Welome to our new students Ariana, Isa, Amy Arpin, Declan, Johan, Carmen, Joshua, Lincoln, Carson, Sharva, Elsa, Amy Sun, Allen, Kylie and Audrey.

Term Dates 2019 Term 4 – Finishes 1pm Thursday19 December

2020 TERM DATES Term 1 Monday 3 February – Thursday 9 April Term 2 Tuesday 28 April – Friday 3 July Term 3 Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September Term 4 Monday 12 October – Wednesday 16 December

Important Dates Coming Up

Monday 2 December School Reports available online Salvation Army collection starts Tuesday 3 December 10.30am - Helpers Morning tea 11.00am - Family & Friends meeting Thursday 5 December 1.00pm - School Closes Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences Friday 6 December 9.00am - Final Junior School Assembly Tuesday 10 December Middle School North Head trip 7.00pm - Senior Prizegiving Friday 13 December 9.00am - Senior Graduation Assembly 11.00am - Final Middle School Assembly Monday 16 December Omana Beach trip - Senior Thursday 19 December 9.00am - Whole school assembly 1.00pm - School finishes

TERM 4 WEEK 6 2019

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

On behalf of us all I would like to say a very big thank you to Point View Family and Friends for organising the fantastic Colour Run. What a fun afternoon it was! It makes such a difference when parents get involved in the planning and execution of this type of event. Sieumuoi and her team of parents, superbly supported by Trish, volunteer teachers and the admin staff, did a wonderful job and had an enjoyable time as well. If the parent team on the day was a bit bigger next time, they would be a lot less exhausted so please don’t hold back if you can lend a hand on these occasions! Lyn Fischer has retired from our school. She has been a key member of our administrative staff since before the school was even built. I know many of you, younger and older, will have known Lyn for many years. There will be an opportunity to farewell Lyn at our next full assembly on 29th November followed by a cuppa in the café. I have received a number of emails about children’s safety as they cross the road and I am very concerned. We provide guidance and training at school periodically, but please remind our students and model for them, always to remember to look and listen before crossing, especially as they step off the pavement onto a side-street. I still see and often speak to a significant number of parents who nip across Kilkenny Drive to save walking a few meters to keep safe by using the pedestrian crossing. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before there is a serious accident. Please let us work together to avoid this. Robin Kirkham, Principal

Family and Friends Our next meeting is on Tuesday 3 December at 11.00am. These meetings are informal and everyone is welcome. If you are interested in joining this fantastic group of people and want to know more then please do get in touch, contact us by emailing familyandfriends@pointview.school.nz

Crazy Colour Day We hope everyone who attended had a great time, it looked like they did. A huge thank you to Hellers for supplying the sausages for the BBQ.

SUMMER UNIFORMS All students should be in correct summer uniform now. As shown below, see list for more detail.

Girls Summer dress or green skort Short sleeve polo shirt Green, full brimmed hat Boys Green cargo shorts Short sleeve polo shirt Green, full brimmed hat Summer Footwear Black leather roman sandals or similar OR plain black school shoes and white socks (no coloured sports shoes)

Reminders Please enrol your 4 year old for 2020 to assist with our planning and staffing! Tell your neighbours!

All vistors to the school need to sign in at the office including all our wonderful classroom helpers and parents coming in at lunchtimes.

Please use the pedestrian crossing and stay on the footpaths when coming into the school.

INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS COMPETITION

Congratulations to the following students who have demonstrated a significant achievement in the International Mathematics Competition. YEAR 4 High Distinction Ethan Wang, Jeffrey Wang, Steve Zhang Distinction Kenneth HO, Olivia Jun, Kevin Leon, Ruby Ma, Kevinjeet Madra, Stella Tsoi, Thomas Yang, Ethan Yu, Marcus Yu. YEAR 5 High Distinction Alison Li Distinction Eva Cao, Olivia Feng, Germian Ly, Adsaya Piratheepan, Jai Pirini, Chenti Song, Lucas Wang, Emily Wu. YEAR 6 High Distinction Ryan Li Distinction Talen Afele, Saanvi Bharany, Kevin Bi, Daniel Chan, Jaydon Chan, Binay Gujral, Oscar Guo, William Johnson, Evan Lu, Kapilan Uthayakumaran, Ethan Xu, Brian Yu, Teddy Zhao.

INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH COMPETITION

Congratulations to the following students who have demonstrated a significant achievement in the International English Competition. YEAR 4 Distinction Jonathon Jia, Olivia Jun, Ruby Ma, Jeffrey Wang. YEAR 5 Distinction Mia Chin, Inaaya Dhar, Alison Li, Amber Skelton, Irushi Tennakoon. YEAR 6 High Distinction Edrian Lee, Ryan Li, Selina Zhang Distinction Talen Afele, Oscar Guo, Mingxuan He, Poppy Wong, Teddy Zhao.

Congratulations to ETHAN WANG who got the highest score in the international ICAS Mathematics

Competition for Year 4.

Kids for Kids Choir On Tuesday 12 November the Kids for Kids Choir performed at their fun-filled concert at the Vodafone Events Centre. Joining with 17 other schools from around Auckland, our Year 4 singers made Point View proud and had an amazing time singing kiwi music with Jackie Clarke and Nathan King as part of the ‘Big Aroha’ show.

