22 August 2014 – Week 5 —Term 3 Wiki page: http://tetipuaschool

22 August 2014 – Week 5 —Term 3
Wiki page: http://tetipuaschool.wikispaces.co.nz
admin.tetipua@woosh.co.nz
Bus Shed phone number 021 157 8039
Welcome to Cassandra & Gabrielle Callick and their family to Te Tipua School.
Congratulations to Riley & Nick being selected for the under 38kg Southland
Country rugby team and Jordan being selected for the under 48kg Southland
rugby team, and Lucas being selected for the Southland Hockey Hatch team!
Congratulations to Linda Bos who won the Year 7/8 speech final at Knapdale
School.
Savanna Svennson ~ for a fantastic
effort in Maths with your numbers
to 10
Cleveland Ramage-Tai ~ for trying
really hard in everything you do!
Trinity Fraser—Always willing to
help others in the class and school
Brenna Wilson & Rebecca Scott ~
Including and playing with Maddy in
games and being kind and caring to
her
Kerriana ~ awesome research for
her speech on Usain Bolt
Zac Graham ~ awesome research for
his speech on Loch Ness Monster
Tyler Renton fantastic effort in his
speech
Jacy-Mae Franks ~ fantastic effort
in her speech
Taryn McGowan ~ for being a wonderful friend to new students and
fantastic work on fractions
Briyden Turnbull ~ for an improved
attitude to school and trying hard at
writing time
Quinn Moylan ~ for displaying a
great attitude at school
Briana & Kerriana ~ fantastic role
models for Te Tipua School at
Speech finals at Knapdale
Olivia Shanks ~ working really hard
all week during class time.
Barry McCone
Trinity Fraser
Linda Bos
Charlotte Orlowski
Finalists in the speech Zone competition at Knapdale School
Accelerating Students This year in association with the BOT strategic
goals the staff have been learning and trialling accelerated learning for
students who are behind in expectations. We have established target
plans for these students by setting achievable goals and actions to support
them. We review the student’s progress against the goals fortnightly as a
staff and have some excellent discussions and problem solving as a team.
This week I have been analysing the data from the last 6 months to establish our progress. I want to share some of it with you. All the students on
our targeted lists have made accelerated progress. Students who have
only achieved two or three reading levels on average each year they have
been at school have progressed through 6 levels in 6 months! Other students who have been working on the same maths stage for nearly two
years have gone up a maths stage in 6 months! This is accelerated progress and we are proud of it.
We often hear about National Standards and children working below and
well below these Ministry set standards but what you don’t hear about is
the hard work the teachers are putting in to progress these students.
They may not be at National Standards but they have accelerated their
learning beyond anything they have done before. The results are a testament to the dedication and perseverance put in by the teachers and support staff at this school. Well done to Jenny, Nicole, Calum, Marilyn, Glenda and Robyn.
Pet Day will be held on Wednesday 22nd October this year. We have a student committee who organise and run this day and Year 4-8 students can
apply for a position on the Pet Day Committee. Those who have not been on
before also need a reference from an adult. Applications must be in to me
by Friday 29th September.
Fun Fridays We are going to have Fun Fridays for the next few weeks.
The first one will be a Wheels day next Friday 29th August where students
can bring scooters, skates or toy vehicles. The following week on Friday
will be Marbles and Knucklebones Day where students can play these
games. Look out for more Fun Fridays coming up in the next newsletter.
Ready For Success. Wednesday 17th September 1.00pm Nicole and I are
well underway with our planning and have confirmed the following speakers
Maria Popplewell our Health Nurse, Christine Broere, RTLB Seni
or Advisor in Learning and Behaviour, Sue Baldwin Resource Teacher in
Reading and Kerralie Falconer who runs the Waitea Playgroup. We also
have been organising lots of free resources for parents who attend. There
will even be a door prize just for coming along! All parents of preschoolers are welcome! If you wish to attend please contact the school
office and let us know. Cheryl
SCHOOL NOTICES
LUNCHES-Reminder heats ups that can be put in pie warmer available Mon-Thurs.
NO NOODLES/CANNED or PACKET FOOD – we do not have time to make these up.
Mataura Mobile Dental Clinic Is
accepting enrolments from Te
Tipua School children. Phone
Kirsty on 0275557062 for
further info
Subway is available at
school on Fridays.
Orders must be to the
office by Thursday
Ministry of Education have updated their website and are developing a site for parents with
lots of info on it.
To check it out go to
Www.parents.education.govt.nz
Scholastic
Orders due
back by 1
September
12 September ~ Odd
Shoe Day ~ Gold coin for
Child Cancer
25/26 September ~ 3
way Conferences
22 October ~ PET DAY
6/7 November ~ Cromwell School Camp
10 November ~ Gore
High Testing Day for
Year 8’s
BOT
MEETING
MONDAY 1
SEPTEMBER at 5.30pm
Galaxies Camps on
at
Camp Columbia
next
School Holidays
Www.campcolumbia.com
School would love
any good quality
books, toys & games
(blocks would be
great) suitable for
5-7 year olds