Naumai e te whanau o te kura Muritai
Tena koutou katoa,
We welcome our Lachlan (R6) and Fraser Bellis (R8) to Muritai School. I am sure you will love you time as part of our school community.
BUILDING PROGRESS
It is great to see the
sun on the building site and so the concrete was poured on the floor yesterday.
This is very exciting and we should see some upward movement very soon.
MRS RYAN
It was lovely to see
Mrs Ryan honoured with her primary science teacher alumni award at Fridays
assembly. Richard Meylan from the Royal Society presented her with some goodies
as well as $10,000 worth of funding to the school for professional development
and science resources.
MAORI WIKI
As part of Maori
language week Mr Chadwick and the team in room 13 have extended our Maori wikipage to guide you
through learning te reo. It is excellent and you may wish to have have a look…you
will learn something new.
ICAS SCIENCE
Some of our year 5-8 students performed
extremely well in the recent ICAS science exam. Overall out of the 30 children that
sat the test, 20 came away with awards,
scoring one high distinction, 8 distinctions and 11 credits / merits
High Distinction (Top
1%) – Rachel Vass,
Distinction (Top 10%) –
Olivia Morphew, Luke Thompson, Ethan Hester, Joshua Toomath, Samantha Woolley, Samantha
Morphew, Kieran Smith, Alexander Cox-Turk
Credit and Merit (Top
30%) – Lucy Harris, Erin O’Shannessy, Dan Walker, Evie Wilson, Georgia Allan,
Sophia Cave, Charlotte Humphries, Emma Littlefair, Emma Beevers, Helena
Cvitanovich, Lauren Redpath
100 DAYS
AT SCHOOL
The junior school had a party last week to
celebrate 100 days at school this year. Have a look at room 2 and room 6
celebrations. Great job team!
ART WORKSHOP
On Monday a lucky group of Year 5
and 6 students had the opportunity to work with Anna Dixon for the day.
Anna is an art specialist who works for Office Max. Anna led the children through a variety of
printing techniques and taught the children some new ideas. The children
commented that they loved working as a smaller group and having the chance to
try out new things. After school Anna took the staff in some professional development.
Anna complimented the children on
their behaviour and talent which was outstanding. Well done.
CAREERS IN
Y7-8
Our year 7-8 have a careers programme in place
and have enjoyed hosting some of our parents who have shared with the students
what they do for a job and how and why
they got their job. This just provides a background to the students
about what is involved become a professional and what opportunities are available
in life beyond school. Last week we hosted Ann van der Veen, Anthony Watson and Garth Johnston and it was interesting to listen them describe their work and hearing how different their jobs are but also the many similarities. For example all three of them needed to have strong communication skills - being able to talk and listen effectively to others. We have our next group of professionals coming next week!
LUCKY BOOK CLUB
The last day for order is Wednesday 27 August. Please pay either by Cheque (made out to Scholastic) or credit card only thanks. Please no cash as we have to send orders through the post.
Prior to these performances there will also be a number of whole school walk throughs and dress rehearsals so please ensure that students are at school on those dates.
PRODUCTION
Our production, 'Tall Tales', is beginning to take shape. Practices have started this week, the speaking and acting role auditions have been completed and all the work behind the scenes is well underway. The dates:
Matinee (day performance) Tuesday 16th Sep
Night performances 16, 17th and 18th Sep
STAR4JAM
During the week of 11 to 15 August, Muritai School will be fundraising for kids with disabilities through a program called Star Jam!”. Star Jam helps those kids get outside to do sports and participate in performances despite their disabilities.
Muritai School will be fundraising by asking students to bring in gold coin donations in exchange for a blue wristband. The wristband will say “I Jump Jammed 4 Star Jam!”. The students will also get to participate in a session of Jump Jam with their friends and fellow students! Each syndicate will have a set date to do their Jump Jam Fundraising, so please bring along a gold coin! This will be a fun way of raising money for a good cause.
Freya and Alicia / Charity Group Members
DUNE PLANTING
“Your son or daughter may have told you they have been planting native plants on the beach. Muritai School is helping restore the sand dunes to protect the beach from erosion. Visit our website – www.naturespace.org.nz and go to Eastbourne Dunes Protection Group. We are only a small group and would welcome help. We meet on the first Saturday of the month, 9-11 a.m. If you would like to help make a difference, contact David or Judith on 562 7757.” YEAR 7-8 HOCKEY
On Tuesday the 29th of July the Year
7-8 girls hockey tournament was held at Fraser Park. Despite losing the first 2
games to St Josephs and St Oran's they finished with 3 wins against Wa Ora,
Maungaraki and St Peters and Paul to finish in 5th place overall. A successful
day overall.
BOT FARM
Recently the Senior School watched a Play based on Animal Farm by George Orwell. Below are a couple of reviews by the senior students.
B.O.T Farm Review
On the 25th of July the years 7 and
8 watched a show based around the movie and classic book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. In this show I liked how the actors made the
serious parts in the show easy to process and follow, as well as the humour
that they managed to put into it.
My personal favourite character in
the show was “Molly”, this was because of the way that she made me laugh with
the way that she over-dramatised everything.
My favourite part in the show was the parody of the song “Blurred Lines”
that they made, and the one liners out of Arnold Schwarzenegger movies.
Mary Heath
B.O.T Farm, a spin off from the novel and movie Animal Farm,
was a funny and interesting play which explored the idea of communism.
