Kia
Ora, Talofa Lava, Greetings, Malo e Lelei, Kia Orana, Bonjour, Nǐ hǎo, Hallo,
Hola, Kon'nichiwa, Namaste, As-salāmu ʿalaykum
A
warm welcome to Abigail Durant to Room 8, Ruby Sissons Room 3m Ben Sissons Room
12, Isaac Trinh Room 5, Henry Ledingham and Isla Lee to Room 1.
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Tena
koutou Muritai families,
MADE Awards
We
have once again had great success in getting into the national finals for the
Movie and Digital Excellence Awards! We have 5 finalists across year 5-8
this year which was no easy feat as the closing date was during our ERO visit
last term in week 9 (well done teachers!).
- Reihan
Kusnadi for his documentary on ‘Ramadan’
- Quincy
Buckley for his documentary on ‘How my passions evolved’
- Hunter
and James (The Give Backs) for their photograph titled ‘Nature’s Gift’
- Emily
Ebskamp for her photograph titled ‘Pop’
- Team
L.O.A.F (Lochie, Ollie, Alex and Fraser) for their commercial ‘Library
Odyssey’
A
HUGE congratulations to all entries, and a special ‘well done’ to our national
finalists above! We look forward to finding out the results in November.
Mihi Whakatau
This
morning we held our termly welcoming ceremony - a mihi whakatau which was to
welcome our new students for Term 4. We also welcomed our newest
teachers, Kea Maritz, who joins us in working with our final group of new
entrant learners alongside Jess in Room 1.
Each
term we make improvements to our ceremony welcoming our new students and
teaching staff. We now invite our parents of students to attend the mihi
whakatau alongside their children and have donated some books to the library as
a koha from the families joining our school. We enjoyed hosting the
parents of our new students after the welcome in our staffroom for morning tea.
2020 Classes
Each
year at this time we are underway with the intricate and complicated science of
collating the following year’s classes. This involves advertising for
teaching positions, communication with outside specialist agencies, talking
with current teachers and listening to the voices of all stakeholders -
including parent voice.
Although at Muritai we do not take parent requests for class placements, if you have some information you think we would find useful about your child, you are welcome to provide us with this. In order to ensure the timeframes are met within the process, we ask that any information that you want us to take into account is provided directly to me over this next week - and before 3pm on the 6th of November, as we will then begin putting the classes together. (If you send information after this due date it is impossible to ensure it can be taken into account - as once we begin, it is a little like a spiderweb of childrens names and information that cannot be easily changed.)
Although at Muritai we do not take parent requests for class placements, if you have some information you think we would find useful about your child, you are welcome to provide us with this. In order to ensure the timeframes are met within the process, we ask that any information that you want us to take into account is provided directly to me over this next week - and before 3pm on the 6th of November, as we will then begin putting the classes together. (If you send information after this due date it is impossible to ensure it can be taken into account - as once we begin, it is a little like a spiderweb of childrens names and information that cannot be easily changed.)
After
the 6th November we then set about using information ensuring a balance to each
group of learners with needs and abilities in social and emotional skills,
academic strengths and needs, behavioural needs , etc etc as well as working to
a formula of ensuring all children have a social group and classes are
particular sizes to fit that year’s formula. Once again - please do not
send important information after this date, as we may not be able to meet any
of your recommendations once the classes have been put together.
If
your child will not be with us in 2020, we would appreciate knowing this asap!
You
can email your thoughts and important information to my address - Principal@Muritai.school.nz
Enjoy
the long weekend all - see you next Tuesday for our annual athletic sports!
Ngā
manaakitanga,
Bec
Power, Principal
FROM THE BOARD
Hello
Muritai Families
The
Board of Trustees wish to inform you that one of our elected members Marni
Stevenson has tendered her resignation from the Board due to personal
circumstances. We wish to thank Marni for her service and wish her all the best
for the future.
We
will discuss our next steps as a Board at our next meeting on the 7th
November.
Kind
Regards
Muritai
Board of Trustees
FROM THE SCHOOL
UKULELE GROUP
A group of year 5-8 students had a grand time yesterday
at Holy Cross School in Miramar, playing and singing with a group of 120
students from schools in the Wellington region. The Kiwilele festival has been
going for many years in Auckland and today they launched it in Wellington.
Our guys were awesome! They performed ‘Old Town Road’ and got
a mighty response from the crowd.
SUNHATS
As we move into our summer months, we need to be mindful of
the sun and being sun smart. Children must have a wide brimmed hat in
Term 4 and Term 1 next year (no caps in year 0-6 please).
MURITAI MATHS EVENING - BANGERS
AND MATHS
What: An evening of information,
fun, challenge and learning about how we teach maths at Muritai School. Come
and hear from our Maths Advisor Julie Roberts and the School Maths Team about
maths best practice and pedagogy, then see it in action where the children will
share with you some knowledge based maths games.
When: Week 5 Wednesday 13th
November, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
How: 5:00pm - 5:30pm Sausage in
bread outside the hall, 5:30pm - 5:45pm an introduction to Muritai Maths with
Julie Roberts and the Maths Team, 5:45pm - 6:15pm showcase of maths in
classrooms (student led), 6:15pm - 6:30pm collection of your Bangers and Math
goody bags full of fun maths games and activities for home :)
An invitation will be coming
home in the next few weeks with more details.
So please add this into your
calendar and come and see some of the great things Muritai School is doing
relating to Maths.
