FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2019











Kia Ora, Talofa Lava, Greetings, Malo e Lelei, Kia Orana, Bonjour, Nǐ hǎo, Hallo, Hola, Kon'nichiwa, Namaste, As-salāmu ʿalaykum

A warm welcome to George McIntosh and Eddie Evans to Room 1.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Tena koutou Muritai families, 

Health Consultation 2019
 At least once every two years, boards of trustees are required to produce a written statement about how the school will implement health education. The legislation requires schools to:

- inform the school community about the content of the health education components of the curriculum
- consult with members of the school community regarding the way in which the school should implement health education
- describe, in broad terms, the health education needs of the school's students.

Following the consultation in 2017 we made significant changes to our programme and created a streamlined 2 year overview of Health, PE, Sport and EOTC.  Please follow the link below to see our odd and even year overview and to add any thoughts for our consideration for 2020 and 2021’s programmes in this important curriculum area. 


2020 Classes
Thank you for all of the parent feedback and information that you have provided regarding our class placement consultation period for the 2020 classes.  We are now underway in the creation of our class makeups.  If your child will not be with us in 2020, please let us know asap.  We are trying to place at least one friend alongside each child and need to ensure we have the correct number of children in each room as we design the classes - similarly, if you are intending to enrol another child with us, please do enrol them asap so that we can ensure we have enough teachers!

We have also finished our recruitment for 2020 and have our teaching teams introduced below.  These are of course our classroom teachers only, not our entire teaching staff.  

Our 2020 teaching teams are as follows: 

Kororā (Year 0-2)
Jess Richards
Kea Maritz
Marzena Simpson
Nadia Henderson
Alison Furminger

Tūī (Year 3-4)
Holli Willams/Jamie Power
Kate McLean
Kelly Williams
Michelle Hollard/Jess Davidson 

Kererū (Year 4-6)
Felicity Lovell
Greer Dalziel
Alice Daykin-Pont
Conor Burke

Kāhu (Year 7-8)
Jon Mackie/Ruth Hooke
Kate Salisbury
Amy Newman

You will spot three new teachers in our teaching teams - Nadia, Conor and Amy.  We are excited to introduce these fantastic teachers to you and they are all very excited to be coming to Muritai School next year.  With three new arrivals that must mean that we have three departures -  next year Deane McKay is taking a year’s leave to explore teaching in the Northern Territories of Australia with a focus on working with indigenous children. We wish Deane all the very best as he provides some much needed experience and educational service in this area. We farewell Steph Lamborn who is moving to the UK to travel and teach overseas  and lastly Chantel Lyons is pleased to announce a ‘baby Lyon' will be joining the Muritai family early next year, and Chantel has taken the majority of 2020 off as parental leave.  

Ngā manaakitanga,

Bec Power, Principal


FROM THE BOARD

Just a quick note from the Board of Trustees to let you know we have decided not to opt-in to the School Donation scheme that the Government is introducing next year.

Whilst the scheme is for all schools, it is only decile 1-7 schools that will receive funding from Government of up to $150 per child as long as parents and caregivers are not asked for donations. 

As a decile 10 school we are not eligible for this funding. As most will know our school donations are an important part of resourcing and enabling Muritai learners to be the best they can be.

If anyone is interested in more information there was a stuff article about it recently: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/115519668/scrapping-school-donations-closer-as-government-clarifies-rules

Thanks, Muritai School BOT.


FROM THE SCHOOL

NOURISH (HAMPER ELVES) BAKE SALE
The Nourish Bake Sale was a huge success last Friday, raising $768 for Nourish.  This is a great achievement and will hopefully go a little way towards their goal of $75,000 to be able to provide the 500 hampers they are hoping to send out to families at Christmas.  Thank you to everyone who helped support the Bake Sale and enjoyed the delicious baking.

KERERU (YEAR 5 AND 6) SPEECH COMPETITION
We have found our finalists for the 2019 Kereru Speech Competition. The speech competition final will be held on Tuesday 12th November from 1.30pm in the school hall.

The following students will be contesting for 'best Y5 and Y6 speech' as well as 'overall champion' (RD Harrison trophy):

Year 5s...
Ruby Martin
Eloise Bothwell
Chloe Hammond
Millie Bonifant
Year 6s...
Luca Marshall
Hunter Chapman
Issy Fogarty
Matty Miller
Max Bentley
You are welcome to attend!
Nga mihi, Mr. McKay

HATS PLEASE
Please remind your child/ren to bring a wide brimmed hat to school so that they can play safely out on the playground or field.

MURITAI MATHS EVENING - BANGERS AND MATHS 
You might have seen some information in the school newsletter or received an invitation about the upcoming Bangers and Maths Family Evening. It is an evening of information, fun, challenge and learning about how we teach maths at Muritai School. Come and hear from our Maths Advisor Julie Roberts and the School Maths Team about maths best practice and pedagogy, then see it in action where the children will share with you some knowledge based maths games.

