Kia Ora, Talofa Lava, Greetings, Malo e Lelei, Kia Orana, Bonjour, Nǐ hǎo, Hallo, Hola, Kon'nichiwa, Namaste, As-salāmu ʿalaykum
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Kia ora koutou
We find ourselves in the final week
of the term which and as we head into the holidays we look back upon a busy,
wonderful and exciting two months at Muritai School. We look forward to
welcoming our learners back and connecting with you all in Term 2.
Learning Conversations
We will be having
Learning Conversations school-wide on Wednesday 1 May and Wednesday 8 May with
appointments available with teachers from 3pm to 7.15pm on both days.
Room 6 will,
however, have their Learning Conversations on Tuesday 30 April from 3pm to
6.15pm and Wednesday 1 May from 3pm to 7.15pm
You can book your
Learning conference discussion here: www.schoolinterviews.co.nz
And use the code:
q63nn
We look forward to
seeing you all.
ANZAC Day:
Each year on the 25th of April
there is a local Citizens’ Commemorative Service held here at our school
memorial gates. We take part in
several parts of the service - the welcome and challenge with our kapa haka
group who are performing our school haka
in response to the arrival of the marching parade, our school choir will sing a himene - ‘He
Honore’, and finally our Head girl Scarlett Tito will lay a wreath on behalf of
us all here at Muritai School.
Thank you in advance to all parents
and students who give up one of their days of the school break to come and be a
part of our special commemorations. Thank you also to Ruth Hooke who
annually prepares the choir and kapa haka group for this important day.
Earlier this week some of our
senior students took part in another special Muritai tradition when they
carefully attached our beautiful knitted poppies to our school memorial
gates and fence line along Muritai Road.
We hope they bring you a smile when you are going past over the coming
weeks.
Learning at Muritai:
Our staff spend time each term
collecting and analysing achievement data. We use this to inform our next
steps in teaching, to select students for intervention programmes, to design
the learning programmes for the coming terms and to measure the individual,
class, syndicate and school’s progress over the term and year. Initial term
one data indicates a strong start to the academic year across the school. You will hear more about the next steps in
learning for your individual child when you attend the learning conversations
in weeks 1 and 2.
We will be taking part in Mathematics
professional development as a staff over this year and next. We have been
successful in the proposal we made to the Ministry of Education and I’m
delighted to let you know that our project of PLD will be centrally funded by
the Ministry. I look forward to bringing you further information around
this project as we begin our mahi next term.
We continue our work on reviewing and
refreshing our local Muritai School Curriculum. In 2006 the New Zealand
Curriculum launched, and with it, the requirement for schools to continue to
follow the national curriculum, and to also localise what is taught in a school
to suit its unique community and geographical location. It is time now for us to gain further understanding
about the teaching and learning we want at our school from all of our
stakeholders. Our aim is to create a local curriculum that strengthens
our people and celebrates our place. This will be an ongoing process and
each term we will connect with our community around parts of our learning. Next term we will be gathering further
information from parents, students, our Board of Trustees and our staff about
what’s important to you about learning at Muritai.
Staffing Updates:
We are sorry to be farewelling two of
our Muritai whanau early next term when we say goodbye to Morag Roberts and Jo
Salisbury who share a teaching position in Room 6. Jo has retrained as a
librarian and at the end of last year she completed her qualifications. She is
now hoping to secure a job in a library. Morag has decided to move to a school
nearer to her home in Wellington and has been appointed as a Year 2 teacher at
Ngaio School. They have been a superb teaching team in Room 6 and we have
many happy memories of their time here at Muritai School.
We will host the farewell for these
two teachers at a special assembly on Thursday the 2nd of May in the afternoon.
Congratulations to Jamie Power who
has recently been awarded as an Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE). This is a
prestigious global educational award to recognise educational innovation,
excellence and leadership. Jamie was one of four teachers/leaders across
New Zealand who have been selected to receive this award in 2019.
Congratulations to Anton Norman and
his partner Lydia who are getting married today! Although Wellington has not
turned on a great day weather wise for their exciting nuptials, I know you will
join with me in congratulating them both! Congratulations Anton and Lydia! We
wish you many happy years of wedded bliss! Best wishes on this wonderful
journey, as you build your new lives together.
It’s not long till Holli Williams
welcomes her wee bundle of joy! Nikkie Andrews who has been teaching in room 16
will be taking care of Room 14 while Hollie goes on parental leave early next
term.
We officially welcome Brenda Nisbet
to our learning support team in Term 2, and welcome back Sally Velvin who will
be working as Deane’s release teacher in Room 16.
Thank you:
A big thank you to our staff, our
Board and our entire parent community for your support and connection over the
past term. We've had parents volunteering on class trips, to sporting
fixtures, coaching teams, ongoing support from our Home and School team who
fundraise for the school, and
we’ve even had parents supervising and staying overnight this term at camp this
term! Thanks to each and every one of you who make Muritai School such an
amazing place to work and learn.
