Longbeach School

Boundary Road, R D 3, Ashburton. Email office@longbeach.school.nz Ph (03) 302-6643 Fax (03) 302-6871

Contents Page 2 From the Principal Page 3 Longbeach Stars/Academic Awards Page 4 School Notices Page 5 School Notices/Community Notices Page 6 Community Notices Page 7 Community Notices– Longbeach Challenge Page 8 Newsletter Sponsors

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Reach for the STARS to be the best we can in all we do.

2nd December 2016

Dates to Remember TERM 4

Week 9: 5th-9th December

Monday 5th Technology Year 7/8

Thursday 8th Year 8’s leave for their trip to Auckland Subway

Friday 9th

Year 8’s return from their trip to Auckland Assembly 2.20pm—Room Waterton Reports and class lists for next year to go home

Week 10: 12th-16th December

Wednesday 14th School End of Year Prizegiving 6.30pm start to be held at the Ashburton College Auditorium

Thursday 15th Lake Hood Picnic Day

Friday 16th Last day for 2016!!! Clean up day school closing at 12.30pm

2016 IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday 14th December– School End of Year Prizegiving to be held at the Ashburton College Auditorium

6.30pm start

Thursday 15th December - Lake Hood Day

2017 TERM DATES

Term 1 Monday 30th January-Thursday 13th April Term 2 Monday 1st May—Friday 7th July

Term 3 Monday 24th July—Friday 29th September

Term 4 Monday 16th October—T.B.A.

A warm Longbeach welcome to our latest new entrant.

We hope you enjoy your time with us and share our passion for learning!

Happy school days to you!!

Ryan

SCHOOL BUS VESTS Could all students please return their bus vests, washed, back to the school office the last week of term. Thanks.

These will be re-issued to students again in the first week

back at school next year.

Newsletter This will be out last Community newsletter for 2016.

All of us here at Longbeach School would like to wish you all a very Merry Xmas and a happy New

Year! A big thankyou to our newsletter sponsors listed on

the back page. Please remember to support them all.

We are currently in the process of renewing our newsletter sponsors for another year. If you are

interested in advertising in our community newslet-ter which goes out to all our school families, as well

as all of R.D 3 & R D 4 then please contact our school office—thanks.

From the Principal…

Kia ora all. Firstly, as this is the final newsletter for 2016, I would like to thank our volunteers who have helped Longbeach School become the fantastic school it is. The list is far too numerous to name everyone but we have had camp parents, coaches, PPP reading, car transport, fundraising, library sorting and so on. The list is huge! Thank you very much from all the staff and students at Longbeach School. Classroom teachers Rm Willowby – Mrs Stone Rm Ashton – Mrs Dunckley Rm Waterton – Miss Turpie Rm Eiffelton – Mrs McFarlane Rm Flemington Miss Yeatman Rm Huntingdon – Mrs Parkin & Miss Gallagher Also working with us will be Mrs Quinlan, Mrs Lovell, Mrs Price and Mrs Simons. As previously mentioned sorting classes out is no easy task as we divide up 8 year levels into 6 classes. There is always going to be a split. We have looked at all the factors in detail and made a judgement with the students at the heart of the matter. No one gets left behind if they do not move to another class. In each class there are ability groups regardless of their year level. Students are grouped based on their needs in particular areas. In fact groups often change throughout the day in a class as they move from subject to subject. We are constantly assessing the needs of the students and adjusting groups as necessary. Learning groups are not set in stone. Within groups in classes you will see a mixture of genders and year levels. This grouping process is called differentiated learning. This is the learning at different levels based on the needs of the learners. There is no set curriculum for a year level. It is all about needs based teaching. There are expected achievement levels which we work towards. Some of these are National Standards others are assessment that are done nationwide so we know what is expected. However, every child is different and they all achieve at different rates at different times. Sometimes students take off suddenly then plateau for a while. Students are not linear learners. Consequently the students set goals to work towards the expected achievement levels. The first of the goal setting will be at the start of the year in our 3-Way-Conferences. Next year we will start the year with 3-Way-Conferences. So classes will start on Wednesday the 1st of February 2017. On the 30th and 31st of January we will start earlier with 3-Way-Conferences. Go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and use the code q9ux6 to book your conference. If you unable to do this call into the office and we can book it for you. Longbeach Coastal Challenge. Wow what a day! A huge thank you to all the volunteers who gave up hours

and hours of their time to make this event the success it was. The Longbeach Coastal Challenge Committee

deserve a special mention as the driving force. The commitment and time given was extraordinary and we are

extremely thankful.

