at the Firth Street crossing this morning, involving one of our students who was riding their bike to school and was struck by a car.  
First and foremost, we are incredibly relieved to share that the student is safe.  While they have sustained some bruising and a fright, they are recovering well.  
Because this happened during the busy morning drop-off period, a number of our students may have witnessed the accident.  This can be distressing for young people to see, and we are monitoring our students closely at school today.  If your child seems upset or wishes to talk about what they saw, please let us know so we can ensure they receive extra support from our team here at MIS.
This unsettling event serves as a timely and critical reminder for all of us about road safety around our school zone.  We ask that you please use this opportunity to talk with your child/ren tonight about the following safety rules:
Walk, don't ride:  Students must always dismount and walk their bikes, scooters or skateboards across the Firth Street crossing.
Helmets are a must:  Please ensure your child is wearing a correctly fitted helmet every time they ride.
Stay alert:  Remind your children to keep their eyes up, avoid distractions (like phones or headphones), and look both ways to ensure cars have completely stopped before stepping onto the crossing.
We also kindly ask our driving community to take extra care, slow down, and remain highly vigilant during peak drop-off and pick up times.  The safety of our students is our absolute priority and we thank you for your partnership in keeping our roads safe.

Shannon Johnson

Deputy Principal

MIS Colour Run Fundraiser.
Please note the correct date for this event is FRIDAY 19th JUNE.

We would love our whānau and community to get behind this exciting project as we work towards covering our turf and creating an amazing all-weather space for our students to play, learn, and thrive.
Every donation makes a difference! Don’t forget to jump onto myprofilepage.co.nz to create your child’s fundraising profile and start collecting prizes and Monty Coins!

This Wednesday is our school cross country Tough Guy and Gal styles at Matamata College.  Students come to school in their TGTG gear, it is important for safety that they have appropriate clothing and footwear.  There are mud and water obstacles so clothing and shoes will get wet and dirty.  All participants MUST wear covered shoes and we recommend a thermal t-shirt or long-sleeved top for the race and a full change of clothes and shoes as well as a towel for clean-up after the event. Back at school we will be having a non-uniform day (no charge), so students can bring warm clothing. We will get back to school for morning tea, students will probably be quite hungry so pack them extra food and drink. You are welcome to come and watch the race, the start/finish line is on the college field in front of the Open Country Stadium. The Y7 race starts at 9.30am and the Year 8 race at 10am.

Tuesday 5 May - Inter school Futsal students are due to arrive back at school at 4pm. Please be there to collect them parents.

Kia ora team, please meet at the cts straight after school. Make sure you bring warm clothing and a bite to eat, whistles, hairtie, shoes and socks. Due to the large number of umpires, if you're not down to umpire this week you will definitely umpire the following week, I have named some to be scorekeepers for round 1. If your name is not down to scorekeep please see Cass when you arrive at the netball pavilion.

28-April-Cass-Douglas.doc