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INFLIGHT MAGAZINE June 2019

ROYAL OAK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

Together empowering confident, motivated learners to achieve success in all walks of life.

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Kia ora Royal Oak families,

Our students are having a busy term, both inside the classroom and out. In class, we have upcoming academic competitions: the ‘Great Kiwi’ Maths, English and Science Competitions, as well as our Integrated Inquiry topic of citizenship and the term two electives.

We have recently been visited by outside groups, including the Revolution Tour, teaching children about choices and healthy attitudes, and the Dressed in Confidence team. Outside of class we have been involved with a number of activities, including the recent Manukau Harbour foreshore clean-up, organised by our Kahui Ako (Community of Learning).

Congratulations to all students who have represented the school with pride and success this month in sports, including Tuesday night netball, and zone competitions for table tennis, football, hockey and turbo touch.

Board of Trustees Election

We had a strong field of nominees for the Board of Trustees election, and we would like to express our appreciation to all of the candidates who put themselves forward. Congratulations to the successful nominees:

George Woodward (re-elected)

Andrea Green (new trustee)

Owen Sinclair (new trustee)

The first meeting of the new Board is next Tuesday, 25 June 2019

I would also like to express our sincere thanks to Erina Kent and Rebekah Wardrop for their years of service to our Board.

NZEI Industrial Action

The latest news from Wellington is promising, both the primary and secondary school teacher unions, the NZEI and the PPTA have agreed with the Ministry of Education’s latest offer to settle the contract negotiations for the respective collective agreements. Teachers have now been asked to ratify these agreements through electronic voting, and we are hopeful there will be no further disruption to learning. We are very grateful for the high level of public support shown to teachers, which has contributed to the resolution of this matter.

Community consultation - Fono Pasifika and Whanau Hui

Following our surveying of our students and community in the past few months, we are now seeking to move forward and develop our Pasifika Success Plan and our Māori Achievement Plan. Our next steps are to invite our community to meet with us to reflect on these survey findings and plan a path forward.

At these meetings we will be seeking candidates interested in taking part in Pasifika and Māori Advisory Groups, leading the development of planning to continue to grow the success of Māori and Pasifika students at Royal Oak Intermediate.

Fono Pasifika - Thursday 27 June, 6.00pm in the school library (at the same time as the AIMS fundraising Social)

Whānau Hui - Wednesday 3 July, 5.30pm - Venue: School hall

Ngā mihi nui Tony Coughlan Principal

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Calendar – upcoming events

Thurs 27th June Pasifika Parent/Family Fono 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Thurs 27th June AIMS Social 6:30pm – 9:00pm

Wed 3rd July Māori Parent/Whanau Hui 5:30pm – 6:30pm

Friday 5th July End of Term Awards Assembly 10:00am

Mid Term Reports come home

Term 2 ends 3:00pm

Monday 22nd July Term 3 starts

Mon 5th & Tue 6th August Student Led Parent / Teacher Conferences 3:15pm– 7:30pm

Royal Oak Intermediate is now running a homework club on Mondays from 3.00pm – 4.00pm. The club is voluntary and will be run in Room 13, devices will be available for students who have been given homework through their google classroom. This club is for those who might need a little bit of extra help getting work done before their deadlines in a friendly environment.

Permission forms need to be completed which you can collect from the school office.

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Pink Shirt Day. Friday 17 May.

The rainbow in the school. Pink Shirt Day, known as an anti-bullying day, is when people wear a pink shirt to symbolise a stand against bullying. Therefore, each of us who participated in our Pink Shirt Day Assembly were invited to perform a personal experience, written by someone else, associated with being an Upstander. An Upstander is a supportive bystander who uses words/actions that can help someone who is being bullied. We performed in order to spread awareness of the ‘Five Actions of being an Upstander’ more effectively. Before we started, we were all very anxious about what was going to happen, because we literally had only been informed about what we had to do a few days earlier, which means we hadn’t had many practice opportunities. When the time finally came for us to present we were all about to chicken out but we decided against it. For our presentation I had to say a story first, so I had one of the biggest responsibility to not mess up. Once I began telling ‘my story’, my nerves had started to calm down and when we went off the stage, I was joyful and satisfied with the major mission we had completed. Hopefully the Royal Oak Intermediate students will have a better understanding of the message, about being an Upstander, we tried to provide for them. If you are interested in finding out how you can be an Upstander visit https://www.pinkshirtday.org.nz/schools/