Longbeach Stars…

Academic Awards…

ACADEMIC AWARDS PRESENTED AT ASSEMBLY 25TH NOVEMBER Room Willowby

Harry O’Connell Libby Driscoll-Fear

All round effort with his learning For having excellent focus and attitude towards her learning

Room Ashton Tom Prouting Zander Etheridge

For excellent progress in reading

Room Waterton Liam Lash For perseverance with new Algebra strategies

Room Eiffelton Penny Smollett Lara Dolphin Skye Murphy-Olliver

All three for fantastic progress in Reading and Maths

Room Flemington Cody Etheridge Austin Watson

Both for a huge improvement in their reading

Room Huntingdon Annabel Dolan Taylah Burrowes Jenna Borthwick

For their great effort in producing their picture book “Boi”

ROOM WILLOWBY Georgia, Billie & Edward

ROOM ASHTON Olly

ROOM WATERTON Amy

ROOM EIFFELTON Alex R

ROOM FLEMINGTON Jen, Tayla & William

ROOM HUNTINGDON Zara & Todd

L B STARS

L B STARS

School Notices…

Mid Canterbury School Transport Service Just a reminder that you all need to let Mid-Canterbury School Transport Service if your

child/children are going to be using the school buses next year. This can be done now or at the beginning of the new year, and obviously before school

returns at the beginning of February. Email them on admin@mcsts.co.nz Phone 307-2420. Any new children will need to registered on the buses

the website to do this is www.mcsts.co.nz If you are unable to register online please call into the office and we may be able to do it for you. Thanks.

SCHOOL LOST PROPERTY

We have loads of lost property at school at

present. Please call in and check if you think you are missing something.

The Lost property bin is located outside Rooms Willowby and Ashton.

As it is nearly the end of the year any left over clothing will be disposed of or washed

and resold through Home & Schools second hand uniforms.

Thankyou.

Home & School End of Year Raffles

Please keep your donations of two food/xmasy items for our end of year

prize giving raffles coming in. If you could please have these

into the office by Friday 9th December

that would be very much appreciated. Also if you think you could spare an hour or so to help

make up the raffle baskets on the morning of Tuesday 13th December please contact

Louise Davidson on 302-6994 or 027 656-6006 Thanks—Home & School

I would like to wish all our lovely volunteers for P.P.P. this year, a sincere thank you from the students, staff

and parents at Longbeach School. Your support for this programme is invaluable and the

progress the children make is excellent. So for 2016, a huge thank you to these

volunteers who spent an hour at school each week: Jan Thorne Jenny Proctor Marg Eder

On behalf of Longbeach School, Sarah Dunckley

PAUSE, PROMPT PRAISE, THANKS! The Year 8s would like to thank all the gener-

ous parents and people in the Longbeach community who kindly supported our recent

fundraising events to help us with raising mon-ey for our graduation trip to Auckland.

Without your support our trip wouldn’t be as much fun. We look forward to telling you all

about it when we get back.

Congratulations to Ruben Winchester for winning the

‘Guess the lollies in the jar’

PLAYCENTRE Have expressed their concern over the gate between the school field and the back of the Playcentre being left open. A couple of

small children have managed to escape into the school grounds. Could anyone using the school grounds please make sure the gate is closed at all times.

LOST On the ATS Longbeach Coastal Challenge

Black Kathmandu jacket with car keys in pocket! Was left in the ATS tent.

Please phone Rebekah 027 741-1147 or

Ann-Marie Ph: 302-6060

School Notices….

