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Awarded: Michael Rm 5,

Ceesar, Dakshesh & Peyton Rm 11,

Linkin & Precious Rm 12,

Naleiya (x 2), Jithesh & Te Whata Rm

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U-ROCK Voucher winners: Rock: Sonny Rm 2 & Taneda Rm 12

On-to-it: Lillie-Jayde & Arapeta Rm 12

Cooperation: Ruby & Nemani Rm 14

Kindness: O’Sya & Manawa

Special Lunch with

Mrs Johnson: Cyllus Rm 12 & O’Sya Rm 11

Community Award Shyla Rm 5

Staff Star Award was awarded to Whaea Lyn & Whaea Lisa

for all the work they do for the school in

organising all the PE and Sport during the

year.

On Track Team News

Friday 21st June 2019 * Issue No. 8 *

Hello Tena koutou Talofa lava Fakaalofa atu Talofa ni

Malo e lelei Kia orana Ni sa bula vinaka Malo ni

As a school, we are privileged to be able to go across the road to Somerset Crescent Kindy and read to some kindy kids. One person is chosen from each of our classes and they get to visit the kindy at least 3 times before another person is chosen. Here are some pics of our most recent visit where, after reading to these kindy kids, Tevita (one of our student leaders) Maihi & Ngataka are busy playing and entertaining them as well. Pa Wes. Ruby Award Winners

Room 2 – Kaydee, Kiahna, Logan

Room 4 – Sone, Sela, Michael,

Le’Shaye, Filimoto & Beau

Room 8 – Lily, Olivia & Micah

Room 9 – Malaika

Room 10 - Sarah

Room 11 - Gabriel

Sapphire Award Winners Room 4 – Miracle, Jordan & Atunaisa

Room 9 – Darcy, Tarah, Te Orora & Nephi

Room 10 – Kaloline, Britny, Mesui, Nevada,

BettyLee, Jayden, Cody, Samuel & Miya

Room 11 – O’Sya

Room 12 – Penelope, Precious, Razan,

Rhys, Royall, Taneda & Taniela

Room 14 – Manawa & Jithesh

Coming Events 25th June Matariki Celebrations

26th June Board of Trustee Meeting @ 5.30pm

in the Staff Room. All welcome.

27th June Kahikatea Pasifika Fusion Trip to the

Regent

28th June U ROCK Day

1st July Public Health Nurse visits @ 12pm

3rd July Assembly @ 2pm – Room 2

presenting

5th July END of TERM 2

22nd July START of TERM 3

Welcome We would like to welcome Osharnia, Casey

and their families to the Somerset Crescent

School community.

Assembly On Wednesday, Room 11 presented assembly.

They performed a dance called ‘Hands Up’,

with actions. You were amazing Room 11.

Playground awards & URock awards were

given out too – well done to all who received

them.

Top Cat Class went to Room 1. UROCK Room 1!

Well done Room 11 for presenting assembly.

U ROCK!

The next assembly is on Wednesday the 3rd

of July at 2pm. Room 2 will be presenting.

See you there!

Kia Ora, Lots of Celebrations Across The School – THANK YOU

In this newsletter there are highlights about a number of events and activities that have been taking place over the last 2 weeks, and also some information about what’s coming up next week. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have been part of making these events successful, and for the time and effort it takes to ensure our tamariki are well prepared and set up for success.

Reports

Your children’s reports will be coming home on Monday 1st July. Teachers have been busy sharing their students achievements and successes. For the first time we have included a section in the reports around ‘Student Voice’. This means that your children have contributed to their report by sharing how their learning has been going so far this year.

Old Clothes for our Sickbay

At times we need to support our children when they require a change of clothes. If you have any old clothes that we could have for our sickbay, we would be very grateful. We are particularly looking for smaller sized clothes. If you have questions about this please see either Julie or Suzanne in the office area. Ka kite ano

Teena Johnson Tumuaki/Principal

Somerset Crescent School 2019 Board of Trustees Elections

Declaration of Parent Election Results

As at the close of nominations, the number

of valid nominations was equal to the number

of vacancies required filled.

I hereby declare the following duly elected:

Jessamyne Duffy Tracey Kirk

Emma Hollows Marama Plumridge

Tony Coffin

Signed

Suzanne Irvine

Returning Officer

Matariki On Tuesday the 25th June we will be celebrating Matariki. Keep your eyes peeled for a notice coming home with your child/ren about the festivities occurring within their team. All teams will be celebrating by cooking and sharing a hot meal. You may be asked to contribute some vegetables toward this end. We will be gathering as a school from 2pm for some songs and a kite judging competition (and prizes!). Nau mai, haere mai, come along and celebrate Matariki with us!

Kahikatea Trip - Pasifika Fusion On Thursday 27th June, Kahikatea will be attending 'Pasifika Fusion', a regional Secondary School, Pacific Island festival. If you are available to help out as a parent helper, please let one of the Kahikatea teachers know. The more the merrier! Just a wee reminder: the fees for the trip, for our students, is a gold coin, and can be paid at the office. There is no fee for parent helpers.

Interschool Cross Country 2019 Our Interschool team did so well competing in

Ashhurst last week and represented our school

with determination and pride. Well done to you

all.

Sports News Netball – Year 5/6’s Somerset Stingers play at 10.30am on Saturday 22nd June at the Arena

Basketball - Please turn up to games 15 minutes prior to game with a water bottle and the correct sports

shoes. All basketball players must have a mouth guard or they will not be able to play. We do have a few at

school for sale at $5 each. They need to be bought prior as you have to mould them before use.

