A
warm welcome to George McIntosh and Eddie Evans to Room 1.
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Tena
koutou Muritai families,
Health Consultation 2019
At
least once every two years, boards of trustees are required to produce a
written statement about how the school will implement health education. The
legislation requires schools to:
-
inform the school community about the content of the health education
components of the curriculum
-
consult with members of the school community regarding the way in which the
school should implement health education
-
describe, in broad terms, the health education needs of the school's students.
Following
the consultation in 2017 we made significant changes to our programme and
created a streamlined 2 year overview of Health, PE, Sport and EOTC.
Please follow the link below to see our odd and even year overview and to add
any thoughts for our consideration for 2020 and 2021’s programmes in this
important curriculum area.
2020 Classes
Thank
you for all of the parent feedback and information that you have provided
regarding our class placement consultation period for the 2020 classes.
We are now underway in the creation of our class makeups. If your child will not be with us in 2020,
please let us know asap. We are trying
to place at least one friend alongside each child and need to ensure we have
the correct number of children in each room as we design the classes -
similarly, if you are intending to enrol another child with us, please do enrol
them asap so that we can ensure we have enough teachers!
We
have also finished our recruitment for 2020 and have our teaching teams
introduced below. These are of course our classroom teachers only, not
our entire teaching staff.
Our
2020 teaching teams are as follows:
Kororā (Year 0-2)
Jess
Richards
Kea
Maritz
Marzena
Simpson
Nadia
Henderson
Alison
Furminger
Tūī (Year 3-4)
Holli
Willams/Jamie Power
Kate
McLean
Kelly
Williams
Michelle
Hollard/Jess Davidson
Kererū (Year 4-6)
Felicity
Lovell
Greer
Dalziel
Alice
Daykin-Pont
Conor
Burke
Kāhu (Year 7-8)
Jon
Mackie/Ruth Hooke
Kate
Salisbury
Amy
Newman
You
will spot three new teachers in our teaching teams - Nadia, Conor and
Amy. We are excited to introduce these fantastic teachers to you and they
are all very excited to be coming to Muritai School next year. With three
new arrivals that must mean that we have three departures - next year Deane McKay is taking a year’s
leave to explore teaching in the Northern Territories of Australia with a focus
on working with indigenous children. We wish Deane all the very best as he
provides some much needed experience and educational service in this area. We
farewell Steph Lamborn who is moving to the UK to travel and teach
overseas and lastly Chantel Lyons is pleased to announce a ‘baby Lyon'
will be joining the Muritai family early next year, and Chantel has taken the
majority of 2020 off as parental leave.
Ngā
manaakitanga,
Bec
Power, Principal
FROM THE BOARD
Just a quick note
from the Board of Trustees to let you know we have decided not to opt-in to the
School Donation scheme that the Government is introducing next year.
Whilst the scheme
is for all schools, it is only decile 1-7 schools that will receive funding
from Government of up to $150 per child as long as parents and caregivers are
not asked for donations.
As a decile 10
school we are not eligible for this funding. As most will know our school
donations are an important part of resourcing and enabling Muritai learners to be
the best they can be.
If anyone is
interested in more information there was a stuff article about it recently: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/115519668/scrapping-school-donations-closer-as-government-clarifies-rules
Thanks, Muritai
School BOT.
FROM THE SCHOOL
NOURISH (HAMPER ELVES) BAKE SALE
The Nourish Bake Sale was a huge success last Friday, raising
$768 for Nourish. This is a great achievement and will hopefully go a
little way towards their goal of $75,000 to be able to provide the 500 hampers
they are hoping to send out to families at Christmas. Thank you to
everyone who helped support the Bake Sale and enjoyed the delicious baking.
KERERU (YEAR 5 AND 6) SPEECH COMPETITION
We have found
our finalists for the 2019 Kereru Speech Competition. The speech competition
final will be held on Tuesday 12th November from 1.30pm in the school hall.
The following
students will be contesting for 'best Y5 and Y6 speech' as well as 'overall
champion' (RD Harrison trophy):
Year 5s...
