RD5 Ashburton Phone 303 6214 027 3209802

www.mayfieldschool.co.nz

Mayfield School Newsletter 7th September 2016

Dear Parents and Community members,

Tena kautou katoa, At Mayfield School we work hard on developing a positive school culture. Classrooms are respectful environments and children are engaged in their learning. Visitors to the school and relieving teachers often remark that the children are polite, cheerful and on task. Children are not perfect and sometimes make choices that they later regret. At school we have a behaviour management procedure that provides a framework to deal with any issues to do with student behaviour. Each issue is thoroughly investigated and the best course of action is determined. All children are entitled to the principle of “natural justice” This basically means that they have the right to be treated fairly. We are fortunate that behavioural issues are few and far between. I have a behaviour book where incidents are recorded. Since the beginning of 2014 the number of recordings in this book have dropped from 40 (on average one a week), 20 in 2015 and 5 so far in 2016. The role of board members is to govern the school, not manage the school, this is the role of the Principal. So any issues about the day to day running of the school need to be directed to me not board members. It is extremely difficult to solve concerns if they are not known to myself or other members of staff! All our staff are receptive to parents and are willing listeners. Often problems can be solved with direct communication. Perceived problems that are not communicated often fester and become larger than they need to be. This Friday, teachers from school will be attending a union meeting in Ashburton. Because of this meeting, there will only be myself and teacher aides left at school so we are having a working bee in the afternoon, beginning at 1:15pm. The last working bee was a great success and a lot was achieved. We welcome parents to come along and help the children with odd jobs around the school. Buses will still run at the same time at 2:45pm. Back up Ski Day Because one Friday the mountain was closed, the backup ski day will be Friday 16th September. This day does clash with Swim week. Also please note that there will be no ski school classes on the 9th September due to the teacher union meeting. Swim Week Next week is Swim week. Please can you return the permission slips and pay the swimming invoice by this Friday. Thank you to those parents that have volunteered to take transport. Due to a lack of swimming instructors the children have been put into 3 time slots, the first one beginning at 12:45pm. Religious Education Survey Thank you the parents that have returned the Religious Education survey. Please can any others be returned to school by this Friday. End of Term Interviews For some children in Years 1-3 they are due interviews at the end of this term. They will be held on Monday 19th September. Your child’s teacher will contact you with a suitable time. Kind Regards

Richard Kidd

Important dates in Term 3/4

Working Bee List

Here is a list of things to bring to the working bee: Window cleaning gear, chainsaws, pruning shears, trailers, rakes, shovels large and small, wheel barrow.

7th September Adult Maori Education 7pm

9th September Working bee and Union meeting 1:15pm

12th September Year 7/8 manual

12th-16th September Swim week

16th September Catch up ski day

19th September Year 7/8 Mid Canterbury speech finals

23rd September Sharing Assembly and end of term.

10th October Term 4 starts

10th October Year 7/8 manual-1st day back

11th October Home & School Meeting

11th October Dog Control visit

11th October St Johns visit

17th October Math’s evening

19th-21st October Room 2 camp

24th October Labour Day

25th October Athletics Day

Principals Awards Week 5/6 Term 3 2016 Room 1- Week 5/6- Rhiannon Jones- working hard towards the organization of the Mayfield Olympic games. Room 2- Week 5/6- Eirene Mallari- asking fantastic questions during reading sessions. Angus Carr- thinking critically about what a tenth is and a hundredth is. Room 4- Week 5/6- Owen King- making great progress in mathematics. Yorifumi Franks- using different types of punctuation in his writing. Room 5- Week 5/6- Lewis Lloyd- working well on your worksheets. Well done. Well done to these children, they have lived up to our HEART values in the two week.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THESE CHILDREN THAT HAD

A BIRTHDAY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS… Mia Graham,

Shaye Boyd and Katie-Morgan Manhire.

SMALL STICKS SUMMER HOCKEY 2016

Small Sticks Summer Hockey starts 26 October! This fun six-a-side competition is great for children who are current

players, those who have never played hockey before and want to give it a go. Games will be played Wednesday after

school for 4 weeks at the NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf.

Games dates are: 26th October, 2nd, 9th and 16th November 2016.

