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Newsletter No. 8
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n my office wall is a quote from Edgar Schein: ‘The only thing of real
importance for leaders is to create and manage culture. If leaders
do not become conscious of the cultures in which they lead, those
cultures will manage them.’
This is a reminder of the importance to me as Principal, and to all the
staff, that we play in maintaining and enhancing the culture of this
school. If we are not leading it then it will be ‘led’ by others, whether
those be pupils, society or fads.
An example to me of this was the change in ‘culture’ or ‘focus’ of the
traditional Year 13 Leavers’ Assembly. In the past the Leavers’ Assembly
has been largely focussed on the leavers and their antics during their
years at Middleton Grange School. At times there have been ‘winces’
when the Special Character of the school was not upheld. This year
we changed the name from ‘Year 13 Leavers’ Assembly’ to the ‘Tribute
Assembly’. The assembly focus was on the Year 13 pupils giving tribute to the school community for the blessing it has been to the Year
13 pupils over many years. This shift in focus changed the tone and
culture to one which honoured the staff for the impact
they had had on pupils. The tone was one of gratitude
and appreciation. The Tribute Assembly now reflects
more closely the culture, i.e. Special Character
of the school. As a Christian school we are
blessed that our school culture is shaped
not just by human effort but also by the
work of the Holy Spirit.
My encouragement to you as parents is to be the
‘culture formers’ in your home. The Lord has called
you to raise your children with the Love of Christ permeating every part of your home. Our children do look
to us to see what we prize as important. The joy of Christian parenting, as hard as it gets sometimes, is that our home culture is shaped
not just by human effort but also by the work of the Holy Spirit.
May I wish you all a blessed Christmas as we remember with joy the
birth of our Saviour, Christ the Lord.
Richard Vanderpyl
Principal
Be blessed this
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3 Dec
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Coming Up
These dates are subject to
change. Regularly check the
calendar on the school website
for amendments.
Abbreviations:
PS-Primary School
SC-Senior College ppd-postponement MS-Middle School
IC-Intl College
LC-Learning Centre
December
MS Service Day
Y5 Beach Education-Waimairi
Beach
Sat, 6, Sun, 7 NZSS Athletics
Tue, 9
MS Prizegivings
Y7 & 8 -1.30-2.30 pm
Y9 & 10 7.30-9.00 pm
Wed, 10 Primary Final Assembly
MS Picnic Day
Thu, 11
12pm school finishes for 2014
2nd hand Uniform Intake
:30-5:30pm
Fri, 5
Term Dates 2015
Term 1
Wed 28 Jan - Thu 2 Apr
Waitangi Day Fri 6 Feb
Term 2
Mon 20 Apr - Thu 2 July
ANZAC Day Mon 27 Apr
Teacher Only Day Fri 29 May
Queen’s Birthday Mon 1 June
Teacher Only Day Fri 3 July
Term 3
Mon 20 Jul - Fri 25 Sept
Term 4
Mon 12 Oct - Fri 11 Dec
Labour Day - Mon 26 Oct
Show Day - Fri 13 Nov
Yours in Christ
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January 2015
Senior College (Y11-13)
Wed 28 Course Confirmation (school gym)
Thur 29 Orientation Assemblies and
various admin 4pm- Y13 Camp (until Saturday 31
3pm)
Fri 30 Timetabled classes begin
Middle School (Y7-10)
Wed 28 Y7-10 interviews with Form
Teachers (times to be advised)
Thur 29 Orientation Day
Friday 30 Timetabled classes begin
Primary (Y1-6)
Wed 28 Y1-6 3-way conferences (times to
be advised)
Thur 29 Normal classes begin
Charter Consultation for 2015
Thank you to the large group of parents who responded to the ‘Charter Consultation’ survey sent out in October. The input by parents into the strategic
direction of the school is vital and provides the Board of Trustees with valuable information.
At the same time, staff were also consulted on their views of the Strategic
Goals.
What was amazing was the huge alignment between parents and staff. This
is quite exciting because it shows that we are all wanting to go in the same
direction! The parent community and staff are working in unity.
The school has five Strategic Goals for the next five years and the table
below shows the priority parents and staff gave to them:
Strategic Goal
Parent
Community
Priority
Staff
Priority
Curriculum
1
2
Building Professional Capacity
2
1
Culture
3
3
Service
4
4
Parent Community
5
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Within each of the Strategic Goals we asked you to rank the specific detail
for each goal from “most important” to “not a 2015 priority”.
