Message from the Principal - Napier Intermediate School

Newsletter of Napier Intermediate 5th March 2015
Phone: 06 8356013 Fax: 06 8357403 e-mail: admin@nis.school.nz
3 Jull Street, Marewa, Napier Website www.nis.school.nz
Message from the Principal
Parents & Caregivers,
Many thanks to those of you who have offered to help out at the Science Fieldtrips. We cannot go
ahead with these types of experiences without your support.
Every year I bring up our concerns about road safety around the school at the end of the school day.
Please obey the road rules when parking and collecting student’s as it would be terrible to have a
student hurt. Staff members are particularly conscious of the need for safety and may approach you
to remind you of the rules. They are doing this in the interests of safety and we would ask parents to
comply with the requests. The police will be down randomly checking on this as well.
I would just like to put in a timely reminder that it is important for us at school to know when family
circumstances changes as it helps us with understanding what our students are going through. It
allows us to adjust their learning needs in light of other needs that they have. Please contact the
classroom teacher or the office if there is information we need to know about your child.
Our school charter has been received by the Ministry of Education and in it are our targets for the
year. Although they are very specific as is required by the ministry we are still focussed in improving
student achievement for all students.
Reading
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40 students in the well below level will move to below or better, with particular emphasis on
boys and Pasifika.
140 students in the below level will move to at or better with particular emphasis on Maori.
Writing
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80 students in the well below level will move to below or better, with particular emphasis on
boys and Pasifika.
160 students in the below level will move to at or better with particular emphasis on boys and
Maori.
Mathematics
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4 students in the well below level will move to below or better, with particular emphasis on
boys and Pasifika.
165 students in the below level will move to at or better with particular emphasis on Year 8
A copy of the charter is available at the office if anyone would like to read it or it can be requested by
email from the school.
Wendy Gray
Principal
PTA NEWS
SAUSAGE
SIZZLE
PTA THANK YOU
A big thank you goes to the
outgoing PTA Chairperson Makarena McNaughton and Secretary
Awhina Watson. Their efforts in keeping the PTA going with many
fundraising events over the past 3 years is appreciated. Congratulations
to the newly elected PTA Chairperson Johanna Bickerstaff and newly
elected Secretary, Kathryn Krebs. We wish them well as they continue
the ongoing help and support to the school with other PTA members.
PTA lunchtime sausage sizzle
This Friday – 6th March
$1.50 a sausage, $1 each for
either a slice of cake or ice block.
Tickets are on sale before school
at the Hall on Friday morning.
MUSIC NOTICES
Royal NZ Navy Band Concert
On February 20th, 40 students walked to the
Municipal Theatre to hear the Royal NZ Navy Band.
This band is the only professional symphonic band
in NZ. A symphonic band is made up of woodwind,
brass and percussion instruments. The band played
pieces from many different genres - swing, rock and classical. At the end of the concert, students were
taught how to conduct and Greta Sewell was invited to take charge of the orchestra!!
Thank you to Ms Stewart and the parent helpers who made this trip possible.
Music fees reminder: Fees for instrumental lessons were due on Friday 27th February.
If fees are not paid, sadly lessons do stop.
ICAS COMPETITIONS 2015
ABSENTEES THANK YOU
The closing date for getting entries and fees
in to the school office is Monday 23rd March.
Please see the school website for a letter explaining
the competitions and an entry form. Hard copies of
the letter are available from the school office.
We would like to thank all the parents & caregivers
who have called the school absentee line to advise
when your child is away from school. To advise of
an absent student please phone the school absentee
line on 8356013 and choose option 1
INTER HOUSE KAPA HAKA COMPETITION
STUDENTS LEAVING
DURING THE SCHOOL DAY
This competition involves every House with every student
competing in song and performance. Each House has to
perform the school song, a haka and song of their own
choice. Performances will be about 10 minutes each. This
performance will help Houses accumulate Houses points
that will go towards the end of year House Cup.
Start Time: 1:00 pm. Expected Finish: 2:45 pm
Date: 31st March, 2015 Place: Napier Intermediate Hall.
If your child needs to leave school during the school
day please advise their teacher & the school office
by sending in a note stating the reason, date & time
that they will be collected from the school office.
Students need be met by their parent/caregiver in
the school office where they will be signed out.