--By Lisa Zang and Gabriella Couper Room 8

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Enviro Group Adventures Kia Ora! I think you’re probably reading this because you want to find out what the Enviro Team got up to this term. Well, we have done a lot of things. We started an Enviro elective and got more students on board. We had our compost bin sorted out by a professional from the Compost Collective. She gave us worms for our worm farm and told us what to put in the compost. We also ventured to Onehunga Primary School (OPS) in search of inspiration and knowledge. We are going to become an Enviroschool and Onehunga Primary School is a second time Green-Gold certified Enviroschool so they know what they’re doing. We certainly got what we were looking for there! Projects, projects and more projects. Their current projects are about drains and hungry bins. They are painting messages around their storm water drains to inform people to stop waste going down them as that rubbish goes straight to the ocean. They have special compost bins called Hungry Bins, which improves their composting systems and saves them money. We left OPS with lots of ideas on projects we can start doing here so watch this space. Having this newsletter emailed rather than printed is one of our new plans - saving paper. There is more to come. Ka kite and thank you for reading about our ROI Enviro. Adventure! By Quentin Grey and Jacob Cooper (Enviro leaders)

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Master Chef – Manav Syal visits Royal Oak Intermediate

On June 17, Room 8 and Mrs Kumar welcomed a special guest – Chef Manav Syal to the Bio Food Room for a remarkable cooking session. Chef Mananv Syal has been the Gold Medalist in NZ Chef’s live salmon category for his amazing creation that he presented with outstanding skill and technique. Chef Manav took out some of his precious time to come to Royal Oak Intermediate and share with us his professional skills and techniques. With his expert guidance, we made a delicious type of something that can be called finger food. The dishes name was Prawn Tostada and for those who were vegetarian/vegan/or did not like sea food we made Roasted Vegetable Tostada. This is also called TAPAS. So what are Tapas- Tapas are a wide variety of appetizers, or snacks, in Spanish cuisine. They may be cold (such as mixed olives and cheese) or warm (such as chopitos, which are battered, fried baby squid). In select bars in Spain, Tapas have evolved into an entire, and sometimes sophisticated, cuisine. Chef Manav then showed us a very efficient way of cutting onions, and tomatoes to make the real salsa. Then we cut flatbread into small circles with a cookie cutter and deep-fried them. We did some crumbing and again he showed us the right technique to do this. We crumbed the prawns, deep-fried them, and for the Vegetarian Tostadas we did roasted vegetables accordingly, with the right technique required for the recipe. Then came the most interesting part, which was the finishing technique of the dish, which is the presentation, or doing the platter on the tray. It is a great opportunity to learn how professional chefs use all different techniques to do so. We placed each fried tortilla cookie, which were either crispy or some were like a puffed one, Chef Manav showed us how we need to keep in mind that it should not wobble or spill from the tray or on the tray while taking it to serving the customers. He glazed the bottom of the little crisp biscuits with a drop of sour cream, this stuck to the tray, and then we did the layering of the salsa, the prawn and garnished it with cheese and some fresh herbs. We used a piping bag and filled it with the sour cream and then did some designs to give it a very attractive look. It was a mouthful of deliciousness. Room 8 were very lucky to have this cooking session. We thank Mrs. Kumar for giving us such opportunities to be so skilful and work under the skilful guidance of some professional chef’s like Manav Sayal. By Dylan Mamea Room 8

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BEST Biofood Class EVER

It was on Monday 17th of June when Room 8 had the privilege to work with Chef Manav

Syal – Gold Medallist in NZ chef’s live Salmon category.

He taught us how to make a delicious snack called “Prawn Tostada” and “Roasted Veg

Tostada” He told us that the word ‘tostada’ in Spanish means something toasted. Tostada

usually refers to a flat bowl-shaped tortilla that is either deep fried or toasted.

