FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER

Naumai e te whanau o te kura Muritai

Kia ora koutou

Less than 2 weeks to go.

As discussed we are farewelling Stu Devenport and Sarah Richardson. Last week we sadly received the resignation of Anand Ranchod who has secured a teaching position at Wellesley. This has caused a review of teacher placement and some juggling and I will issue a newsletter on Monday with the teacher placement for 2016.

SPECIAL ASSEMBLY TODAY

This morning we celebrated the wonderful service of three of our stalwarts - Barbara Ryan (20 years service), Margs Mills (retiring 21 years) and Mandy McMaster (26 years as community Dental Nurse. It was lovely to be able to celebrate as a school and with their families their wonderful service to Muritai with a powhiri and celebratory speeches. We also saw the year 3-4 extension choir in action which was just lovely.

THANK YOU

We said farewell to Ruth Vaughan on Thursday. Ruth has been teaching in room 4 this term after the sudden resignation of Margs Mills and we really appreciate her good work with the children of room 4. Trish Theobald will finish the year off with the children.

BUTTERFLY GARDEN

We are looking forward to our butterfly garden attracting lots of Monarch butterflies again this year.  You may have noticed the butterfly garden outside Room 3 is netted at present as our swan plants need time to grow. Please do not put any monarch caterpillars or butterflies in the garden - they will come in their own time.

EOTC

The children are really enjoying the outside the classroom experience at the moment and we really appreciate the parent assistance to make the events special. Year 8 head to Abel Tasman on Sunday for the week and I am sure this ‘last’ experience will be special for them.

SPORTS

Regional Athletics

We are so proud of our team that represented Central Zone at the regional athletics competition on Tuesday. We had some outstanding results and these children placed in this event which was effectively the ‘Wellington Champs’ ...

Relays

Y5 girls (5x80m) Mia Campbell, Lola Campbell, Risha Smuts-Kennedy, Phoebe Tait and Rosa Wilson - 1st

Y5 Boys (4x100m) Luca McKay, Fraser Belliss, Tom Brownsword and Joe Dickson - 2nd (in a photo finish)

Y6 Girls (4x100m) Emily Jones, Sophie Van Rooyen, Grace Thompson and Grace Manson - 3rd

Long Jump

Y4 girls Rosa Blair - 1st

Y6 boys Jack Evans - 3rd equal

High Jump

Y4 girls Rosa Blair - 1st equal

PARENT MORNING TEA

On Tuesday 15 December at 10.30 we are hosting a parent morning tea to say thank you for all the parent help we have had throughout the year. We  are so grateful to how much support we receive from the community and this is a just a little way to say thank you.

DIARY DATES FOR TERM 4

6 Dec Year 8’s at Abel Tasman camp for the week

7 Dec Year 5/6 EOTC week begins

9 Dec Christmas Concert and Party for Juniors in the afternoon

9 Dec Y7 Mt Holdsworth camp

14 Dec New classrooms and meet your teacher

15 Dec Leavers Dinner

16 Dec       Y3/4 Christmas Carols

17 Dec Leavers Assembly (11am) and Last Day of Term 4

17 Dec EARLY FINISH - 1.30pm