Welcome to Poppy Harrison, Paige Levine and Reihan
Kusnadi to Muritai School. It is lovely to have you as part of our Muritai
family.
FAREWELL
Today is the last day at Muritai for Kirsten Berry
and Hayden Ray. They have been fantastic teachers and they have huge respect
and are much loved by the children of the school. They have been wonderful
colleagues of the staff and we will miss them dearly. We wish them all the best
for their new challenges and are sure they be successful in all they do.
Next week Janelle McKay starts in room 14 until the
end of the term and our new teacher Annette Borognje will start
in term 3. Briana Lee is not able to start in room 7 until week 6 and so
Barbara Ryan will be in room 7 for the next 2 weeks.
SCHOOL NETWORK UPGRADE
At present we have the team upgrading our School
Network. They will be here for about a month re-cabling and future proofing the
school for ICT advances. This will allow us to do many more
WORLD VISION
Good luck to our children who are doing the 20
hour/40 hour challenge this weekend in their support of World Visions campaign
for Malawi.
WHACKY HAIR DAY
Whacky hair day was a great success last week with students donating
$739.20 to World Vision for Malawi. There were some fantastic creations
and the kids had a wonderful time with coloured hairspray, glitter, coloured
pipe cleaners, pegs and ribbons galore!
TEACHER ONLY DAY
A reminder that we have a teacher only day
next Friday the 30 May. This is in the weekend of Queen's Birthday so
allows families to have an 'extra long weekend'. The teaching staff
will be working in their teams, moderating student achievement and progress in
preparation for mid-year reporting to parents. After School Care will be
running a programme for children who need looking after the day.
SCIENCE WEEK
Muritai has been abuzz with science
this week. Primary Science Week is an opportunity for all New Zealand primary schools to engage in science teaching and learning. Led
by Barbara Ryan and her science committee, this week we have been full of
science activities culminating in the Blast Off at lunchtime today with our
water-powered rockets. We have a number of specialist visitors – I
enjoyed meeting James and Karyn today from Weltec as the children constructed
moving vehicles
Primary Science Week 2014 is focusing on things astronomical and is
about celebrating science through Understanding, Investigating, Communicating,
Participating and Contributing. Our year 7/8 students are currently going
through the process of carrying out a science investigation to present at the
Senior School Science Fair at the end of term. Once again, the teachers
are thoroughly impressed with the wide variety of topics being investigated.
Students' work will be on display at the end of the term.
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS
As part of our Home & School fundraising plan, we are once again
selling the Entertainment Book membership. This year you have a choice of
the book or the new digital membership (can be downloaded to your mobile
phone). The cost is $60 per membership. For each membership sold we get $12, so
this is a great fundraiser for our school.
If you do not wish to purchase a book, please return it to the school
office as soon as possible.
HUTT CITY COUNCIL
MURAL COMPETITION
You may recall seeing four murals painted on fence panels sitting in the
foyer at the end of last term. These were created by our Art Ambassadors
in the year 7/8 syndicate and children from our year 5/6 syndicate. The
students had been busy working on their murals over the last few weeks of Term
1 and were delivered to the Hutt City Council and have been put up around HCC’s
administration building on Laings Road.
Last week these students were invited to attend a prize giving ceremony
where our Year 7/8 students discovered they had won 2nd prize.
They were awarded with $500 for our art department. An awesome
achievement for everyone involved. A big thank you to Mrs Allen and Mrs
Berry for organising this opportunity. The quality of all the murals were
remarkable so we would really recommend going to visit.
SENIOR SCHOOL INQUIRY
The end of Term 1 brought the end of a fantastic inquiry on War.
The senior school teachers were extremely impressed with the final
presentations of the students' personal inquiries. There was a huge
variety and clearly a large amount of effort had been put in by all. A
selection of these projects is on display in the main school foyer. The
senior school teachers were particularly impressed with Eva Oliver's
presentation - a true sample of going the extra mile for excellence.
SHINING STAR
Katie Beevers is the Eastbourne Shining Star this
month. The 'Shining Star' award is an initiative of Jacqui Wall from
Professionals Real Estate and was presented to Katie Beevers today. This
award is shared amongst the 3 Eastbourne Schools and is a great idea of
Jacqui’s to recognise the wonderful children who are part of our community.
