31stMay 2012 - Week 6 Term 2

Friday Lunches

Homemade Sausage Rolls $2.50 Choc Banana Cake $1.50

Thanks so much to Jan Pettersen for this week’s lunch!

2012 Dates Term 2 23rd April - 29th June Term 3 16th July- 28th Sept Term 4 15th Oct—20th Dec

Abbie, Joey, Meredith, and Nico are attending a drumming

workshop with Grant Knowles at Central Takaka school.

The workshop was organised by the Poppies Extension Group to help

extend our gifted and talented students.

Who am I? I have two legs.

I cook in an oven. People like to eat me.

By Arjuna Room 2

I am a pirate. I like eating salty crackers!

By Arjuna Room 2

I have my guinea pig. Her name is raindrop.

By Zoe M Room 2

I am a mermaid. The mermaid is

swimming. By Zoe R Room 2

I am at the beach and I saw some shells.

By Amalie Room 2

I was listening to a bassoon. It makes a deep sound.

By Joe Room 2

This is a bassoon. It makes deep sounds.

By Kier Room 2

New Enrolments If you are aware of any children who may be interested in enrolling

their child/children at Motupipi School, could you please let us

know.

On July 1 we send to the Ministry of Education our current roll

numbers as well as our predicted roll. It is important that we have

an idea of possible enrolments so that we can accurately plan our future staffing.

With the possible increase class size and decrease in staffing as a result of Budget

announcements this may have quite an impact on our school.

What's happening this Term…..

Term 1 4th June Queen’s Birthday Weekend

8th June Cross Country Motupipi School

12th June Library Quiz Yr 5/6

13th June Assembly Motupipi Hall 2pm

14th June Reports Home

15th June Primary Schools Cross Country Collingwood

18-21st June Year 5/6 Camp

19-20th June Parent Teacher Interviews Rooms 2,3,4,5

21st June Kids for Kids Concert Rms, 1,4 & 5

25-26th June Parent Teacher Interviews Yrs 5/6

28th June B.O.T Meeting

29th June Term 2 ends

16th July Term 3 begins

Out of Zone Bus We have been approached by a number of parents about the possibility of a bus

leaving from town (Takaka Primary/GBHS) that links up with all the out of town

buses before and after school. Currently the town bus leaves the depot at 8.10am,

which is before any of the out of town buses arrive and leaves at 3.40pm, which is

too late to link with those buses after school.If you are from out of town and

would possibly be interested in making use of a user pays bus, please contact

Kirsten or Mark before next Friday.

Room 2 have been writing some fantastic stories. Cross country We will be holding our school Cross Country

next Friday 8th June.

Races will start at 1.00pm, with the 5 year olds

running first and working through the age

groups up to the 10/11 year olds.

Children will need suitable footwear as well as

shorts and a t-shirt.

After the last race certificates will be

awarded.

The Fundraising committee will be selling:

Sausage & Bread

Cakes

Hot Tea and Coffee

Parents and friends are welcome to come along

and have lunch at school and watch the

children compete.

If you have old, sports shoes at home that your

children have grown out of and don't need, can

you please send them along to school so we can

give them to children who need them.

Thanks to those who have already sent in shoes!

Motupipi School Contact Details:

435 Abel Tasman Drive, Takaka 7183

Phone: 03 525 9986 Fax: 035258842

EMAIL: markc@motupipi.school.nz Or: office@motupipi.school.nz

Internet Banking No:

03 1711 0013347 00

Motupipi Hall

Queens Birthday Bookfair and

Luncheon.

12 noon Saturday 2nd June

10am-3pm

Lots of new secondhand books

Choice of 4 mains, 2 deserts

All Welcome

Board of Trustee News

The Board of Trustees met last Thursday 24 May and here are the points of

interest discussed at the meeting:

We reviewed all our ‘Employer Responsibility Policies and Procedures”.

Judy presented a mid year report on students writing on how well our students

are going towards achieving the national standards in writing by the end of the

year.

We discussed changes to our ‘Acceptable Use of Information and Communication

Technology Policy’.

With recent news over the conflict that occurred over the enrolment of a child

with HIV ( Human Immune Deficiency), the Board checked Ministry of Education

Guidelines. HIV is not on the Ministry of Health’s list of infectious or notifiable

diseases, however AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), new cases of

hepatitis C, hepatitis B and meningococcal disease are.

It is recommended that in dealing with any injury, all children should be treated

as if they have a blood-borne virus, as we will not always know whether a child

who is bleeding, is infectious.

Staff as part of their health programme will teach the children what to do if

someone is hurt and /or bleeding in the playground.