Teams will play in four grades: Year 1 – 2, Year 3 – 4, Year 5 – 6 and Year 7 - 8. Note that the grading has changed

this year.

THANKS TO THOSE PARENTS THAT HAVE RESPONDED. Please if you are interested in contact Richard

or Lynley.

SCHOOL EVENTS

Science Activity Day

Science has been a focus for the school this year and last Monday we were fortunate to have Science

Advisor Warren Bruce come to school and work with the children on different scientific learning

experiences. Children were split in to their house groups and moved around classes, where each teacher

including Mr Bruce carried out a science lesson. It was fantastic to observe the depth of scientific thinking

and questioning occurring in each class and the fun the children had.

On our school Facebook page there are some wonderful pictures of the day.

Mini Olympics

Last Thursday we held the mini Olympics. This was organised by the children in Room One. One of the

strategic aims of the school is to develop leadership in our students and the senior students certainly

demonstrated this through by organizing the events, the timetable, making flags, medals and even an

Olympic torch. One of the strengths of a small school is the ability and opportunity for children to interact

with children of different ages- it was great to see the older children encouraging and directing the younger

ones on the various activities.

Futsal

Recently we had two futsal teams compete in mini tournament at the EA Network Centre. They also

received training from the NZ futsal team. Thanks to the children and the parents who gave up some

of their Sunday to assist. As always the Mayfield children demonstrated commitment and

sportsmanship.

Cricket Coldstream Cricket Club will be taking registrations for all intending junior cricket players at the Walnut Ave Pavilion on Tuesday the 13th of September 4 to 6 pm. Anyone unable to attend can still register by e-mailing rmcclea@vodafone.co.nz Please include your players full name, date of birth, school year, contact phone number and e-mail address. Thanks Richard McClea

PEASTRAW for SALE – collected $5 a small bale or $6 a bale delivered. Big bales 3x3 $30.00 collect. If you would like order/buy some pea straw, please call the school office on 3036214. Big bales being stored at Ryan Carr’s (3036599) or Brent Austin’s (3025650). Please contact them if wanting big bales.

PEASTRAW DELIVERY ROSTER 2016

Please note we have put 2 families together in most cases. Lynley will contact the next families on the list

as the orders come into the office and advise contact phone numbers to co-ordinate delivery.

If you are not able to do that delivery, please swap with the next person on the list and advise the school

office you have done this. Once delivered please either get cash/chq from person and deliver to school

office or if they require an invoice, get all relative information from them and bring to school office for

processing. Thank you for your co-operation

1. P & M Greenslade / Morrice

2. Homer / Mielnik

3. Spencer/ Manhire

4. Guilford / Tagay

5. Wall / Keen

6. A & R Carr / Kidd

7. Tolentino / Mallari

8. Mackenzie

9. Farnell

10. Breakwell

11. Dalgety

12. Looman

13. King/Austin

14. Schmack

15. Zamora/ Judd

16. Doyle/Daus

17. McDowell/Phillips

18. Barrett/Hayman

19. Whillans/Marsh

20. Graham/Wheeler

21. Franks/John Co

22. S&A Carr/Caceres

23. P Carr/Tamzin Young

24. Wright/Intemann

25. Paddon/Dalangin

26. Saxelby/Lloyd

NOTE: Crossed out names have done a

delivery already.

If you have a trailer or truck

that a parent can borrow to

make their delivery, please

email the office on

office@mayfieldschool.co.nz

with details so we can pass

this onto those who don’t

have access to trailers.

SCHOOL LAWN MOWING At the latest board meeting the board has decided to split the position of Gardener. The gardening component will be looked after by a dedicated group of parents. However, the school still needs somebody who would consider mowing the school grounds. Please contact Richard at principal@mayfieldschool.co.nz if you are interested in this position.

Preschoolers for 2017 and beyond To help with planning of classes in 2017 and beyond it would be great if you indicate on the form below if you have a preschooler who is going to begin school in the next 1-2 years and return it to school.

Child’s name ________________________ Date of Birth _________________ Parent’s name________________________

Active Kids Holiday Programme

Ashburton –EA Centre September registrations now open! Week 1 - Monday 26th - Friday 30th Sept

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/