tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73074200503654356482012-02-02T19:57:54.058-08:00The Muritai School Newsletter ~ The Bird's Eye ViewAndrew Birdnoreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-35763211294379880132012-02-02T17:07:00.000-08:002012-02-02T19:57:54.088-08:00February 3rd 2012Naumai e te whanau o te kura Muritai Tena koutou katoa
Dear Parents / Caregivers
Welcome to everyone who will be associated with the school for 2012. A special welcome to new children and families joining the Muritai family for the first time The school will open on Tuesday with a roll of 400. It is anticipated that the roll will climb to 440 by the end of the year as new entrants join theAndrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-11066766888731340202011-12-15T12:19:00.000-08:002012-01-23T20:50:47.497-08:00December 15thNaumai e te whanau o te kura Muritai Tena koutou katoaDear Parents / CaregiversThe first day for next year is Tuesday 7th February.
Term dates for 2012Term 1 – Tuesday 7 February to Thursday 5 April Term 2 – Monday 23 April to Friday 29 June Term 3 – Monday 16 July to Friday 28 September Term 4 – Monday 15 October to Thursday 20 December
FAREWELL TO OUR YEAR 8 STUDENTSOn Wednesday evening we Andrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-85494794285927004402011-12-13T13:27:00.000-08:002011-12-13T19:48:43.137-08:0013 December 2011Naumai te whanau o te kura Muritai
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Events schedule for the final 3 daysWednesday 14th - Year 8 formal evening 6.30pmThursday 15th - Y3-6 Xmas concert 1.45Friday 16th - Final assembly 11.00; Last day – school finishes at 1.00
SCHOOL FINISHES AT 1PM ON FRIDAY 16 DECEMBER
FINAL ASSEMBLY
Often a popular event this will start at 11.00 sharp. We will say a fond farewell to our Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-61549686107182093322011-12-06T16:50:00.000-08:002011-12-06T16:50:47.642-08:00December 7thWednesday 7th December
We welcome Oliver Sanderson (16), Patrick Nugus (21) and Shona Nugus (13) to Muritai School.
Events schedule for the final 8 days
Thursday 8th - Y3-4 fishing rod challenge; Y6 road patrollers fun day at McKenzie pool, Y7 first aid trainingFriday 9th - Y3-4 fort building at beach, Y7 Hang Dog climbing experience; Y8 return from Abel Tasman; Reports, portfolios, Andrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-7322840373316607492011-11-28T18:11:00.000-08:002011-11-28T19:08:13.280-08:0023 November 2011 Naumai e te whanau o te kura Muritai
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We welcome Ruby Barton-Vivian, Alastair and Shona Curtis-Walcott, Sophia Turner, James Hobbs, Patrick and Shona Nugus to Muritai School. Next week our roll peaks at 450!
We have lots of events happening over the final 3 weeks. With the EOTC weeks unfolding you will have been well advised already of the details for each group which Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-56144318792946038742011-11-27T15:09:00.000-08:002011-11-27T15:09:57.172-08:0023 November, 2011
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Welcome to our new students who have started Muritai recently - Flora Ingoe, William Hester, James Rotherham, Scarlett Tito, Hugh Diederich, Amy Geldermans, Elijah Turner and Risha Smuts-Kennedy.
The school is ticking over, albeit with many absences. Six staff and many children are away with 'The Cough' and we are relying on our relieving Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-42218559991434545502011-10-27T17:06:00.000-07:002011-10-27T17:06:56.293-07:00Wednesday 26 OctoberWelcome to our new students to Muritai - Jack Fastier and Rachel Thompson to Room 16, Emily and Matthew Jones, Bridget Forsyth, Matthew Dalziel, Ross Crawford, Rowan and George Bridgeman-Sutton and Viktor and Ruth Nautz. We also welcome back Tim and Robbie Michael and Grace Manson.
WELCOME TO TERM 4
The term has begun and there is a very busy buzz within the school. It is a very short term withCarole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-17319508664828077342011-10-04T14:30:00.000-07:002011-10-04T14:39:47.473-07:00Wednesday 5 October
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Thank you for those that have contributed to the charter consultation process so far. You are most welcome to share your thoughts and you can do this by clicking here. For further information you can click on the charter blog to see some current articles on trends in 21st century learning. This can give you some background into Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-78031667422885349252011-08-30T22:00:00.000-07:002011-08-31T14:55:39.619-07:00Wednesday 31 August
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Welcome to our new students and families to Muritai School – Ilya Kozintsov (R8) and Finlay Clark (R6).
