Maori Hill School Newsletter No. 31 Thursday, 16 October 2014

Maori Hill School
Newsletter No. 31
Dear Parents and Caregivers
Welcome back to school for Term 4. It
was lovely to see all the children back
after the break. Everyone appears to
have settled quickly into learning
programmes and school routines. Our
teachers met during the break and have
a busy term of learning activities
planned for the children. During Term 4
all children are expected to wear a
sunhat when playing outside at school.
We recommend all children have a
school sunhat, available from the office.
Please ensure all hats are named.
Summer sports are now underway and
we have many teams participating in a
variety of sports. Thank you to the many
parents who have volunteered to assist
with coaching and managing teams.
The staff and I look forward to another
successful school term.
What’s on Next Week?
Monday
Rebecca Allnutt
(student teacher)
visiting
Tuesday
PTA meeting
Wednesday
Pizza orders taken in
library before 9am
Vision Hearing Testing
Y6 Kayaking
Thursday
Pizza Day
Friday
Junior aquatics
School Assembly
2.30pm
Regards
Alistair Campbell
Principal
Classroom News
Room 1- Mrs Ferguson
The children have impressed me with
the way they have confidently come
back into the classroom and
demonstrated to me that they can make
their way around the room and
complete their assigned ‘must dos’. This
term will again be a busy one with of
course aquatics starting on Friday, thank
you to those parents who can assist.
Things to remember; sunhats must be
worn in the playground at all times,
named water bottles for the classroom,
Friday is library day books must be back
so they can have a new one issued and
suitable clothing and footwear so the
children can participate in
fitness/athletic activities.
Congratulations to Matthew Jarvie, who
was the Person of the Week on Friday
the 26 September.
Classroom award winners from Friday
26 September were:
R1 Sam Anderson, Edward Platt
R1a Anna Gent, Allie Yin
R2 Alice Graham, Marley Thompson
R3 Maita Madambi, Noah Hamilton
R4 Mia Jordan, Liam Ruru
R5 Lizzie Fry, Thomas Roberts
R7 Katelyn Coster, Lily Finlay
R8 Fergus Miller, Ryan Hamilton
R9 Keoni Amituana’i, Mya Haigh
Welcome
A special welcome to the following new
pupils who joined Maori Hill School
recently:
Samuel Anderson
Cameron Stevens
Imogen Leaper
Room 1a – Miss Wright
What a great start to the new term, it is
wonderful to see everyone back and
ready to learn! This term we have our
Aquatics Programme every Friday so
please remember to send your child
along with their togs. Any parent help
with these trips to Moana Pool would be
very much appreciated so please let me
know if you are available. We are
practising our athletics this term so
suitable footwear will be needed. Please
don’t forget that this term your child
Thursday, 16 October 2014
needs to be wearing a sunhat with a
wide brim every day when playing
outside at lunch times. Thank you for
your support.
Room 2 – Mrs Walker
Welcome back! It has been so fantastic
to see everyone back in Room 2 to start
Term 4. We have had a wonderful start
to the term. We have been enjoying
writing stories with true and false
events from our holidays. We have been
trying to guess which things are true and
which are false in the holiday stories.
Some are tricky. Aquatics start Friday
and the three following Fridays after
that. Children need to bring their togs, a
towel, a swimming bag and a small
snack ready to go to the pool at 10:10
from school.
Room 3 – Mrs Wiparata
Room 3 have had a fantastic start to the
new term, all settled back into school
and ready to learn. This term we are
going to work really hard to bring our
reading packets every single day. Some
of us might need a wee reminder from
parents until we remember by
ourselves. This is because we use our
reading books every day and need them
at school. We are looking forward to our
aquatics programme starting tomorrow
at Moana Pool and we’ll all make sure
we come ready with our swimming gear
and a wrapped snack in our tog bags.
Thank-you to the parent helpers who
have let me know you are available to
help supervise. Nearly all of us have our
sunhats here so we can wear them
when we’re outside. Next week we have
to have them every day so we can be
outside.
Room 8 – Mrs Scott
It has been a chilly start back to term 4.
Let’s hope for some warmer weather
soon. Room 8 has come back ready for
learning and have made a great start to
the term. We are using the ‘balloon
pop’ game as our class reward system
this term. Ask your child how this works
- they are all very excited about it. First
day of our Junior Aquatics programme
starts tomorrow. Please ensure you
have your togs, towel and named
goggles ready. Also if there are any
parent helpers available please let me
know. Thank you.
