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Eketahuna 4996

Phone 06 3750602

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Alfredton School Inspiring learning for a lifetime ~ Little acorns to mighty oaks

UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATESMonday 11th March Year 7 and 8 Technology Tuesday 12th March Bush Swimming Sports in Dannevirke Saturday 16th March Working Bee at school. 9am start Wednesday 20th March Seesaw Introduction to Parents evening Monday 25th March Year 7 and 8 Technology Wednesday 3rd April GRIP Leadership Year 7 and 8 Monday 8th April Year 7 and 8 Technology Friday 12th April Last Day Term 1 Monday 29th April Term 2 First Day

SCHOOL NEWS

Principal’s Gold Award

Kingston Mitchell

Week 5 Principal’s Award

Simone Kittow

Week 5 Value Certificates for being Happy

Ally Heynes, Aria Cooper-Materman & Emma McLachlan

Newsletter ~ Tuesday, 5 March 2019

Phone 06 3758082

Email office@alfredton.school.nz

www.alfredton.school.nz

ALFREDTON SCHOOL BUS DRIVER 20hr/week.

There are 2 positions available on our Alfredton School Bus Driving team starting at the beginning of Term

2 or sooner if possible.

If you are interested in becoming a driver for our school bus service, please contact the principal, Claire

Audier on 06 375 8082 for more information.

Applications close on the 8th March 2019.

Term 1 Working Bee

16th March @ 9am

Please feel free to bring along any other tooling that you think would be beneficial Morning tea provided Bring along some bits to throw on the bbq for lunch

Item What needs to be done? Tools & Materials required which the school doesn’t have

Native Garden

Big clean up, especially around trees in preparation for the students to begin designing paths, areas of interest, bird feeding stations etc.

Weedeaters/Scrubcutters

Fence repair Small gap between farm fence and cricket pitch requires an expert hand (I did the dodgy fix)

Fencing material? Need expert opinion here

Sensory Garden

Build garden edging using existing timber on site Cobblestone pathway

Saws, nails, sledge hammer Pegs Old Red Bricks

Edging repairs

Replace edge post on playground bark area Replace missing edging on climbing wall surround

Large nails Handsaw or Skillsaw Pegs

Shelf Unit Assembly of kitset shelving unit in Pool Chemical Shed

Vegetable Garden

Relocate vegetable garden from behind Kiwi Room (under Willow) to other side of bus shed (by strawberry patch)

Hammers Crow Bar Wheelbarrows and shovels (if soil not too hard packed to move)

Health & Safety Parents will be responsible for their own children on this day. Appropriate protective wear to be worn while operating weed whacker/scrub bar and any other tooling, such as boots, pants, eye protection, ear protection etc.

Digital Citizenship Agreements. Please return these as soon as possible.

Stationery Invoices are due for payment and are being sent home with students today.

Want to know more about being on the Board of Trustees? NZSTA have sent through the following information: You will no doubt be aware that 2019 is an election year for school trustees. NZSTA has been working on ways to encourage more parents to stand for election. We understand that asking people to put their hand up and stand for election is difficult, especially if parents aren’t really clear on what the role entails! We are offering a new programme, Kōrari, which is designed to recognise the experience of existing trustees and help to encourage potential new trustees to come and find out what it really means to serve on a school board. When? Thursday 7th March @7pm Where? Bush MultiSport Stadium, Pahiatua

GRIP Student Leadership Conference This is held on the 3rd April in the Awapuni Function Centre at the Awapuni Racecourse, Palmerston north and is for Year 7 and 8 students. Students will need to take a packed morning tea and lunch and a pen, the conference booklet is provided for them. More details will follow regarding transport.

SPORTS NEWS

2019 PRE-SEASON PRIMARY HOCKEY TOURNAMENT TRUST HOUSE COMPLEX CLAREVILLE

Tuesday 2nd April – Years 5 & 6 & Thursday 4th April – Years 7 & 8

Teams have been entered by Brenda and teams will be notified via a separate notice. Thank you to Jo and Paula who have offered to take transport and to Emma and Marama for transport and managing the teams.

Touch

Alfredton Tigers vs Pahiatua Tour won!

Charlotte was Player of the Day

Toki/Alfredton vs Pahiatua won!

Grace was Player of the Day

Cricket

Eke Tornadoes vs Wai. Girls Blue won 156-119

Wai Girls Green vs Martinborough won 96-95 with one over spare.

Alfredton School Trail Ride

These students rode at the Trail Ride;

Harry, Charlotte, Jess, Emma M, Jesse, Maddie, Tova, Leo, Jock, Makayla, Hunter, Aston, Mac, Angus,

Henry, Eden, Nixon, Damien and Kingston

180-200ish riders

4 tracks; Mini track for starters, Junior Track, B Track, A track with A loops

Special thank you to Kiera, Farryn and Grace for helping Mrs Audier sell raffle tickets.

Rugby

Hurricanes vs Brumbies – won!! Yay!

Alfredton School won ALL relays at Swimming Sports.

Thank you to Aston for joining with Balance School so they could have a Boys relay team

BOT UPDATE On behalf of the Alfredton BOT I would like to thank ASCA for running the trail ride fundraiser. It was a really

well organised event and all the riders would have had a great day with a tasty lunch. A special thanks to Te

Hoe, Pati Tapu and the Christie family for the use of their property and to Simon and Lisa Hull who lead the

event.

Elections: Our three year election cycle is due on the 7th June this year. All five positions on the board are

up for re-election. If we get this number then there is no need for an election, but if we get more than the

required nominees then an election will have to take place. Two of the current board have indicated they

will be re-standing for election.

After this process it is likely that the new board will appoint a sixth person in order to spread the work load.

