Welcome to Olivia Hallum, Quinn Knapman and
Blake Carroll, our recent arrivals to Muritai School. We start the term with
433 pupils.
Welcome back to term 2. The children have settled straight back into their learning and we are very impressed with the way they have just got back into the classroom routines. This is a 9 week term, with Queen's Birthday so it will go quickly.
Next week we have progress and anniversary interviews for year 1,2,3 children. At the end of this term written reports and national standards progress information will be issued. The children will also host a learning celebration afternoon to share their learning with parents and caregivers
There is a real science flavour to this term. Each team's inquiry is focussed on science and our curriculum committee has prepared some exciting learning experiences for the children. We have science week in week 3 which this year focuses on things Astronomical through the slogan 'Out of the World'. We are planning a series of exciting experiments for the children to observe scientific change and to understand how our world works. You will be able to see most of this in action on each class blog as the term unfolds. The senior school science blog has been going since the beginning of the year and you can see how science unfolds in the senior school by viewing their blogsite.
At the end of this
term year 7-8 will have their science exhibition for parents to view. Muritai TV kicked things off by connecting
with Mrs Ryan and her children about tagging butterflies. View here.
A reminder that we have a teacher only day on Friday 30 May. This is in the weekend of Queen's Birthday so allows families to have an 'extra long weekend'. A reminder that this is not actually a day off for teachers (as suggested by Mike Hosking on Seven Sharp). 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. This teacher only day allows us to complete our legal requirement of 193 school days within the preferred start and finish dates of Monday 3 February and Thursday 18 December.
During the holiday break we have had to remove one of our gum trees. While it is always sad to see a tree come down, the damage incurred in last year’s major storm which tore the middle out of it, was too much for the tree to recover from and it was significantly 'stressed'. The recommendation from the arborist was that it was to start again and we will be replanting in that spot soon.
NEW STAFF
We welcome Annette
Borognje and Briana Lee to the teaching staff at Muritai replacing Kirsten
Berry and Hayden Ray who leave us in week 3. Annette joins us from
Belmont School and Briana joins us from Crofton Downs. Both Annette and Briana
are very excited about joining the Muritai team very soon.
CROSS COUNTRY
In the last week of
the term the weather held out enough for us to hold our cross country at our
new venue at the Eastbourne Rec. A tough headwind down the beach provided an
excellent challenge and the children are to be complimented for their courage,
tenacity and effort to get to the finish line. We ran 2 grades this year, a
championship grade, a longer distance for those striving to make the school
zone team, and an open grade for those children who found a shorter distance
more comfortable for their fitness level. The quality of the running was
superb. Congratulations to our children for their efforts and Mr McKay and his
team for their organisation
Muritai School
Cross Country Results 2014
Year 3 Girls
- 1st Rosa Blair, 2nd Lola Campbell, 3rd Mia
Campbell
Year 3 Boys - 1st Felix Pummer, 2nd George Baird, 3rd Rylon
Watt
Year 4 Girls - 1st Gretta Woolloff, 2nd Ana Zuijderwijk, 3rd Lucy
Mirfin-Newman
Year 4 Boys - 1st Jack
Roche, 2nd Harry Rookes, 3rd Cameron Bentley
Year 5/6 Girls Open - 1st Sophia Cave, 2nd Francisca Zaballa,
3rd Katie Beevers
Year 5/6 Boys Open - 1st Leon Medcalf, 2nd Fergus Hart, 3rd Finlay
Clark
Year 7/8 Girls
Open - 1st Freya Neal, 2nd Sofya Dickson, 3rd Isabella
Zaballa
Year 7/8 Boys Open - 1st Theo Weston, 2nd Sasha Houthoofdt,
3rd Javaan De-Gaia
Year 5 Girls Championship
1st Grace
Manson, 2nd Gemma
Grant, 3rd Chelsea Summers
Year 5
Boys Championship
1st Henry
Evans, 2nd Joshua
Apaapa-Preston, 3rd Jack Evans
Year 6
Girls Championships
1st Charlotte
Humphries, 2nd Samantha
Woolley, 3rd Charlotte McFarlane
Year 6 Boys Championship
1st Theo
Jones, 2nd Hamish
Dalziell, 3rd Luca Campbell
Year 7 Girls Championship
1st Macey
Caughley, 2nd Rosie
Owles, 3rd Helena Cvitanovich
Year 7 Boys Championship
1st Ben
Cass, 2nd Matthew
Jones, 3rd Matiu Inwood
Year 8 Girls
Championship
1st Anna
Rodgers, 2nd Mia
Treadwell-Burke, 3rd Milly Griffiths
Year 8 Boys Championship
1st George
Mirfin-Newman, 2nd Jake
Murphy, 3rd Fabian Chumko
ANZAC DAY AND RSA ESSAY
Thank you so much to
our students who were there on Anzac day, representing the school and the other
organisations in the Eastbourne community. Our kapa haka group were wonderful,
and despite two-thirds of the group being on holiday and unable to attend, were
strong and sang beautifully.
Congratulations to Sally Bird who won the Eastbourne RSA essay competition and to Brianna Kirkham who came third.
OLIVIA AND 'ANNIE'
Congratulations to Olivia Morphew who has been
selected to perform in the Annie production which opens in Wellington shortly.
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.