SPORTS NOTICES
CRICKET
Both the 1st XI and 2nd XI Cricket teams are unbeaten after 3 games. All players
are training hard and it shows in their performances. The 2nd XI have had good wins over Taradale, Tamatea and
Hereworth. There have been some stand out performances from William Kanthavong and Bruce Grace but the wins are a
credit to the whole team. Our 1st XI have had their wins against Havelock, Taradale 2nd XI and Taradale 1st XI. In our first
Active Post National Knock Out match of the season we had a great win over Taradale Intermediate. We lost the toss and
were put into bat. Toby Findlay opened the batting and gave us the start we wanted and retired on 50 off 55 balls in the
14th over with the score on 82/2. Baylee Foote (34) and James Rawnsley (16) continued the charge and had a 50 run
partnership and we finished with 149/7 off our 25 overs. With a great score on the board we knew by restricting wides
and no balls we'd have a great chance to win and apart from the occasional bad ball we bowled Taradale out for 126 in
the 23rd over. Baylee was again brilliant with the ball with 2 for 14 and runouts to Cate Pedersen and Luke Barber were
also important, but it was Player of the Day, Toby Findlay who really destroyed Taradale with 4 for 23. We now look
forward to taking on Hereworth in the 2nd round of the National Knock Out.
VOLLEYBALL -
The Napier Intermediate Volleyball team has started off the season strongly. So far, they
have won all their games and continue to build as a strong supportive team. Well done to all players.
ART DECO CRICKET MATCH
On Wednesday 25th February five Napier Intermediate School students,
Cate Pedersen, Toby Findlay, Baylee Foote, James Rawnsley and Ryan
Jones were invited to Clifton Reserve to play a cricket game against
Hastings. This Art Deco cricket match was an event where 3,000 people
came to watch past Blackcaps and cricket legends play in a game. The
reason why we went was that our game was a curtain raiser, it was a
20/20 match and we won! This was a great result for the team, with
Toby Findlay getting 30 runs and Baylee Foote finishing the game off
with 21 runs. It was an amazing experience having over 1,500 people
watching us. The venue was amazing, there were helicopters landing on
the hills and buggies driving up them. In the main game there were
players such as Mark Greatbatch, Dion Nash, Mathew Sinclair and the
man that was every adult’s favourite player, Martin Crow.
ZONE IN Home Learning Group
Supporting our youth with their learning.
“Zone In” is an after school support programme designed to be used as a home learning
centre where students can do their homework/home learning tasks. “Zone In” will be held
every Tuesday and Thursday this term. Students will meet in the library when the school bell
rings. All “Zone In“ students will need to be in the library by 3:00. Sandy Grantham, Lou
Z
Taylor and other volunteer teachers will help supervise “Zone In.” “Zone In” hours will be 3:00 to 4:00.
Students attending “Zone In” will need to be present for the whole hour. If home learning tasks are finished
early students will be able to spend their time reading or researching.
Registration is now open for Term 1.
Registration forms are available from Mrs Grantham in the library or Mrs Stewart in the school office.
UNIFORM & LOST PROPERTY
NOTICE BOARD
Subway school lunches are
available Monday to Friday for
students to order between 8am8.25am from the school hall
canteen. 6” Sub, Cookie and a
Drink only $6.00.
Please send the correct money
as change is not always
available.
We have had a fair amount of lost, unnamed uniform sent into the office .
Please ensure that ALL uniform items
including shoes are CLEARLY NAMED.
CONTACT DETAILS
Please remember to contact the
school office on 8356013 to update
any changes to your email, address,
home and mobile phone numbers.
Wednesday 4th March: Super Six Softball
Thursday 5th March:
PTA Sausage Sizzle
Tuesday 24th March:
PTA Meeting. 6pm. Room 1
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Monday 23 March:
Last day to register & pay for ICAS competitions
th
Thursday 26 March:
BoT Meeting
Tuesday 31st March:
Inter House Kapa Haka Competition. 1pm School Hall.
*** 2015 Science Fieldtrip (Camp) Dates ***
9-11 March Rm 6 & 7
11 – 13 March R 2 & 3
16-18 March Rm 8 & 9
18-20 March Rm 4 & 10
23-25 March Rm 5 & 12
25-27 March Rm 11 & 13