NOURISH (HUTT
HAMPER ELVES) - FUNDRAISER
Nourish was
previously called Hutt Hamper Elves and Muritai has supported them in previous
years. They connect with primary schools in the Hutt Valley and Porirua
region in the lead up to Christmas and provide the opportunity for families in
need to receive a large hamper of nourishing food. Each family receives a
hamper filled with pantry staples as well as Christmas treats. This year they have had requests for over 500
hampers and need to fundraise over $75,000.
To this end, our Year 8 Charity Ambassadors have organised a fundraiser
'Bake Sale' for Nourish next Friday1 November. Children can bring
coins to purchase some lovely food for morning tea.
SHAKEOUT NEW ZEALAND
The whole school successfully
took part in 'Shakeout New Zealand' on Thursday October 17th. All
children did an earthquake drill first and then went up McKenzie Road for the
Tsuanami hikoi. Everyone was calm and the process went smoothly.
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS
Issue
seven is now available and orders will be closing on Monday the 4th of
November. Your order can be done either online at this link https://mybookclub.scholastic.co.nz/Parent/Login.aspx or by filling in the paper form in the catalogue and
sending it with the payment back to the school office. Please make payment by
cheque to Scholastic NZ as unfortunately we do not accept cash payments through
the school.
DISCO NEWS
Thank you to all the students
who attended our Disco last term. You were dressed up, ‘glowing’, dancing and
having a great time. The Home & School team raised $1859.94, a FANTASTIC
effort! This year the money will go towards library computer resources to
support our wonderful librarian Sue to manage this great asset.
Home & School would like to
thank the teachers and parent helpers who assisted with the hall set-up,
kitchen and foyer duties on the night.
A special thanks to Sinead from
Tommy’s Real Estate for donating the ice-blocks.
Thank you for supporting Home
& School at Muritai!
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A percentage of proceeds will go
towards Home & School fundraising at Muritai School.
More details to follow in
November!
Term Dates 2020
Term dates for 2020 have been
confirmed by our Board of Trustees as follows:-
Term 1 Wednesday 5
February to Thursday 9 April
Term 2 Tuesday 28 April
to Friday 3 July
Term 3 Monday 20 July to
Friday 25 September
Term 4 Monday 12 October
to Thursday 17 December
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TERM 4 2019 DATES
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29 Oct
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Year 3-8 Athletics Day
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29 Oct
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Abel Tasman Camp meeting 6-7pm
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31 Oct
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Tui Trip to Lakes
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1 Nov
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Whole school assembly - Tuī
led
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5 Nov
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SE Zone Athletics
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7 Nov
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Postponement day for SE Zone Athletics
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7 Nov
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BOT meeting at 6.15pm
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15 Nov
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Whole school assembly - Kororā
led
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19 Nov
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Inter Zone Athletics
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21 Nov
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Postponement day Inter Zone
Athletics
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26 Nov
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Wellesley Cricket exchange
Year 5’s
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27 Nov
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Starting School at 5
Information Evening 7-8pm
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29 Nov
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Whole school assembly - Kererū
led
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1 Dec
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Abel Tasman camp for year 8’s
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3 Dec
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Regional Athletics
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4 Dec
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Postponement day Regional
Athletics
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10 Dec
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Y8 Gardasil vaccination
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11 Dec
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Kererū Triathlon
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11 Dec
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BOT meeting at 6.15pm
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17 Dec
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Year 8 Formal
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19 Dec
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Leavers Assembly at 11am
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19 Dec
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School closes at 1pm
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
EASTBOURNE SWIM CLUB
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Registrations for the
Eastbourne Swim Club are open! Our first club night is Thursday 14th November and we will
run to 19 December, then resume after the holidays on the 6th February to 5th
March. Our club meets at the Eastbourne Summer Pool.
Click here to register.
Alternatively, we will be at
the pool from 10am-12pm when it opens on 9th November to take registrations
and answer questions. Pool entry is free this day so come along for a swim!
As always, classes are
allocated on a first in first served basis.
Eastbourne Swim Club runs
affordable lessons for children aged 5-12 years on Thursday’s during term
time over the summer months. It’s a local club run by a committee made up of
volunteer parents. The club would benefit from a few more committee members
and swimming coaches, both poolside and assisting in the water. If this is
something you would be interested in finding out more about we would love to
hear from you.
We are looking forward to a
fantastic season this year and hope to see you all there.
Eastbourne Swim Club Committee
Lower Hutt Amateur Athletics Club
We are a summer track and field club, with the season
starting Wednesday 16th of October and running through to October. Club night
is held at Hutt Rec, Wednesdays 6pm – 7:30pm.
The Lower Hutt Amateur Athletics Club provide a fun
environment with a mixture of games for ages 5 and 6, and for ages 7 – 15
years old a mixture of Skill based activities and track and field events.
Keen athletes can access specialist coaching and represent Lower Hutt by
competing in Interclub events and other competitions through the season.
For more information including details on online
registration, visit the website https://www.sporty.co.nz/lowerhuttaac
Whitby Collegiate Open Days
and Year 9 Scholarship for 2020
Open Day
From the beginning of 2020
Marsden Whitby will become Whitby Collegiate. You are invited to view Whitby
Collegiate during our Open Days on Friday 18 October and Friday 15
November. The school will be open for guided
tours between 10am and 2pm. There will
be staff and students to talk to and our students look forward to showing you
around.
Scholarships- Whitby Collegiate
invites applications for Year 9 Scholarships in 2020. Applications can be
submitted online on our website - whitbycollegiate.school.nz. If you have any questions or would like a
personal tour, please contact Lorraine Rose on 04 234 1070.
Transport - There are easy
transport links to Whitby Collegiate and our school buses bring students from
the Hutt Valley, Johnsonville, Churton Park, Tawa and Aotea, and connect with
the train for students travelling from the Kapiti Coast.
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