NEWSLETTER – July 2014
NUMBER 11
STUDENT REPORTS – Please contact our school immediately if your child has not bought their
report home by Friday, 4th July.
IMPORTANT TERM TWO DATES
3rd July
Students to bring home their school report today.
4th July
End of Term 2
TERM THREE DATES
21st July
24th July
27th July
28th July
29th July
30th July
31st July
1st August
5th August
6th August
7th August
11th August
12th August
19th August
21st August
25th August
26th August
27th August
2nd September
4th September
5th September
9th September
11th September
12th September
15th September
16th September
17th September
18th September
22nd September
24th September
26th September
13th October
Term 3 begins
Enrolments open for 2015 – in zone and out of zone
Maori Language Week
Newsletter to go home
Class and Syndicate newsletters to go home
Final day for Ramadan
Girls Hockey at Lloyd Elsmore Park
BoT Meeting at 6.00 p.m.
ICAS English
3 Way Conferences – Families to discuss Students Reports
3 Way Conferences – Families to discuss Students Reports
Music Students out at Auckland Navy Band Concert – Papatoetoe West
League Girls out at Cornwall Park
Brian Falkner visiting Year 8s in the Library
Fono/Hui/Cultural Parents Meeting – 6.30 – 8.00 p.m.
Newsletter to go home.
Year 8 Camp Week
Monday – Wednesday [Syndicate Baker]
Wednesday – Friday [Syndicate Michaels]
ICAS Maths
Netball Girls and Boys at Bader Courts
Newsletter home today
Access-It-Roadshow in the Library
Year 6 students from our Contributing Schools visiting for Specialist Tasters [morning]
BoT Meeting at 6.00 p.m.
Year 6 students from our Contributing Schools visiting for Specialist Tasters [morning]
Year 6 students from our Contributing Schools visiting for Specialist Tasters [morning]
Portrait photos – Photolife
Newsletter to go home today
Kids Voting
Tironui Students Workshop 1
APPA Festival rehearsal at Cornwall Park School – morning
Basketball Girls at Allan Brewster Centre
Basketball oys at Allan Brewster Centre
Tironui Students Workshop 2
Whole School Art Exhibition this week
Rugby League boys at Moyle Park
Cultural Group Performances – 6.00 – 8.00 p.m.
Cultural Group Performances – 6.00 – 8.00 p.m.
Newsletter to go home
Cultural Group Performances – 6.00 – 8.00 p.m.
BoT Meeting – 6.00 p.m.
Our school hosting Tironui Brassbeat
End of Term 3
School opens for Term 4
Greetings to our School Community
Tena Koutou Nga mihi mahana, nga mihi hari ki a Koutou Katoa
GOVENOR GENERAL
On Monday, 23rd June, Ms Cornwell, Johanna Setefano and Daytona Rawiri [from
Manurewa Intermediate], were invited to have morning tea with the Governor General
at his home in Epsom.
They were also accompanied by ‘The Pearl of the Islands Foundation’ who supported our
staff and students on their Turkey Trip earlier this year.
What an amazing experience for them all.
CONGRATULATIONS
To Luke Kelemete of Room 15. Luke will be travelling on a tour to Australia with NZ Under 14's Basketball Team.
Congratulations Luke this is a great achievement and we wish you all the best on the Tour.
INTERZONE and ZONE SPORTS
For this term our students took part in Soccer, both boys and girls, Rugby, both boys and girls.. Coaches and students
who make the Zone teams, put in hours of time so that they are all well prepared for the Zone Days.
Soccer Zone competition, Year 7 and the Year 8 girls took part. The Year7 won the Zone tournament, which was really
great. The Year 7 team was coached by Sanjeev Kumar and went through to play in the Interzone. The Year 8 team
was coached by John Toomer and came second in the zone competition.
The Boys Soccer had a lot of success as well. Derick Theunisen coached the Year 8 Team and the Year 7 Team was
coached by Brent Davie of PACT. They both won by tight margins and went through to play in the Interzone.
Rugby both the girls and boys went to the Zone competitions. The boys were represented with an Open Weight Team
and a U55kg team. The U55kg boys Team was coached by Dave Finn and they played well in the Zone competition.
The Boys Open Weight Team was coached by Folau Fiftia and Paul Lavea. They played well and won the Zone
competition and they went through to play in the Interzone where they came second.
Mata Magalei coached the Girls Rugby team (an Open weight team). They trained hard and played well on the day.
Thank you to all teams and coaches for your commitment to all Sport this term.
PB4L – POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING
We are a STAR School. ‘STAR’ stands for Safety, Trust, Attitude and Respect. Our students are ‘STARs’ and all
behaviour management centres on these concepts and values. Each week we select the ‘STAR’ students at our Full
School Assembly. Congratulations to the following students we acknowledged at our recent Assemblies – Melissa –
Room 3, Melvina – Room 18 [Totara], Eryka – Room 14, Kira – Room 21 [Kanuka], Abhay – Room 4, Suaana – Room 19
[Nikau] and Katelyn – Room 22, Savannah – Room 9 [Kahikatea].
The ‘Class Environment Award - Outside’ was awarded in Week 7, Term 2 to Room 10, Week 8 – Room 6 and the
‘Class Environment Award – Inside in Week 7, Term 2 to Room 19, Week 8 – Room 16. Congratulations to these
Rooms.
PAPER RECYCLING – Paper 4treees
We have just received 22 assorted native trees as a reward for our recycle of paper and cardboard.
Congratulations to all staff, students and the community for helping to fill our recycling bins.
Thank you to the sponsors – Holcim [NZ] Ltd for supporting this wonderful project.
THANK YOU TO ROOM 21 FOR THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE
Room 21 have had an amazing second term. All students have worked really hard and produced work of which we are
very proud! They have certainly learnt that if you put in the effort you get the results as was shown in the
presentations of their Inquiry Learning tasks (see below) and their well-structured and well-presented persuasive
speeches. It was very difficult to select three speech finalists to represent our class. However a decision has been made
and the following three people will represent Room 21 - Zoe MCleod, Angela Ma and Gurjap Singh.
These are some of the comments made by Room 21 students:
“In Inquiry Learning I learnt how to research using keywords. I can brainstorm and sort my ideas using a mind map
now”. (Harsha Devi).
“In Inquiry Learning I learnt that our sub questions might not be topic related. Student feedback was great because it
helps me to improve for next time”. (Kira West).
“My next steps in Inquiry Learning would to be able to use my time wisely to get more information.” (Christian
Tausinga).
School wide International Day, held earlier this term, was a lot of fun for Room
21. We had the biggest International feast ever and we are extremely grateful
for the help given by so many parents. Thank You so much from Room 21
By Zoe MCleod and Christian Tausinga