Again, the alignment between parents and staff was impressive, in some
cases 100% agreement.
As Principal I am delighted with the responses from parents and staff.
What we see is a picture of the type of school that parents want to have their
children educated in and the type of school that staff want to teach in. Choosing the top ranked item under each goal, the type of school parents and staff
want is:
‘A school where the Curriculum is challenging, develops critical thinking, inspiring action by teachers who have the highest quality Professional Development
in a school culture that is Christ-centred, striving for personal best in all endeavours and where pupils authentically serve others and with parent and school
communication that supports teaching and learning’.
Dr Richard Edlin once said, ‘Look at the reasons why parents are enrolling
children in your school today and in 10 years’ time that is the type of school
you will have.’ If we look at the reasons parents and staff have indicated in this
survey, then we can praise God for the future direction of
Middleton Grange School.
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Room 7
Room 7 has had fun over the last few weeks learning
about portrait painting. Here are some portraits we
did, practising shading a face. The others were done
using vivids, and then dye. In October, Room 7 wrote their own books. We created an adventure story that started with discovering
an old map, and ended with treasure! After we had
written and illustrated them, we enjoyed reading them
to each other. Then we took them home so our Mums
and Dads could enjoy them too.
Le
Cirque
Mr Fabuloso (Joel Wilson) gets ready to introduce his
head clown (Billy Blaas). “I loved our production, Le
Cirque, and I wish we could do it again. I loved my fabulous part as Mr Fabuloso, the leader of the circus. It was
a great experience for us all.” (Written by Joel Wilson)
You need great
focus and balance
to walk the tightrope, and not
many people have
such talent! The
tight-rope was really stuck onto a piece of wood, so it wasn’t as hard to walk across
as it looked. The tight-rope was my favourite part of the show, but I also enjoyed
the skipping, hula-hoops, strongman, and the awesome stilt walkers. (Written by
Wen Ting Toh and Tara Carranceja)
The Fabulous Fabuloso Circus
presents its wonderful troupe
of clowns. These clowns were
played by the pupils in Room 9,
and they were a very funny part
of the musical. Their teacher,
Mrs Bucknell, taught them all
their wonderful acts and stunts.
(Written by Connor van der Pyl)
Strongman, and the two cops. That’s me
there, standing next to the Greydrizzle coppers. My role in the musical was to be the
circus strongman. I had to wear makeup so
I had a moustache, eyeliner, and stubble.
I enjoyed being the strongman as I got to
go right to the front of the stage and lift my
heavy weights. It was really fun. (Written by
Jackson Hughes)
This is the finale’ of the Middleton Grange Primary School Production. The finale’,
‘Reach for the Stars’, was the most spectacular scene, as it contained all the
characters and the extras, and it summed up the whole show! Lulu Fabuloso, and
her parents, Mr & Mrs Fabuloso tell everyone that they are welcome to join their
circus family. The orphans, circus performers and circus animals all party together
to celebrate the orphans joining the circus. (Written by Shae Smith)
Have you ever wondered what the pupils in the
Junior Learning Team get up to during their morning tea break? Here are some photos to fill you in.
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Picnic Capers
Mrs Smith’s Year 1 pupils were the excited picnic guests for our Year 9 Food Technology class. This is an annual tradition which diners and chefs alike love. Each group’s
menu was designed after surveying the juniors for their luncheon preferences. Mrs
Smith reported, “Our class counted down their sleeps in anticipation of our picnic
treat.”
The previous day, our cooks pre-prepared fruited jellies to ensure they set, baked
savouries, e.g. cheese straws and pizza bases, and jelly-crystalled glasses to ensure
all would be ready. The kitchen buzzed on the day with succulent smells of pizza and
soup wafting through the air to greet our guests on arrival. Mouth-watering fruit
kebabs, chicken wraps and mini cupcakes were quickly devoured. Shaped
fairy bread was a welcome staple for
some of the less adventurous.
What a lovely time we all shared
over lunch! What a blessing to share
between our School levels! Roll on
the Y2 Picnic with 10FNT in early
December!
Guest Luncheon
Service Above Self
This trimester Year 8 Food Technology class has been
making sweet, treat foods and giving at least a third away
to Christchurch people who need it, e.g. decorated cupcakes to Ronald McDonald House, citrus slice to The Oaks
Retirement Home, White Christmas to the City Mission
Food Bank. We feel as though it is an amazing thing to
give away food to the needy, people suffering with cancer
and the poor. We love the fact that we have the chance to
do such an amazing thing and bless so many people with
our food.
