newlands school · 21/08/2019 · was from space. we were all really excited to hear about his...
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NEWSLETTER Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Week 5, Term 3, 2019
Newlands School
NURTURE, LEARN, SUCCEED — TOGETHER. HE TANGATA HE TANGATA HE TANGATA.
Phone: (04) 461 6900 Fax: (04) 461 6902 Text Absences: 027 261 6901
Emails: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: https://newlandsprimary.school.nz/
Kia ora, assalam-o-alaikum, ni hao, malo e lelei, talofa lava, kia orana, namaste and greetings to everyone.
Term 3 is progressing well with science experiments happening at every turn. We are all learning about how matter changes under different circumstances. The Artsplash Choir and Ka Awatea are al-so doing the hard mahi to be performance ready for their events coming up in a few weeks.
Calendar Art Orders Order forms for your child’s personalised calendar, diaries, sketch pads, cards, and mouse pads came home on Monday – check out your child’s red book bag! Your child’s art is precious, and imagine seeing it every day on your 2020 calendar and diary, as well as on cards, sketch pads and mouse pads. These items make perfect Christmas gifts for whānau and friends and are ideal for posting overseas. The hard copy order forms were sent home on Monday and orders will close on Friday 6 September. All the information for ordering and paying is on the form. Each of your children will have a separate form. Your child’s art work is on display, in class folders, in the school office if you would like to pop in and see it before you buy.
Please do not park in the Drop off Zone The Drop Off Zone near the school drive is a NO park area. Please just swing in, drop your children off and drive off again. If you need to walk your child into the school, please find a parking space across the road where you can leave your car unattended. Thank you. The Drop Off Zone works well when everyone follows the kaupapa.
Please do not drop your children off where there are yellow lines painted on the road– it is illegal and it obscures the view for the road patrollers.
Bookclub Issue 6 – closes Thursday 29 August The Scholastic Book Club Issue 6 is out and orders are due back at school on Thursday 29 August. If you would like to use your credit card to pay for your book club order this is available online through the Book club LOOP (Linked online ordering and payment scheme) The instructions are on the order form and the process is easy. You can, of course, still pay using cash or cheques by sending the order and money in a sealed envelope to school. Happy reading everyone.
NOTE: The books for Issue 5 are due for distribution from Scholastic shortly. They have been held up due to a delay in the arrival of some of the ordered books from overseas.
UP AND COMING EVENTS
The following are the up and coming events for the next month.
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THURSDAY 29 AUGUST BOOK CLUB ORDERS DUE
FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER CALENDAR ART ORDERS DUE
TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 7:30PM ARTSPLASH FESTIVAL CHOIR
THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER NEWLANDS SCHOOLS’ KAPAHAKA FESTIVAL
SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER ST BRIGID’S KAPAHAKA FESTIVAL
Phone: (04) 461 6900 Fax: (04) 461 6902 Text Absences: 027 261 6901
Emails: [email protected] or [email protected]
Thanks for the book resources Altrusa Sophia Max and son Alex from Altrusa International of Ohariu donated four books on 'Girls and Coding' to our school library. We were pleased to receive a set of Girls Who Code for our school library donated from Altrusa Ohariu. Their project “Get set for a brighter future” has provided over 250 brand new books into the local community this month including all 26 schools in the Ohariu Electrorate area and Arohata Prison. Altrusa hopes that the books donated will provide positive role models for girls who may be encouraged to pursue STEM careers, and offer teachers a wider variety of teaching resources. Altrusa welcomes new ideas and aims to provide flexibility so that our members can give their time in a way that works for them. Meetings are held at 7.30pm on the second Thursday of each month in central Johnsonville. Guests are always welcome; contact the Club President to arrange a no obligation visit and see what Altrusa is all about!
[email protected] http://facebook.com/altrusaohariu
Nathan Ryan telling Kanuka and Puriri about Space Camp USA – By William in Puriri Last Friday we had a very special guest who came to talk to us about his experiences at the NASA boot camp in the USA. His name is Nathan Ryan and he is a former student at Newlands School.
The first thing I noticed was that he was wearing some bright blue flying overalls. This made him look like he was from space. We were all really excited to hear about his experiences overseas.
He told us he went on a two-week journey to the USA where he was trained in different skills just like a real astronaut.
My favourite activity was him doing indoor sky diving so they could practice being weightless in space. I think Ryan may have inspired some kids to look at being an engineer or a pilot in the future. He certainly in-spired me to want to go to the space camp.
Community Notices For details on activities and events in our community, including those listed below, click here to visit our website.
Onslow College Rowing Club Book Fair Sat 24 and Sun 25 August
Wellington Junior Chess Open 21 September at Amesbury School
NEW: Metlink routes and services Public Feedback meeting and online Survey
Blended Family Success Seminar Tuesday 17 September 7-9pm
NEW: Job Advert for local company ABLE MASON—part time office job
German School Wellington
Elements Rhythmic Gymnastics Classes
After School Te Reo Lessons
Newlands Kids Choir Newlands Community Centre
NEW: Johnsonville Softball Club registrations for 2019/2020 season
Spiritus Dance Company Classes for Adults
NEW: This weekend—International Springboard Diving Championships
NEW: Wilderkids Outdoor Adventure School Holiday Programme
Free Home Fire Safety Visits
Evolve Academy of Highland Dance Leaping Lizards School of Dance
Attendance Term 2 In light of the major sickness outbreak during the latter part of Term 2, where the Public Health Department were monitoring our rate of absenteeism due to common symptoms of coughs, fevers, tummy upsets and other ‘flu-like’ issues, the absentee rates are not reliably able to be used as a trend indicator for Term 2. However, the general attendance rate for the children not sick was incredibly pleasing.
Typically, sick children were absent for well over a week, with many returning to school only to fall sick again for a few more days. We had such a bad run with whole whanua taken out with sickness.
A wee summary from Term 2 Every Day Counts shows: In the week of May 6 the attendance rate was 96.1%, compared to the attendance in the week of June 25 that was 85%. The average attendance for Term 2 was 91% which is very pleasing considering how sick many of our tamariki were. Sickness was the main reason for absenteeism, with holidays being the next most common reason for being away from school.
Newlands School continues to rate higher for attendance across all year levels in comparison to other Wellington schools, other decile 8 schools, other co-educational schools, and all schools in Aotearoa. Newlands School also rates higher in attendance for all ethnicities and for both boys and girls.
Thank you everyone for getting your children to school as often as possible. We love to see the academic progress and positive relationships that being at school every day brings to all our tamariki.
Phone: (04) 461 6900 Fax: (04) 461 6902 Text Absences: 027 261 6901
Emails: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: https://newlandsprimary.school.nz/
Mathswell Team Last Wednesday night our Mathswell Team, Ashleigh, Aya, Dominic, Ashley, Madison, Caitlin, Luke and Thomas worked hard at Karori West Normal School working out mathematical problems and answering quick fire maths knowledge questions. They did themselves proud with their achievements and had a really challenging but fun night.