Friday 31 July

Kia Ora, Talofa Lava, Greetings, Malo e Lelei, Kia Orana, Bonjour, Nǐ hǎo, Hallo, Hola, Kon'nichiwa, Namaste, As-salāmu ʿalaykum

 

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

 

Tena koutou Muritai families, 

 

Thank you to all of you who have already filled in our important parent consultation survey! It has been delightful to see the many and varied responses rolling in.  Please do take a few moments to fill in the survey and capture your thoughts. We really value hearing what you have to say, and want to gather as many voices as possible. The survey is still open for its final days, please do add your thoughts. Please click this link to enter the survey: https://forms.gle/EhqgzzpdSWYkxjfy6

 

At this time of year we begin the process of planning for the next  year looking at the number of children we are likely to have at Muritai School.  We aim to have the drafted numbers to work on to enable recruitment of staff by the end of term 3.  If you have new entrant children starting with us in 2021 that we do not yet know about, please pop into the office, email or call us with an update so that we can ensure our staffing is enough to cover our student numbers.  The Ministry of Education funds staffing for each school based on expected enrolments for the following year, so it is important that we have accurate information to determine how many teachers we will be entitled to employ next year.  

 

Likewise, if you are intending to move away from Eastbourne or your child will not be with us in 2021, please do let us know asap. 

 

Learning Conversations:

The first of our Learning Conversation evenings is next week! This is where you will be able to book a time to connect with your child/ren’s teacher.  The dates for these are Wednesday 5th and Wednesday 12th of August. (Except for Room 8, which are held on the 12th and 13th of August).  This year your child’s progress will be discussed with you at this learning conversation capturing learning success from this year so far, and looking towards next steps in your child's learning. 

 

Following the conferences in Week 5, you will receive a written summary of what is discussed, including the learning goals and focus for terms 3 and 4 as our mid year reporting. 

 

To book a conference time please follow this link: schoolinterviews.co.nz use the code GW7ZA

 

Teacher Only Day (repeated from last term)

Remember we have a teacher only day coming up next Friday.  School will be closed on Friday 7th August.  

 

If you require supervision for your children on this day, Kelly Club will be running a holiday programme for the day. Head to www.kellyclub.co.nz/muritai

 

Keeping safe on the trip to and from School

Please see the flyer below around tips for child safety brought to us from our friendly Community Constable which we encourage you to go through with your children. We are so lucky to live in such a safe environment, however odd things happen here in Eastbourne too from time to time.  Empowering our children with the knowledge of what to do if something unusual is occurring is incredibly important.

 



Ngā manaakitanga,

Bec Power, Principal


FROM THE SCHOOL

 

Scholastic Lucky Book Club

The Fifth Scholastic Lucky Book Club order for 2020 is now available and orders can be made online at https://mybookclub.scholastic.co.nz/Parent/Login.aspx.

 

The school thanks everyone who has placed orders in the past, for every order we get rewards which enable us to acquire book stock for our school.

 

Kelly Club open for Teacher Only Day - Friday 7 August 2020

Kelly Club Muritai is running a full day programme on Friday 7th August 2020 due to a Teachers Only Day!

 

We have asked the children at Before and After School Care what their favourite day at Kelly Club would look like and we are excited to make this happen for them.  

 

They have chosen to have fun in the kitchen making Cookies and Cream Popcorn, Crafting Robots, playing Musical Pies, Zombie Tag, hosting Kelly Clubs Got Talent, spending time outside in the sunshine and more! 

Booking is now live on our website! Head to to enrol and book, alternatively send us an email at muritai@kellyclub.co.nz or come in and see us in the Muritai hall in the mornings and afternoons.

 

We have the following sessions available for the day programme:

 

Morning half day: 7.30am – 12.30pm - $29.00

School day: 8.30am – 3.00pm - $39.00

Afternoon half day: 1.00pm – 6.00pm - $29.00

Full day: 7.30am – 6.00pm - $47.00 

 

We look forward to a fun-filled day!