Please look on the website for your teams draw. The draw for Basketbell can be found on Google –

Manawatu Basketball Primary Draw - http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-2848-0-0-0 ,

Somerset Crescent School Facebook page & School Sports Notice Board – outside the hall entrance.

A huge Thank You to all the coaches that have taken on the role as coach, without you our children would not

be able to play – your skills and time are very much appreciated.

A reminder that Sport fees of $30 need to be paid at the office. Thank you if you have paid your

fees.

2019 Cross Country results

Year 1 Boys – 1st Nemani, 2nd Jithesh, 3rd O’Sya, 4th

Luckie, 5th Manawa

Year 1 Girls – 1st Sarah-Rose, 2nd Te Ahumairangi, 3rd

Lillie, 4th Leiya, 5th Peyton

Year 2 Boys – 1st Noah, 2nd Maihi, 3rd Tre’von, 4th

Dakshesh, 5th Nevaeh

Year 2 Girls – 1st Ngataka, 2nd Arihaana, 3rd Ivory-

Jayde, 4th Ripeka, 5th Taneda

Year 3 Boys – 1st Adacus, 2nd Mesui, 3rd Iemon, 4th

Micah, 5th Samuel

Year 3 Girls – 1st Toa, 2nd Bailey, 3rd Skylar, 4th

Shardae, 5th Keira

Year 4 Boys – 1st Xavier, 2nd Darnell, 3rd Blake, 4th

Tahi, 5th Julian & Lui

Year 4 Girls – 1st Olivia, 2nd Emeline, 3rd Kaloline, 4th

Una-Dawn, 5th Lily

Year 5 Boys – 1st Norman-Louis,2nd Ariki, 3rd Atunaisa,

4th Andraez, 5th Daniel

Year 5 Girls – 1st Taylor, 2nd Shekinah, 3rd Tahlia, 4th

Katie, 5th Kyah

Year 6 Boys – 1st Hunter, 2nd Michael W, 3rd Alexey,

4th Sky, 5th Pita

Year 6 Girls – 1st Le-Shaye, 2nd Logan, 3rd Kiahna, 4th

Davane, 5th Jurney

URock Day - Craft Market Day On Friday 28th June, we will be having our whole

school,U-ROCK Day.

The theme for this term is 'Craft Market

Day'. Students will be placed in teams throughout

the school and will make various craft items. They

will be given 'Somerset Dollars' for U-Rock

behaviour and will be able to purchase the goods

made, at the end of the day.

Our day will begin around 9a.m. Whanau are

most welcome to come on down and help out!

Whanau Hui It was our privilege to be able to host many of you, our community, at our whanau hui on Tuesday night. Thank you for supporting our maths kaupapa and for giving your time on a cold winter's night. Your input and ideas from that hui will help shape our questioning and we look forward to sharing some of those questions at our next whanau hui. Fa'afetai lava –

Pa Wes

Tennis Lessons We have been lucky enough to get 15 hours worth of free tennis lessons from two professional tennis coaches from 24 Straight Tennis.

A big thank you to the 24 Straight Tennis.

Public Health Nurse Visits The Public Health Nurse usually visits our school on

Mondays at 12pm. Ring to book an appointment if you

would like to see her. If she is not available and you

are concerned about your child’s health please let the

office know and we can refer your child to Public

Health anytime.

Beaver Trees Manawatu

School Lunch We have a large number of children requesting

lunches each day at school. . . some already

have lunch. So we can ensure we have enough,

could you please provide a note from home or

ring the office if your child requires lunch.

We appreciate knowing of those children who

are genuinely in need of lunch.

Stationery for sale:

We have some surplus stationery items

available for purchase at the office.

Glue Stick 35g $2.00

Eraser $1.00

Jovi Crayons $5.00

Clear plastic ruler $0.70

Yellow Highlighter $1.50

HB Pencils $0.40

Dental Treatment If parents or students have any inquiries or wish to

contact the Dental team regarding dental treatment,

please ring 027 4440085. Dental checks are free until

children turn 18.

Somerset Crescent School

45 Somerset Crescent Palmerston North 4412

Freephone: 0800 45 44 44 Phone 354 3274 Fax 355 9265

Cellphone: 02108324514 Principal: t.johnson@somersetcres.school.nz

Office: office@somersetcres.school.nz

PLEASE remember to ring us if your child is going to be away

from school for any reason.

Contact us on 3543274 or 0800 45 44 44 or text on

02108324514.

If you do not inform us when your child/children are away from

school, they will be marked as TRUANT.

If you have a change of address or your phone number changes,

please let the office know.

School Facebook pages Do have a look at our Kowhai, Rata and Kahikatea teams

facebook pages. Each team has their own page and

regularly put photos and exciting news of what is

happening in their teams and around the school. Search

for them:

Somerset Kowhai Team, Somerset Rata Team,

Somerset Kahikatea Team

This World Refugee Day, people from

around the world from all walks of life are taking big and small steps in solidarity with

Refugees. Please join our Palmerston North and Feilding refugee communities on Saturday

22ndJune at Barber Hall between 1 & 4pm as they mark 2019 World Refugee Day. We are

commemorating the strength, courage and perseverance of former refugees who have

settled in our region. The afternoon’s

programme is a key opportunity for us to show support for people who have been

forced to flee their homelands. The event at Barber Hall will have live performances,

quizzes, and speeches followed by the sharing of cultural food. We hope to see you at Barber

Hall where you can meet grand- parents, mother, fathers, sisters, brothers, children –

who are also students, musicians, chefs, business people, teachers, nurses and so

much more.

Lost Please remember to check the lost property

bins next to Room 3 (out the back) if you have

lost any of your items of school clothing, shoes

or socks.