The once in a Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-3813630375277044712011-08-02T20:44:00.000-07:002011-08-02T20:55:24.664-07:003 August 2011WELCOME BACK
We welcome all the new children and their families to Muritai School since our last newsletter – Isabelle van der Wilt; Monty and Harry Rookes; Jack Armstrong; Rosa Blair; Arhit Acharyya; Amelie Adair; Charlie Stapleton; Zoe Lambe; Mia Lowe; Hamish Dalziell; Molly Harrison; Natalia Van Beynen. Our roll stands at 423.
I am sure you all had a lovely holiday break. It was a good chanceCarole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-15997694339028519142011-07-12T20:45:00.000-07:002011-07-12T21:01:28.725-07:0013 JulyWelcome to Isabelle van der Wilt (R16), Nelli Conrad (R15) and Nora Conrad (R5) to Muritai School.
END OF TERM
We have nearly made it to the end of term. It has been a trying last 5 weeks or so with so much sickness around and extremely tired children and staff persevering to achieve their goals. It has been hard to string some consistency together an I thank you for your patience and Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-10571083471041155872011-06-28T20:19:00.000-07:002011-06-28T20:42:07.338-07:0029 JuneA big welcome to Jesse Berry-Sarginson, Nelson Churchman and Arnamieka Lamb to the Muritai School family.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORTING
We are just putting the finishing touches to our reporting to parents. Next Friday written reports and student portfolios will be issued. The portfolios help explain the children’s achievement.
This written report rates your child’s achievement using a 5 Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-92098206748093074412011-06-14T19:05:00.000-07:002011-06-14T20:26:49.453-07:0016 JuneNaumai e te whanau o te kura Muritai
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We welcome new students Henry Bennett (Rm 15) and Anthony Bennett (Rm 9) to Muritai School.
NATIONAL STANDARDS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS!
Muritai has made good progress with the recently introduced Ministry of Education developed National Standards for Reading, Writing and Mathematics.
The teachers deserve much praise for their commitment toCarole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-36339668762811317752011-06-02T16:26:00.000-07:002011-06-04T01:24:02.408-07:00June 2nd 2011 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-39998793602236903462011-05-18T14:06:00.000-07:002011-05-18T18:48:14.847-07:0018 May 2011Naumai e te whanau o te kura MuritaiTena koutou katoa Dear Parents / Caregivers,We had a lovely assembly on Friday welcoming our new children and staff with a powhiri. It was a good opportunity to remind the students, as we enter the winter months of the year, how we can seemlessly have over 400 children working together in a harmonious way. This is a tricky task and like all aspects of growing Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-23855756626076413952011-05-03T16:16:00.000-07:002011-05-03T17:01:39.631-07:00May 4, 2011We welcome Ella Szikszai, Alexa Knowsley, Maija Berry, Felix Pummer, George Baird, Amber Reid, Toby Burton-Wood, Theo Thompson and their families to the Muritai School family. I am sure you will make the most of all that is on offer.
Upcoming events :
Friday 6 - School disco
Monday 9 - Y5-6 Carter's observatory
Friday 13 - Assembly
Monday 16 - BoT meeting
Term 2 is a gritty term with 11 weeks. Andrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-53902784105772398562011-04-13T20:35:00.000-07:002011-04-13T21:17:22.092-07:0013 April 2011Version 6Naumai e te whanau o te kura MuritaiTena koutou katoa
Dear Parents / Caregivers,Welcome to our newest additions to the Muritai family – Marcus Ruane, Jack Roche and Sam Hands.
