Kia Ora, Talofa Lava, Greetings, Malo e Lelei, Kia Orana, Bonjour, Nǐ hǎo, Hallo, Hola, Kon'nichiwa, Namaste, G’day mate
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Teacher Only Day Reminder:
Please note we are holding a teacher only day the day following Queens Birthday Weekend on Tuesday the 6th of June. Staff will be working on moderation of student performance as they prepare to begin writing the mid-year student reports.
PINK SHIRT DAY - Bullying Free!
Thank you for supporting Pink Shirt day with us last Friday. Deane McKay and I are enjoying visiting classrooms across the school delivering our bullying free messages and encouraging our learners to ‘Be the best they can be’ here at Muritai and in our community.
Our messages are focussed on the value of kindness, and the success depends on all of us being kind to each other.
Some of the ways we are reinforcing our messages is through short films. I’ve included some examples below - you may like to select relevant ones and watch together at home.
Here’s a great movie that our senior students will be watching around kindness and being a bullying free ‘hero’: https://youtu.be/JMeLEKvjVF0
Our middle students are learning about kindness too - here's a great example you might like to share at home:
Our junior students are not forgotten! The cute story of Willow and Christobelle is being discussed with our smallest learners - https://youtu.be/GNWlsaTfphY
WHAT NOW?! Reminder:
The 22nd June needs to be your calendars as we are hosting VERY special guests at Muritai. Yes, you may have already heard the rumours, we have been selected as one of 20 schools across New Zealand to be featured on What Now!
What does this involve? A presenter and cameraperson will spend the day with us capturing our school and all of the things that make us so special - do you have a suggestion for what we could share? Please do email me any special ideas.
We are writing the script over the next week and will plan in advance what will be filmed. The final product will be under 10 minutes long, so we will have short bursts of our many excellent taonga or treasures here in Eastbourne.
The afternoon will involve a challenge or wero that will find some of our staff competing against the students in a classic What Now? gauntlet race. We know you’ll be right behind us teachers, so please do come down and cheer us on against these Muritai kids! My priority will be getting behind (- not in front of) the spray foam canon!
Still Collecting Ideas for our Syndicate Names
I have received some AMAZING syndicate name suggestions, and it’s not too late to come back with some more - email your ideas to: Principal@Muritai.school.nz
We would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to Aaron Theobald for very generously donating a Rioche ‘Maker Bot’ 3D printer to Muritai School.
3D printing technology has multiple creative and practical applications and offers huge potential to enhance our students’ learning. Here is a sneak peek of our freshly delivered 3D Printer - we can’t wait to begin to use it to engage students in exciting learning.
Watch this space for updates…
We wish all of our families a safe and relaxing long weekend - see you back at school next Wednesday!
Kind regards
Ngā Mihi
Bec Power
Principal
FROM THE SCHOOL
SENIOR SCHOOL
Our Year 6’s visits the senior school recently which allowed them a chance to talk to our senior students about what life in the senior school is like.
If you would like to visit the senior school for a tour or to ask questions, Annette Borgonje our Senior School AP would be very happy to meet with you. Email Annette at borgonje@muritai.school.nz
SPACE PLACE - JUNIOR VISIT
The Junior School’s inquiry topic this term is space and they are currently looking at the Sun, the Moon and our Solar System. They recently visited Space Place and caught a double decker bus into Wellington - the bus trip was almost as exciting as Space Place itself! The children explored the interactive displays where they learned about planets, stars, constellations and galaxies.
SPORT
Year 3 Basketball Tournament Wednesday 24 May
Congratulations to the Year 3 basketball team which played in the Hutt Valley interschool competition on Wednesday. They played 3 pool matches, then made it into the final, which they won! With 14 seconds left on the clock and the scores all locked in at 5 -5 the Muritai team managed to compose themselves to not only steal the ball but race down the court and confidently sink the final basket to help us win the Year 3 competition
6 - 5. The boys were amazing and their skills and determination were unstoppable. Thanks so much to Kaye Sherwin, Trish Theobald and Tots Saunderson for helping out with the team.
