Kia Ora, Talofa Lava, Greetings, Malo e Lelei, Kia Orana, Bonjour, Nǐ hǎo, Hallo, Hola, Kon'nichiwa, Namaste, G’day mate
A warm welcome to
Romeo Meyer-Westfield and Frankie Duffy-Searle to Room 4 recently and Torin
O’Neill to Room 8 and Noelle O’Neill to Room 14.
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Kia ora koutou,
welcome back to school! I hope you had an enjoyable two week term break.
Our students and staff have returned re energised, refreshed and raring
to go!
This week we’ve had a
focus each day on our new Muritai School values - Explore, Connect and
Contribute! We have had learning opportunities and fun every day that
relate to each of the values, including a fun house afternoon yesterday when
our students were able to connect with their housemates from around the school.
Ask your children about the new values, and ask them to explain how they
can demonstrate being an explorer, a connector or how they contribute.
Kereru Team spelt out
the letters and then took a photo of the team spelling them out:
Tui Team were lucky to have Leo (in Room 10’s) ‘Uncle Matt’ use a drone
to take photos of their activity.
The Tui syndicate children had to make letter shapes out of their
bodies. We started with 1 person one letter and moved to 40 people one letter. The children ended by making the E for Explorer,
C for Connector and C for Contributor. We
will be displaying these in the Tui Classrooms.
Shake Out 2018
We had a very
successful ‘Shake Out’ practice this week where we practiced for an earthquake
and then evacuated for a Tsunami drill. We were pleased to meet
some of our Muritai parents and community members up beyond the blue tsunami
lines who were also taking part in the nationwide Shakeout18 drill.
You may like to
practice the Stop Drop and Hold routine at home and then discuss your tsunami
evacuation as a family so you are prepared. Check out the WREMO preparedness guide here:
Mrs Ryan - Retiring
from Muritai - Remember our assembly next week:
Barbara Ryan has been
a teacher at Muritai School for the past 26 years. She will be moving to
Tauranga to retire in the sun in her newly built house! Barbara has been
a wonderful teacher at Muritai School for the past 26 years and will be sorely
missed by us all. We will be having a farewell assembly for Barbara at school
on Friday October 26th which I do hope you will be able to attend.
Building Projects
The old dental clinic
has begun its transformation and the team of builders we have on site are
making short work of the task ahead! You
will have also noticed the main school staffroom quad outside of Rooms 4, 5 and
6 is fenced off for the staffroom extension to begin. Please take
extra care around the construction site entrances.
Teacher only Day - Term 4 2018
In Term 4 we have our final Teacher only day of 2018. This will be
Friday the 23rd November, and school will be closed. Our final
Teacher Only Day this year will be used by teachers for professional
development together as a whole staff, and also a portion of the day as
administration and report writing preparation time for teaching staff.
Bec Power
Principal
FROM THE SCHOOL
ATHLETICS DAY
The school athletic sports day for our Year 3-8 students is going to be held on
Thursday 25th October. The first rotation is set to begin at 9:15am and the
relays, which is the final event of the athletics meet, is set
to finish at approximately 2:30pm
The children will need to come well prepared on the day. They will need:
Sunhat
Sunscreen
Appropriate clothing and footwear
Warm jersey/jacket to put on if it is cool
Plenty of healthy food to eat for morning tea and lunch
Large drink bottle
We are looking forward to a fine day and plenty of sunshine!
The children will need to come well prepared on the day. They will need:
Sunhat
Sunscreen
Appropriate clothing and footwear
Warm jersey/jacket to put on if it is cool
Plenty of healthy food to eat for morning tea and lunch
Large drink bottle
We are looking forward to a fine day and plenty of sunshine!
EDUCATION OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Yr 7 EOTC week will be held the week of November 26-30 with Information
and permission slips coming home via email today so please keep an eye out for
this in your inbox. Any questions around this week can be directed to
Carol Algar via algar@muritai.school.nz or Jon Mackie via mackie@muritai.school.nz.
Kororā (Junior
school) will be having a wheels day on Friday 2 November and Athletics day on
Monday 10 December. They will also be holding their Christmas concert and
after tea on Tuesday 11 December at 1.30 pm.