Happy School Holidays from all of us here at Muritai School
Kind regards
Ngā Mihi
Bec Power
Principal
FROM THE BOARD
Muritai School Board of Trustees
elections
Muritai School will be holding its board
of trustees elections in May. The school is seeking five parent or
community trustees to join the principal and a staff trustee on the Muritai
School Board of Trustees (BOT) for the next three years.
This is an opportunity to make a
positive difference for our school community. School boards must represent
their diverse communities and we need a wide range of people willing to
contribute their skills to benefit all our Muritai children.
The BOT’s role is to ensure every
child can achieve their full potential. It is responsible for setting the
school’s strategic direction and educational goals, then supporting the
principal and staff to navigate the school in that direction. The board
also monitors and communicates progress in that journey to the school
community. It ensures the school is a safe place and oversees management of
staff, property, finances, curriculum and administration.
The current board meets on an
evening every six weeks or so and divides its workload among members. Boards
can also appoint other parents or community members if they need to fill a
skill gap.
So, if you want to make a
difference for our great local school, we would love to hear from you!
Current trustees will be available
to chat about what’s involved to those considering standing, at the school
library during learning conversations on Wednesdays May 1 & 8 early next
term. Alternatively, please leave your number with Carole or Jo in the office
and a Board member will give you a call and try to answer any questions.
Nomination forms will be sent out
in late April with nominations closing at noon on the 24th May. From here
voting papers will be sent out with voting finishing on 7 June. If five or less
nominations are received, they will be accepted with no need for elections.
All five places must be elected,
including current members.
FROM THE SCHOOL
ABSENCES
If your child is absent from
school, please contact the office as soon as possible giving your child’s name,
room number and the reason why they are away. You can contact us by
telephone (04 562 8409) to leave a message or talk to a member of staff or you
can now text. Our cellphone number is
027 531 1772. This phone is not manned
so please do not call it.
We would also ask that you do not
email as emails are not always checked before the school attendance registers
are completed.
BOOK FAIR
Our school library will be hosting
a scholastic book fair in week 1 of term 2. This will coincide with parent
teacher conferences. This is a fund raiser for the school with the school
getting 30% of sales in the form of new books for the school library.
Dates and times
are as follows:
Monday 29 April 3pm to 4pm
Tuesday 30 April 3pm to 4pm
Wednesday 1 May 3pm to 7pm
Thursday 2 May 3pm to 4pm
Monday 6 May 3pm to 4pm
Tuesday 7 May 3pm to 4pm
Wednesday 8 May 3pm to 7pm
A Twelve Year Old's Thoughts on the School
Strike for Climate Change
On Friday the 15th of March, 2019,
around a million students worldwide went on strike from school to protest the
lack of action on climate change. New Zealand took part in this, with protests
in all large cities, and some small towns. In Wellington, around three thousand
young people and our supporters gathered in Civic Square, then marched to
Parliament, where we were met by three MPs (James Shaw, Grant Robertson, and
Nicola Willis). There were speeches made by student representatives, then a
question and answer period between the strikers and the MPs.
The Kiwi students’ main demand was
that the New Zealand Government do more immediately to restrict global warming
to no more than 1.5℃. We should do this by:
I.Passing
an efficient Zero Carbon Act that installs a long term plan for NZ to be carbon
neutral by 2050.
II.Having
climate change in mind when future decisions are being made.
III.Establishing
transparent courses of action so the public can view our progress and hold the
government to account.
IV.Stopping
all extraction of fossil fuels at once, and investing in clean and sustainable
energy immediately.
V.Managing
emissions from agriculture - there is currently no plan for this, even though
it makes up nearly half of emissions here.
We (the students) will continue
striking until our worries and demands are heard, and action is being taken to
stop climate change.
Written by a 12-year-old student who
took part - Sage Pettus
GUMBOOT FRIDAY - 5 APRIL
Mike
King (New Zealander of the year) and Mental Health charity I AM HOPE called for
New Zealanders to wear gumboots on Friday 5 April to support kids in need.
Zac
Hallam, on behalf of the Charity Ambassadors of Muritai School, wanted to raise
awareness of Gumboot Friday, as it is focusing on the mental health of young
New Zealanders. He asked that the senior school students support young
New Zealanders by hosting Gumboot Friday (for awareness in Muritai school) by
wearing their gumboots to school and bringing a gold coin donation to go
towards the I AM HOPE foundation.
The
day was very successful with the Kahu syndicate raising $136.50 for this
charity.
WELLINGTON STACKERS’ CLUB
The next Wellington Stackers’ Club meet up will be held on
Saturday 06 April, 3.15pm-5.15pm in the Northland Memorial Community Centre, 5
Woburn Rd, Northland, Wellington.
This is a free event and all are welcome, any ability. Cups will be provided if
you don’t yet have your own set. Tuition and guidance given by one of our NZ
Black Stacks. Bring a friend and introduce them to sport stacking. See you all
there! (Upstairs in the kitchen at the venue).
LIKE the club Facebook page wellingtonstackersclub to
receive club updates and all stacking news.
LOST
PROPERTY
Our
lost property is overflowing once again. Please come and check to see if
any of your child/ren’s clothes are sitting in lost property and reclaim them.
