TIRITEA SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 5 June 2014, No 17

We hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. Wasn’t the weather fantastic? As mentioned last week, the newsletter is a day later than usual this week with Monday being a hol-iday and both Vicki and Julie attending a Support Staff Con-ference in Wanganui yesterday. We’ve continued with our visitors at Tiritea School this week. Yesterday, we had ten Year 1 & 2 teachers from various schools in the Manawatu visiting. They were on the NZEI Bus Tour and visited five different schools during the day, spending about five minutes in each class to gain a great new idea or resource. Thank you to our teachers for hosting them

CHALLENGE TIME: We are looking for a lat-eral thinker who can solve a small problem. The netball hoops are due to be in the court so our netball girls can practise properly, however, the holes in the ground which the netball poles slot in to have been partly filled with loose debris and when the poles are placed in the holes the hoops are well above the desired height (sorry Dave, we forgot to put the caps in!). A chocolate Freddo will go to the person who can successfully remove the debris and place the poles in the ground. Ready, set, go! From Mr James

As part of Tiritea’s commitment to being a heart healthy school and supporting the Heart Foundation we are gearing up for the upcoming Jump Rope 4 Heart challenge by participating in the Jump Rope programme. This involves com-pleting skipping skills and activities dur-ing school time and ending in a school wide challenge day on Tuesday 17

June. Part of the process involves setting skipping goals and collecting sponsorship money. Whilst the majority of the money goes back into continuing the growth of the Jump Rope programme across New Zealand, Tiritea School will benefit from a rebate. We ask for your support in this ven-ture by encouraging your children to collect sponsorship money and return it to school as soon as possible. Please read the attached pamphlet and get behind this heart health initiative. In my experience, it may be easier to collect a do-nation rather than a certain amount per skip or minute, just my 2 cents worth! Thanks, Mr James.

PREMIER BOOKS ON DISPLAY AT THE OFFICE – DUE

FRIDAY 6 JUNE. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PAY BY THE

DUE DATE.

Parent Interviews will take place on Tuesday 24

June, starting at 1.30pm (please collect your chil-

dren at 12.40pm), and Wednesday 25 June start-

ing at 3.30pm (please collect your children at

3.00pm). Interviews will be 15 minutes long. Enclosed with a

recent newsletter was a form for booking your interview

times.

Please note that Massey Kids’ Club will cater for children

for the afternoon of our Parent Teacher Interviews, until

3.00pm. You don’t have to be regular attendees at Kids’ Club.

If you would like to make use of the service, please phone

them on 350 5566.

MUSIC LESSONS - If your child is interested in

learning the piano/keyboard this year, please con-

tact Heather de Ridder on 357 6532 or Email har-

monyhouse@xtra.co.nz for information. Children

receive their weekly lesson during the school day.

Keyboards are available for hire.

The Colgate carton race is on again for

2014. Please ask neighbours and friends

and workmates so we can build up our

numbers of cartons. The more we collect

the more chance we have of winning a

prize.

If you are having trouble finding our new website at www.tiritea.school.nz try http://tiriteaschool.wordpress.com/ We welcome your suggestions for content.

MOBILE LIBRARY VISIT THURSDAY 19 JUNE: The children who are mem-bers can exchange books during these visits. If your child is not a member and you would like them to take advantage of these visits please see Vicki in the school office for a membership application form.

Best wishes to all our students competing in the Fitzherbert Cluster Cross Country at Tokomaru today, and those in the Year 5/6 Inter School event at Massey University tomorrow. We know you will be great am-bassadors for Tiritea School. Many thanks to the parents who are assisting with

transport and also supporting our runners.

Friday’s lunch is from New World. Please bring money in a clearly marked envelope with student's name and order on it by 9.00am Thursday.

Reminders:

No Assembly this week.

Children need to be at school ready for a 9.00am start each day. A

bell will ring at 8.55am so that children come inside ready for a

9.00am start. Please use the blue gates and enter classrooms via

the driveway and the courtyard, NOT through the main office

entrance. Children MUST NOT be dropped off before 8.00am.

Remember, school does finish at 3.00pm. Please come into the

school grounds to collect your child(ren) after school to minimize

the risk of accidents in our busy car park area. After 3.30pm,

children who have not been collected, and if we’ve had no courte-

sy phone call about you running late, will be taken into the foyer

for safe keeping.

Please adhere to the road markings in the car park, especially No

Parking on the yellow lines. It is particularly important to observe

the NO PARKING by the neighbours’ driveways. Stopping on

these yellow lines blocks up the turning space at the end of the

road.

Glenys Edmonds

Some dates for you to note: TODAY Fitzherbert Cluster Cross Country TOMORROW Year 5/6 Inter School Cross Country 10 June BOT Meeting, 7.00pm 13 June PTA Movie Night 17 June Jump Rope for Heart 20 June School Speech Final 24/25 June Parent Interviews 4 July Last day Term 2

Last week Matai did a few experiments with Mrs Frost on the mak-

ing of sherbet and its reaction with water. We used baking soda,

icing sugar, Raro, and citric acid to make our sherbet. We mixed all

the ingredients together except the Raro and then we tasted it and

most of us thought it didn’t taste very good. Then we added the

Raro and then most of us liked it. We added our sherbet to some

water and it fizzed up and became liquid. It was an exciting experi-

ment and was delicious to eat.

Jordan and Josh

Getting the reader Hooked into our writing: Chemical Chaos.

The purpose is to open the curtain to our writing and grab the

reader’s attention to read more.

Yuck this is disgusting! I feel like vomiting.

By Josh

Fizz, Bop, Bam! The clock struck ten and the crazy experiment began.

By Georgia & Kylem

“Sugar, Sugar, Sugar!” I thought to myself.

By Quin

“My taste buds are going to explode!”

By Holly

Yummy! Sugar is everywhere. I love it.

By Jack

“Awww!” I say as I sip the white powdery dust.

By Jordan

If I keep this in my mouth for much longer, I am going to explode!

By Ahmed & Brielle

ASSEMBLY AWARDS: 30 May 2014

Rata: Star Student: Maggie-Rosa Initiative & Helpfulness: Bosston Progress in Writing: Arielle Rimu: Star Student: Jacob Fabulous Reading Progress: John Positive Attitude: Rowan

Pohutukawa: Star Student: Hayley Improved Focus: Dan Improved Focus: Angus

Totara: Star Student: Maata Maths Progress: Tiwai Responsibility: Abbie Matai: Star Student: Holly Becoming Active Learner: Brielle Determination when training: Ben

Kauri: Star Student: Poppy Great Team Member & ICT Skills: Jesko Giving 100% in all areas: Lucy

PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS: Assembly Performance – Kylana Word Power - Hiria

Reading - Felix Art & Poetry - Willa & Hagar

Poetry - Amanda, Poppy d, Lucy , Amira Cross Country - Briony, Jamie, Brielle & Jessica

Someone is to go on the ‘Thinking Seat’ for persistently hiding my lunch!! On Tuesday it was on top of the cup-board in my office pretending to be a Fire Chief. Hint - the perpetrator is somebody tall!!

Children have been having a great time building forts in the play-

ground. Some were so dedicated they even came back over the

long weekend!

I went to the Napier Aquarium. I saw the diver

feed the sharks and one shark nearly bit off the

diver’s finger.

By Cooper

Out the back of the school at the end of the library, there is a heap of offcuts of wood and some old tree branches. It would probably make excellent firewood. If you’re interested, please come and have a look. We’d love to tidy the area up.