It is hard to believe that we are coming to the end of the first term. As per usual at Muritai it has been jam packed with events and activities, as well as a solid learning programme. Our last fortnight has Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-25477708904440722182011-03-30T15:22:00.000-07:002011-04-01T03:20:01.428-07:00March 30 2011Volume 5Naumai e te whanau o te kura MuritaiTena koutou katoaDear Parents / Caregivers,Welcome to our newest additions to the Muritai family - Amelia Cave and Robert Goddard.PEER MEDIATIONOne of our initiatives this year is to introduce Peer Mediation into our school. This initiative comes from conversations with our children and feedback from community surveys about the challenges that our Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-3610029393562999272011-03-15T19:30:00.000-07:002011-04-01T03:22:19.782-07:0016 March 2011Volume 4Naumai e te whanau o te kura MuritaiTena koutou katoaDear Parents / Caregivers,Welcome to Brodie Parker and Harrison Allen who are our latest additions to the Muritai family.BOARD OF TRUSTEE INFORMATION PACKIn the next day or so you will receive some communication from the Board of Trustees. In the correspondence you will find a letter about the additional teacher subsidy, activity fee Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-15064578595711536792011-02-28T23:23:00.000-08:002011-03-01T18:19:55.967-08:002 March 2011Volume 3
Naumai e te whanau o te kura Muritai
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Dear Parents / Caregivers,
A big welcome to our new students Ana Zuijderwijk, Ted Woolley and Oliver Sliper in and our new students from Christchurch who have joined Muritai - Oliver Jones, Oliver and Riley Day, Maddison Phipps and Sophie Brown, Olivia and Logan Edwards, Genevieve Henstock, Jonty and Tamsin Mills.
TWO MINUTES Andrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-78963200383146012942011-02-10T17:15:00.000-08:002011-03-01T15:11:57.403-08:00February 24, 2011Volume 2
Naumai e te whanau o te kura Muritai
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Dear Parents / Caregivers,
Firstly our thoughts are with the people of Christchurch in respect to Tuesday's tragic earthquake. This is an amazing event in our nations history and we pass on our sympathies to those who have experienced tragedy as a result of the earthquake. It is very difficult to help Christchurch at this stageCarole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-84866207136555375972011-02-01T17:12:00.000-08:002011-02-02T00:26:58.788-08:00February 2, 2011Dear Parents / CaregiversWelcome to everyone who will be associated with the school for 2011. A special welcome to new children and families joining the Muritai family for the first time The school opened today with a roll of 392. It is anticipated that the roll will climb to 435 by the end of the year as new entrants join the junior classes. At Muritai we promote a happy environment where our Andrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-55907634144056884242010-12-15T17:13:00.000-08:002010-12-15T18:06:52.423-08:00December 16, 2010
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Dear Parents / Caregivers of Muritai School
This week we welcome to the Muritai School family, James Hadfield (R23), Grace Manson (R4), Alistair Curtis-Walcott (R13), Shona Curtis-Walcott (R15), Fionn Theobald, Max Bird, Orlagh Riden, Daniel and Tom Brownsword (all room 16).
JUNIOR ATHLETICS
On Tuesday 9th November Room 16 and Years 1 and 2 Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-37295867104132133792010-11-02T19:39:00.000-07:002010-11-03T16:23:09.862-07:00Wednesday 3 NovemberTena koutou te whānau o te kura Muritai.
Dear Parents / Caregivers of Muritai School
This week we welcome Seren Lewis to Room 16 and the Muritai School family.
From the Principals desk...
Next week we reach the mid point of term 4. Time is certainly flying by and as the weather is warming up, the school gears up for a strong finish.
The school is calm and focussed at the moment and in my Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-54897395387902584442010-10-25T17:40:00.000-07:002010-10-25T18:18:16.106-07:0026th October, 2010Tena koutou te whānau o te kura Muritai.Dear Parents / Caregivers of Muritai School We welcome our new arrivals at Muritai School - Calvin McIntyre, Artemisia Walcott, Amelia Swift, Amelia Lomas, John Warman, Petra Tilley, Ben Drummond, Gala Montes de Oca, Elodie Bain, Abby McPhee (all in R 16), Florence Lander (R 1), Oliver Jones (R 3), Bruno Penney (R 5) and Tayla Rogers (Rm 23). Our roll has Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-69644250397984043242010-10-07T13:13:00.003-07:002010-10-07T15:43:33.936-07:00October 8, 2010Tena koutou te whānau o te kura Muritai.Dear Parents / Caregivers of Muritai SchoolTeachers are all back at work and the holidays are drawing to a close. I hope you all have had a lovely break and feel refreshed as we head into the final term of 2010.This short newsletter just helps to inform you of some recent developments on our school website that you may be interested in.Each month the Andrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-27490714345167185902010-09-22T19:42:00.000-07:002010-09-25T00:51:54.248-07:00September 23, 2010Tena koutou te whānau o te kura Muritai.
Dear Parents / Caregivers
Welcome to our new students - Eva Oliver (R8), Esme Daley (R1), Sarah Caddis (R1), Blaine Knapman (R1) to our school community. Thank you for settling into our school so quickly.