We used the cookie cutter and made small round shapes of the tortilla just like corn chips and

then deep fried them in the deep fryer. It was nice and crispy. Then we made the batter for

the prawns to be deep fried. The batter was made with egg whites and then we crumbed it

with fine bread crumbs. The most interesting part of the creation was to decorate the tostadas

with the salsa, prawns or roasted vegetables and to give it a finishing technique Chef Manav

Syal filled the piping bag with the sour cream and garnished the tostada.

My class and I were so proud to be part of this creative new recipe and we would like to

thank Mrs. Kumar for inviting Chef Manav Syal who showed us the skills and techniques to

make amazing salsa and this new Mexican recipe.

By Jacob Cooper Room 8

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Bio Food Technology In Bio-Food Technology this year we explored many different styles of cooking. We made food from many different countries and cultures including crepes/pancakes from France, cinnamon rolls from Sweden, fried rice from Asia, apple crumble from England etc. It was really cool also because we got to make our own cultural/traditional dish and present it to the class in Project 1.

Before we got to the cooking part of Bio-Food we learnt about the importance of food hygiene and how to become a clean, and organised chef. We learnt all the handy tricks Mrs Kumar had hidden up her sleeve. We learnt how to be safe around ovens, stovetops, knives, and other dangerous objects in the kitchen.

For the final project the year 7 got to create a super snack menu, complete with a cafe's name and logo and the Year 8 got to create an entrée, mains and desserts with a café name, logo and a menu card. We had to cook for a stakeholder that was either vegetarian, lactose intolerant, nut-free, gluten-free and other religious needs such as- Muslim halal. It was really fun trying to find recipes to fit the stakeholder’s needs and I really enjoyed the experience.

Overall I really enjoyed Bio-Food and I can't wait to do it next year.

Elsie Woodward Room 16

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SPECIAL EFFECTS

For Electives this term, Miss Gray has been teaching us Special Effects makeup skills. We started with creating a burn on our arms using gelatine and makeup, and some looked very realistic! We have also made our own special effects blood to make our creations look extra gooey. Latex was tricky to work with and smelt very bad, and right now, we are improving our skills with special wax to create cuts and gashes. These look quite scary. Learning new skills was really cool. I really enjoyed it.

By Sadhana Singh Room 12

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Design Technology

We have spent time in class learning a range of different skills with Miss Gray. We started the term designing 3D keychains and other things on Tinkercad that could be printed on the 3D printer. Some people also looked at designs to use on the laser cutter. For our main projects we all got to design different things. Some students are working with wood, some with acrylic and there is even a couple sewing. A few students are also adding LED’s to their projects. I really enjoy design tech and I have enjoyed learning many different skills this year. This term I have been making an engraved led light out of wood and acrylic.

By Samuel Moncur-Burmeister Room 15.

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Inter Zone Turbo Touch

Hi my name is Tommi-Kahlia Short, from room 11. I have taken this privilege to tell you about the Royal Oak Intermediates turbo touch teams success.

On June 6 Royal Oak Intermediate participated in the Inter Zone turbo touch tournament. I am going to explain the scores and the placings.

Firstly, the girls team, they placed a good 5th, winning 3 games and losing their other 5 games. Moving onto the boys team. The boys played really good, they placed an amazing 3rd out of 8 schools, they won 4 games and sadly lost the other 4. Last but not least, the mixed team. Their games were all successful, winning all games making them come 1st out of 9 schools. On behalf of the Royal Oak Intermediate turbo touch teams, we would like to thank Mr Tibble, Frankie and Montell for coaching us to be successful in all games, supporting us in everything we have done.

CZ Table Tennis

On a day with fine weather we as the R.O.I representatives for table tennis went to compete at the CZ Table Tennis

Tournament.

Johnson Rm 15 Jacob Rm8 Tiana Rm 9 Yuvraj Rm11 Billy Rm 13 Chery Rm9

James Rm 10 Rositta Rm9 Vanika Rm11 Mimansha Rm 5 Nikisha Rm 4

Overall throughout the tournament we did amazingly awesome… and we gave our best! The ROI competitors learnt

and showed some excellent table tennis skills throughout the whole day! I was put in Pool A for table tennis Year 8

girls singles. I got to learn / observe each player, and I did learn a lot throughout the day. I had 4 losses and 1 win – I

felt it was a great achievement for someone who barely plays table tennis. Throughout the day we all had, fun and

we did enjoy ourselves so much out there. Big thanks to Mr Hamp for having enough courage to drive the school van

there and back safely, and also for training us.