CROSS COUNTRY
South East Zone Cross Country
Great success at the South East Zone Cross Country on Tuesday this week. Of the 57 Muritai students who took part, the following students placed in the top 15. They will now represent the South East Zone at the Interzone Cross Country Championships on Tuesday 20th June at Trentham Memorial Park, Upper Hutt:
Y4 Girls - Luca Marshall, Edith Jansen
Y4 Boys- Aubrey Chunga, Max Bentley, James Alcock
Y5 Girls - Ishbel Cook, Paige Bangma
Y5 Boys - Bruno Thompson, Johnny Baird, Jacob Beckett
Y6 Girls - Mia Campbell, Lola Campbell, Rosa Blair, Sage Pettus, Harriet Wilson, Emily Ebskamp, Jessica Park
Y6 Boys - Jack Roche, Monty Holden, Dougie Sherriff, Ethan Baxter
A selected group of The Y7/8 Muritai students will also get their chance to race at the Interzone championships
Year 6 Girls Podium Finishers:
1st Mia Campbell
2nd Lola Campbell
3rd Rosa Blair
SOUTH EAST ZONE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
We arrived at the South East zone 7 aside football tournament at Hutt Park. We were all very excited. Our team (Muritai Hotspurs) was Felix, Hugh, Lola, Mia, Jim, Lauchy, Jack, Harriet, Monty and me (Connor).
In our first game against Waterloo School. I scored the first goal to make it 1 nil. We played really well in that game and we ended up winning 7-1. The next game was against Wellesley. We started with a 2 goal head start because we had 2 girls and their whole team were boys. We were playing really well but then they scored to make it 2-1 and we lost our momentum. They scored again then I pulled one back. Then they scored again the whistle blew for full time. We drew three all.
Next we played another Wellesley team. The overall score was 4-2 to us. Our third match was against the other Muritai School team (Muritai United). The game went on for ages before the first goal was scored. Muritai United had a lot of chances but Monty scored a fantastic goal and we won the game 1-0.
Finally it was the final, Wellesley vs Muritai Hotspurs. We walked out onto the pitch, side by side, like a real football match. We started with a 2 goal head start because they had all boys in their team. It was long time before Wellesley scored a good goal making it 2-1. We kicked off again, they got the ball and scored, it was 2-2. Not long after the full time whistle went. We started extra time with our strongest team on the field. The winner would be the team that could score the first goal. We kicked off but Wellesley got the ball off us and took a shot. Jack did an awesome save. A short time later Felix quickly threw it in after it had gone out. It hit a Wellesley player and went straight to me. I took a shot and it went in, everyone screamed because we had won the match with the ‘golden goal’.
By Connor Gatward
We acknowledge our players who attended the Football Tournament recently:
Muritai Hotspurts (Year 6 team)
Monty Holden, Hugh Diederich, Connor Gatwood, Jim Hobbs, Felix Pummer, Lauchie Stevenson, Jack Fastier, Lola Campbell, Mia Campbell, Harriet Wilson
Muritai United (Year 5 team)
Archie Mackenzie, Charlie Fisher, Matthew Cowley, Curtis Caughley, Leo Languette, Jacob Beckett, Lottie Wilson, Ishbel Cook, Paige Bangma
Muritai FC (Year 4 team)
Will Hobbs, Caleb Booth, Nicholas Walcott, Tom Delaney, Jakob Sambrooke, James Cowley, Briar De Punt, Marina Nadilo, Clementine Kircher
PARENT CURRICULUM INFORMATION EVENING/ AFTERNOON - JUNIOR SCHOOL
How to support your child in their learning sessions will be held on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. for an hour in room 3 and repeated again on Thursday afternoons at 1.30 p.m. The dates for these are as follows
Reading Wednesday 7 June 7pm in Room 3
Thursday 8 June 1.30pm in the Library
Writing and Spelling Wednesday 21 June 7pm in Room 3
Afternoon to be confirmed
Maths Wednesday 28 June 7pm in Room 3
Thursday 29 June 1.30pm in the Library
STARTING SCHOOL AT 5 INFORMATION EVENING
This information session will be held on Wednesday June 14th at 7 p.m. for parents and caregivers of preschoolers. This evening will give them a glimpse into what learning their soon to be five year old will be involved in.