Well we are nearly 75% through the 2010 year. We have a very busy term planned for term 4. Much of the initial work for staff next term is processing Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-18774965859219961082010-09-15T15:28:00.000-07:002010-09-15T16:43:04.310-07:00September 9Tena koutou te whānau o te kura Muritai.Dear Parents / CaregiversWe welcome Abigail Miller (Rm 1), Lachlan Buchanan(Rm 1), Lyndon Murray (Rm 13) and Sam Fraser (Rm 5) to Muritai.Our thoughts go out to the people of Canterbury at the moment. Many of our colleagues in schools have difficult challenges ahead, especially working with children who are very scared after experiencing over 130 sizeable Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-10502364688173525392010-08-24T19:39:00.000-07:002010-09-09T03:18:16.937-07:00August 24Tena koutou te whānau o te kura Muritai.Dear Parents / CaregiversA big welcome to Emma Miller in Room 1 who has started at Muritai in the last fortnight.School ProductionThe school has been a hive of activity as staff and students busily choreograph and rehearse performances in preparation for this term's school production. Although many of our students are natural performers there are some Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-66092415843700482542010-08-12T20:15:00.000-07:002010-08-15T18:49:06.241-07:00August 11, 2010Tena koutou te whānau o te kura Muritai.
Dear Parents / Caregivers
A big welcome to Muritai School to Ruby Schroder (R1) and Kia Jewell (R13) who have started at Muritai in the last fortnight.
Nice to see the sun again as we near the mid point of the term.Life Education Trust
Next Wednesday the Life Education bus will be based at Muritai for 8 school days.Life Education is a wonderful resourceAndrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-34102983955731447462010-07-28T13:13:00.000-07:002010-08-05T13:20:58.490-07:00July 28Tena koutou te whānau o te kura Muritai
A big welcome to Muritai School to Henry Griffiths (Rm 15), William Griffiths (Rm 7), Gabriel Barber (Rm 13), Sophie Van Rooyen Rm 2) Rhianna Crawford (Rm 11), David Reps (Rm 23), Harriet Travers (Rm 1) and Joe Dickson (Rm 1).
Staffing We welcome back Barbara Ryan into room 1. We are also pleased to announce Jess Savage as a replacement teacher for roomAndrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-73328409375354910582010-06-29T15:30:00.000-07:002011-06-28T15:04:41.569-07:00June 30Tena koutou te whānau o te kura Muritai
Congratulations to Maya (6th), Gus (5th) and Andrew (4th) who all qualified for the New Zealand cross country championships in Hanmer next term and to Jack who finished 6th. We are all very proud of you.
In the last week 500 people have visited our Muritai TV blogsite to view our movie on reporting. Hopefully this was useful. If you haven't seen it clickAndrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-8751471780082457372010-06-15T18:06:00.000-07:002010-06-29T16:18:43.833-07:00June 16, 2010Tena koutou te whānau o te kura Muritai
We welcome Rose Wells, Poppy Neal, Florence Bygraves and Alexandra Irvine to the school in room 1.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORTING
We are just putting the finishing touches to our reporting to parents. Next Friday written reports will be issued. This report rates your child’s achievement using a 5 point scale ranging from well below to well above against Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-14563752531232061352010-06-02T14:51:00.000-07:002010-06-15T03:55:21.105-07:00June 2, 2010Tena koutou te whānau o te kura MuritaiWe welcome William Carian to the school in room 1. We also welcome Vaishally Ghandi to the school in room 7. Vaishally is a teacher trainee and will be here until the end of term. I am sure she will have a successful posting in Richard Dobson's class.PARENT / TEACHER INTERVIEWSWe will be holding parent / teacher interviews in the last week of term on TuesdayCarole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-32053330391323246352010-05-16T19:01:00.000-07:002010-05-19T03:29:50.795-07:00May 19 2010Tena koutou te whānau o te kura MuritaiWelcome to Tilly Potter (R6) and Myles Caughley (R1) who have joined the Muritai family recently. Congratulations to Vanessa and Glen MacPherson who have expanded their family following the safe arrival of their son Hadleigh MacPherson. Hadleigh was born last week. Mother, father and child doing very well. Great news!Our 'new' Board had its first meeting on Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-45230265604250033562010-05-05T17:30:00.000-07:002010-05-16T20:00:38.688-07:00May 4th, 2010Tena koutou te whānau o te kura Muritai
I trust the month of May finds you all in good heart as the winter months fast approach us. Winter sports are well underway with our netball teams having their grading games last weekend and the cross country event at Williams Park under a fortnight away.
