Kia ora koutou
We welcome to Flynn Houston to Muritai School.
Tomorrow we have shifted our school assembly to 9.45am to accommodate
the senior school debating finals in the hall at 11.00. School finishes at the
normal time at 2.55pm.
At Muritai we are all looking forward to the holiday break. It has been
a wonderful term but as you may know the school has been extremely busy and we
have some tired children this week. We are very proud of the quality of the
things we have done as a school this term – not just the flash things such as
the performance activities, but also our core business around reading, writing,
maths and inquiry. Our children are making great progress in their academic
studies but most of all we are also particularly pleased with the way they are
working with each other – which is the heart of the school.
These last 5 weeks it has been an absolute pleasure to be a part of a
really strong team consisting of the kids, our teaching staff and the parent
community working with a whole raft of opportunities. A special thanks to
Mary-Carmel Rohloff who has been at Muritai on teaching practice for the last 7
weeks in room 24 and been a wonderful addition to the staff in that time. Thank you all.
TALL TALES
Our school production is over. Well done to the production team who put
the show together and the acting team for all their hard work not just learning
and playing their lines but also the peripheral work they did with the younger
students. Many adults were critical to the success of the show from teachers to
support staff to parents who all put many hours in to a wonderful experience
for all concerned.
HOME AND SCHOOL
A special thanks for the home and school parent group who organised the
drinks and nibbles which helped fill the time between work and the show for
many of our paying customers. It was well received.
BASKETBALL
Our school basketball teams have really been doing superbly this
year and played in their competitions ‘finals’ winning both matches
to secure two trophies.
Our year 4 team won their competition overall, being unbeaten all year and winning their final. Thanks to the supporters and to Hannah and Lincoln Moffat from our senior school who did much of the coaching.
Our year 7 basketball team, coached by Barb McKenzie, also won the
Hutt Valley competition. In a very tight exciting game, and after trailing
Naenae Intermediate for the entire match they won in extra time 19-18 with a
‘golden basket’ shot from the free throw line. The supporters had a very
stressful and exciting time supporting the team to victory. Well done all.
BEE MOVIE
Our Bee Movie, which we recently published on Muritai TV was awarded
second place in the 2014 National Beekeepers Association Bee Aware Month
Video Competition.The school earns prizes from Ecostore and Palmers and all
winning movies will be on the Beeaware website at www.beeaware.org.nz
EASTBOURNE’S SHINING STAR
This month it is Muritai’s turn to have a shining
star and we are pleased to support the awarding of the Eastbourne Shining Star
trophy to Sage Pettus. Sage stretches herself beyond her limits, tries
extra hard and pushes through her comfort zones to achieve great things in
sports and the arts.
Sage recently sat her Grade 1 ABRSM Piano exam (The
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) and passed with an outstanding
Distinction. Sage gained 137 marks out of the possible 150. This
really is an exceptional result. Her piano teacher Vanessa Tindle says she
is an exceptional pianist for her age and is a delight to teach. Sometimes
it’s hard to believe she has only just turned 8! She is always mature in
her approach to learning, listens carefully to the advice and guidance given to
her and , as a result, makes stunning progress. Sage also recently
competed in a Women’s Artistic Gymnastics competition held at Onslow College.
There were competitors from 7 different gyms in the Wellington area, with Sage
representing the Hutt Valley Gym Team in the "Step 1 Over” age group.
Sage placed 1st overall.
JUMP OFF
Yesterday the junior school had their annual Jump Off Skipping event.
The children were amazingly skilled at skipping, and for those that have tried
skipping lately I was amazed at how fit the children were – they seemed to be
able to skip for ages! Room 4 have posted photos and writing about the
event and you can access it here.
HOOKED ON BOOKS
Thank you so much to the many, many adults who have been part of our
hooked on Books programme in terms 2 and 3. So many of our junior children have
thoroughly enjoyed their 1:1 sessions reading, writing and spelling with their
designated ‘adult’. This programme is very beneficial to give the children a
boost (or an extension) and we are very grateful to our volunteers.
