25th June 2015 - Week 10 Term 2

BOT News We held our monthly Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday 18 June and the following are snippets from the meeting. Jude has taken over as staff representative on the Board with Wendy away. Tenders closed yesterday for the pricing of the covered decking outside Rooms 1 & 2. This will open up the classrooms and allow for extra teaching space.

We have some extra teacher time so we have Natasha Gall working Monday –Wednesday and Uta Schroder-Gay Wednesday afternoons and Thursdays . Their time is used for small group teaching and or taking the class while teacher works with small groups. Margaret Chisolm will be teaching in Rm 3 for term 3 while Helen on leave. All the teaching staff and teacher aides have been enrolled in a Heart Saver first aid course on Tuesday 28 July. The BOT have agreed to close the school for the day while the training takes place. Mark and Jude attended the Rural Teaching Principals Conference in Queenstown recently. The focus of the conference was Modern Learning Environments. It was a great opportunity to listen to what was said and reflect on how things may or may not fit into our school environment. Mark is to prepare a lockdown procedure for the school,

Early next term staff will visit recommended Nelson schools to look at how they use information technology in their classrooms to help lift achievement. After the visit and discussion with an Education IT consultant, a technology plan will be put to the Board for consideration.

The term is fast closing down and as usual the end of term seems to bring a lot of sickness. There have been quite a lot of absences over the past few week. Thanks to those who let us know when your child is away as it saves time with follow up calls.

Tomorrow school reports will be sent home followed by parent / teacher interviews on Tuesday and Wednesday from 2.00pm. The parent teacher interviews are a chance to check how your child is tracking and discuss any queries or concerns. Appointments can be made at the school office.

Friday School Lunch

Shepherd’s Pie $3.00

Banana Bread $2.00

Thanks to Cathy and Sandra

for school lunches this week.

Yesterday’s School Assembly featured songs sung by the

whole school and special

presentations from each class.

Room 1 sung “Homework Blues”

Room 2 sung “Hello”

Room 3 Maori Colours

Room 4 “Turtle” poems and

Night time Artwork

Room 5 presented an orginal

poem about dwarves

Blacksmithing.

Being a Turtle I’m flying through the water with the sparkling jellyfish and

smooth scaled sharks, the jeweled blue bottle jelly fish and the

dolphins happily playing. I move deeper, driving through the

waves. I have 5 minutes of air left !!. I look at the silky sperm

whales. I go up for air. I look at the shining sun! I go to the

lands edge to feast on the reefs’ corals. I love the ocean.

I am a turtle.

By Jules

I am turtle I am turtle

Waiting in my egg,

Hatch, little turtle, hatch.

I am turtle,

Shoveling through the sand,

Shovel, little turtle, shovel.

I am turtle, dodging gulls,

Dodge, little turtle, dodge.

I am turtle,

Soaring through the waves,

Soar, little turtle, soar.

I am turtle,

Watching shimmering fish,

Watch, little turtle, watch!

I am turtle,

Grazing on the coral,

Graze, growing turtle, graze.

I am turtle,

Called by the moon,

Listen, big turtle, listen,

I am turtle.

By Lola H

I am a Turtle I am a turtle. My eyes are as black as coal. My shell is as green

as grass. I am buried. Hatch, little turtle, hatch. Finally I am

free! I drag my leathery tummy across pebbly sand. I reach the

water. I avoid sharks, dolphins and other hungry fish. I must

hide from the nets of the fishermen. I go to secret places and

feed on sea grass. It is time!

I am twenty years old. I scramble to the beach. Then I pull

myself into the sand. Heavy, and slow in the bright moonlight.

I find the perfect place where the sun shines and the trees

shade my eggs. And then I crawl back the sea. I am Turtle.

I swim through the waves, swim through the surf, faster and

faster,

Surf, big turtle surf! I am Turtle.

By Lily W

I am Turtle Swish, the moon light shimmered as I swished through the

glamorous sea. The sea is as dark as a blueberry, but I can see

the moon. I am facing a shark. I had better beat it or I will be

shark meat!

I have two minutes of air left. I blow bubbles with my nose. My

shell is blue in the moonlight.

I bury my eggs in the shimmering sand.

They have hatched. I have to get food straight away.

By Maren

Room Four have been reading and learning about turtles this week and

the following is some writing from a few children in the class about

being a turtle.

School Calendar dates

Term Two

26th June Reports home

3oth June Parent interviews

1st July Parent interviews

3rd July End of term

20th July Start of Term 3

Term 3 20th July - 25th Sept

Term 4 12th Oct - 16th Dec

Term 1 2016 starts on 2nd Feb

I am going

to the rugby

ground.

by

Kaice

My rabbit escaped when I was in Nelson.

We watched football. I got a biscuit. By Emmy

I am a dolphin.

I live in the sea.

Sometimes it is

rainy and sometimes

it is sunny.

By Amira

Breakfast Quiz

Well done to our two breakfast quiz teams who went along to the town library today. They all had a great time

and really enjoyed their breakfast and the quiz. It was a close competition, with the end placings coming down

to the general knowledge round. Our teams came 2nd= and third, brilliant effort and well done.

The best thing about the quiz was the breakfast! At first I was very excited and after breakfast we got straight into the first round. The quiz went very quickly. Next Year I will read the books over and over again! Tane It was really fun and quite tense because it was so quiet. If I was doing the competition again and I’d finished all the books I would then start reading books like Harry Potter and Nursery Rhymes for the General Knowledge Round. The best bit of all was the breakfast! Rhys I was happy about how prepared we were and I didn’t find the questions too hard. It was really important to whisper the answers quietly so the other teams didn’t hear. Next time I would like to start the books earlier. Pippa

YEAR 3-6 MINIBALL

Miniball for Year 3-6 children will be starting on Tuesday, 28th July, which is in Week 2 next term and finish at the

end of term on the 22nd September.

There will be two grades:

Year 3/4, which will be held at Takaka Primary School hall

Year 5/6, which will be held at GBHS gym

The first games will start at 3.30pm with the last game finishing around 5.30pm. However, depending on the number

of teams playing, it could finish closer to 6pm.

If your child is allowed to play please fill in the permission slip below, and return to school by next Wednesday 1st

July. You can also leave a message on the answerphone or let Jane know in the office. No late additions to teams

will be taken as it means we end up with too many children in each team .

As teachers are involved with umpiring games we will need parents to manage each team.

If you are able to manage a team on the night and umpire the odd game, could you also please fill in the form below.

The cost for the Year 5/6 players is $8, which covers hall hire, lights. There is no cost for the Year 3/4 players.

This is payable before the end of term to the school office.

Children will wear school t-shirts and shorts. Shoes are optional. If the children forget part of their uniform,

they will not be able to play.

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PLEASE RETURN TO SCHOOL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

I give permission for my child ……………………………………..……………………………………..……………to play Miniball on Tuesday nights.

I am able to help manage a team yes / no

I am able to umpire the odd game yes / no

Signature……………………………………………………………………………

Netball Prize Giving is

on next Wednesday 1st

July at the High

School Gym from

3.30-4.00pm.

Please bring a plate to

share.

Thanks to everyone -

students, parents and

staff - who supported

the disco on Friday night.

It was a great turnout

and a fantastic time was

had by all! See you again

at the next one.

I went to the beach for a winter swim

and the water was cold.

By Clara

I like goody goody

gumdrop icecream and

lollies and chocolate

chip cookies and lollie

monsters.

By Kian

I can see a piece of

fennel. It was

yummy and I

found a carrot..

By Ashton S