Kia Ora, Talofa Lava, Greetings, Malo e Lelei, Kia Orana,
Bonjour, Nǐ hǎo, Hallo, Hola, Kon'nichiwa, Namaste
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Kia ora koutou
Immunisation Records
The current situation in Christchurch is a timely reminder for
us to ensure we have all immunisation information in our database up to date.
I have asked the staff to ensure their immunisations are up to date. Our procedures state that in cases of
outbreaks of infectious disease, we will follow the advice of the Ministries of
Education & Health. Please be aware that in serious cases of
outbreaks, this may include requiring children who we don’t have full
immunisation records for, to stay home. Please ensure we have up to date information
about your child’s immunisation status.
More information is available on:
• Regional Public Health - www.rph.org.nz
• Immunisation Advisory
Centre - www.immune.org.nz
NZEI:
Next week, primary teachers and principals around the country who
are NZEI Te Riu Roa members are heading to meetings to vote on whether to
accept or reject the latest collective agreement offers from the government.
They will also be voting on whether to take strike action should the offers be
rejected.
We are remaining open during the time the teachers will attend
these meetings, however your child may be placed in a different class on either
Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday afternoon from 1:30 - 3 pm so that their teacher
can attend one of the local meetings.
These meetings are a crucial part of the ‘Kua Tae Te Wā - It’s
Time’ campaign. They’re an opportunity for teachers and principals to come
together to discuss the offer and decide next steps.
We want to ensure teaching is an attractive profession for people
to join and stay in, and we have asked that the government provide for better
staffing to reduce class sizes and give us more time to teach and time to lead.
The offers received are only minimally different from what was
offered (and rejected) last year. This is because the government has refused to
increase the amount of money available.
Already, many schools are having to make sacrifices because of the
difficulty in recruiting teachers and relievers, and we must take bold steps to
turn this around.
We really appreciate your continued support. If these offers are
rejected, it is the voices of parents and the wider public that will be key to
forcing the government to listen as we continue our campaign to ensure every
child gets the best possible education.
For more information, please go to
http://campaigns.nzei.org.nz/time/ or talk with your child’s teacher.
Policy Review - Term 1 2019
Through our School Docs portal there is one policy for parents to
review over this term. All of our policies are available at any time via
our school website here: https://www.muritai.school.nz/copy-of-school-information
This term parents are reviewing:
Alcohol, Drugs, and Other Harmful Substances
- Visit the
website http://muritai.schooldocs.co.nz/1893.htm
- Enter the
username (muritai) and password (muritaischool).
- Follow the
link to the relevant policy as listed.
- Read the
policy.
- Click the
Policy Review button at the top right-hand corner of the page.
- Select the
reviewer type "Parent".
- Enter your
name (optional).
- Submit your
ratings and comments.
If you don't have internet access,
school office staff can provide you with printed copies of the policy and a
review form.
Kind regards
Ngā Mihi
Bec Power
Principal
SCHOOL PHOTOS Next Week
School Photos will be taken next week, starting on Monday
through to Thursday. The schedule of times is below:
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MURITAI
2019
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Monday
18th March
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Tuesday
19th March
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Wednesday
20st
March
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Thursday
21st
March
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9am
to
10.30am
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Room 2 x 16
Year 1
We may call for the children from Room 10 who are having
portraits
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Room 3 x 19
Year 2
We may call for the children from Room 11 who are having
portraits
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Room 5 x 26
Year 2
We may call for the children from Room 13 who are having
portraits
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Room 6 x 26
Year 1
We may call for the children from Room 14 who are having
portraits
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Morning Tea
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10.50am
to
11.30am
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Room 11 x 28
Year 3+4
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Room 12 x 26
Year 3+4
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Room 13 x 26
Year 3+4
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Room 14 x 28
Year 3+4
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11.30am
to
12.30pm
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Room 7 x 28
Year 4+5+6
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Room 8 x 27
Year 4+5+6
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Room 15 x 26
Year 4+5+6
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Room 16 x 25
Year 4+5+6
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Lunch
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STAFF PHOTO for teachers and teacher aides years 1+2, 3+4
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STAFF PHOTO for teachers and teacher aides
years 5+6, 7+8
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STAFF PHOTO for Bec and office staff.