We are well and truly into the 21st century because we now have EFTPOS installed in the school officeCarole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-113609453157982672010-04-19T21:13:00.000-07:002010-04-20T19:38:45.454-07:00April 19, 2010We welcome Mila-Rose Daniel-Oakshatt, Rory Moffat, Kaya Wylie, Lucy Mirfin-Newman and Henry Bearman-Riedal and their families to the Muritai School family. I am sure you will make the most of all that is on offer.
Upcoming events :Fri 23 Poppy day (gold coin); School assembly 1.40Mon 26 Year 8 girls immunisation; Board of Trustees meeting 7.00Wed 28 Year 5-6 zone table tennisFri 30 Literacy QuizAndrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-69316968651802705402010-03-30T13:40:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:18:35.403-07:00March 30, 2010We welcome Sebastian Campbell to Muritai School in room 3. We farewell Annie Isaacs; Sophie, Christian and Clayton Wake; Natalie Dunn; and Grace Manson from Muritai and wish them and their families well on their next journey.
The short term has come to an end. It has been a bit of a scramble but we feel that we are in a nice cycle of learning, the classes have settled well and teachers have madeCarole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-90134375665431951222010-03-16T14:34:00.000-07:002010-03-16T19:40:15.673-07:00March 17, 2010NAU MAI E TE WHANAU O TE KURA MURITAITENA KOUTOU KATOAWelcome to our new newsletter format. This format will give you quick links around the school if you want to investigate any information further. We welcome Cella Connell, Lachlan McLachlan, Maz Cameron and James Downing to Muritai.BUSY TIMESThe last 2 weeks seem to have been a bit of a blur. Staff have been very busy with school events as Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-88845729688359068872010-03-01T15:09:00.000-08:002010-03-15T20:52:44.639-07:00March 1st , 2010We have had a number of children start this last fortnight. Welcome to Eliza, Andrew and Curtis Shaffer, Riley and Oliver Day, Liam McNamee, Joshua Gratwick, Oliver Fastier and Solomon Tito.We welcome Sarah Tweedie back to the teaching staff until the end of term. Sarah will be working in the junior school.As we approach the mid point of the term classrooms are very much into the rhythm of Carole Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596049827353135097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-87761492867773917272010-02-21T17:44:00.000-08:002010-02-21T20:15:18.260-08:00February 16th 2010Monday 16 February 2010Volume 2 Naumai e te whanau o te kura Muritai Tena koutou katoa Dear Parents / Caregivers Welcome to Ethan Smith who started school last week. Parent’s meeting with the teacher – THIS THURSDAY This Thursday there is an opportunity to share your thoughts and goals with your child’s class teacher. If you haven’t already done so you can book your interview time by going to Andrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-54703814940198714372010-02-07T19:53:00.000-08:002010-02-07T19:57:06.465-08:00February 8th 2010Monday 8th FebruaryNaumai e te whanau o te kura MuritaiTena koutou katoa Dear Parents / CaregiversWelcome to everyone who will be associated with the school for 2010. A special welcome to new children and their families joining the Muritai family for the first time and also to Hayden Ray and Sheena Naik who join our teaching staff. We also welcome Margs Mills-Smith in room 23 in place of Mr. Andrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-72644194886442087852009-12-30T12:12:00.000-08:002009-12-30T13:32:22.406-08:0017th December 2009Wednesday 17 December 2009 Volume 22Naumai e te whanau o te kura Muritai Tena koutou katoaDear Parents / CaregiversA reminder that school finishes this Friday at 1.00pm. For those children who usually catch the bus home, the bus will be leaving just after 1 o’clock tomorrow.The first day for next year is Wednesday 3rd February. Welcome powhiri is at 10.00 on this day.Term dates for 2010Term 1 – Andrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307420050365435648.post-24229905950881544942009-12-05T15:20:00.000-08:002009-12-30T13:26:40.290-08:002nd December 2009Volume 21 Naumai e te whanau o te kura Muritai Tena koutou katoa Dear Parents / Caregivers Welcome to our new students and their families – Luke Thompson and Sam McRobbie in Room 16. As the school year draws to a close, upon reflection we need to take heart that much has been achieved and a well-earned break isn’t too far away. The classes have some wonderful experiences planned for theirAndrew Birdnoreply@blogger.com0