Catelyn Henderson-Geddes 11yr Girls High Jump

Rosie Gray 12yr Girls Short Sprints Long Distance Long Jump

Georgia Winchester 12yr Girls High Jump Long Jump

Hugh Cameron 12yr Boys Long Sprints High Jump Long Jump

Well done to all our students who took part in the Mid Canterbury Schools Athletics Sports (The Counties) held on Friday 4th November. A huge effort put forward from the following students who

have have qualified in the following events to compete at the Canterbury Primary Athletics.

BABYSITTING AVAILABLE My name is Jaidyn Busch, I am 15 years old. I am available for babysitting duties over the

Xmas school holiday period as from the 12th December 2016. Phone 021 173-6050

Community Notices….

Thank you for your kind donations towards my bake sale. We raised over $165 in which we donated to the Ashburton Animal Shelter. We

also received a large amount of pet food which was sent to the Kaikoura area to help out the

animals there.

Thank you, Keeley Galbraith

Keeley handing over the money raised at the Ashburton Animal Shelter

Community Notices….

Kind, caring and super fun mature 14 year old available for babysitting/

childcare during xmas holidays Please phone Charlotte 302-6765

Southern Netball Club AGM

Trinity Presbyterian Church Meeting Room

Mayfield Klondyke Road, Mayfield 7.00pm Tuesday 6th December

ALL WELCOME Enquiries and apologies to:

Marguerite Murphy (Secretary) Ph: 027 296-9668

Email: somerdowns@outlook.com

Reading is cool … Join the summer reading challenge at the Ashburton

Children’s Library these holidays and earn library pennies.

When you have read 20 books you exchange your pennies for a

prize. All prize winners go in a draw for two bicycles,

sponsored by the Erewhon Masonic

Lodge.

The challenge begins on the

9th December and finishes on the

17th January, with the Lodge

Erewhon prize draw on the

20th January. Be cool – read with the Ashburton

Public Library this summer.

Active Kids Holiday

Programme

Ashburton –EA Centre

January registrations now open! Week 1 - Monday 16th - Friday 20th Jan

Active Kids is an exciting structured programme of

sport, physical activity and play for primary school

aged children. The programme is safe and affordable;

OSCAR subsidies available.

Visit our website for full details:

http://www.sportcanterbury.org.nz/new-zealand/

holiday-programmes/

Community Notices….

THANK YOU On behalf of the Organising Committee of the 10th ATS Longbeach Coastal Challenge can I please say a HUGE THANK YOU to every single parent who helped out and/or competed, to every Longbeach student who gave it a go and to the teachers and Mr Simons for helping and competing. The anniversary event surpassed our wildest dreams and we saw 1493 competitors register to compete. This is a magnificent outcome for us as a school community in terms of the funds we have raised. The total will be announced in the new year as we finalise the accounts over the next month. We could not have run such a successful event without our sponsors – all businesses in our local community, some of whom have been involved for all ten years. We value your input and your passion for the ATS Longbeach Coastal Challenge. Special thanks to our naming sponsor ATS for the enormous effort they put into the day with staff competing and helping to make the site look fabulous. To our Finishers Medal sponsor, Ray May Hose and Fittings we give a warm thank you. The pleasure of seeing the many children receive those medals was inspirational. To our three farming families – the Thomas’ the McKenzies and the Townshends – thank you for sharing your piece of paradise with us and giving us access to your properties to enable us to host such a wonderful event. To the 2016 Organising Committee – you have all put in many hours of personal and family time to make this event such a success for our school. A huge thank you to Jenny Lansdown, Matt Galbraith, Angela Cushnie, Anna Jemmett, Tamie MacDonald, Tash White, Mitch Bellew, Seaun Lovell, Jess Yeatman, Sarah Dunckley and Annabel Brook for investing the time to help make Longbeach School a special place for our children. To the Hinds and Districts Lions Club, with whom we partner 50/50, with the ATS Longbeach Coastal Challenge – THANK YOU! We could not be as successful without your input and many hours of work on the track – it is a special partnership and one we should both be proud of. We will all look forward to the 2017 event on November 26, 2017. If anyone would like to join the organising committee for 2017 please get in touch – it is a lot of fun and a great group to be a part of. Joanne Taylor Chair – Organising Committee

Ph Pete McLaren 302 6142 or 027 628 7799

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