28 November 2012

Bird's Eye View - 

November 28, 2012

Naumai e te whanau o te kura Muritai 
Tena koutou katoa

Welcome to our new students - Jake and Zoe Inskeep, Callista Ross and Annie Isaacs and Mathew Russell and Izzy Cooper-Kane. Our current roll is 462 pupils which is the highest it has been for many years. 

As we head into the last month of school the weather is noticeably warmer and the days are longer. Please try and make sure the children are well rested. Despite EOTC weeks and swimming starting we still have learning activities to complete before the end of the year.  

Congratulations to teacher Murray McMillan and his partner Kate. Their little boy Marco arrived 6 weeks early and is now home safe and well. We welcome Peter Hull back to the staff and he is teaching in year 7-8 while Lisa Allen takes some leave.

Thank you all for your contribution to our bi-annual Eastbourne Village Carnival. It was an outstanding success and a fantastic day yet again.

Our Carnival Committee, coordinated by Penny Stock and Julie Parker, should be very proud of themselves and deserve a well earned rest after the weekend.  It was wonderful to see so many families pitching in and helping out on the different stalls - there were even families who no longer have children at the school helping with cooking and having a great time.  It all helps to create a wonderful atmosphere.

It was also wonderful to see so many children involved in helping create such a successful day. We are aiming to purchase some ICT equipment with the fundraising to replenish our aging fleet of equipment.

A special thank you to the Plant Stall team for donating plants for the school butterfly gardens in the junior courtyard.  Mrs Ryan and the students will be planting these over the next few days. 

ICAS MATHS
Many of our children have received awards for success in the ICAS maths competition. 

Congratulations to the following award winners -

High Distinction - Evie Richardson
Distinction - Sam Woolley, Pablo Montes de Oca, Andrew Sutcliffe, Monty Daley, Max Woodnorth
Credit - Ruby Wells, Rachel Vass, Mia Lowe, Charlotte Humphries, Katie Beevers, Kai Ferrier, Tom Griffiths, Ethan Hester, Scott Langridge,  Bruno Penney, Rufus Rusholme-Cobb, Oscar Zuijderwijk, Alexander Cox-Turk, Lucy Crawford, Samantha Morphew, Lauren Redpath, Harrison Summers, Ella Tait, Charlotte Wilson, Maya Hahn, Oscar Sykes, Jack Wellwood, Kieran Cotter

GENESIS MEAN GREEN HOUSE COMPETITION
In the last Bird's Eye View we congratulated a group of our year 5-6 students on winning the Genesis Mean Green House competition.  The children involved received generous Jaycar gift vouchers to be used in-store or online.  The school also received an exciting prize pack of fun educational activities including:

- hand-crank generator

- solar car kits

- Solar eclipse glasses

- Light diffraction glasses

- uv beads

- solar electricity circuit kits

These will be used by students to support them in their learning of solar energy and sustainability.  We are looking forward to using these wonderful resources in our classrooms and being able to show you the results.

SCHOLASTIC BOOKS
The last order for the year is due back to the school on Wednesday 5 December.  Please note that all orders are sent by mail to Scholastic and we cannot, therefore, take any cash.  Please either make out a cheque to Scholastic Books or complete your credit card details on the bottom of the form.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME
This Summer our Holiday Programme will run from Tuesday 22nd January - Friday 1st February 2013.

We now have a new online booking form (go to the 'BOOKONLINE' tab on our

blog) to make it easier to enrol over the break when the school office is closed.

You can still enrol as usual through the school office and can either grab a printed brochure / form from there or download the one attached (please note that the second page is rotated for two-sided printing).

General enrolments (to the school office) close on Wednesday 18th December 2012.

 

Online enrolments close on Friday 11th January 2013.

Some of the fun things we will be doing are:  Movies, Culture Day, Pool and Water Fun activities, Wellington Zoo visit, Funky Food Day (make your own worms!), day out and BBQ lunch at Kaitoke Regional Park, Bubble Bonanza (make a giant bubble wand) and more!

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
Our last day of school is Thursday 20 December and school will be closing at 1pm.  Please ensure you organise to collect your children at this time as there will be no After School Care or any other care for your children after this time as the school is officially closed.

