Newsletter Week 8 - Point View School

TERM 2, WEEK 8, 2015
DATES TO DIARY
09 Jun
12 Jun
16 Jun
19 Jun
23 Jun
26 Jun
30 Jun
01 Jul
02 Jul
03 Jul
Parents maths evening
Assembly – middle school
Hockey field day
Assembly – whole school
Wacky hair and hat day
Writers Quiz 9.30am
Assembly – senior school
Mufti day and sausage sizzle
BOT meeting 7pm
Parent Conferences 1-8pm
Parent Conferences 1-6pm
Assembly – whole school
LAST DAY OF TERM
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What to look for in this issue
A special book release – Nobby the Orca
Family and Friends AGM results
Trees for Survival update
MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIRPERSON
Hi all
This week I have been able to secure the front page slot from the
principal (thank you Mrs Parr) to do a quick update from the school’s
Board of Trustees. We are very pleased to have recently been able to
co-opt Dion Edwards to the board. Many of you will know Dion from
all the volunteer work he does for the school. Dion provides sound
technical expertise for the board in many areas and has started with
vigour, challenging us on new technology options for the school and
more. Thanks Dion.
As reported recently in many media channels, schools in New
Zealand rely heavily on the school and local community to raise funds
and ensure that children have the best possible start to their
education. We would like to thank you all for contributing through
donations and through all the superb events run by the Family and
Friends committee. I would note that we are very fortunate to have
Justine Ross who leads the Family and Friends group exceptionally
well, with amazing dedication to the school.
From a governance perspective we review different aspects of the
school’s performance at our monthly meetings and we are always
pleased with the collective school results. The teaching staff have a
genuine desire to see your children succeed in many ways and
challenge themselves regularly on what can be done differently. We
also have various forms of external assessment of the management
team and school systems. These reports are consistent in their
praise of Point View School and its performance.
As a board we are also keenly focussed on ensuring the school
allocates money and resources in the most effective manner to
enhance education outcomes. With the additional money raised from
the community we fund additional teaching support, technology and
infrastructure.
We are fortunate to have an excellent range of skills on the board
and trustees who are focussed on supporting the leadership team of
the school, ensuring there is good governance, a positive culture and
defined processes operating within the school.
Enjoy the rest of Term 2, only four weeks to go!
Grant Webster
Chairman Board of Trustees
Our school account number is 12-3040-0730060-01 for Internet banking. To ensure it is credited to the correct student use
your child’s name, room number and reason for payment (eg John Smith Room 3 Donation 2015) as references.
A huge thank you to everyone who attended and helped out
at our school disco. It was a great success.
Welcome to our new students
Ryan Ahern, Giuliana Hancock, Eugene
Janssen, Negaar Bassam-Tabar and Abbey
Pook.
At the Family and Friends AGM we said goodbye to two of
our executive, who have resigned but will be staying on the
committee.
Rhonda Gamble has been a part of the committee for eleven
years, with the past six as treasurer, and during this time she
has been an integral part of many events.
Claire Edmondson has been secretary for the past three years
and has done a wonderful job of keeping us all on track and
communicating with our school community.
I would like to thank both of these wonderful ladies for all of
their hard work and commitment.
The exciting news is that we do have a new secretary, Cherie
King, who is new to the committee but has shown her
wonderful organisation skills already. She will be an asset to
the committee and our school. Congratulations Cherie.
I will be staying on in the Chairperson role till the end of the
year and would love to hear from anyone who would like to
work alongside me with a view to stepping into this role next
year. If you are interested please email us on
familyandfriends@pointview.school.nz or pop into the office
and have a chat.
Miss Norton and New Zealand’s only orca researcher,
Dr Ingrid Visser, have written a children’s book.
Since our last AGM, we have raised over $47,000 for the
school, which goes directly back into providing the best
resources for your child. Without the wonderful support of
the parents in the school we wouldn’t have been able to
produce such a fabulous result, and for this we thank you.
So far it is only available at Point View School! Be one
of the first families in New Zealand to own this book!
Please consider coming along to our next meeting on 7 July
at 7.30pm in the upstairs staff room. It’s a great way to
become involved and meet new people within the school
community.
All money raised from book sales, goes directly to the
Orca Research Trust (NZ).
http://www.orcaresearch.org
Justine Ross, Chairperson
The Orca Research Trust and Dr. Ingrid Visser work
tirelessly to research and help orca in New Zealand and
around the world.
As part of a unit around kitchen chemistry (heating
and cooling), the senior ESOL group made Hokey
Pokey. We focused on using action verbs and it
gave us all a taste of Kiwiana!
The book is only $20.00 and gives you an insight into
the lives of New Zealand orca. It can be purchased
from Room 6, before or after school.
Middle school students finally got to
go on their Autumn Walk.
Why use the Walking School Bus?
Our Walking School Buses have been running now
for over seven years. This is a great way for
children and parents to get to know their school
community. The walking school bus children feel
that they have friends throughout the school and
the parents helping us enjoy having chats with the
children and other parents.
Trees for Survival update
Last year our Year 5 students potted
seedlings and this year the same children
planted over 700 of these with the help of
parents out at Papakura.
The best thing is that we are cutting down on
traffic at our school gate and keeping our children
safe. We have three WSB routes: Kilkenny Drive,
Tarnica Road and Santa Ana Drive.
If you have any further questions about the buses
either contact our Coordinator Marion Galloway on
021 325 376 or marion@tjsproperty.co.nz or visit
http://www.pointview.school.nz/parents/walkingschool-bus/map-contact-details/
Buddy classes Room 29 and
Room 2 planting in the hive.
Our school account number is 12-3040-0730060-01 for Internet banking. To ensure it is credited to the correct student use
your child’s name, room number and reason for payment (eg John Smith Room 3 Donation 2015) as references.
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