Room 9 – Mrs Weatherly
It is great to see the children refreshed
and ready to tackle the exciting term
ahead. This week we have been
creating some wonderful wildflower
landscapes in art. These are now up in
the classroom so please make sure you
pop in to see their amazing work. We
are looking forward to aquatics
tomorrow. Please remember to bring
your togs, goggles and a snack. We will
be starting our ‘seed bombs’ next week
so please make sure you bring in a small
packet of summer flower seeds for
Monday.
Room 7 – Mrs Ashton
We have made a great start to our work
this term. We are learning about the
ways that advertisements work and we
have written a couple ourselves using
the ‘bandwagon’ and ‘testimonial’
styles. We are looking forward to
starting our athletics activities in the
afternoons as we run, jump and throw
our best times and distances.
Room 4 – Ms Allison
We have had a wonderful start to this
term. We began work on a dictionary of
motivational language and from that we
made fabulous pop art words. We are
starting to look at advertising and we
will be making a poster that is all about
us. This term we have to wear sun hats
with a brim as we are doing athletics
training. In maths we are starting the
measurement strand so we will be doing
some form of baking - not to eat - for
the fair. By Elisa Fitzgerald and Ms.
Allison
Room 5 – Mr McKenzie
Hello and welcome to Term 4. We hope
you are well rested and ready. This
week in Room 5 we have been working
on advertising, in maths we have been
using basic facts strategies. In topic we
have been working on “what is the fair
for” and what we are going to sell at the
fair. Have a great week.
Reporters: Alex and Louis
Room 6 – Miss Selbie
This week in Room 6 it was our first
week back. We had athletics, everyone
had a great time. We also went to the
library and borrowed some great books.
For homework we had to think up
something for the fair. We even started
our new art project with Mr Pearce.
Tomorrow we are going to our Drills and
Skills session at the Edgar Centre which
should be good fun.
Lost Property
The lost property will be outside Room 4
on Friday after lunch. Ms Allison
Sports: Year 4/5 touch team
Our Year 4-5 touch team is looking for a
willing and able coach who can help
organise the team at the games and
maybe fit in a practise. If you (or
someone you know), know the basic
rules and would be able to help out in
this way (games are on Thursday
afternoons), please email Lisa Wiparata.
Thank-you! lisa@maorihill.school.nz
Kapa Haka
Congratulations to the wonderful Maori
Hill Kapa Haka group who performed at
the Otago Polyfest at the end of Term 3.
An enthusiastic and dedicated Year 6
group, you all did a fantastic job and
made Maori Hill School so proud. A
huge thank you to all of the teachers
and parents who helped Mrs Wetere,
Miss Selbie and Mr McKenzie.
Friday 7th November- MHS
International Dress Up Day
We will be celebrating the nationalities
that are represented at our school by
dressing up in costumes that reflect
something about your family
background on Friday 7 November.
Parents if you have a game, story, song
or food that you can share in your
child’s class on that day, please let
his/her teacher know. There will be a
parade of nations in assembly and some
special items by our talented children.
Please be ready to let Mrs Hanff
know on Monday 20 October, if you
wish to perform a song, dance or
greeting in assembly.
Music
This term all years will be having
another burst of ukulele. If anyone has
their own ukulele at home, please bring
it along to lessons.
Thanks. Mrs Fry
Pizza day
Next yummy pizza day is next week
Thursday 23 October BUT ....orders will
be taken in library on Wednesday 22
October between 8:30 and 9:00 am. $2
per slice. Options include cheese and
ham, cheese and tomato or just cheese.
Gluten free crust is available. Thankyou
for supporting your PTA.
Photo Orders
Photos went home with children this
week. The class photo is displayed on
the classroom window and the sports
team photos are on the wall in the
lower library. Photo orders are due in no
later than Friday 31 October.
PTA News
Sports Tops We have a new supply of
sports tops in now, smaller sizes now
available right through to the large size.
The tops are the same design and
quality but now at a lower price of
$20.00/top. Available to purchase from
the office between 8.30-9am.
Raffle Cards: Keep on selling, there is a
box in reception for the completed card
and money. Thank you.
Sausage Sizzle each Tuesday is $2 per
week or $13.50 for the term.
Next PTA Meeting – Tues 21 October at
7pm in the Staffroom.
Next Fair collection is Friday 24/10 at
2:15-3:00pm in the side room of the
hall. Please bring along all good quality
unwanted books, clothing, toys and
white elephant items. If you could
please bag or box things up with like
categories. Note, any larger sized items
can be delivered to the school
on Saturday 15 November being the day
prior to the fair. 4 weeks to go!!
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