By Chery Lino Room 9

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CZ Year 7 Boys Football

In our very debut performance as a new team we boarded the school van and ventured for Seddon Fields in Pt Chevalier. Excitement was brewing and the nerves were palpable. After a quick warm up and a tactical talk we lined out against Remuera Intermediate. Hopes were high but our performance couldn’t quite match the quality of our opponents who were red hot favourites to win the competition and we went down 0-6. Max Van Bokhoven, Jacob Cooper and Damon McKinstry were our best performers in this game.

We had minimal time before our next kick off and we were up to our eyeballs in pressure again. This time it was another formidable force in Pasadena Intermediate who had us under the pump. Despite some great passages of play and an amazing dribble by Lejion Salei to set up Jack Graham for our goal, we still ended up on the wrong side of a 1-4 result. Good performances were put in by Vaughan Parkinson, John Than Lal and Troy Pettigrew in this game.

Our next game versus St Peters saw us play some of our best football and by now the team was working better. Parents had flocked out in their numbers and not even the high winds and sun showers could dampen our spirits. Our lack of experience told in the end and tired legs began to creep in. We ran out 0-4 losers in this game with strong performances by Elliot Schultz, Ethan Gere and Ziah Gascoigne.

In what turned out to be our last game of the tournament, we faced another strong opposition in Auckland Normal Intermediate. Excellent performances from Vinnie Carter, Jack Graham and Lejion Salei kept us within touching distance until a late flurry of goals saw us suffer our heaviest defeat of 9-1. Max Van Bokhoven worked hard to sneak us a goal in this game.

Although we suffered some defeats in this tournament, our spirits remained high. Afterall, we faced out against the best sides in the country, not just the zone, evident by their placings in last year’s AIMS Games. Special thanks to our coaches Dylan Manickum, Alex Palmer and Mr O’ Halloran for all their work with us.

Team: Vaughan Parkinson, John Than Lal, Vinnie Carter, Damon McKinstry, Jack Graham, Troy Pettigrew, Jacob Cooper, Ziah Gascoigne, Ethan Gere, Elliot Schultz, Max Van Bokhoven, Lejion Salei.

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CZ Year 8 Boys Football On a sunny autumn morning toward the end of May, we departed Royal Oak Intermediate School for Seddon Fields in Pt Chevalier to contest the Year 8 Central Zone Football competition. Facing stiff opposition and having been virtually untested in terms of game time all year we were ambitious and a little nervous at the same time. An air of uncertainty surrounded us before kick-off of round 1 versus Kohia Terrace.

The game kicked off and we dominated from start to finish. We pressed them and had 80% of the ball possession but couldn’t break the deadlock until a shot from distance from the now veteran of ROI football, Benjamin Thang, troubled the keeper and ended up in the back of the net. One goal up and the final whistle came soon after. Confidence and self-belief was building. We needed it, as we faced St Peter’s College next. Strong performances from Billy Grace, Johnson Gao, Dylan Chandra and Yuvraj Singh saw us shoot to the top of our group table sitting on 3 points.

Round 2 kicked off and we had St Peter’s under the pump. After a testing game, we were the side who showed we could take a goal chance when it mattered. Arri White played out of his skin and showed immense leadership to fire our team to victory with a stunning goal. Notable performers in this game were Lejion Salei, Austin Baxter, Deepesh Badoniya also.

Round 3 began with ROI at the top of Group A sitting on 6 points. Our next opponents Ponsonby were on 4 points. Winner of this game would progress to the semi-finals of the tournament. After another surprisingly dominating performance, we conceded a sloppy goal with two minutes to go leaving us finish second place in our group. This kick of a ball notched us back to a playoff game for 7th/8th overall.

We ended up defeating Waiheke in our final game of the day in a 2-1 action packed game. Both teams came to play and this was a special victory where our big players stood up. Arri White and Quentin Kumitau were dominant in this game with Chris Simanu, now in goal, keeping us in the tie with three massive saves when they looked more likely to score. Samuel Moncur-Burmeister was solid as a rock at the back while Avi Dave played some of his best football in this game too.

