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NEWSLETTER Principal: Jennifer Horgan
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.east-taieri.school.nz
Phone: 489 6737
4 July 2011
Dear Parents/Caregivers
MĀORI LANGUAGE WEEK
The theme of Māori Language Week this year is Manaakitanga – making people feel welcome,
showing regard for and caring for visitors. This will be our special focus value for the week.
Classes will be celebrating the week in different ways – exploring Māori legends, artwork, craft
and singing waiata.
Our Kapa Haka group will be performing at the
Mosgiel Library tomorrow at 2.15pm.
Last week representatives from Otago Boys’
Kapa Haka group came to school to give some
helpful
ideas to
our group
in
preparation for their first performance. The boys were
great with our students. Thanks to Clive Rennie, Rector of
Otago Boys’ for bringing the boys to East Taieri.
SCIENCE COMPETITION
Congratulations to our two teams who competed
in the Dunedin Science Competition last week.
Year 5 Team: Thomas Geary, Daniel Thom,
Nicholas Duff and Tim Chirnside
Year 6 Team: Christoph van Rooyen, Hamish
Brown, William King-Begg and Mitchell Sim
The Year 6 team won their section!
SCHOOL INTERVIEWS
These are to take place on Tuesday 12 July - 3.15pm– 7.45pm and Wednesday 13 July –
3.15pm – 5.45pm. To book an interview please go on line to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz.
Our school code is HBLUS (capital letters). If you are not able to access a computer please call
into the office and we will book an interview for you.
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Vision To work together in a positive, supportive environment, providing excellence in teaching and learning, where all people are respected and skills for life are developed.
WELCOME
We welcome Amelia Henriksen into Room 11. Amelia comes to us from
Queenstown. We wish her happy times at East Taieri School.
BUDDY CLASSES – PIKELET MAKING
Rooms 4 and 13 had a wonderful afternoon together last
week making delicious pikelets together.
KIWIANA GROUP
Last Tuesday the Kiwiana Group went to the Otago Polytechnic Design Centre. We saw that you can cut steel with just water and sand. You can also cut and write with a laser. It was very fun!!! By: Isabelle Gallagher (6 years)
We went there to watch how they design and make
things and objects. We saw the laser. It scanned our
hands. When it scans your hand it shows up on the
computer. Then you can make a model of it. We saw a
fake brain that they had made a mould of. Isabel and her
Dad designed a tree, which was put on the computer.
We made it turn so we could see what it would look like
in 3D. Next we sent the design downstairs to a machine. This machine put the
metal in water and sand mixed with it and it cut it out. We had to wear safety
glasses because things could get in our eyes. The tree has all our names on it.
The leaves were cut out with a laser. We saw lots of different objects. We saw
how they make the sea shell out of a mould. We saw the 3D printer. We got to
touch things that had already been made by the printer. It makes them by
building up layers of the raw plastic. The raw plastic starts off as little tiny balls,
then it gets connected by the printer and it gets bigger and bigger. We got a
spanner to bring home.
By: Blake Scammell and Oscar Jensen (6 years)
LOST PROPERTY
The Lost Property bin is overflowing once again. With the end of term approaching please
make sure that you check before all unclaimed items are given to charity at the end of term.
SCOOTERS
Please make sure that scooters are named. We are having issues with children taking the wrong
scooters.
GOLF AT BELLEKNOWES
For year 5 and 6 children who would like to develop their golfing skills, there is an opportunity
on Monday 11 July to go to Belleknowes Golf Course from 9:30-12:00 and receive tuition. The
cost is $12 per child and parents are responsible for transport to and from the golf course.
Please see Mr Thorn by Thursday 7 July to register.
VALUES STARS
Thomas Geary, Daniel Thom, Nicholas Duff, Tim Chirnside, Christoph van Rooyen,
Hamish Brown, William King-Begg and Mitchell Sim ~ for being superb ambassadors
for East Taieri School at the recent Dunedin Science competition
Daly Williams and Anna Thomas ~ for showing initiative - stepping in to do road patrol
duty when others were absent
Jamie Ruddenklau ~ for helping a child to find her lost scooter
Kate Hanna ~ for showing responsibility`
SAFETY CONCERNS – ALLANTON BUS
Concerned parents have contacted me regarding the safety of children waiting for the Allanton
bus. Some children have been waiting on the side of the road in areas which are difficult for
drivers to see. Could parents please ensure that that their children wait in a safe area well off the
road.
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP
Last Thursday the Enviro Action Group, along with the help of
Mums and Nanas, took part in the Annual NZ bird watching
survey. The children were able to identify birds such as the
Bellbird, Kereru, House Sparrow, Tui, Blackbird, Red-billed Gull
and of course the ducks that live in and around the Owhiro
stream. They learned that they had to be very quiet and still, with
lashings of patience, in order for the birds to come close enough
to identify.
It was a beautiful, clear Winter's day - great for getting out and
about our wonderful school environment, and we had lots of fun
learning how to look through binoculars. Thanks so much to all
our wonderful helpers.