SALLY AND ORLA
Congratulations to Sally and Orla who won the Keep Hutt City Beautiful
bag design competition. Their designs have been printed onto reusable bags and
are now for sale in local stores (the Eastbourne 4 Square). This reduces the
need to use plastic bags. The girls won from 560 entries with Sally winning the
13-18 category and Orla winning the 12 and under section. Their prize was
a beautiful retro bike each built by BikeTec.
Leigh Sutton, Keep Hutt City Beautiful Chairman was on the judging panel
and said “The winning entries had a ‘human element’ and immediate
recognition of Hutt City. They were creative, striking, eye catching and
clever. The more you looked, the more you saw. With such high calibre
entries it was a difficult decision.”
ICAS ENGLISH, WRITING AND SPELLING
Many of our students have received awards from the ICAS English, Writing
and spelling exams.
In English our students earned 5 high distinctions, 4 distinctions, 13
credits and 12 merits awards.
In Writing our students earned 2 high distinctions, 3 distinctions,
6 credits and 3 merits awards.
In Spelling our students earned 5 distinctions, 7 credits and 6
merits awards.
Congratulations to the following students who earned awards in English -
- High Distinction - George
Walker, Cella Connell, Joshua Toomath, Rachel Vass, Lauren Redpath
- Distinction - Olivia
Morphew, Dan Walker, Lea Pummer, Evie Richardson
- Credit - Ella Szikszai,
Finlay Clark, Lucy Harris, Erin O'Shannessy, Sophia Cave, Yasmin Kerr,
Jacob Lane, Mia Lowe, Sam Woolley, Emma Beevers, Alexander Cox-Turk,
Samantha Morphew, Meike Pummer
- Merit - Lachlan Buchanan,
Amelia Cave, Francie Penney, Greta Woolloff, Ana Zuijderwijk, Lachlan
McLachlan, Mia Schoenborn, Evie Wilson, Katie Beevers, Auriel Lewis, Emma
Littlefair, Callan Hughes
Congratulations to the following students who earned awards in Writing -
- High Distinction – Olivia
Morphew, Jacob Lane
- Distinction – George Walker,
Samantha Woolley, Sally Bird
- Credit – Ella Szikszai, Cella
Connell, Evie Wilson, Yasmin Kerr, Evie Richardson, Samantha Morphew
- Merit – Florence Lander,
Rachel Vass, Emeline Gray
Congratulations to the following students who earned awards in Spelling
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- Distinction – Amber Reid,
Olivia Morphew, Ethan Hester, Jacob Lane, Lauren Redpath
- Credit – Alexandra Irvine,
George Walker, Cella Connell, Rachel Vass, Samantha Woolley, Samantha
Morphew, George Mirfin-Newman
- Merit – Cameron Bentley,
Greta Woolloff, Dan Walker, Katie Beevers, Charlotte Humphries, Helena
Cvitanovich,
COMMUNITY NOTICES
DISCO
A fun fund-raiser for St Alban’s Church ALL WELCOME
Saturday 27 September
St Alban’s Church hall, Ngaio Street, Eastbourne
6 - 6.30pm Preschoolers and their families
6.30 - 8pm Primary aged children 5-12 years
$5 per child – tickets at the door
Refreshments provided. Bring gold coins to buy some extra treats!
Fun Lunch time French
Now taking enrolments for Term 4 2014.
Classes are held once a week at lunch time, on Tuesday
or Thursday. Lots of games, fun activities, crafts,
and music to help learning. The best way for kids to learn a
language is through play.
For more information or to register ring Stefi Plimmer-Blattner on
562 8211 or email: stefi@funlanguages.co.nz
FUN Spanish for kids in Eastbourne
We have a wonderful Spanish-speaking teacher availabl
Free trial class as soon we have enoeugh childrenContact Stefi
Plimmer-Blattner on stefi@lcfclubs.co.nz, or phone 562 8211. Visit the website www.lcfclubs.co.nz.
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