Ruby Martin
Eloise Bothwell
Chloe Hammond
Millie Bonifant
Year 6s...
Luca Marshall
Hunter Chapman
Issy Fogarty
Matty Miller
Max Bentley
You are welcome
to attend!
Nga mihi, Mr.
McKay
HATS PLEASE
Please remind your child/ren to bring a wide brimmed hat to
school so that they can play safely out on the playground or field.
MURITAI MATHS EVENING - BANGERS
AND MATHS
You might have
seen some information in the school newsletter or received an invitation about
the upcoming Bangers and Maths Family Evening. It is 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.
Who: Children
and Parents/Caregivers
When: Week 5
Wednesday 13th November, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Where: School
Hall
How: 5:00pm -
5:30pm Sausage in bread outside the hall, 5:30pm - 5:50pm an introduction to
Muritai Maths with Julie Roberts and the Maths Team, 5:50pm - 6:20pm showcase
of maths in classrooms (student led), 6:20pm - 6:30pm collection of your
Bangers and Maths goody bags full of fun maths games and activities for home :)
Don't forget to
bring in your prize draw slip that was on the bottom of your Bangers and Maths
invitation. There will be a box to enter this into in they foyer for a chance
to win a great pack of family board games and home maths equipment etc!
For our
information about attendance and sausages to purchase, can you please click on
this link and fill out a quick survey
Thanks, The Maths Team (Jamie, Jon, Greer, Marzena,
Bec and Julie)
SPORT
Summer Netball
This term we
have three netball teams playing at Taita Courts for the next 6 weeks. They are
two weeks in and loving it. Thanks to Jane Llyod-Evans for kick starting this
and giving more children the opportunity to play Netball!
Touch Rugby
Wow what a
start to the season! Our first game was last week with the majority of the
teams having a win on the board. The children are loving it. We have 118
children playing, so over a quarter of the school! It's great to see all the
Muritai school sports uniforms dominating the view at Hutt Park on a Friday
night.
Athletics
This week was
our Inter School Athletics competition. Muritai had 81 students qualify and
ready to set their mark against the other schools in the zone.
The day was not
as bright as we would have liked it, a lot of cloud cover overhead and a LOT of
wind. With all this to deal with our students still excelled with 52 qualifying
for the Inter Zone competition which will be held on Tuesday 19th November at
Hutt Rec. Attached arel the students that qualified and their results which is
something to be proud of.
Thanks to all
the parents that came along and helped on the day. We will need you again on
the 19th!!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qPKYIxEvEH1ykYTBPQ-cLzOsuY6hZpID3lAD417FyO0/edit?usp=sharing
ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE FOR
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A percentage of proceeds will go
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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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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
 BUTTERFLY CREEK THEATRE TROUP
- A FARMHOUSE CALLED SHELTER
Love a gritty drama full of
suspense? Have an interest in history? Want a love story, politics and a
thriller all rolled into one? Then you are bound to enjoy this WORLD PREMIER,
written by local playwright Michaeljohn Butcher.
Eastbourne’s Butterfly Creek
Theatre Troupe’s production of A Farmhouse Called Shelter is set on
The Falklands amidst the war between Britain and Argentina in 1982.
A story of bravery, escape,
dreams and love.
Beginning on November 21, the
play has six performances in the Muritai School Hall, Eastbourne. This
is a play for mature audiences who love thrillers, suspense, gritty drama and
a slice of history. Tickets can be purchased from Eventfinda.com and
Rona Gallery in Eastbourne. The opening night includes a glass of bubbles and
a cushion to hold!
Lottie Butcher- Publicity
NANNY AVAILABLE
I’m a nanny with 16 years
experience. Currently with my family of 8 years in Lower Hutt. Sadly
they are moving so I’m looking for a new family in the new year. I have cared for all ages full or part
time, before and after school. Have great references and policed
checked. Looking forward to hearing
from you.
Michele Parlett (0273076244)
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