So please get talking about who would like to be involved, there are presentation evenings being held for

further information or give me a call if you like. It is a great way to be part of the community and to support

the school.

Thanks for all the support.

Russ Smith

BOT Chair.

Next Meeting: Tuesday 19th March 6:00pm.

All welcome to attend

ASCA

Alfredton School Trail Ride Fundraiser – Sunday 3rd March 2019

On behalf of ASCA, a huge THANKYOU to all those who helped with the running of this event on Sunday. It

requires the support of a large number of people to put this event on, both in the lead up to it, and on the

day, and without all this help it wouldn't have been so successful so we really appreciate it!

This year saw 186 riders converge on Te Hoe Station, a huge thankyou to the Mitchells - Stu, Carla, Alan and

Wendy for the use of their facilities and property as our base. Also to Doug and Jo McKenzie and Grant and

Rachel Christie, many thanks for allowing us access to your properties as well, we couldn't have created such

a fantastic ride for everyone without you all. Feedback from riders was 'could we please hold it here again

next year!'

To those who gave their time to 'mark out' on Saturday, and all involved with running the show on Sunday,

your efforts have been well rewarded with a huge number of positive comments on our awesome tracks,

amazing lunch, friendly hospitality and well organised event.

Thank you to our friendly mechanic from Bisset Honda who provided support to riders with

breakdowns/repairs etc so they could continue to enjoy all that was on offer for the day.

We would also like to sincerely thank those from the community not involved in the school, but who gave

their time and support over the weekend to help us. Great job everyone!

We also could not have been so successful financially with this event, without the support and generosity of

local businesses. We are so grateful for the generous donations made by the following people, to help us

cover our costs. Please do share your appreciation and thanks the next time you see these wonderful folk:

St John/ MNZ Permit/Advertising/Food/Drink/Track Raffle Prizes

Tararua Shearing Eketahuna Country Meats

Wairere Rams Farmlands - Mstn

MCI and Associates Mitre10 Mega - Mstn

Mahoney Crutching Ltd Repco - Mstn

Farmlands - Masterton New World - Mstn

Langlands

Childrens Helmet Draw – Donated by Motorcycle HQ

We would like to thank Simon and Carolyn Windleborn of Motorcycle HQ, Pahiatua, for generously donating

a children's helmet, as a special prize draw for our younger riders. All children who entered the ride on the

day went into this draw. Winner drawn by Hamish, one of our St John Officers at the event.

Prize Winner: Kingston Mitchell

Raffle Prize Draw Winners

A big thankyou to our sponsors of our wonderful raffle prizes, and congratulations to our winners.

1st Draw – Meat Pack: Lisa Clay (orange B54)

2nd Draw – LED Lenser Head Lamp: Justin Stevenson (orange B63)

3rd Draw – Repco cleaning kit and Mitre10 voucher: Jo McKenzie (red B25)

4th Draw – New World voucher: Ash Dunstan (red B67)

Winners drawn by Hamish one of our St John Officers at the event.

STOCK DRIVE

Alfredton School and Community Association (ASCA) is running a fundraising Stock Drive for the month of

March. We are asking Alfredton farmers to kindly donate stock to ASCA next time they are loading their

animals to the works. It’s as simple as marking the stock being donated on the head with spray and loading

them last as a separate line. A separate ASD form also needs to be filled out. Any number and class of stock

are gratefully received. Below is a list of participating stock agents, if your agent isn’t on the list please contact

Angela Blundell 3750676 to arrange. A big thank you to all the agents for their support.

Ray Spencer • Chris McBride

Ed Wallace • Richard Thurston

John Griffith • Sam McKay

Craig Nelson

The money raised will go towards swimming lessons for all students and IT resources for the classrooms.

COMMUNITY NEWS

EKETAHUNA GUN CLUB SPORTING SHOOT 100 targets, Teams of five or individuals

10 March , 10 am start Ammo and food available

All welcome ,Contact Mike Davis 027 2339685

2019 SEASON REGISTRATION DAY

WHEN: Wednesday 13th March 3:45 – 5pm

WHERE: Eketahuna Rugby Clubrooms

WHAT: Registration and weigh in of boys and girls for 2018

rippa and tackle age-grade rugby teams.

WHO: All boys and girls aged 4 – 12yrs. We look forward to seeing everyone back and would

also love to welcome new members to our club

SUBS: $20 per player (please pay at registration day)

If you have previously played for Eketahuna JAB you will receive an email from us. Follow the website link in the email to update

your child’s online registration details (age as at 1st Jan 2019). We will alter grades for players that are being regraded up or down

so enter your child’s grade based on age.

New players to Eketahuna JAB club – please go to www.sporty.co.nz. Click on Find Your Club or School. Type Eketahuna Rugby

Football Club into the search box at top right and click Search. Click on Eketahuna Rugby Football Club. Click on Online Registrations,

then Junior Form. Complete this form and submit.

REGISTRATION DAY TO BE FOLLOWED BY

EKETAHUNA JAB RUGBY 2019 AGM

Wednesday 21st March 5pm - Eketahuna Clubrooms – after registrations. New committee members

welcome. Can all current committee members please attend?

Team jersey and mouthguards

distributed at first training to all paid up players. Black shorts and Eke socks to be provided by parents.

Subsidised Eke kids hoodies can be ordered from club $15. Notifications via Facebook page - Eketahuna

JAB Rugby - and posted in school newsletters

QUERIES - PLEASE DON’T HESITATE TO CONTACT Eketahuna JAB Secretary : Kirby Duffy

06 3758119 lanceandkirby@inspire.net.nz

Looking forward to another super year of JAB rugby – it will be great to see you all!

EKETAHUNA JAB RUGBY CLUB…