Friday 24 July 2020











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

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Tena koutou Muritai families, 

We have had a wonderful first week of term, it’s been lovely to see everyone's smiling faces again after our term break.   

This week seems to have gifted us a day from every season weather wise, with everything from extreme rainstorms, to the beautiful sunshine we see this afternoon! Unfortunately we were not able to hold a 3rd attempt for the cross country, as student names were due in today for the ‘Zone’ inter schools.  I do know that the syndicate teams have all offered opportunities for selection processes this week, and the children who will represent us at our Cross Country inter school event will find out early next week. 

Learning Conversations:
The first of our Learning Conversation evenings is just two weeks away! This is  where you will be able to book a time to connect with your child/ren’s teacher.  The dates for these are Wednesday 5th and Wednesday 12th of August. (Except for Room 8, which are held on the 12th and 13th of August).  This year your child’s progress will be discussed with you at this learning conversation capturing learning success from this year so far, and looking towards next steps in your child's learning. 

Following the conference you will receive a written summary of what is discussed, including the learning goals and focus for terms 3 and 4 as our mid year reporting. 

To book a conference time please follow this link: schoolinterviews.co.nz and put in the code GW7ZA 

Parent Consultation Survey: 
Please take part in our survey to have your say and provide input into our thinking towards our curriculum and charter review for 2021-2023.

In 2018 our community, staff and students came up with a list of the capabilities and/or dispositions that were thought to be the most important for living and learning at Muritai School. These were then developed into the Explore, Connect and Contribute living and learning values that you will see and hear at Muritai School today.

Your contributions to the survey allow the Board of Trustees and School leadership team to see common aspirations and common beliefs about what we treasure at Muritai. This will help us make decisions on what we commit to as a school in the next five years. 

We'll be using your thoughts throughout the process to refine the thinking and the wording used. We aim to bring an update in October regarding the information collected from parents, staff, our students and also the business community, about what's important at Muritai School now, and into the future. 

This survey form is open for the next week - till the 31st of July. 

Please click this link to enter the survey: https://forms.gle/EhqgzzpdSWYkxjfy6

Teacher Only Day (repeated from last term)
Remember we have a teacher only day coming up in 2 weeks time.  School will be closed on Friday 7th August.  

If you require supervision for your children on this day, Kelly Club will be running a holiday programme for the day. Head to www.kellyclub.co.nz/muritai to enrol and book if you would like to organise childcare for the 7th of August

Ngā manaakitanga,

Bec Power, Principal


FROM THE SCHOOL

Scholastic Lucky Book Club
The Fifth Scholastic Lucky Book Club order for 2020 is now available and orders can be made online at https://mybookclub.scholastic.co.nz/Parent/Login.aspx.

The school thanks everyone who has placed orders in the past, for every order we get rewards which enable us to acquire book stock for our school.

Teacher Only Day - Friday 7 August 2020
Kelly Club Muritai is running a full day programme on Friday 7th August 2020 due to a Teachers Only Day!

We have asked the children at Before and After School Care what their favourite day at Kelly Club would look like and we are excited to make this happen for them.  

They have chosen to have fun in the kitchen making Cookies and Cream Popcorn, Crafting Robots, playing Musical Pies, Zombie Tag, hosting Kelly Clubs Got Talent, spending time outside in the sunshine and more! 
Booking is now live on our website! Head to www.kellyclub.co.nz/muritai to enrol and book, alternatively send us an email at muritai@kellyclub.co.nz or come in and see us in the Muritai hall in the mornings and afternoons.

We have the following sessions available for the day programme:

Morning half day: 7.30am – 12.30pm - $29.00
School day: 8.30am – 3.00pm - $39.00
Afternoon half day: 1.00pm – 6.00pm - $29.00
Full day: 7.30am – 6.00pm - $47.00 

We look forward to a fun-filled day!


Term 2 2020 Dates
4 August
SE Zone Cross Country
5 August
Learning Conversations starting at 3.10
6 August
Postponement day for SE Zone Cross Country
7 August
Teacher Only Day
11 August
Boostrix vaccinations for Year 7’s
12 August
Learning Conversations starting at 3.10 
16 August
BOT Meeting
18 August
Inter Zone Cross Country
20 August
Postponement day for Inter Zone Cross Country
27 August
Masked Parade
4 September
School disco
8 September
Regional Cross Country
8 September
BOT Meeting
10 September
Postponement day for Regional Cross Country
25 September
Last day of Term 3


Term Dates 2020

Term 3   Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September
            (Teacher only Day Friday 7th August)

Term 4   Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December
            (Teacher only Day Friday 23rd October - Labour Weekend)

COMMUNITY NOTICES


















Term 3 Lunch time French at Muritai
· 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.  Includes a membership starter pack of materials to use at home
· For more details contact Stefi on stefi@lcfclubs.co.nz  or 021 178 2099
· visit the website www.lcfclubs.co.nz
       
Volunteer for the Heart Foundation at the Gazley Volkswagon Wellington Marathon 2020
As the official charity partner we provide volunteers to work at the event, to raise money for the Heart Foundation. We need volunteers to help with registration day and on the race day too.  Can you help? Go to  https://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/get-involved/fundraising/wellington-marathon  for more info.

I have put together some proposed text below which can be used for your newsletter or the attached poster but do let me know if you need more:

Volunteer for the Heart Foundation at the Gazley Volkswagon Wellington Marathon 2020
The Heart Foundation is the official charity partner for the Wellington Marathon again for 2020. As part of this partnership we provide volunteers to work at the event, to raise money for the Heart Foundation Wellington Branch. We would love to have you join our volunteer team for this event. For 2020 we have the following opportunities:

Saturday 29 August: Race Registration, Gazley Volkswagon, Kent Terrace, Wellington
We will be registering all runners ahead of race day and handing out numbers.  This role requires a high level of concentration and accuracy!
Full Day:   8.30am – 6.00pm includes lunch provided
Half Day:   8.30am – 1.30pm
Half Day:  1.00pm – 6.00pm

Sunday 30 August: Event Day, Sky Stadium
Jobs are a mixture of working in the recovery area (handing out drinks/fruit etc after the finish line, general support etc) and bag check area
Shift 1:  6.00am – 12.00pm 
Shift 2:  7.00am – 1.00pm     
Shift 3:  9.00am – 3.00pm     



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