I thought the play would be the same as Animal Farm, but Bot
Farm changed the story into something kids would like. BOT Farm included
reality T.V shows and new technology into their play making it an entertaining
thing to watch. I enjoyed all the accents the three actors put on for all
six main characters because it made it funny to watch. At times it was hard to
tell which character was which from the original novel, making it a little hard to follow the
story.
My favourite character was the dumb, pretty girl called
Molly. She was so funny to watch and by the end she had a tiny idea about what
was going on but then forgot about that after she won the reality show. Overall, BOT Farm was a funny and enjoyable play to watch.
Emeline Gray
TERM DATES
The Board
of Trustees have set the term dates for 2015
Term 1 - Monday
2 February – Thursday 2 April – 43 days
Term 2 - Monday
20 April - Friday 3 July - 53 days
Term 3 - Monday
20 July - Friday 25 September - 50 days
Term 4 - Monday
12 October - Thursday 17 December – 47 days
There are 2 teacher only days in 2015 - these are the
Tuesday of Queen's Birthday and the Tuesday of Labour Weekend.
Please note in 2015 Anzac Day has been ‘Mondayised’.
CARNIVAL COMMITTEE
The team is busy behind the scenes preparing for
this year's carnival to be held on Sunday November 23. Soon they will be looking for 'parent labour' to help on the big day so start
thinking and preparing for how you can be part of our big bi-annual school
fundraiser.
HOME AND SCHOOL
A reminder of our school disco next Friday the 15th of August.
Years 1-3
5.00 - 6.00pm
Years 4-6
6.15 - 7.45pm
Years 7-8
8.00 - 9.30pm
Cost: $5.00 which
includes a glow stick and an ice block. Pay on the door. There will be a
SAUSAGE SIZZLE ($2) throughout the evening. Kids... get ready to dance the
night away to the latest top 40 hits.
ARTSPLASH
Our Artsplash choir have been practising hard for their performance and are sounding fantastic. They will be performing at the Michael Fowler Centre on Wednesday 10 September. Tickets are available from the school office at $5 each. Families are able to purchase 3 and can go on the wait list for extra tickets.
100 YEARS SINCE WW1
George and Lucy along with the Mirfin Newman family are excited this week to see their great Grandad Melville Mirfin be commemorated in a series of stamps that contains images of World War 1. On the 5th August it will have been 100 years since the beginning of the war. Bank clerk Melville signed up in the first week and managed survive the action from one end of the war to the other. The series of stamps depict the war through the eyes of normal families.
ARTSPLASH
Our Artsplash choir have been practising hard for their performance and are sounding fantastic. They will be performing at the Michael Fowler Centre on Wednesday 10 September. Tickets are available from the school office at $5 each. Families are able to purchase 3 and can go on the wait list for extra tickets.
100 YEARS SINCE WW1George and Lucy along with the Mirfin Newman family are excited this week to see their great Grandad Melville Mirfin be commemorated in a series of stamps that contains images of World War 1. On the 5th August it will have been 100 years since the beginning of the war. Bank clerk Melville signed up in the first week and managed survive the action from one end of the war to the other. The series of stamps depict the war through the eyes of normal families.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tue 12 Aug -
ICAS Maths
Fri 15 Aug -
Star4Jam; School assembly 1.45; School Disco
Tue 19 Aug -
Y7-8 Netball
Thur 28 Aug -
Board of Trustees mtg
Fri 29 Aug -
School assembly 1.45
Tue 2 Sept -
Y5-6 Zone hockey
Wed 3 Sept -
Starting school at 5
Fri 5 Sept -
School assembly
Wed 10 Sept -
Artsplash choir - rehearsal at 11.00 and performance at 7.45
Fri 12 Sept -
Dancesplash - rehearsal and performance at MFC; Stage goes up in hall.
Mon 15 Sept -
School production - dress rehearsal and run through
Tue 16 Sept -
School production - performance
Wed 17 Sept -
School production - performance
Thurs 18 Sept -
School production - performance
Wed 24 Sept -
Junior school Jump Rope
Thurs 25 Sept -
Board of Trustees mtg
Fri 26 Sept -
School Assembly 11.45; Last day of term.
Mon 13 October - First day of term 4
Mon 13 October - First day of term 4
COMMUNITY
Wainuomata BMX Club Open Day
Saturday 6th
September 2014,
Registration
from 1pm, Racing from 2pm
Enjoy riding a bike?
Like riding fast and jumping? Why
not have a go at BMX racing.
BMX racing is a great sport to be part of and maybe
one day you too
Could compete at the Olympics. Great sport for the
whole family to be involved in. We have members as young as 5, with Mums and
Dads racing as well.
Bring any bike & helmet, long sleeve shirt, long
pants & gloves (gardening gloves are fine).
Demonstrations from the Capital Model Racers club. Be at the track to be
in with a chance to win a brand new remote control race car.
Come along and have some fun!
Hugh Sinclair
Park, The Strand, Wainuiomata
www.facebook.com/wainuiomata.bmx
FUN
Spanish for kids in Eastbourne
We have a
wonderful Spanish-speaking teacher available
Lots of
interactive and communicative activities – role play, craft, lively games,
songs and drama.
Free trial
class as soon we have enough children
Contact
Stefi Plimmer-Blattner on stefi@lcfclubs.co.nz, or phone 562 8211. Visit
the website www.lcfclubs.co.nz.
Fun
German for Kids
Contact
Stefi Plimmer-Blattner on stefi@lcfclubs.co.nz, or phone 562 8211. Visit
the website www.lcfclubs.co.nz.
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