Twenty invited guests were entertained over lunch recently, savouring delicious 2-3 course meals prepared by our Year 10 Food Technology group. Many
pupils pre-prepared pastry, pasta and bread doughs, plus some desserts and
mocktail beverages to relieve time management stress on the day. Everyone
paid careful attention to presentation detail, garnishing mains with a selection of fresh herbs, drizzled sauces and eye-catching side salads. Desserts
were delicious creations worthy of any restaurant! Pupils found the demands
of good hosting and meal service tricky to juggle, but everyone was thrilled
by the final outcomes, especially the guests! Mr Gillon commented, ”My meal
was the best I’ve ever been served over the years.” His International boys were
delighted with such high praise. You be the judge from our pictures.
By Katelyn Small and Georgia Dixon 8FNT
Over the past two weeks the Year 8 Food and Nutrition
class has been baking shortbread and citrus slice, to give
away. On Monday 22nd 4 pupils, Charlotte Woodfield,
Katelyn Small, Timmy Ellis and Sarah Matthews delivered
the baking to the elderly residents at The Oaks Retirement
Village. It brought joy and put smiles on the faces of the
people there. Some people even gave us hugs. While we
were there we met the grandmother of a teacher here
called Mrs Cummings, and she even showed us a baby
picture. It was sad to leave, but it gave us a great deal of
satisfaction knowing we had made their day.
Sarah Matthews and Timmy Ellis
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Year 8 Art
8Art pupils are challenged to represent themselves in three separate totem pole sections depicting My Family, Me and My Environment. They must restrict themselves to conventional Aboriginal tones based on yellow, red, orange, white & black, with no greens, blues,
purples or pinks, which is very demanding as you can imagine. There are only three techniques: patterned dots, x-ray and stencil images,
which again tests our pupils’ thinking. They have researched a range of prominent Aboriginal artists which helps them greatly with form
and textural background ideas. Many re-work sections as their mastery and control of brush stroking techniques improves: if it was good
enough for Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, it’s very permissible for us. We hope you enjoy the examples below featuring mostly
Trimester Two pupils: 2015’s first issue will feature work from Trimester Three, still on the production line!
Y7 Structural
Technology
Model
Making
Pupils in 7 Structural Technology are tasked with designing and
manufacturing a desk tidy. The tidy must accommodate paperclips, pencils, pens, erasers and scissors, so compartments must
be different heights with wall divisions. Pupils initially find it very
difficult to work the clay, ensuring it is smooth so joins are invisible and cracks won’t develop during the drying process. Joins
need cross hatching and a small amount of water to act like a
paste for each surface, then both hands support the fingers as the
join becomes seamless.
Decorating the exterior walls is fun. Pupils researched design
details on the internet to personalise the desk tidy for their grandmothers or other selected stakeholders. Golf and sport logos,
initials, floral arrangements and hatching were amongst the most
popular.
Our second project involved finer creative designs for a jewellery holder. With greater confidence in their ability to transfer
design into pieces, pupils created flowers with stamen holes for
earrings, boxes with extended arms for rings, and even a shapely
lady figurine.
Children and families from the Paediatrics Oncology Ward will
benefit from our motivational plaques - our final project. The
thoughtfulness in researching appropriate texts and
selecting inspiring textural designs will touch the
hearts of all recipients. How lovely that the pupils
want to bless others in need with their beautiful
work; truly service above self!
Mr Richard Gardiner, a master model maker, made time
to visit the Year 9 Graphics (major option) class to demonstrate his ‘Scaled Down’ production of commissioned
houses. Often homes lost in the earthquakes are reproduced for owners to keep as a memento. Mr Gardiner’s
work is intricate and exact as well as being aesthetically
produced. The class were grateful for the tips he gave
them as they approach their own letterbox or animal
house model-making exercise.
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FIJI Trip
Twelve intrepid Year 13 Middleton pupils
and their 2 staff leaders excitedly arrived at
Nadi on26 September ready to share their
faith and God’s love with mission in and
mission out in the western diocese of Viti
Levu. They were joined by four CMS folk,
who were great fun and heaps of help. We
delivered staff briefings, assemblies and RE
classes for Primary, Secondary and Special
Needs schools in Sigatoka and Nadi involving popular Maori and Christian songs, testimonies, skits and teachings on favourite
biblical characters like Daniel, Jonah and
the Good Samaritan. Interschool netball
and volleyball matches were great fun
and very competitive in both centres, with
staff matches a highlight! All are very keen
for return visits for a proposed 2015 team
which is very exciting. Additionally, Sigatoka Primary want us to host an exchange
sister school visit by 40 Year 8 students in
August next year.