Following enquiries from parents who live outside our Ministry of Education paid

bus runs, we are investigating the possibility of a user pays bus run. This bus

would link up with those Ministry paid buses that finish their run at Takaka Pri-

mary or Golden Bay High School and transfer the children to school as well as

linking up with those buses at the end of school.

BOT members will attend a Ministry of Education webinar ( web based training)

on ‘How Boards Work’. The training will cover such things as the roles of

different trustees, use of committees, planning, review and monitoring etc.

Josie presented quotes to put in a drinking fountain at school. Looking at

applying for Pub Charity Grant

Next BOT meeting is 28th June.

Acceptable Use of Information and Communication

Technology Policy Attached is a copy of our Acceptable Use of Information and Communication

Technology Policy. There is also an Internet Safety background information for

Parents sheet, which we have gone over with the children and encourage you to

also to go over with them.

As part of our effort to keep our children safe we are requesting a signed

agreement between children and parents before our children will be able to use

the internet. We ask that you read the agreement over with your child before

signing.

If you have any queries please contact Mark.

T Shirts Just a reminder to please bring in your

clean school T-Shirts. We will need

them to do a stock-take and for Cross

Country.

What a fantastic effort all of our parents and community have made in supporting our school and purchasing books at our book fair. We have sold over $2000 worth of books enabling us to choose over $600 worth of books for our school library.

Way to go Motupipi!!!

Acceptable Use of Information and Communication Technology Policy

Goals To promote and ensure the welfare and safety of children and young people when using the

Intennet.

To prevent students from being exposed to inappropriate material.

Purpose

To provide Internet access, so all staff and students can:

Become effective and safe users of the Internet.

Extend their awareness and knowledge of the Internet

Become motivated users of the Internet

Access knowledge to enhance learning

Internet sites on classroom computers are all bookmarked and are to have been checked by the

classroom teacher. For students to search the internet the teacher must unblock it via password.

Our filter, Watchdog, will still block most inappropriate sites.

Use of the Internet facilities at this school are strictly for puposes appropriate to the school

environment. This includes personal use and professional development of staff.

A teacher must be in the room whenever a student uses the Internet, i.e. a student cannot use the

Internet unsupervised. This also applies to any special use before and after school hours.

Before a child may have access to the internet the child’s family must have read the Motupipi

School Internet Safety Background Information for Parents, signed a Motupipi School Computer

and Internet Use Agreement and the child has undergone training.

Students will need to be directed to assigned sites of the Internet, rather than surfing, which is

why staff members must gain experience using the Internet before letting the students use it.

Students will notify the teacher immediately a site / document is accessed that contains

inappropriate information.

Students will not give anyone on the Internet information about themselves or anyone else – this

includes address, phone number etc.

Parents will be made aware that their children are having access to the Internet and the possible

risks of this. Parents will be expected to share the responsibility of children’s access in terms of

the guidelines in this policy.

The school will from time to time conduct an internal audit of its computer network, internet

facilities, computers and other school ICT equipment /devices. It will include any stored

content, including emails.

Computers purchased for the teaching staff by the school are only to be used by that teacher

outside school hours. Family members / friends are not to have access to these computers.

Only authorized staff / personnel and Motupipi children may have access to the school

computers

Training for staff and students to use these facilities is essential for the safety and

protection of staff, students and equipment.

Children’s Cellphone use at School

Due to the ability of children to have unsupervised access to the internet via personal

cellphones the bringing of cellphones by children to Motupipi school is strongly discouraged.

Cellphones are not to be used by children at school during school hours.

If a parent requires their child to have a cellphone at school for afterschool arrangements

then the cellphone must be turned off and handed into the office by the student when they

arrive at school.

Cellphones can be collected at the end of the day by the child and checked for messages in the

office and then put away in their bags.

The phones are not to be used on the school bus.

Cellphones not handed into the office will be confiscated and parents contacted to collect the

phone.

Due to the school not being able to check the content of music /data on i-Pods

and MP3 players, these devices are not permitted at school. At times a teacher may allow mu-

sic to brought along to school for class use and in those cases parents will be contacted.

March 2012

Internet Safety Background Information for Parents

Dear Parents

Below is a list of rules we will be talking to your children about in order to keep them as internet safe as pos-

sible.

I know I cannot use the school ICT equipment until my parent(s) have signed the use agreement and it

has been returned to school.

All students must have a use agreement signed by their parent.

I can use the school computers and other school ICT equipment for school work and only with my

teacher’s permission unless otherwise directed by a teacher.

It will help to reduce the likelihood of any inappropriate activities taking place, which put the safety of the

learning environment at risk.

If I am unsure whether I am allowed to do something involving ICT, I will ask a teacher first.