Now that we are at Level 1 you may be venturing out and about enjoying what our region has to offer! If you want to get great discounts for meals and activities, take a look at the 'Entertainment Book'. Muritai School receives 20% of all sales, and you enjoy the savings when you dine out! 🍽https://www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/orderbooks/10409n4



 

Term 2 2020 Dates

4 August

SE Zone Cross Country

5 August

Learning Conversations starting at 3.10

6 August

Postponement day for SE Zone Cross Country

7 August

Teacher Only Day

11 August

Boostrix vaccinations for Year 7’s

12 August

Learning Conversations starting at 3.10 

16 August

BOT Meeting

18 August

Inter Zone Cross Country

20 August

Postponement day for Inter Zone Cross Country

27 August

Masked Parade

4 September

School disco

8 September

Regional Cross Country

8 September

BOT Meeting

10 September

Postponement day for Regional Cross Country

25 September

Last day of Term 3

 

 

Term Dates 2020

 

Term 3   Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September

            (Teacher only Day Friday 7th August)

 

Term 4   Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December

            (Teacher only Day Friday 23rd October - Labour Weekend)

 


COMMUNITY NOTICES

 



 














Term 3 Lunch time French at Muritai

·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.  Includes a membership starter pack of materials to use at home

·For more details contact Stefi on stefi@lcfclubs.co.nz  or 021 178 2099

·visit the website

       

Volunteer for the Heart Foundation at the Gazley Volkswagon Wellington Marathon 2020

The Heart Foundation is the official charity partner for the Wellington Marathon again for 2020. As part of this partnership we provide volunteers to work at the event, to raise money for the Heart Foundation Wellington Branch. We would love to have you join our volunteer team for this event. For 2020 we have the following opportunities:

 

Saturday 29 August: Race Registration, Gazley Volkswagon, Kent Terrace, Wellington

We will be registering all runners ahead of race day and handing out numbers.  This role requires a high level of concentration and accuracy!

Full Day:   8.30am – 6.00pm includes lunch provided

Half Day:   8.30am – 1.30pm

Half Day:  1.00pm – 6.00pm

 

Sunday 30 August: Event Day, Sky Stadium

Jobs are a mixture of working in the recovery area (handing out drinks/fruit etc after the finish line, general support etc) and bag check area

Shift 1:  6.00am – 12.00pm 

Shift 2:  7.00am – 1.00pm     

Shift 3:  9.00am – 3.00pm     

 

For more information and to sign up go to: https://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/get-involved/fundraising/wellington-marathon

 

Friday 24 July 2020











Kia Ora, Talofa Lava, Greetings, Malo e Lelei, Kia Orana, Bonjour, Nǐ hǎo, Hallo, Hola, Kon'nichiwa, Namaste, As-salāmu ʿalaykum

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Tena koutou Muritai families, 

We have had a wonderful first week of term, it’s been lovely to see everyone's smiling faces again after our term break.   

This week seems to have gifted us a day from every season weather wise, with everything from extreme rainstorms, to the beautiful sunshine we see this afternoon! Unfortunately we were not able to hold a 3rd attempt for the cross country, as student names were due in today for the ‘Zone’ inter schools.  I do know that the syndicate teams have all offered opportunities for selection processes this week, and the children who will represent us at our Cross Country inter school event will find out early next week. 

Learning Conversations:
The first of our Learning Conversation evenings is just two weeks away! This is  where you will be able to book a time to connect with your child/ren’s teacher.  The dates for these are Wednesday 5th and Wednesday 12th of August. (Except for Room 8, which are held on the 12th and 13th of August).  This year your child’s progress will be discussed with you at this learning conversation capturing learning success from this year so far, and looking towards next steps in your child's learning. 

Following the conference you will receive a written summary of what is discussed, including the learning goals and focus for terms 3 and 4 as our mid year reporting. 

To book a conference time please follow this link: schoolinterviews.co.nz and put in the code GW7ZA 

Parent Consultation Survey: 
Please take part in our survey to have your say and provide input into our thinking towards our curriculum and charter review for 2021-2023.

In 2018 our community, staff and students came up with a list of the capabilities and/or dispositions that were thought to be the most important for living and learning at Muritai School. These were then developed into the Explore, Connect and Contribute living and learning values that you will see and hear at Muritai School today.

Your contributions to the survey allow the Board of Trustees and School leadership team to see common aspirations and common beliefs about what we treasure at Muritai. This will help us make decisions on what we commit to as a school in the next five years. 

We'll be using your thoughts throughout the process to refine the thinking and the wording used. We aim to bring an update in October regarding the information collected from parents, staff, our students and also the business community, about what's important at Muritai School now, and into the future. 

This survey form is open for the next week - till the 31st of July. 