Pupils preached encouraging sermons
in the local Churches of Sigatoka and its
Nadrella Valley congregation, Nadi, Lautoka and their new Drusa St Claire Village
Church, in addition to their new home
church. Patients in three hospitals were
visited, encouraged and prayed for in each
centre, with increasing confidence, especially following our Prophetic Workshop as
we waited for a late bus connection from
Nadi. The Nadi Orphanage and HART Women’s Reservation were team favourites: we
were moved with huge compassion for the
gorgeous residents who just loved sharing with us. The kids adored the memory
games my form class had designed for
them before our trip. We even returned to
clean the orphanage the following day,
spending all morning lovingly restoring
order to their precious home.
Distributing our own original tracts in Ba
to the passers-by and offering prayer to interested Hindi locals was another highlight
the team undertook easily. It is amazing
how God grows our skills, confidence and
desire to share His love and hope to folk
we meet when we are called and obey. His
Spirit was definitely upon us as we testified
to His faithfulness, with Holy Spirit inspired
words as He promises. We were thrilled
to paint new street signage for the Nadi
Church and to provide solar lighting for a
very poor mother and her sight-impaired
son from their congregation so Isaac can
continue with his lessons.
All pupils agreed this was a life-changing
trip, with many keen to return to share
with such fun-loving, generous, happy Fiji
locals who opened their homes and hearts
to us during our two week visit. Their
Indian meals were far superior to the best
our local Christchurch restaurants offer.
Sleeping on Church floors was surprisingly
easy. Bought and boiled water ensured we
stayed healthy to enjoy all itinerary items,
appreciating recreational horse riding,
swimming and our 36 hours R&R on Bounty
Island. The popular election outcome
ensured my Coup Contingency Plan was
thankfully unnecessary. We returned tired,
spent, but thrilled and humbled how God
had used us for His glory. Thanks for all
your prayer support.
Mrs Johns
Homestays - be inspired!
Middleton Grange School’s International College is expecting an exciting start to 2015 BUT we need your help. Yes…
we are asking for homestays again!
We are thrilled that we have numerous students coming
from Germany to learn, see and stay in our school community and homes. They are coming for Term 1, Terms 1 &
2 and one boy is staying next year and into the following
year.
Here’s a bit about some of the pupils we are expecting.
Luisa has older brothers, plays the flute and does ballet.
She and her family met Mr. Vanderpyl at a school fair and
he shared the learning environment and community of
MGS which sold them on the school.
Ruben is coming Term 3 and he is staying the longest.
He wants to play guitar in a school band and help with
handicapped people or the elderly. He’s very curious about
the school system in New Zealand.
We are expecting a few more from Germany, but in general we need a lot more homestays for pupils coming from
a variety of countries.
Another country that has increased enrolment with the College is Japan. We have many students coming for the entire year who are
eager to be placed in a kiwi home.
If you and your family are looking to share your lives with these wonderful kids please call Felicia at 341-4054. Felicia will be happy to
assist you with your questions as her family has hosted two German boys.
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Digital Discipleship –
Modelling Self-Control
The digital discipleship paradigm is all about relationship. There’s the digidisciple—the child, and there’s the discipler—the parent.
It’s the parents’ example that matters. Not their expertise. Not their
techno-savvy. Not the hordes of followers they’ve amassed on Instagram.
Not even their legendary gaming prowess.
We’re training our children to conduct themselves responsibly in the
digital sphere. We do this by demonstrating self-control in the way we
interact with devices. Modelling the desired cyber-behaviours is one of the
most important elements of effective digi-discipleship.
Walking the Walk, Not just Talking the Talk
Modelling Digital Self-Control
The parents’ primary job in digi-discipleship is to set a good example.
Parents show their children what self-control with digital technology looks
like. They demonstrate this restraint and discipline in the simple, every-day
choices they make.
• With Clear Limits
• Consistently enforcing the rules
• Abiding by set times for gaming and entertainment
• Having a healthy balance of physical and social activities (compared
to digital activities)
• Actively monitoring their children’s use
• With Cyber-Safety • Making healthy, value-based choices about the content they view
(ratings for language, violence, sex, substance use, etc.)