Who: Children and Parents/Caregivers
When: Week 5 Wednesday 13th November, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Where: School Hall
How: 5:00pm - 5:30pm Sausage in bread outside the hall, 5:30pm - 5:50pm an introduction to Muritai Maths with Julie Roberts and the Maths Team, 5:50pm - 6:20pm showcase of maths in classrooms (student led), 6:20pm - 6:30pm collection of your Bangers and Maths goody bags full of fun maths games and activities for home :)

Don't forget to bring in your prize draw slip that was on the bottom of your Bangers and Maths invitation. There will be a box to enter this into in they foyer for a chance to win a great pack of family board games and home maths equipment etc!

For our information about attendance and sausages to purchase, can you please click on this link and fill out a quick survey


Thanks,  The Maths Team (Jamie, Jon, Greer, Marzena, Bec and Julie) 

SPORT
Summer Netball
This term we have three netball teams playing at Taita Courts for the next 6 weeks. They are two weeks in and loving it. Thanks to Jane Llyod-Evans for kick starting this and giving more children the opportunity to play Netball!

Touch Rugby
Wow what a start to the season! Our first game was last week with the majority of the teams having a win on the board. The children are loving it. We have 118 children playing, so over a quarter of the school! It's great to see all the Muritai school sports uniforms dominating the view at Hutt Park on a Friday night.

Athletics
This week was our Inter School Athletics competition. Muritai had 81 students qualify and ready to set their mark against the other schools in the zone. 

The day was not as bright as we would have liked it, a lot of cloud cover overhead and a LOT of wind. With all this to deal with our students still excelled with 52 qualifying for the Inter Zone competition which will be held on Tuesday 19th November at Hutt Rec. Attached arel the students that qualified and their results which is something to be proud of.

Thanks to all the parents that came along and helped on the day. We will need you again on the 19th!!



ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE FOR CHRISTMAS IS COMING!
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A percentage of proceeds will go towards Home & School fundraising at Muritai School.

More details to follow in November!


Term Dates 2020
Term dates for 2020 have been confirmed by our Board of Trustees as follows:-

Term 1   Wednesday 5 February to Thursday 9 April
Term 2   Tuesday 28 April to Friday 3 July
Term 3   Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September
Term 4   Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December


TERM 4 2019 DATES
15 Nov
Whole school assembly - Kororā led
19 Nov
Inter Zone Athletics
21 Nov
Postponement day Inter Zone Athletics
26 Nov
Wellesley Cricket exchange Year 5’s
27 Nov
Starting School at 5 Information Evening 7-8pm
29 Nov
Whole school assembly - Kererū led
1 Dec
Abel Tasman camp for year 8’s
3 Dec
Regional Athletics
4 Dec
Postponement day Regional Athletics
10 Dec
Y8 Gardasil vaccination
11 Dec
Kererū Triathlon
11 Dec
BOT meeting at 6.15pm
17 Dec
Year 8 Formal
19 Dec
Leavers Assembly at 11am
19 Dec
School closes at 1pm

  
COMMUNITY NOTICES

EASTBOURNE SWIM CLUB
Registrations for the Eastbourne Swim Club are open! Our first club night is Thursday 14th November and we will run to 19 December, then resume after the holidays on the 6th February to 5th March. Our club meets at the Eastbourne Summer Pool. 
Click here to register.
Alternatively, we will be at the pool from 10am-12pm when it opens on 9th November to take registrations and answer questions. Pool entry is free this day so come along for a swim!
As always, classes are allocated on a first in first served basis.

Eastbourne Swim Club runs affordable lessons for children aged 5-12 years on Thursday’s during term time over the summer months. It’s a local club run by a committee made up of volunteer parents. The club would benefit from a few more committee members and swimming coaches, both poolside and assisting in the water. If this is something you would be interested in finding out more about we would love to hear from you.
We are looking forward to a fantastic season this year and hope to see you all there.
You can email us at eastbourneswimclub@gmail.com or check out our Facebook page.
 Eastbourne Swim Club Committee

BUTTERFLY CREEK THEATRE TROUP - A FARMHOUSE CALLED SHELTER
Love a gritty drama full of suspense? Have an interest in history? Want a love story, politics and a thriller all rolled into one? Then you are bound to enjoy this WORLD PREMIER, written by local playwright Michaeljohn Butcher.
Eastbourne’s Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe’s production of A Farmhouse Called Shelter is set on The Falklands amidst the war between Britain and Argentina in 1982.
A story of bravery, escape, dreams and love.

Beginning on November 21, the play has six performances in the Muritai School Hall, Eastbourne.  This is a play for mature audiences who love thrillers, suspense, gritty drama and a slice of history.  Tickets can be purchased from Eventfinda.com and Rona Gallery in Eastbourne. The opening night includes a glass of bubbles and a cushion to hold!  
Lottie Butcher- Publicity


NANNY AVAILABLE
I’m a nanny with 16 years experience. Currently with my family of 8 years in Lower Hutt.  Sadly they are moving so I’m looking for a new family in the new year.  I have cared for all ages full or part time, before and after school.  Have great references and policed checked.  Looking forward to hearing from you.
Michele Parlett (0273076244)



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