LOST PROPERTY
Our lost property is overflowing! Please take a look through and take anything belonging to your children. At the end of the term we will be taking it all away.
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS
All books from the last order have been delivered to children’s classrooms and you should have received them by now.
TERM 2 2017 DATES
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15-19 May Science
Week
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23 May Y3-8
School Cross Country
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24 May Year
1 trip to the Planetarium
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26 May Year
2 trip to the Planetarium
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26 May Year
7/8 immunisations
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26 May PINK
Shirt/accessory day
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29 May Dental
Van van arrives at Muritai
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30 May South
East Zone Cross Country Champs
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5 June QUEENS
BIRTHDAY - NO SCHOOL
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6 June TEACHER
ONLY DAY - NO SCHOOL
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9 June Assembly
at 1.45pm
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14 June Starting
School at 5 meeting at 7pm in Rm 3
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20 June InterZone
Cross Country
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22 June WHAT
NOW?
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23 June Assembly
at 1.45pm
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29 June BOT
Meeting at 7.30pm
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4 July Regional
Cross Country
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7 July Assembly
at 1.45pm
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7 July LAST
DAY OF TERM 2
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24 July FIRST
DAY OF TERM 3
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TERM DATES FOR 2017
Term 1 = Thursday 2 February - Thursday 13 April (Easter)
Term 2 = Monday 1 May - Friday 7 July
Term 3 = Monday 24 July - Friday 29 September
Term 4 = Monday 16 October - Tuesday 19 December
We have a teacher only day at Queen’s Birthday on Tuesday 6 June
COMMUNITY NOTICES
NZ Sport Stacking Open Championships Registrations - Wellington
A reminder for all stackers: the 2017 NZ Sport Stacking Open Championships are being held on Sunday 04 June (Queen’s Birthday Weekend), in Wellington. Register this week before the Late Registration fee kicks in.
The NZ Sport Stacking Open Championships double as trials for the NZ Black Stacks. Any stacker wishing to be considered for selection for the 2018 NZ Black Stacks team, representing New Zealand overseas, will need to attend this tournament.
All details including registration links are on our website Tournaments page (Wellington). Registrations close on Friday 26 May.
Blended Family Success
Discover how to help children adjust to step family life and create a united, supportive home atmosphere. Overcome common challenges and learn practical strategies that really work from New Zealand’s leading stepfamily presenter. Live happily ever after in your stepfamily! Only ONE Wellington workshop this year. Numbers limited. You must register to secure your place.
When: Saturday 24th June, 9am – 4pm
For more information go to: www.blendedfamilysuccess.nz/events email: adele@stepfamilyhelp.info Or phone/txt: 021 404 742
CALLING all Year 7 & 8s. Want to have fun every Friday night during term time! Bring your friends and join the Youth Workers at the Eastbourne Community Centre (the room above the indoor sports facility) from 6.30pm, entrance fee $3 per person, for a line up of events such as games nights, we have a projector for movies, you have full use of the indoor sports hall, we go on trips like go carting and tramp park, we love to decorate cup cakes, we thrive at the amazing race, get wet with water balloon fights, we love food challenges, beat us at table tennis, come and listen to music, and use your brain on quiz night....plus much more! Anything goes, you get to be involved in the planning!
YOUNG WRITERS WANTED
We are looking for young people (11-15 years) passionate about writing to join a writers group running at hARTspace on Wednesday evenings from 6 to 8pm.
The group will be:
- Developing and nurturing writing talent and ability
- Providing opportunities to present and exhibit work
- Introducing its members to the world of writing and writers with modules taken by a variety of authors from different genres
We only have two spaces left in the group so if you are keen to be involved or would like more information, please contact Jo at jofrancesmoore@gmail.com or Clare Leniston on 021 057 4487 or clareleniston@gmail.com
Our starting date is Wednesday 17 May for a 6 week module on plot development and creative writing.
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