• Keeping filters and software up-to-date
• Being au fait with the apps and sites their children use
• With Digital Etiquette and Appropriate Online Behaviour
• Not answering the cell phone during meal times
• Texting only at appropriate times (not in conversations, at meetings,
during church, at the table, etc.)
• Giving full attention to the person they are talking to (not pretending to listen when in reality they are engaging with media)
Phone Book
Deliveries
During September, Middleton
Grange was involved in delivering
telephone books in Christchurch. We have been involved with this
fundraiser for nearly 10 years and
each year this has helped a large
number of school, church and
community groups help raise money for a variety of
projects. This year the groups involved were the school
Boys’ and Girls’ Football teams, the Canoe Polo team, as
well as a group fundraising for a mission project for a
school in Tanzania, and 2 church groups. These groups
give a huge thank you to all the children attending the
Middle School Conference who spent a few hours bagging phone books as a service activity. Nearly 20,000
books were bagged ready for delivery!! We would
also like to thank ‘Baby First’ for allowing the books to
be stored in their warehouse – it’s not an easy job to
try and find somewhere to store 30 pallets of phone
books, each weighing over 700 kgs - and Andrea Stocks
from First National Real Estate who helped find this
warehouse for us.
Digital Self-control is “caught” as much as it’s taught.
Children learn what they see over and over again. A parent who puts
his phone contacts first and family second is sending a powerful (and sad)
message to their children. So is the parent who ignores their sleep needs to
game or shop or post on FaceBook late into the night.
Technology is a potent force in our children’s lives—a force for good or a
force for ill. Parents, let’s step up and be inspirational models of self-control.
Let’s show our children how to engage healthily and safely with technology. Let’s ensure our children see people who are masters over media and
devices rather than slaves to them.
Young eyes are watching what we do.
Digital discipleship starts with parents’ example
Extract from Digital Discipleship Blog www.e-quipped.com.au
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New Gym Progress
With the site having been prepared since January 2014,
it is with great anticipation we watch the now speedy
progress of our new gym construction. These panels
are so large they had to be prepared on-site, and the
crane used to lift them into place is one of the
largest in New Zealand. The new gym has an international grade
basketball floor and tiered seating for around
200 spectators. We expect to be able to put it
to good use early in Term 1, 2014.
As part of the landscaping a one-way offstreet drop-off system will be constructed
in front of the International College.
The current gym has had an upgrade,
including installation of the same quality floor
during the Term 3 holidays.
Scripture
9HK and 10LA Scripture classes
collected cans for the City
Mission as part of this half-year
service. Other pupils contributed to kiva loans, helped out
around the school or did a class
devotion about a place in the
world to better understand the
love God has for the people he
made. Mrs Lawrence
Outstanding Achievements
C ongratulations
Scholarship Winners
These are the winners we have been notified of at the time of newsletter preparation:
University of Canterbury, Emerging Leaders’ Scholarships (up to $5,000) : Hannah Frauenstein,
Andy Reid, Leticia Feausi and Timothy Makaafi
University of Otago, Māori & Pacific Island Entrance Scholarship ($10,000): Pauline Varlet,
Manaia Tickell
University of Otago, Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship ($5,000): Meghan Stewart-Ward University of Victoria Excellence Scholarship ($5,000): Michael Davis
University of Victoria Achiever Scholarships ($5,000): Timothy Overton
Massey University Vice Chancellor’s High Achiever Scholarship (Academic) ($3,000): Courtney
Thomson
Pauline
Manaia
Hannah
Andy
Leticia
Timothy M
Meghan
Michael
Timothy O
Courtney
Programming Challenge for Girls
On 20th November this group of Year 10s joined 60 other
girls from schools around the South Island for the “2014
Programming Challenge for Girls”. We were hosted by
the Computer Science and Software Engineering department at the University of Canterbury.
The challenge is an annual event funded by Google
and several Christchurch IT companies. The girls compete in teams of two for various awards. Two of our
teams (Rebekah McKinnon and Georgia Phillips; and Ruth Phang and Esther Williams) earned
gold awards while Caitlin Brown and Nikki So-Beer earned bronze.
In addition to learning some practical programming skills the girls also watched presentations promoting Computer Science and programming career opportunities for women. The
worldwide shortage of women is of concern to all players in the industry and the underlying
aim of the day is to encourage more girls to at least be aware of the opportunities which exist.
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Outstanding Achievements
C ongratulations
Congratulations Middleton Grange School
Middleton Grange was the highest fund-raising school for World Vision in the South
Island! Congratulations, everyone!