We
have a wonderful team of parents looking after our lost property and it would
greatly help them if you could name your child/ren’s clothing. Anything
named is returned to the child.
Year
5-6 Cricket
On
March the 12 the year 5&6 Cricket team went down to H.W Shortt to play
cricket against 2 Wellesley Teams. First we played the year 5’s, the
ground was very wet. We only got 66 runs
but then we bowled and fielded really well and got them out 13 times to win the
game. Our second game started fifteen minutes after the first so no rest
for us! Which we unfortunately lost. We
still had a great time and want to thank Brett Fastier for coaching us.
Max
Bentley
SPORTS
- FAST FACTS
Touch
- Muritai had 10 teams competing in
the Friday night touch competition and we had finals tonight! Hopefully the
teams played their hardest and are proud of themselves.
Cricket
- We played in the Wellington Schools
competition. We were up against both Wellesley School teams. We won the first
game and sadly lost the second.
Rippa
Rugby - 2 weeks ago we had an inter- school
Rippa Rugby tournament, we had 4 teams attend and compete from Muritai. From
this tournament we had three of the teams qualify to the inter - zone
tournament. This tournament was played Tuesday 26th March at Hutt Park. Our
teams played hard and fair. Well Done.
Basketball
- We are ready to roll for basketball
this year. We have registered 7 teams with a total of 69 children involved in
basketball this year. These games are played at Walter Nash Stadium on three
seperate days.
Mondays
- Year 3/4
Wednesdays
- Year 7/8
Thursdays
- Year 5/6
Fridays
- Year 1/2
Netball
- We have 7 teams representing
Muritai School this year. We have just finished trials and the players did
extremely well. Thanks so much to Jane Lloyd Evans for all her hard work!! We
are very lucky to have such expertise in our community.
Waterpolo
- This year we have
one Year 7/8 team representing Muritai in term 2 and 3. These games are played
on a Wednesday night throughout the winter.
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TERM 1 2019 DATES
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26 Mar
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Rippa Rugby Tournament - Y3-6
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2-5 Mar
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Makahika
Camp for Kereru syndicate
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5 Apr
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Whole
school assembly - Korora
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12 April
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Last
day of Term 1
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29 April
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First day of Term 2
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2 May
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(NOTE : This is a Thursday) Powhiri to begin the term &
Farewell to Morag and Jo
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7 May
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Walk and Talk with Bec Power (9am)
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21 May
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Walk and Talk with Bec Power (9am)
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22 May
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Basketball Inter-school
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24 May
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Y8 Gardasil vaccinations
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28 May
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Inter-school Cross Country
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30 May
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PP date for Inter-school Cross Country
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4 June
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Walk and Talk with Bec Power (9am)
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11 June
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Year 7/8 Basketball
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18 June
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Walk and Talk with Bec Power (9am)
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18 June
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Inter-Zone Cross Country
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20 June
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PP date for Inter-zone Cross Country
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20 June
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BOT Meeting 6.15pm
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2 July
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Regional Cross Country
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2 July
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Walk and Talk with Bec Power (9am)
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5 July
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Last day of Term 2
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22 July
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First day of Term 3
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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
Welcome
to the 2019 Eastbourne Football Club Season!
The
2019 season kicks off for our Junior grades on 6 April 2019.
Registrations
are now open on our website; www.efc.org.nz
You'll
find everything you need to know about this coming season and instructions on
how to register via MyCOMET.
We've
also put some FAQs together which you'll find here; http://efc.org.nz/PDFs/EFC-FAQs.pdf
If
you have any questions, contact us at info@efc.org.nz
We
welcome back our returning players and look forward to meeting new ones.
Guitar
Lessons at Muritai School Do you want to
learn to play guitar? I am now accepting enrolments for Term 1 for
pupils in years 3 to 8. The lessons are taken by Charles Hazlewood on Mondays
or Fridays during school time. The tuition is held in small groups according to
ability and age. It is educational, and normally a lot of fun!
The
school has guitars to use at lesson time, but you will need a guitar to play at
home. I am a very experienced music teacher currently teaching at several
schools in Lower Hutt.
The
cost will be $12 per 30 minute lesson, multiplied by the number of lessons to
be held during the term. Usually there would be 8 lessons, so the term fees
would be $96.
Please
call Charles on 04-934-2759 or 029-9392759 or charleshazlewood1@gmail.com
Drum
lessons available for Muritai students
between years 3 and 8. Please email our drum tutor Andy Russell at andyrussellmusic@gmail.com for
more information or to sign up.
Fun
French for Muritai School children lunch time
Special
class available for juniors on Thursdays. Class for older students on Tuesdays.
· Experience French learning the fun way! Children speak French
from the first lesson
· Lessons once a week, lots of interactive activities, role play,
crafts, active games and music
· Free trial lesson. After that $14.50 per lesson, plus a
membership starter pack of materials to use at home, siblings 10% discount
· To register your interest please contact Stefi on Stefi@funlanguages.co.nz or 021 178 2099
· visit the website www.lcfclubs.co.nz
Get
in touch for more details.