Katie is a Year 6 student, in Room 15, at Muritai
School. Katie is always 'respectful to her teachers and peers' and she is
responsible, shows initiative in all her learning and is very
supportive towards her classmates. Katie has lots of empathy for others,
which is a wonderful attribute to have. Katie is also fully involved in
school-life through the Peer Mediation programme, a member of the school road safety team,
Kapa Haka performance group and in numerous school sports teams. She is a
great role model for others. Katie is definitely a 'Shining
Star'.
JUNIOR SCHOOL PARENTS EVENINGS
Maureen and her team are running junior school
parent evenings on reading, writing and maths in the early years at Muritai
School. These popular evenings are on a Wednesday evening and start in Week 5 –
Week 9. The dates are listed below.
UPCOMING DATES
Tuesday 27 May Y5-6
Zone football tournament
Friday 30 May Teacher
Only Day - school closed
Monday 2 June Queen's
Birthday - school closed
Wednesday 4
June ICAS
science exam / Junior parent reading evening 7pm
Thursday 5
June Strike
percussion performance
Friday 6
June School
Assembly 1.40
Monday 9
June Y1-2
fun ferns netball
Tuesday 10
June Y1-2
fun ferns netball; Y4-6 Zone cross country
Wednesday 11
June Y1-2
fun ferns netball, Junior parent reading writing 7pm
Thursday 12
June Y1-2
fun ferns netball
Monday 16
June ICAS
writing
Tuesday 17
June ICAS
spelling
Wednesday 18
June Starting
School at 5 mtg 7pm
Thursday 19
June Board
of Trustees mtg 7.30 staffroom
Friday 20
June School
assembly 1.40
Tuesday 24
June Y4-6
inter-zone cross-country; Y7-8 Zone football
Wednesday 25
June Junior
parent maths evening 7pm
Monday 30
June Matariki
Tuesday 1
July Kapa
haka roopu at Lower Hutt primary festival 7pm
Y4-6
Regional Cross Country; Y3-4 Football in Schools
Thursday 3
July Y5-6
Speech finals; Celebrations of learning 3pm - 6pm
Friday 4
July Last
day of term 2 - school finishes at 2.55
COMMUNITY NOTICES
Does your child have a learning difficulty?
Arrowsmith is an internationally recognised programme that has
proven effective for students with dyslexia and other
learning difficulties. The focus of Arrowsmith is to address the
underlying mental processes that cause the learning disability, rather than aiming
to manage the symptoms. The Arrowsmith Programme is founded
on neuroscience research and over 30 years of experience
demonstrating that it is possible for students to strengthen the
weak cognitive capacities underlying their learning dysfunctions through
a programme of specific cognitive exercises.
Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, founder of the Arrowsmith Programme and
author of the book “The Woman Who Changed Her Brain” is visiting
Wellington in June. Details: Samuel Marsden Collegiate
School hosts An Evening with Barbara Arrowsmith-Young - Tuesday June 24,
2014 7:00 – 8:30 pm at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Auditorium, Marsden
Avenue, Karori, Wellington.
For more information about Arrowsmith please see the website:
http://www.arrowsmithschool.org/arrowsmithprogram/index.html
Please register here: http://samuelmarsdencollegiate.eventbrite.ca
Eastbourne Plunket
Clean out your bookshelves and toy boxes for
Eastbourne Plunket! We would love any pre-loved, good
quality preschool toys and books for our Plunket rooms. We would like to update and freshen our collection so if you have anything your children have grown out of
playing with or reading, please donate
them to us. Contact Virginia to arrange collection on 04 562 7394 or totsandrew@gmail.com. Anything surplus to our requirements will be donated to a local charity.
Kids Cross Country Series - next event at Trentham Memorial Park, Upper
Hutt
Athletics Wellington is running the Kids Cross Country
Series over the winter months at various venues around the Wellington
region. The next event is Sunday 8 June at Trentham Memorial Park.
Get a few friends together and form a team. Team and individual
awards. Children get their own personalised race bib if they enter 7 days
prior to each event. With school cross-country season in full swing it’s
a great opportunity to take part in these cross-country events throughout the
winter season. You don’t need to be a club member to take part.
Everyone is welcome. For more information, or to enter go to www.athleticshub.co.nz or
email jo@athleticswellington.org.nz or phone 021 976116.
Babysitter Available
My name is Hasmine Henwood. I am available to look after your kids
anytime. I am 33 years old. Please give me a call on 562 7009 or
text me 021 171 6721. The rate if $10 per hour.