Overall, it was a great day for the boys and a massive step in the right direction. A strong foundation is now laid for our AIMS preparation.

Team: Billy Grace, Austin Baxter, Johnson Gao, Chris Simanu, Yuvraj Singh, Benjamen Thang, Arri White, Samuel Moncur-Burmeister, Deepesh Badoniya, Quentin Kumitau, Lejion Salei, Dylan Chandra, Avi Dave.

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CZ Year 7 Girls Football

This year we fielded a good side and put in a lot ahead of the competition. We fielded a side that was inexperienced relative to our opponents who were stacked with some very talented club players. We started with a 0-2 loss against Auckland Normal Intermediate followed by another 0-2 loss to Remuera Intermediate. Both of these were learning curves for us but two players stood out for the ROI in these games, namely Jessica Freeman and Briar Kernick, our star goalkeeper who pulled of a raft of saves to save our blushes. We needed these two games to find our feet and see where our weakness lay. By our third game versus Pasadena Intermediate, we were up to speed and notched up a 3-0 win with goals from Kizyra Thompson and two from the player of the game Emilie Sargent.

Round 4 of the competition saw us line out opposite the mighty Balmoral Intermediate and we were unlucky not to get more from this game, narrowly missing out with a 0-1 loss. Grace Horrocks led the line at right back in this game and finished player of the game. In round 5 we faced Kowhai Intermediate but could not reach the highs of our earlier performances and went down 0-2 in the end. Keon Hyndman was the player of the game here and was exemplary in her commitment and effort throughout. Next up, our girls took to the field to face our near rivals Waikowhai Intermediate. Despite our best efforts and some great performances from Meadow Thompson and Elsie Woodward, we lost this game 0-1. Opiesi Taufa was immense for us in this game and deservedly took the player of the game for round 6. Round 7 was our final outing against another top side in Ponsonby Intermediate. We came out of the blocks with fire in our bellies and got an early goal to take the lead. As the game wore on fatigue began to take its toll and we ended up conceding a sloppy goal to allow them sneak a 1-1 draw. Keon Hyndman finished player of the game with a spectacular performance in midfield.

Overall, it was a great experience and massive step in the right direction for Girls Football here at school. We are excited to be on this journey and looking forward to our next major competition in September, where we represent Royal Oak Intermediate at the AIMS games for the first time.

Team: Isabella Wickman, Meadow Thompson, Kaeyla Tuwhangai, Helen Pulupaki, Opiesi Taufa, Kizyra Thompson, Briar Kernick, Emilie Sargent (captain), Helga Vaeagi, Elsie Woodward, Grace Horrocks, Jessica Freeman, Faith Drauniniu, Keon Hyndman.

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Changes to Bus Route 530 as at Monday 24th June – Royal Oak Intermediate to Onehunga

Map showing new route of 530

There will be no impact to the existing students using this service. We will actually be serving two additional stops (42 Tawa Rd (8399) and 65 Athens Rd (8397)) from this change. The change is to address safety concerns associated with buses travelling around the curve on the upper half of Namata Rd. Vehicles travelling around this curve have relatively limited forward visibility and often do not have room to pass oncoming vehicles safely.

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NZ Police recently launched a new non-emergency number, 105. We have done

this to make it easier to get hold of us in the event of non-urgent situations or ‘Things which have Already Happened’, which don’t require Police assistance immediately. You can call us on 105 for all non-emergencies, or you can go online at 105.police.govt.nz to report things like:

- Lost property - Theft for a public place or car - Intentional property damage - Or to get an update or add info to a previous report

In the event of an emergency, always call 111 - Things that are Happening Now.

Vodafone Competition - Sing your way to win part of a total prize pool of $13K

As proud technology partners, Vodafone are helping to spread the word about 105. Check out the New Zealand Police 105 song, and then re-create your own version. Get your colleagues, school, community groups, friends and family involved. You can lip sync, dance or even change up the lyrics. Simply film it, and then upload to vodafone.co.nz/105 before the 9th July for the chance to win part of a total prize pool of $13,000 from Vodafone.

