FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Kia ora Koutou
What a wonderful term we have had! The students have certainly had plenty of opportunities to be explorers, connectors and contributors in all areas of their learning and we have been delighted to be able to welcome their families back into our school.
Thank you to the Kererū team who shared some of their wonderful learning at assembly on Friday. Although only a snapshot of some of the learning that occurs, it exhibited the many varied experiences undertaken and skills that the Year 5 and 6 students have. This included an outstanding violin performance, descriptive writing, amazing photography and art.
The example below is from Room 10 - students explored our local beach and environment, collected lots of different items and then used them to create these art works.
The students across the school earn ‘Gotcha’s’ when they are seen demonstrating our school values. At the end of the term, each area of the school had a celebration afternoon as just under 3,000 had been collected. The activities chosen were the students’ choice. Team Kororā enjoyed using different P.E. gear and art while the Tūī team did activities involving Lego and sports. Kererū team had a disco and Kahu had a games afternoon at Bishop Park.
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| Some of our youngest learners enjoying their Gotcha reward |
Next term our younger students in Team Kororā will be joining Kapahaka at 8.30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Wednesday mornings. Parents are very welcome to join us during this time.
Thank you to those families who attended the Whānau hui. It was great to hear your ideas and feedback. If you didn’t attend, please complete the google form that was sent out to you so we also can capture your thoughts.
PARENT EVENING - Mark in your diaries!
During the term we had a very successful parent evening about Cyber Safety and we have the sequel to this on Tuesday August 16th from 6.00 p.m. in the school hall. The presentation will be viewing the entire documentary that parents were shown snippets of as part of the first evening. Please email Jo or pop into the school office to register your name and the number of people attending - bentley@muritai.school.nz
Thank you so much to our families who have kept children home if they have been unwell. We work hard to follow the guidelines as set by the Ministry of Education involving hand washing routines, mask wearing and the ventilation of our learning spaces. Despite the cooler weather, classes have heating on, the CO2 monitors and air purifiers on and doors and windows open. Classes also go outside for short movement breaks. Like other schools, we have had staff and students unwell and face great difficulty getting relievers into classes. We have had to split classes only a couple of times and have managed to not have rolling attendance of year groups or the school closing like many others have.
I do hope everyone manages to get a lovely holiday break and a chance to stay safe and well. Looking forward to working with you again in Term 3.
Ngā mihi kia koutou,
Maureen Buckley
Acting Principal
buckley@muritai.school.nz
FROM THE SCHOOL
BUSES
If your child/ren takes the bus to and from school and there are changes to this can you please email Jess Richards jrichards@muritai.school.nz as she is overseeing the organization of this? Please also contact her if you want your child added to the bus list. Sue Fieldes fieldes@muritai.school.nz oversees the students boarding the bus after school.
SPORTS
Cross Country
The Regional Cross country event was held on Tuesday at Harcourt park in Upper Hutt. We wish to congratulate the following runners:
Year 5 Boys
Hugo Thompson 2nd
Tiago Meikle 10th
Year 5 Girls
Lara Binnie 5th
These students qualify for Nationals held in Nelson. Excellent work.
Rugby Skills
Over the last few weeks we have been lucky enough to have had Greg Halford come into school and run some rugby skill sessions with our Year 5/6 and Year 7/8 students. The students loved learning new skills from Greg. Thanks to Greg for offering his time and expertise to our lucky children. Hopefully we can have him again next year!
Netball
The netball season is going really well and we look forward to our teams’ successes in Term 3.
Basketball
Term 3 - Done and dusted. We had a successful season with all our teams doing really well. Here are the following results with Year 1/2 playing on Friday night.
Muritai Celtics - Just lost their final
Muritai Lakers - 2nd
Muritai Heat - 1st
Muritai Eagles - Just lost their final
Muritai Thunder - 1st
Muritai Long shots - Just lost their final
Muritai Pistons - 1st
Muritai Hawkes - Great last game
Muritai Saints - Won their final
Here's a note from Thunder - The Muritai Thunder won the Y6 A Grade final against Waterloo 22-16. The improvement from all boys over the term was great to see. They played really well as a team with each player having great moments. Special thanks to previous Muritai School pupil Joseph Keenan for coaching the team. Bring on term 3.
DRUM LESSONS
Drum lessons will be available at school again with Peter Elliott taking students for lessons in Term 3 on Friday. If you or your child/ren are interested in having drum lessons please email him and also let him know if your child/ren have had any musical experience previously. He will then email you details of the lessons and forms to complete. His email address is peter.shakhan@gmail.com
TERM DATES 2022:
Term 1 2 February to 14 April
Term 2 2 May to 8 July
Term 3 25 July to 30 September
Term 4 17 October to 15 December
COMMUNITY NOTICES - Please Note - the following notices have been requested to be published and are not necessarily endorsed by us as a school. In the spirit of community we include these digitally for you to peruse.
What’s happening at Ngā Manu Nature Reserve?
Golden Kiwi Egg Hunt – 9 – 24 July 2022 10am – 5pm
Find the locations of 8 Golden Kiwi Eggs hidden in the reserve and answer the questions to enter our weekly draw to win a Friends of Nga Manu Family Membership (valued at $100 and valid for 12 months). Existing members will have an additional 12 months added to their membership.
We will also be running two eel talks every day during the school holidays; one at 11am, the other at 2pm. The talks are free, but if you want to feed the eels it will be $2 per person. Tokens can be purchased at the Visitor Centre.
For more information about these events and others, check out our website.
Lunch time French for kids at Muritai
Kids can experience French learning the fun way! Children speak French from the first lesson
ages 5 to 10, lessons once a week, lots of fun interactive activities: active games, drama, music, a bit of writing, quiet grounding activities
Free trial lesson is available
Contact Stefi 0211782099 or email stefi@lcfclubs.co.nz
Term 3 Guitar Lessons at Muritai School
Charles Hazlewood is currently accepting enrolments for guitar lessons beginning in the first week of Term 3
Lessons available for pupils in years 3-8
Contact charleshazlewood1@gmail.com for more information, or phone 029-9392759 or 9342759
KALEIDOSCOPE
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