salford school newsletter 15.07.11

Term 2 Week 11 15 July 2011 Kia Ora Koutou How fast time flies when we are having fun, working hard and achieving great results! Thank you to all the families that attended the 3 Way conf erences, and thanks for the posi- tive feedback about the ne w summary sheet and expla nation in the portfolios. We are de- lighted that this is to your liking, and easil y understood. We would ask that you take a mo- ment to complete our online survey on survey monkey, we have a computer available to use in the office, this will give us another opportun ity to ensure your past feedback has been met and that we have a shared understanding. We have now set our student achievement targets based on the mid year portfolio and AsTTle testing results. These will be reported to the Ministry of Education and the community at the end of the year. The targets are set in Reading, Writing and Mathematics across the year groups. We are currently reviewing thes e to attempt to have them approved by the Ministry in relation to National Standards. We have exciting new arrivals in the foyer fish tank! Salford is the first school in Southland to be granted a permit to have protected New Zea- land Lizards in our possession. The species is Forest Gecko ( Hoplodacctylus granulat us) a huge thank you to Mr Melgren for his guidance, ongoing support and supplying us our two new geckos. We will be holding a naming competit ion in week 1 term 3. Sadly we farewelled Matua Paddy our Specialist Te Reo teacher. Paddy is now working full time at Bluff Community School. Miss Crowther will return for one day a week next term to take specialist Music across the whole school. Lou Horo will also return to take Dance in term 3, with a view to our Christmas end of year performanc e. Toni Mc Donald w ill also be leaving us as Teacher Aide in Room 11. Swimming has successfully concluded with all students making fabulous gains, once again I would like to acknowledge the financial commitment of the ILT, they pay pool costs, buses and also instructors. This is a huge commitment and one that all of our students benefit from. Thanks ILT! I hope that you all enjoy a wonderful win ter term break. Marlene Pita Pit Orders Every Tuesday Subway Orders Every Wednesday Sausage Sizzle Every Friday $1.50each 1 Aug—Term 3 begins 8-9 Aug—Ripper World Cup North Harbour Stadium 12 Aug—Ski Trip to Coronet Peak 22 Aug—BOT Meeting Calendar: Calendar: Calendar: Calendar: ACCOUNTS REMINDER All outstanding accounts for Terms 1 and 2 have been mailed out. If you wish to pay while the school is closed—please remember you can direct link payment by using the bank account details on the bottom of your Tax Invoice. LOST PROPERTY As we draw close to the end of yet another term, lost property is like a little “Ant Hill” . It just gets higher and higher. Please check l ost property, i n the First Aid Room, to see if there are any misplaced items lurking there. CHILDREN GROWING out of their School Uniforms: Donations welcomed. This is a valuable way of assist- ing the PTA to raise funds for School. Donations can be dropped at the Office for the Uniform Shop. If you have a purchase enquiry call into the Office. OUR FOREST GECKO’s: this variety tend to have rather dull colouration with little variation on a generally brown/grey theme, although mottled greens are seen in some species, notably the forest gecko (Hoplodactylus granulatus ). Granulatus refers to the granular texture of the skin. Our Gecko’s will give birth to live young, typically twins. This feature makes them virtually unique in the wider Gecko family, as only one species outside New Zealand has the same reproductive habit. New Zealand geckos eat any type of many different foods, in- cluding both plant and ani- mals. Their diet is primarily flies, spiders, moths etc, but they will supplement it with fruit nectar when it is available. This is why we have the “baby pears” for them to eat. HOLIDAY CARE —Please call Gaye on her cell phone if you are not attending or have a late or addi- tional booking. 021 022 02296 Remember To complete our SURVEY MONKEY

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HEADLICE—REMINDER: Please—regularly check your child’s hair. We will send children home, if head lice isfound in their hair. We have had a number of families report head lice in their children.

Controlling head lice requires people in a Community as a whole to act.

Salford Gymnasts to the fore:

Salford Students Rosa Martin andSamantha Faherty competed in theGymnastics Competition hosted bythe Invercargill Gymnastics ClubSaturday July 2nd. A successfulstart to the competition season sawthe girls competing in beam, vault,floor and bars events. Rosa's teamplaced 3rd and she was placed

11th overall. Samantha was 3rdoverall and her team won 1stPlace. Both girls will be competingat Southland Champs in Augustand Samantha has qualified tocompete at South Island champs inSeptember.

Southland Ripper Rugby Players to Represent

Scotland: Go Scotland.

Nineteen other Rippa Rugby teams from all over NewZealand will join Salford, to vie for the inaugural Rippa

World Cup at North Harbour Stadium, one month beforeRWC 2011 kicks off.

The qualifying teams from all around New Zealand will behosted in the Auckland area for a two-day Rippa Rugbyournament —8—9 August 2011. This will be a once-in-a-ifetime event for the year 6 primary school children.

Twenty teams of ten (5 boys, 5 girls) will represent theirarea as a nation playing in Rugby World Cup 2011. Thematches will follow the Rugby World Cup 2011 draw..

Salford (Scotland) is in Pool B.Game 1—Scotland vs Rumania

Game 2—Scotland vs Georgia Game 3—Argentina vs Scotland

Salford Students were up nice and early to appear on the Breakfast Show where it was announced that they would be representing Scotland. This will be a very exciting experience with All Black coach Graham Henry presenting the team jerseys at the North Harbour Stadium.

ENVIRONMENT AWARDS:

Congratulations to Mahnoor Kamali, Xanthe Ridd and theirteam that created the Reflective Garden. Mr Tucker attendedthese prestigious awards with Salford being awarded Highly Commended atthe EnvironmentSouthland awardceremony. This isa fantastic effort.

We will continue todevelop this areaand have manymore ideas inmind.

We received $100of Native Plants as

our prize and willplant these in theReflective Gardenarea..

“Created by Kids” Art Exhibition:

On Friday 8th ofJuly, Salford stu-dents fabulous artwas entered intothe City Gallery— Created by Kids Art Exhibition.

The work created,depicted their Kiwi,Pukeko and 2dimensional Artwork entered intothis competition.

Congratulationsto Zoe Bennett,Sheilagh Wilson,

Ryan Whelan, LeoRodriguez-Mackay, Katie Melgren, Hannah Symon and LiaBrown

Mahnoor and Xanthe receive their award on behalf of the Team.

Donations to Christchurch - as part of her Enrichproject, Madison Flannery is

organizing a TOY and BOOKdrive for Christchurch Hospital.Donations can be delivered to the

School and placed in the collectionbox in the Office. Donations mustbe received by Monday 12 August.