Lisa Morrison
VALUES FOCUS
A special value to celebrate Māori Language Week
MANAAKITANGA -making people feel welcome
POETRY FROM ROOM 6
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP VISION MAP
The whole school, led by the Enviro Action Group, has been busy Vision Mapping ideas for the
improvement of our school’s environment and sustainability practices. To move forward, we
have had to look backward at the things we’ve done already, and at the environment and
practices that we currently have. It’s been a really worthwhile exercise to do with the children
and staff, BOT and Home & School, and we now have a much clearer direction for future
projects. If you have any ideas that you think would help the school become more sustainable
or to enhance our playgrounds, buildings or environment, then we’d love to include your ideas.
Please email me directly on [email protected] or pop your idea/s on a piece of paper and hand
in to Annette at the office by Friday.
Lisa Morrison
HAPPINESS
Happiness is riding on a horse It looks like clouds floating across the sky
It feels like love from Mum It sounds like a waterfall It tastes like an apple pie
It smells like muffins baking Happiness is brushing my horse
By Alex Cockerill
HAPPINESS
Happiness is going to see a movie
It looks like sunshine each day
It feels like nice cool water
It sounds like children laughing
It tastes like fizzy lemonade
It smells like blueberries filling
the air
Happiness is feeling happy with
your friends
By Erica Siboharawai
HAPPINESS
Happiness is chocolate melting in your
mouth
It looks like children working
It feels like wind is blowing in my
face
It sounds like cats purring
It tastes like melted ice-block
It smells like a wonderful flower
Happiness is playing in the
playground
By Kate Hanna
HAPPINESS
Happiness is reading a good book
It looks like people sharing a smile
It feels like getting a present
It sounds like people screaming for joy
It tastes like chocolate melting in your
mouth
It smells like sweets drifting through the air
Happiness is the sun coming out
By Nathan Carter
TERM TWO DATES
JULY
Friday July 8 Assembly Room 1
Monday 11 July Golf at Belleknowes (year 5 & 6)
Tuesday 12 & 13 Parent Teacher Interviews
Friday 15 July End of Term 2
1 AUGUST TERM 3 Starts
22-25 August Stars on Stage Performance
31 August /1 & 2 September Kapa Haka Group – Māori and Pacifica Cultural
Performance (date to be advised)
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART
What a fantastic effort from all who gained sponsorship for our Jump Rope Day. The children
raised over $2000.00 for the Heart Foundation.
FORTY HOUR FAMINE
Congratulations also to the children who participated in the 40 Hour Famine. A total of
$1,200.00 was raised.
SCHOOL OFFICE
Annette McRae will be away overseas on holiday for the end of this term and start of next term.
Jacinta Grey will be in the office during this time.
STARS ON STAGE TICKETS
Stars on Stage performances will be held during the week 22-25 August (our performance date
is still to be advised). Tickets can be purchased only from the Regent Theatre from 8 August.
A small booking fee is included with each ticket. These tickets sell out very quickly so don’t
delay!
MUSEUM SLEEPOVERS – YEAR 4 – TERM 3
Room 7 & 4 - Thursday 15th September
Room 8 - Thursday 29 September
Please mark this date on your calendar if you have a year 4 child.
FRIDAY LUNCH PACK – ORDERS TO OFFICE BY
WEDNESDAY
This Friday (8 July) we are selling Hot Savs in bread, a cookie
and a drink for $5.00. Please order your lunch pack by
Wednesday at the office.
There will be ice blocks for sale, $1 each. Please bring your
ice-block money on Friday, they are not part of the pack and
cannot be ordered.
Thank you for supporting Year 6 Camp.
SAFE – T – SHELLS
The $12.00 FLUORO BACKPACK COVERS are now available at the school
office. Please support the Home & School and your child’s safety.
The Fox and the Lizard
Chapter 1
Once upon a time a fox snuck into a spooky, slimy swamp. The fox
was tail-less. Just then a slimy lizard went into the swamp!
He saw the fox and said “Who dares enter this swamp”?
He chased the fox out of the swamp.
Then the fox had a plan.
He got an army of wild animals to chase the lizard out of the swamp.
So they did.
“Ouch, ouch” said the lizard.
They chased him for 3000 miles.
Everyone lived happily ever after. Except the lizard!
Chapter 2- The Lizard
The lizard was having a bad life. But just then he saw his old swamp. But he
didn’t know that something odd was about to happen. He got caught in a net
and he got shifted to a different country. He lived in a lizard garden and he
said “It’s boring”.
BY: Blake Scammell – 6 years old
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Haka Group at East Taieri
School
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Taieri Wool & Skin is proud to support the ICT
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Kitchen Connections is proud to support The
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Flint’s Plumbing & Drainage is proud to support Outdoor
Education at East Taieri School
Scansouth is proud to support the
Choir/Ensemble at East Taieri School
Vision Antenna Systems is proud to support
the Talent Quest at East Taieri School
AEC Security is proud to support the
PMP Programme at East Taieri School
Mitchell Electrical
Phone: (03) 489 0918
Mobile: 0272 558 577
Fax: (03) 489 0918
Mitchell Electrical is proud to support the Speech
Competition at East Taieri School
Mike Sowman Design Ltd is proud to support the Art
Exhibitition at East Taieri School