Last opportunity for staff.
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1.30pm
to
3pm
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Room 23 x 30
Year 7+8
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Room 21 x 30
Year 7+8
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Room 22 x 31
Year 7+8
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Notes
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110 children
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108 children
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106 children
Year 7+8 at Wainui in the morning
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74 children
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Movie Fundraiser
Muritai Home & School are very
excited to bring you our Movie Fundraiser: “Celia” a documentary about the late
Celia Lashlie by Amanda Millar
Hugely popular at last year’s NZ
International Film Festival, one reviewer from the Celia Movie Facebook page
said "one of the best movies I have ever seen. so many powerful
messages and layers to this film. everyone must see this!”
Monday 18th March 8:30pm
Lighthouse Cinema Petone
Tickets $20 available from school
office from Monday or by email:
Tots: totsandrew@gmail.com
Kaye: KSherwin@xtra.co.nz
Belinda: teamtito@xtra.co.nz or
027 253 3773
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TERM
1 2019 DATES
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18-22
Mar
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School Photos
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19
Mar
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Makahika Camp Meeting - 6.15pm
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20
Mar
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Starting School at Five Information
Evening at 7pm
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22
Mar
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Whole School assembly - Tui
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26
Mar
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IZ Rippa Rugby Tournament - Y3-6
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2-5
Mar
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Makahika Camp for Kereru syndicate
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5
Apr
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Whole school assembly - Korora
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12
April
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Last day of Term 1
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29
April
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First
day of Term 2
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TERM
DATES FOR 2019
Please
note our term dates for next year - 2019
Term
dates for 2019 have been confirmed by our Board of Trustees as follows:-
Term
1 Monday
4 February to Friday 12 April
Teacher only day on Friday 15
February
Term
2 Monday 29 April to Friday
5 July
Term
3 Monday 22 July to Friday
27 September
Term
4 Monday 14 October to
Thursday 19 December
Community
Notices
Welcome to the 2019 Eastbourne
Football Club Season!
The 2019 season kicks off for our
Junior grades on 6 April 2019.
Registrations are now open on our
website; www.efc.org.nz
You'll find everything you need to
know about this coming season and instructions on how to register via MyCOMET.
We've also put some FAQs together
which you'll find here; http://efc.org.nz/PDFs/EFC-FAQs.pdf
If you have any questions, contact
us at info@efc.org.nz
We welcome back our returning
players and look forward to meeting new ones.
Guitar Lessons at
Muritai School Do you want to learn to play guitar? I am now
accepting enrolments for Term 1 for pupils in years 3 to 8. The lessons are
taken by Charles Hazlewood on Mondays or Fridays during school time. The
tuition is held in small groups according to ability and age. It is
educational, and normally a lot of fun!
The school has guitars to use at
lesson time, but you will need a guitar to play at home. I am a very
experienced music teacher currently teaching at several schools in Lower Hutt.
The cost will be $12 per 30 minute
lesson, multiplied by the number of lessons to be held during the term. Usually
there would be 8 lessons, so the term fees would be $96.
Please call Charles on 04-934-2759 or
029-9392759 or charleshazlewood1@gmail.com
Drum lessons available
for Muritai students between years 3 and 8. Please email our drum tutor Andy
Russell at andyrussellmusic@gmail.com for more information or to sign
up.
Fun French for Muritai School
children lunch time
Special class available for juniors
on Thursdays. Class for older students on Tuesdays.
· 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. After that $14.50 per lesson, plus a membership starter
pack of materials to use at home, siblings 10% discount
· To
register your interest please contact Stefi on Stefi@funlanguages.co.nz or 021
178 2099
· visit
the website www.lcfclubs.co.nz
Get in touch for more details.