Please click this link to enter the survey: https://forms.gle/EhqgzzpdSWYkxjfy6

Teacher Only Day (repeated from last term)
Remember we have a teacher only day coming up in 2 weeks time.  School will be closed on Friday 7th August.  

If you require supervision for your children on this day, Kelly Club will be running a holiday programme for the day. Head to www.kellyclub.co.nz/muritai to enrol and book if you would like to organise childcare for the 7th of August

Ngā manaakitanga,

Bec Power, Principal


FROM THE SCHOOL

Scholastic Lucky Book Club
The Fifth Scholastic Lucky Book Club order for 2020 is now available and orders can be made online at https://mybookclub.scholastic.co.nz/Parent/Login.aspx.

The school thanks everyone who has placed orders in the past, for every order we get rewards which enable us to acquire book stock for our school.

Teacher Only Day - Friday 7 August 2020
Kelly Club Muritai is running a full day programme on Friday 7th August 2020 due to a Teachers Only Day!

We have asked the children at Before and After School Care what their favourite day at Kelly Club would look like and we are excited to make this happen for them.  

They have chosen to have fun in the kitchen making Cookies and Cream Popcorn, Crafting Robots, playing Musical Pies, Zombie Tag, hosting Kelly Clubs Got Talent, spending time outside in the sunshine and more! 
Booking is now live on our website! Head to www.kellyclub.co.nz/muritai to enrol and book, alternatively send us an email at muritai@kellyclub.co.nz or come in and see us in the Muritai hall in the mornings and afternoons.

We have the following sessions available for the day programme:

Morning half day: 7.30am – 12.30pm - $29.00
School day: 8.30am – 3.00pm - $39.00
Afternoon half day: 1.00pm – 6.00pm - $29.00
Full day: 7.30am – 6.00pm - $47.00 

We look forward to a fun-filled day!


Term 2 2020 Dates
4 August
SE Zone Cross Country
5 August
Learning Conversations starting at 3.10
6 August
Postponement day for SE Zone Cross Country
7 August
Teacher Only Day
11 August
Boostrix vaccinations for Year 7’s
12 August
Learning Conversations starting at 3.10 
16 August
BOT Meeting
18 August
Inter Zone Cross Country
20 August
Postponement day for Inter Zone Cross Country
27 August
Masked Parade
4 September
School disco
8 September
Regional Cross Country
8 September
BOT Meeting
10 September
Postponement day for Regional Cross Country
25 September
Last day of Term 3


Term Dates 2020

Term 3   Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September
            (Teacher only Day Friday 7th August)

Term 4   Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December
            (Teacher only Day Friday 23rd October - Labour Weekend)

COMMUNITY NOTICES


















Term 3 Lunch time French at Muritai
· 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.  Includes a membership starter pack of materials to use at home
· For more details contact Stefi on stefi@lcfclubs.co.nz  or 021 178 2099
· visit the website www.lcfclubs.co.nz
       
Volunteer for the Heart Foundation at the Gazley Volkswagon Wellington Marathon 2020
As the official charity partner we provide volunteers to work at the event, to raise money for the Heart Foundation. We need volunteers to help with registration day and on the race day too.  Can you help? Go to  https://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/get-involved/fundraising/wellington-marathon  for more info.

I have put together some proposed text below which can be used for your newsletter or the attached poster but do let me know if you need more:

Volunteer for the Heart Foundation at the Gazley Volkswagon Wellington Marathon 2020
The Heart Foundation is the official charity partner for the Wellington Marathon again for 2020. As part of this partnership we provide volunteers to work at the event, to raise money for the Heart Foundation Wellington Branch. We would love to have you join our volunteer team for this event. For 2020 we have the following opportunities:

Saturday 29 August: Race Registration, Gazley Volkswagon, Kent Terrace, Wellington
We will be registering all runners ahead of race day and handing out numbers.  This role requires a high level of concentration and accuracy!
Full Day:   8.30am – 6.00pm includes lunch provided
Half Day:   8.30am – 1.30pm
Half Day:  1.00pm – 6.00pm

Sunday 30 August: Event Day, Sky Stadium
Jobs are a mixture of working in the recovery area (handing out drinks/fruit etc after the finish line, general support etc) and bag check area
Shift 1:  6.00am – 12.00pm 
Shift 2:  7.00am – 1.00pm     
Shift 3:  9.00am – 3.00pm     



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