More information will be coming out regarding these events later in the
term.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB
Lucky Book Club issue 7 is now open. Please either fill in the form in
the catalogue and return to the school office with a cheque made out to
Scholastic NZ or go to https://mybookclub.scholastic.co.nz/Parent/Login.aspx to make an online order. Orders need to be made by
Friday the 2nd of November. If you are choosing items as gifts and do not want
the order to be given to your child, please select the gift option and you will
be notified when these are ready to be collected from the office.
TWILIGHT NETBALL
Registrations and payment due by Friday (19 October). Games start
on Monday 29 October. Groups of friends are welcome to enter (they don’t need
to be entered by a school), no uniforms are needed but matching t-shirts are
helpful. We have these grades on offer, with spaces still available in
all:
- 7v7
Intermediate aged teams
- 7v7
Year 6 teams – having a go at 7v7 before intermediate next year
- 6v6
Year 5 teams (with a few Year 6’s)
- 6v6
Year 4/5 teams – Year 4’s having a go at 6v6 netball before next season
Twilight is fun, social netball played on Monday afternoons with these
Junior grades at 4 or 5pm. Team entry for Juniors is only $80 for the 6
week season (umpire additional $120 if you need to book one via us). More
information on our website under ‘Social’ and registration is online.www.netballhuttvalley.co.nz
TOUCH RUGBY
Make sure you have purchased your Muritai School sport uniform by next
week. First touch game is Friday 25th October. All children playing for Muritai
must wear the school t-shirt and the shorts.
SPARE CHILDREN’S PANTS
We still need children’s tracksuit pants or leggings for our sick room.
We seem to have lost a few over the past few months and need to replenish
our stocks for children who need to have a change of clothes. Anything up
to about a year 10 would be much appreciated.
We have plenty of tops!
Abel Tasman fundraising
Our year 8 children are heading off to Abel Tasman at the end of the
year for their final Muritai camp and have been fundraising to help with the
cost. Available in the office are some Reusable Produce Bags - great for
taking to the supermarket and filling with your fresh produce. You will be helping the environment by not
using plastic bags for all your fruit and veges, whilst also helping the year
8’s with their fundraising. They cost $22.50 for a pack of 5.
TERM 4 2018 DATES
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26 Oct
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Assembly
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29 Oct
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School Athletics Day
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1 Nov
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BOT Meeting
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2 Nov
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Kororā Wheels
Day
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5 Nov
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SE Zone Athletics
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9 Nov
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Assembly
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11 Nov
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Starting school at five information evening at 7 p.m.
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23 Nov
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Teacher Only Day
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26-30 Nov
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Year 7 EOTC Week
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2-7 Dec
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Y8 Abel Tasman Camp
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6 Dec
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BOT Meeting
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10 Dec
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Y8 Gardasil
Kororā Athletics
Day
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11 Dec
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Kororā Christmas
Concert and afternoon tea
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13 Dec
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Year 8 Formal
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18 Dec
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Last day of the year
Leaving Assembly
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TERMS
DATE FOR 2018
Term 1 - Wednesday 31 January - Friday 13 April
Term 2 - Monday 30 April - Friday 6 July
Term 3 - Monday 23 July - Friday 28 September
Term 4 - Monday 15 October - Tuesday 18th December - Please note: Friday the 23rd November
- Teacher only Day
TERM
DATES FOR 2019
Please note our term dates for next year - 2019
Term dates for 2019 have been confirmed by our Board of Trustees as
follows:-
Term 1 Monday 4 February to Friday 12 April
Teacher only day on
Friday 15 February
Term 2 Monday 29 April to Friday 5 July
Term 3 Monday 22 July to Friday 27 September
Term 4 Monday 14 October to Thursday 19 December
COMMUNITY NOTICES
Kula
Kids Yoga
classes improve strength, flexibility and balance. They teach important
mindfulness practices to improve concentration and reduce anxiety and stress.
But we know, kids want it to be fun! After school classes for Term 4 in
Newlands, Lower Hutt and Eastbourne 23 October through 10 December. Find timetables at http://kula-yoga.co.nz
EASTBOURNE
SWIM CLUB
Summer
is coming which means Eastbourne Swim Club will be starting soon too! Swim club
has been running at the Eastbourne pool for many years. Classes are held on
Thursday's starting when the pool opens (mid-November) until it closes
(mid-March). We are always on the lookout for coaches (poolside) and
assistant coaches (in the pool). If this is something that interests you,
please get in touch with the committee at: eastbourneswimclub@gmail.com<mailto:eastbourneswimclub@gmail.com>
Registrations
for swimmers will open end October.