We sent out the books yesterday. To encourage prompt sales we are offering two prizes - one refund of membership purchased and one ‘$100 off voucher’ for Carlton Party hire. To enter the draw to win one of these prizes please ensure you purchase your membership by 16th May 2014.
We sent out the books yesterday. To encourage prompt sales we are offering two prizes - one refund of membership purchased and one ‘$100 off voucher’ for Carlton Party hire. To enter the draw to win one of these prizes please ensure you purchase your membership by 16th May 2014.
If
you do not wish to purchase a book, please return it to the school office.
UPCOMING DATES
Friday 9 May School assembly 1.30
Monday 12 May Junior school interviews 3.15-7.30
Tuesday 13 May Junior school interviews 3.15-7
Y3-4
football in schools
Friday 16 May 40 hour famine Assembly 9.30
Monday 19 May Science Week
Y3-4
football in schools
Tuesday 20 May Y3-4 football in schools
Vision
and hearing testing for NE and Y7
Thursday 22 May Board of Trustees mtg 7.30
staffroom
Friday 23 May Kirsten Berry and Hayden Ray
last day at Muritai
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
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
Thursday 12 June Y1-2 fun ferns netball
Monday 16 June ICAS writing
Tuesday 17 June ICAS spelling
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
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 Celebrations of learning 3-6
Friday 4 Jul Last day of term 2 -
school finishes at 2.55
PEER MEDIATORS
Our year 6 peer
mediators have started in the playground this term. These children have been
through a thorough training programme with Mr McKay and our now floating in the
playground with our 5 adults addressing any niggles that may be occurring
between children.
JACKET / SHOE DRIVE
Thank you for
supporting this project this year. We have managed to give each child at St
Patricks Primary in Kilbirnie a set of shoes and a jacket, with the excess
going to Wainuiomata Primary School. This fits in with our school value of
Kindness and it is good to note that this 'movement' has flowed into other
communities who are doing similar acts of kindness.
HOT DOGS
From
this Wednesday throughout terms 2 and 3, the Muritai Home and School group will
be offering a hot lunch option for our children at the affordable price of $3
each.
If your child would like a hot dog on Wednesday, simply put $3 in an envelope labelled with your child's name, room number, and whether they would like sauce. The envelope needs to be given to your child's teacher on Wednesday morning and placed in the classroom's designated order bag along with the class's order sheet.
All proceeds from the hot dog sales go directly to the school so this is a super fundraising opportunity.
If your child would like a hot dog on Wednesday, simply put $3 in an envelope labelled with your child's name, room number, and whether they would like sauce. The envelope needs to be given to your child's teacher on Wednesday morning and placed in the classroom's designated order bag along with the class's order sheet.
All proceeds from the hot dog sales go directly to the school so this is a super fundraising opportunity.
NETBALL
The netball season
starts this Saturday and we have 9 teams representing Muritai from Y3-Y8. A
special thank you to all of the coaches and managers who are helping out this year,
we can't do it without you and also to Narelle Ferrier who has been working
hard behind the scenes to register our teams with Hutt Valley Netball. We
wish all of the teams the very best of luck this season.
SLIPPERS
As we are now into
winter, children will need to keep a pair of slippers at school to wear inside
the classrooms. We have about 80% so far, which is excellent. Can you please
ensure your child/ren bring a pair to school asap to ensure they have nice dry warm
feet during learning time.
CARNIVAL MEETING
We have had a great
response to our request for volunteers to be part of the Carnival Committee
this year and have quite a number of people willing to help. The first meeting is to be held next
Wednesday, 14 May at 7.30 in the staff room.
If you are interested in helping set up the Carnival, please feel free
to come and join us next week.
DOUBLE PARKING
We
are still experiencing cars double parking outside the school entrance on
Muritai Rd, completely blocking the view of our 10 year old children operating
the road patrol looking south down Muritai Rd and forcing cars to move across
the middle line to go round them. This will probably get worse as we move
into winter and the weather gets wetter. This is a problem for many
schools across the country as parents seek to get as close to the front door as
possible. Whilst our traffic behaviour is generally pretty good there is a
blitz on double parking across the country at the moment and we have been
asked by the Police to report any cars double parking outside the school so
that they can follow up with the drivers. Please help our road patrollers
by parking considerately and ensuring all our children stay safe.
DENTAL CLINIC
For Term 2 the Dental
Clinic will be open on Tuesdays only (May - July). Mandy and Sara will be at Petone Central
School on Mondays and Wednesdays. Please leave a message on 562 8915 and
we will be in touch regarding any queries. Many thanks - Mandy McMaster
COMMUNITY
NOTICES
Kids Cross Country
Series
Athletics Wellington
is again running the Kids Cross Country Series over the winter
months at various venues around the Wellington region. First event Sunday
11 May at Karori Park. Enter and compete in all five events and
receive a competitor’s medal at the last event. Get a few friends
together and form a team. Team and individual awards. For more
information or to enter go to www.athleticshub.co.nz or
email jo@athleticswellington.
Middle Years Toolbox Parenting Group - from
The Parenting Place
A fun and inspiring small group parenting
course for parents of children aged 6-12 years. It’s designed to help you
stay connected, teach skills and build memories. Wednesdays 21st May
to 25 June, 7.15pm to 9.30 pm in Avalon.
Cost: $67.50 individual, $90 couple
(subsidies are available)
To find out more visit theparentingplace.com
or contact Natalie P:934 8483 E: HuttTBX@theparentingplace.com
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