Susannah Elder (Y12) received the award on our behalf as part of the World Vision
Senior Scholarship Week held in October. It was a great night, hearing from lots of speakers about all the incredible things
the Famine money is going to
support and also about future opportunities for World Vision youth
supporters.
• Elisa Bird (Y6) who completed her grade 3 Clarinet exam, passing with
distinction! • Ten Year 7 and 8 pupils excelling in their Chinese language class were
Prizewinners at the Confucius Institute Prizegiving:
• Year 7: Esmarelda Malua; Benjamin Cummins; Elijah Velasco;Tai
Carranceja; Madeliene Williams
• Year 8: Evelyn Yeo; Marisa van der Meer; Kaitlyn Bunz; Joshua
Tasker; Luke McDonald
• Madison Millar (Y8), a member of the Canterbury U15 Badminton team,
finished 1st in the South Island and. 4th in NZ.
• Sofia Kennedy (Y9) and Megan Ellis (Y9) have been selected for the U16
Girls’ NZ Koru Development Squad and will tour Australia in January.
• Gemma Hickson (Y10) has been selected for the Christchurch Metro
Secondary Schools Team
• Theo Nankivell (Y10) in the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Level 7
Open achieved the following at the 2014 NZ National Gym Sports
Championships:
• Silver - All around
• Gold – Floor
• Gold - Pommel Horse
• Bronze – Vault
• Candice Milner (Y11) is using her song, ‘Helping Hands’ to raise awareness
and funds for the Cancer Society and Canteen. Hear the song and read
more at http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/
christchurch-music/10544235/GO-Live-Teen-sings-from-the-heart
• Sara Sterne (Y13) entered a competition run by the Ministry of Veterans’
Affairs through the RSA, requiring a creative entry related to the wars.
Sara composed and sang a song and won a trip to Gallipoli. She will be
leaving our shores in April 2015.
Do you have room for one more?
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Elisa
Esmarelda
Benjie
Elijah
Tai
Madeliene
Evelyn
Marisa
Kaitlyn
Joshua
Luke
Madison
Sofia
Megan
Gemma
Theo
Candice
Sara
Fies
Often it takes a cold, wet day for us to
remember how much we appreciate dryness and warmth. This was certainly the
case for Middleton’s 2014 Fiesta. Yet not
all was damp or unpleasant – the heart
of a supportive community, willing to
come together and celebrate, provided
all the warmth required for a memorable
celebration.
The hot food tents were crammed full
of fiesta-goers, as were the shop-tents and
plant-tents, the gym and verandas, basically anywhere that offered a bit of shelter
was popular this year.
The dunk-a-teacher stall seemed a bit
superfluous.
But there was
lots of fun to
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be had whether it was smashing
an old car, trawling through the ‘prewashed Christmas presents’ at the White
Elephant, getting a stack of bargain books
or smothering your face and fingers with
candy floss, toffee apples or popcorn.
This year’s auction items were probably
the best yet. Who wouldn’t want a signed
Breakers top a, date night in a sports car or
a lunch with Kieran Reid? The bidders were
out in force despite the rain setting in as
soon as the auction began.
William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury during World War Two, said that Christians shouldn’t be characterised
by thinking about
different
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things, but by thinking about the same
things, differently… What some could
consider a meteorological failure was from the right point of view - a supportive
and shared success.
A special thank you to Robyn Bosma,
the cornerstone of all things Fiesta, and
her fabulous assistant Ruth Irvine, for all
the time spent organising, delegating and
keeping things on track. Thank you also
to everyone who willingly encouraged
the 2014 Fiesta with their gracious volunteering, generous contributions, and the
warmth of their presence.
M I D D L E T O N
G R A N G E
Fiesta!’
S C H O O L
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Buses
The Finance Committee has recently
completed its two yearly Bus tendering
review process for 2015 and 2016. Four bus providers tendered for the
three bus routes. The process was rigorous and all parties were considered on
an equal footing. The Finance Committee is happy to announce that Leopard
Coachlines, who have had a long association with the school, have been the
successful tenderer. Regrettably prices have risen over the
past few years, though their pricing was
the lowest of all the tenderers. We have
managed to contain this to a 14% increase on this year’s charges. Therefore,
bus charges for 2015 will be: Term 1 $240.00
Term 2 $265.00
Term 3 $260.00
Term 4 $225.00 Please note that school buses are fully
funded by those who use the service. 5
Year 10 Business lunchtime sales
Year 7 & 8 Athletics Day
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