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COMING EVENTS
14-18 March Dental Van Class 1-7
Thursday 17 March Kindy Harvest Festival
Friday 18 March Teacher Wānanga High School finish 12.45 Lower School/Kindy 2pm
Tuesday 22 March Community Meeting
Friday 25 March Good Friday
FRIDAY FLYER 11 March 2016 Newsletter 6
THE GIFT OF HOPE MICHAEL PARK SCHOOL CHARITY TEAM
Our team are working towards our first event for 2016.
Wheels Day on Friday 8th April will raise awareness and funds for Muscular Dystrophy.
Students can bring Bikes, Scooters, Unicycles, or Skates. There will be organised events and a competition for the best decorated wheels.
We would like to thank Kate Le Pelley for helping us create our logo from our ideas and designs and Dana for making it computer
friendly
If there are parents with contacts in businesses, that would be happy to be contacted for prizes for our Charity Events, we would love to hear from you.
Warm Regards The Gift of Hope team
DENTAL VAN FOR LOWER SCHOOL
The DHB Dental Van will be here from the 14th to 18th March.
They will see students from Class 1 to Class 7.
FRIDAY 18TH MARCH
Friday 18th March is a normal school day for the Kindergartens and Classes 1-7
High School will finish at 12.45pm and have the afternoon as a study afternoon.
Friday 18th March, the staff will be holding a wānanga from 1:30pm -7pm at school where they will deepen their perspectives around how to work meaningfully together with the Ka Hikitia goals in this year’s annual plan, as well as offering a chance to do a little more work around the Treaty of Waitangi policy review.
The wānanga programme will also include a number of workshops and quest speakers.
Kindergartens and Lower School will finish at the usual time of 2pm, with an extended lunch break until 1.45pm. Admin Staff and Senior students will oversee the cleanup and conclusion to the week for Classes 1-7.
Kindergarten parents are requested to please pick up their child on time so that staff are able to attend the wānanga as soon as possible.
Ngā mihi Desmond Pemerika
CAN YOU HELP C12 WITH THESE ITEMS?
Dear Community,
Class 12 is putting on a production and we need you!
We are trying to source the following for our Class 12 play. If you
have access to any of the following and are willing to donate or
lend them to us please email Alex – [email protected]
Any lead or sourcing ideas are also welcome.
Ladders of all shapes and sizes that are well worn or that
we can age ourselves
Old fashioned square suitcases
A contact or discount for artificial grass/turf
Iconic 60’s / 70’s clothing – hats, dresses, school uniforms,
satchels, etc.
An old lounge chair that is past it’s use-by date that you
don’t want back (a lazy-boy would be great)
Please keep in mind that we are not looking for precious antiques, only items that can be revamped.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely - Class 12
COMMUNITY MEETING DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS
Tuesday 22nd March, 7pm in the Auditorium
Michael Park’s junior school is bursting at the seams. The demand for our Special Character education is growing.
At our upcoming community meeting we will be engaging in appreciative inquiry workshops to explore with our parents and whānau the possible options for developing the school.
Come along for the annual update from the Board and Trust and take this opportunity to have your say about the future direction of the school.
HOT CROSS BUNDRAISER
Don’t forget orders for hot cross buns need to be dropped off at reception by Tuesday. We make $2 per pack to fundraise for our new playground! Order form on page 3.
FAIR ACTIVITES FOR EACH CLASS
Planning for our school fair is already underway. Please see below for your class activities for the fair this year.
If you would like to join the fair committee please email Des Pemerika at [email protected]
Jacaranda Clucky Hen Dragon Story
Kowhai Buried Treasure Flower Fairy Café
Maple Fairy Queen Primrose Café
Magnolia Children’s Bazaar Small Children’s Obstacle Course
Rose Cottage Support Magnolia Kindergarten
Class 1 Fishing Game Candle Dipping and Holders
Class 2 Castle Catapult Siege Lucky Dip
Class 3 BBQ Grill Making prizes for Lucky Dip
Class 4 Ice Cream, Drinks and Homemade Lemonade Making prizes for Lucky Dip
Class 5 Tastebuds Café
Class 6 Raffles Silent Auction
Class 7 Coconut Shy Strong Man Game
Class 8 Kings Challenge Car Parking
Class 9 Devonshire Tea
Class 10 Vegetarian Café
Class 11 2nd Hand Books Toilets
Class 12 Pre-loved Clothing Rubbish
Please advise your Fair Co-ordinator names and contact details to [email protected] if you haven’t already.
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Dear community
You are invited to the annual memorial gathering to remember all those connected with our school who have passed over into the Spiritual world.
We will gather at the auditorium at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday 20th March, 2016. There will be afternoon tea in the staffroom afterwards.
We look forward to seeing you.
Yours sincerely, Ana van der Pol Rudolf Steiner Schools Trust
BASKETBALL FEES
The middle and junior school teams are well into their summer season, with excellent support from a committed parent group. It is terrific to see so many youngsters enjoying the sport.