This helps children to take responsibility for their own actions, and seek advice when they are unsure of what

to do.

I can only go online or use the internet when a teacher gives permission and an adult is present.

There must be an educational purpose for children being online or accessing the internet. Having an adult

present will help ensure children’s safety.

I understand that I must not, at any time use the internet, mobile phones or any ICT equipment to be

mean, rude, offensive or to bully, harass, or in any way harm anyone else, or the school itself, even if

it is meant as a ‘joke’.

Unfortunately along with many benefits, technology has also provided new ways to carry out anti-social

activities. Bullying and harassment by text message, for example, is becoming a major problem in New

Zealand and in many other countries. Often children become involved in these acts through peer pressure,

without thinking of the consequences.

While at school, I will not:

Attempt to search for things online that I know are not acceptable at our school. This could

include anything that is rude or violent or uses inappropriate language such as swearing.

Use any websites, such as Bebo, Facebook or Twitter.

Make any attempt to get around, or bypass, security monitoring and filtering that is in

place at our school.

If I find anything that upsets me, is mean or rude or things I know are unacceptable at our

school, I will not show others and will turn off the screen and get a teacher straight away.

I understand that I must not download or copy any files without the permission of a teacher.

I will not put contact details online.

This reduces the risk of children being contacted by someone who wishes to upset or harm them, or use

identity for purposes, which might compromise children’s privacy or security online.

I will be careful and look after all our school ICT equipment by not being silly and playing with it,

following our school internet rules and telling a teacher about anything wrong or damaged.

I understand that if I break these rules there will be consequences.

Depending on the breach of the rules, the school may require a parent discussion. Loss of ICT use privileges

for a period of time may also be considered. My family may also be charged for repair costs.

Year 3-6 Student Computer and Internet Agreement

Here are the rules our school has about using computers. Please read them through with your

child along with the Internet Safety Background Information for Parents sheet and then sign the

agreements.

I know I cannot use the school ICT equipment until my parent(s) have signed the use

agreement and it has been returned to school.

I can use the school computers and other school ICT equipment for school work and only

with my teacher’s permission unless otherwise directed by a teacher.

If I am unsure whether I am allowed to do something involving ICT, I will ask a teacher

first.

I can only go online or use the internet when a teacher gives permission and an adult is

present.

I understand that I must not, at any time use the internet, mobile phones or any ICT

equipment to be mean, rude, offensive or to bully, harass, or in any way harm anyone

else, or the school itself, even if it is meantas a ‘joke’

While at school, I will not:

Attempt to search for things online that I know are not acceptable at our school.

This could include anything that is rude or violent or uses inappropriate language

such as swearing.

Use any websites, such as Bebo, Facebook or Twitter.

Make any attempt to get around, or bypass, security monitoring and filtering that is

in place at our school.

If I find anything that upsets me, is mean or rude or things I know are unaccepta-

ble at our school, I will not show others and will turn off the screen and get a

teacher straight away.

I understand that I must not download or copy any files without the permission of a

teacher.

I will not put contact details online.

I will be careful and look after all our school ICT equipment by not being silly and

playing with it, following our school internet rules and telling a teacher about any-

thing wrong or

damaged.

Student Agreement (Yr 3-6)

I have read my student computer and internet agreement and I know what the school rules are about

using computers and internet. I know if I break these rules there will be consequences;

I might lose the right to use a school computer

The school will inform my parents

Name__________________________________________

Room__________________

Signed_________________________________________

Date____________________

Parent / Caregiver Agreement

I have read the computer and internet rules and agreements and understand that there may be con-

sequences if the rules are broken. I have gone over the information with my child and explained its

importance.

I understand that while the school will do its best to restrict student access to offensive, dangerous

or illegal material on the Internet or through email, it is the responsibility of my child to have no in-

volvement in such material.

I give permission for my child to be given access at school to the internet / email.

I understand my child’s picture / material will only be published on the Motupipi School website and

newsletter

My child will be identified only by first name.

If I have any queries about these agreements, I will contact the Principal.

Name__________________________________________

Signed_________________________________________ Date____________________

Year 0-2 Student Computer and Internet Agreement

Internet Access

My child will only be able to use the internet when a teacher is present in the classroom.

My child must ask the teacher before using the internet.

Website publications;

My child’s images / materials will only be published on the Motupipi School website and newslet-

ters.

My child will be identified only by first name.

In Year 3 your child will be asked to sign the Motupipi School year 3-6 Internet Agreement.

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I accept the above agreement and I give permission for my child to be given access to the internet at

Motupipi School. I also give permission to have their images / materials published on the Motupipi

School website in accordance with the above guidelines.

Name­­__________________________________________