The prize categories are as follows: $2500 for the ‘Best Individual’ $4000 for the ‘Best Group (2+)’

$4000 for the ‘Best School’ $2500 for the ‘People’s Choice’

Visit 105.police.govt.nz to hear the song or visit vodafone.co.nz/105 find out more about the

competition

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GENERAL SCHOOL NOTICES 1) PLEASE NAME IT – we make every effort to see students’ personal items are secure. It would make our task considerably easier and would drastically reduce levels of stress for students if ALL ITEMS – INCLUDING ALL UNIFORM ITEMS, SPORTS UNIFORMS, SHOES, SPORTS EQUIPMENT, JACKETS, JERSEYS, LUNCHBOXES, WATER BOTTLES, BAGS etc WERE ALL CLEARLY NAMED!! 2) UPDATE OF INFORMATION – if there have been any changes to the custodial arrangements, change of address, change of telephone number, change of emergency contact numbers, or any other changes we would be very grateful if you would inform us as soon as possible, so our records can be corrected. 3) VISITORS - whenever you visit the school please do so via the office so you can be checked in, instead of going directly to the classroom. Thank you for your cooperation. 4) NO - ipods, games, fizzy drinks, lollies, chocolate or chewing gum is to be brought to school. If students do, it will be confiscated and returned at the end of the day! We look forward to your support with this. 5) CELL PHONES - if students bring cell phones to school they are given to the teacher (to be put into the lock-box) before school and collected after school. If students keep them on them or in bags during the day and they are ‘lost’ or ‘stolen’ we will not waste any time in following up. Owner beware - follow the procedures! 6) MONEY - is not to be left in bags, desks or clothing when not being worn. Hand to the office or their class teacher for safe keeping. If the procedure is not followed and money is ‘lost’ or ‘stolen’ we will not waste any time following up. Owner beware - follow the procedure! 7) SCHOOL UNIFORM - it is wonderful to see the majority of students now wearing correct school uniform, although there are still some who are not: either because they are choosing not to or because the uniform shops may still not have all stock in (if this is the case, non-regulation uniform is ok but a note is still needed). However, if incorrect uniform is worn, for whatever reason, a note is needed please.

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PICKING UP & DROPPING OFF STUDENTS

PLEASE DO NOT PARK

NOR DRIVE THRU THE SCHOOL CARPARK

WHEN DROPPING OFF & PICKING UP YOUR CHILDREN BEFORE

AND AFTER SCHOOL PICK UP & DROP OFF STUDENTS FROM

SYMONDS ST THANK YOU

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UNIFORM REMINDER – ALL BOYS are now required to

wear the knee-high sock as part of their uniform. In addition to this, any white part of the uniform will now not be allowed at school i.e. girls socks must be black, long sleeve tops under uniform (skivvy etc.) must be plain black. School hats are compulsory in Term 1 & Term 4.

MONEY - Please DO NOT send your child to school with $50 or $100 notes. This is too much money for them to have for the tuckshop and/or school activities payment. The tuck-shop will no longer accept these large notes. Thank you for support with this.

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We are running 8 AWESOME Holiday Days over the July break that the

kids will actually want to go to! Drop off at 8.30am - pick up at 4pm. Drive home with happy kids who loved the day and want to go back! The

days are designed so that you can book into a one-off day or as many as you can fit in.

We are running from these venues:

REMUERA, MT EDEN, MILFORD, RED BEACH, OREWA.

Book at https://www.theperformancenet/auckland/holiday-programme

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UNLEASH YOUR CHILD'S CREATIVE POTENTIAL

It’s almost school holidays again for the young ones – hasn’t term two just sped by?

School holidays are a great time to introduce your kids to something new, while they have all the time to spend on it. There is a huge selection of school holiday programs out there, from

sports programmes to music classes and everything in between.

If you want to help your child realise their creative potential, SCRATCHPAD offers a huge range of creativity lead courses that will benefit the developing brains at their young age, so that they

can thrive in an increasingly creative world.

Visit https://scratchpad.co.nz to find out more of the holiday programmes on offer

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I have received and read the June

‘In Flight Magazine’ Newsletter

SIGNED: _____________________Parent of ___________________

Room: ________

WHĀNAU/FAMILIES:

Please circle which HOUSE your child is in and return this to your child’s teacher for your child to gain 1

Whanau point.

BUCHANAN

GRAINGER

BINSTED

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