A plea – could all the fees for the season be paid immediately, as the cost to the school is considerable and they are a separate matter from normal school costs.
Many thanks
Stephan Hunt
WE WANT YOUR RECIPES!
Stuck for what to make for dinner each night? Need new lunchbox ideas? I'm coordinating the creation of a cookbook featuring recipes from our lovely Michael Park families as a fundraiser for the kindergarten.
If you have a trusty foolproof healthy family recipe you'd like to share (breakfast/lunch/dinner/snacks/drinks/lunchboxes - whatever you like, just please vegetarian), please email it to me: [email protected].
Thanks! Bonnie (Magnolia parent).
EASTER RAFFLE
Fundraiser for classes 3 and 5. Win this artisan bunny made from German chocolate, donated and created by Cara Telle.
$2 per ticket or $5 for 3 tickets .
Drawn on Thursday 24th March.
All the children in class 5 have tickets for sale and parents from class 3.
Thank you and Happy Easter from Sophia and Lars Stock
Enquiries to Cara Telle 021 2585 984
RSST & MPS INVOICES
By now you should have received your invoices in the post from the Rudolf Steiner Schools Trust and Michael Park School.
Please advise if you have not received them in the mail and confirm your address to:
[email protected] and/or [email protected]
Monthly MPS statements will be emailed at the beginning of every month.
Please contact Raewyn on 5258995 or email if you did not receive an invoice for your children via email.
A reminder to contact reception for any changes to your contact details.
Our friends at Bakers Delight Ellerslie will donate $2 from every 6-pack of hot cross buns if orders are placed through the school.
This is a wonderful opportunity to raise some dough for the development of our school playground and auditorium!
There are three delicious flavours to choose from - Traditional, Chocolate Chip and Mocha.
Order forms will be handed out to students next week. Orders and cash need to be placed in the marked box in reception by Tuesday 15th March. You can also print the order form below or pick up extra forms from reception. Ask your family, friends and neighbours if they’d like to be included on your order!
Hot Cross Buns will be delivered to the school on Friday 18th March and distributed to classes.
Enquiries to Dana in the office: [email protected]
FILM: ‘THE WORM IS TURNING’
After sell out screenings in Australia we are excited to announce screenings of THE WORM IS TURNING in New Zealand.
This film is an important film for everyone to see!
Be part of changing agriculture in your community and in the world.
Ecological farming - THE REAL REVOLUTION
These are crowdsourcing events - by purchasing tickets - YOU make the screenings happen.
Tickets are only available pre-purchased - here are the New Zealand dates:
- AUCKLAND [Northcote], Wed 23 March https://www.tugg.com/events/93359
- AUCKLAND [Howick], Wed 30 March https://www.tugg.com/events/93867
- AUCKLAND [Newmarket], Wed 6 April https://www.tugg.com/events/93866
Some of the screenings will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Hope to see you there -
Asa Mark & Hilary Bain
Trailer on the film website: www.thewormisturning.com
An Evening with David Bond & 4 NZ Experts on childhood.
Created & promoted by our very own Simon Roberts & Roger Harris!
Join the multi-award winning Writer/Director of the UK’s most popular film on childhood,
Project Wild Thing for an evening of inspiring conversation and debate.
In 2012, David Bond, a worried British dad made a film that
showed how excessive screen time is stopping kids from going outdoors.
He wrote, directed and featured in ‘Project Wild Thing’, now recognised as
the U.K’s most successful documentary film on childhood. It was selected for
54 international film festivals. The Guardian newspaper said, ‘This film will
change your life.’
Three years later two Kiwi dads saw the film and were struck by the project’s
relevance in New Zealand. Under their ‘Subjects that Matter’ brand, promoter
Simon Roberts and Phoenix Organics co-founder Roger Harris have brought
David Bond out from London to collaborate with New Zealand experts
already concerned about the overuse of screens by children.
On Friday 11th
March, 2016, at 7.30pm, Subjects that Matter will proudly partner with The Parenting Place in a live
event at their Auckland facility in Greenlane. Hosted by David, the show will feature the following experts, who will
inform, inspire and offer practical solutions to parents and anyone with a vested interest in childhood. Here’s the line-up
of our wonderful presenters:
David Bond - Award winning Writer/Director of the film ‘Project Wild Thing’ and founder of The Wild Network. “Why
kids need to reconnect with Nature”
Dr. Scott Duncan - Head of Research at the School of Sport and Recreation and Associate Director of the Human
Potential Centre at Auckland University of technology (AUT).
“The importance of roaming free and playing wild”
Bruce McLachlan - Inspirational Principal of Swanson Primary and champion of free play.
“Re-introducing risk to the playground”
Jenny Hale - Senior Family Coach at The Parenting Place. ‘’Inspiring kids to love the outdoors”
Jill Goldson - Director of The Family Matters Centre, NZ Herald Columnist and regular Breakfast TV guest. “Managing
Screen Time”
Tickets on sale here; http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2016/rewild-the-child-getting
-kids-off-screens-and-outdoors/auckland/greenlane
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rewildthechild
TONIGHT!