ZONE ATHLETICS

Muritai School had great success at the Central Zone Athletics competition on Thursday last week, winning the overall 1st Place school and the cup for the second year running.  

The day began with our year 4, year 5 and year 6 girls and year 4 boys winning their relays and the year 6 boys just coming second. This amazing start carried on with a number of individual children placing in events -

Year 4 -

Tom Griffiths - 1st high jump, 1st sprints, 

Flynn Healy - 3rd high jump

Rufus Rusholme-Cobb - 1st shot put

Samantha Woolley - 1st long jump, 2nd high jump, 2nd vortex,

Year 5 -

Presley Billington-Williams - 2nd vortex

Andrew Sutcliffe - 3rd long jump

Phoebe Evans - 1st high jump, 

Macey Caughley - 1st long jump, 1st sprints

Year 6 -

Ben Grenfell - 2nd high jump, 2nd sprints

William Langley - 1st long jump

James Murdoch-Gibbs - 2nd long jump

Jack Healy - 3rd discus

Charlotte Wilson - 1st long jump, 1st sprints, 2nd high jump

29 of our students represented the Central Zone at the Inter-zone championships.  

TOUCH RUGBY

Our touch teams have been playing extremely well this season and have finals this week.  Presentations will be made straight after the game.  This year each grade seems to be huge and so making the A final is extremely difficult with tries scored being vital in determining who plays the A finals. Congratulations to Muritai Sprint (Y5-6 mixed) and Muritai Hustle (Y5-6 boys) who have both made it to the B Finals. Come along and support our teams.  They are playing at Hutt Park, Seaview this Friday afternoon.

CUP STACKING WORLD RECORD
On November 15th Room 12 was involved in the WSSA's yearly attempt at breaking the Guinness World Record mark for "Most People Sport Stacking at Multiple Locations in One Day." The 'Stack Up' is  what Guinness World Records® terms the “World’s Largest Sport Stacking Event.”  During the course of the Guinness World Records Day, sport stackers from all reaches of the world will be up stacking and down stacking various pyramids in prescribed patterns at lightning speed for at least 30 minutes.  Room 12 were the first in the world to verify which was a great privilege.  You can check out the total number of stackers by going to the following website: http://www.thewssa.com/

TASMANIAN DEVIL
Oscar Zuijderwijk in room 8 entered the tearaway to Tasmania What Now competition. He made a fantastic model but unfortunately didn’t win. His Tasmanian devil was shown on TV last Sunday.  Better luck next time Oscar.





COMMUNITY NOTICES

The next Eastbourne Market is on Sunday 9 December, 11am - 2pm.  

The Xmas market is a real favourite for stallholders and shoppers as the weather gets warmer and Xmas is looming...think Xmas gifts, cards, yummy treats, garden produce, books, jewellery, clothing, quality bric-a-brac, fun games and handi-crafts.

Buskers welcome - let us know if you want to be involved

Eastbourne Market Xmas food bank - bring a food item for Women's Refuge

Community groups now $10 per stall

Students $10 per stall

Registration forms and more information held at the Eastbourne Library foyer

Keep informed: Like us at http://www.facebook.com/EastbourneMarket

After School Care / Holiday Care

Qualified Nanny, Teacher Aide and Mother available after school and holidays. Flexible rate and hours, in your home or mine.

Please contact Abby 0277396594 - home 5676596 or email abswilton@windowslive.com

NICK SHARRATT
English author and illustrator Nick Sharratt will be at The Chuildren's Bookshop, Kilbirnie Plaza on Saturday, December 1st, 2012 at 11am to meet readers of his books and sign copies (both new and pre-owned). All welcome, no charge.

Nick's illustrations will be familiar to readers of Jacqueline Wilson's books for tweenagers but he has also written and/or illustrated several others, such as The Foggy Foggy Forest, My Mum and Dad Make Me Laugh,  and What's in the Witch's Kitchen?; You Choose (with Pippa Goodhart), Socks (with Elizabeth Lindsay), Pants and More Pants (with Giles Andreae) One Mole Digging a Hole and Goat Goes to Playgroup (with Julia Donaldson).