APPA Music Festival The Year 6 Choir performed amazingly with the 450 strong voice choir last week the Auckland Town Hall for the APPA Music Festival. Ella and Phoenix had solo spots for Adiemus and Daniel, Josh, Joseph Chan, Harold and Micah performed as a string quintet for the last item, A Million Dreams. So proud of them all. Apart from the sheer awesomeness of the venue, they looked and sounded spectacular. Hopefully, they will have this in their memories for a lifetime. Pretty special moments for parents too. Thanks as always to you all for your support of Music at Point View School. Trina Clark Music Specialist

HIGH JUMP 7-year-old girls Marissa Lee 1st Luna Yin 2nd Renee Ng 3rd= Jessica Wong 3rd= 7-year-old boys Ethan Liu 1st Kushal Akula 2nd Derek Dong 3rd= Sachi Garratt 3rd= 8-year-old girls Sophie Kingston 1st Addison Ama 2nd Melody Hu 3rd= Khloe Bell 3rd= 8-year-old boys Kenneth Ho 1st Lachlan McKechnie 2nd Rivan van Schaik 3rd 9-year-old girls Olivia Ama 1st Elva Cai 2nd= Michelle Nian 2nd= 9-year-old boys Cadon Edwards 1st Nathanael Allport 2nd William Yeam 3rd= Kevin Leon 3rd= Long Jump 7-year-old girls Marissa Lee 1st Nuria Li 2nd Skyla Yandall 3rd 7-year-old boys Ethan Baker 1st Eric Liu 2nd River Yu 3rd

8-year-old girls Addison Ama 1st Khloe Bell 2nd Grace Fu 3rd 8-year-old boys Kenneth Ho 1st Daemon Whaanga 2nd Kingsley Aldridge 3rd 9-year-old girls Olivia Ama 1st Olivia Jun 2nd Amai Kumar 3rd 9-year-old boys Cadon Edwards 1st John Peterson 2nd William Yeam 3rd Softball Throw 7-year-old girls Skyla Yandall 1st Anna Yu 2nd Esme Tang 3rd 7-year-old boys Sachi Garratt 1st Ethan Baker 2nd Derek Dong 3rd 8-year-old girls Olivia Penman Gates 1st Sophie Kingston 2nd Taylen Paladin 3rd 8-year-old boys Lachlan McKechnie 1st Wilson Li 2nd Yixuan He 3rd

9-year-old girls Amai Kumar 1st Olivia Ama 2nd Michelle Huang 3rd 9-year-old boys Cadon Edwards 1st Sahajpreet Singh 2nd Nitish Mahakal 3rd Sprints 7-year-old girls Marissa Lee 1st Renee Ng 2nd Paige Hautler 3rd 7-year-old boys Derek Dong 1st Ethan Baker 2nd Sachi Garratt 3rd 8-year-old girls Addison Ama 1st Khloe Bell 2nd Effie Wang 3rd 8-year-old boys Kenneth Ho 1st Daemon Whaanga 2nd Rivan van Schaik 3rd 9-year-old girls Olivia Ama 1st Olivia Jun 2nd Michelle Nian 3rd= Elva Cai 3rd= 9-year-old boys John Peterson 1st William Yeam 2nd Michael Yeam 3rd

Middle School Athletic Results

SOFTBALL THROW 9 year old Girls Place 1st= Alexa Mwanza 1st= Helen Tran 3rd Tayla Penman Gates 9 year old Boys Place 1st Konner Zhu 2nd Chenti Song 3rd Lucas Peng 10 year old Girls Place 1st= Clementine Zhang 1st= Maya Rosioru 1st= Alison Li 10 year old Boys 1st Ryan Chandler 2nd Leo Cao 3rd= Binay Gujral 3rd= Jai Pirini 3rd= Jaysheel Joshi 11 year old Girls 1st Roman Amosa 2nd Selina Zhang 3rd Caitlin Bidois 11 year old Boys 1st Jacob Blakeman 2nd Tanish Naidoo 3rd Brian Yu LONG JUMP 9 year old Girls 1st Jenny Wang 2nd Lily O’Sullivan 3rd Yilin Lao 9 year old Boys 1st Konner Zhu 2nd Lucas Peng 3rd Yash Kumar 10 year old Girls 1st Payton Taylor 2nd Alison Li 3rd Angela Huang

10 year old Boys 1st Jai Pirini 2nd Brooklyn Huynh 3rd Steven Marchant 11 year old Girls 1st Selina Zhang 2nd Holly Wong 3rd Poppy Wong 11 year old Boys 1st Tanish Naidoo 2nd Aarav Prasad 3rd Chase Stewart 10 year old Girls 1st Cara Tang 2nd Eden Chaytor 3rd Elainy Fung

10 year old Boys 1st Terry Jiang 2nd Brooklyn Huynh 3rd Jaxon Walker 11 year old Girls 1st Selina Zhang 2nd Holly Wong 3rd Poppy Wong 11 year old Boys 1st Tanish Naidoo 2nd Noah Singh 3rd Micah Singh RELAYS Year 5 1st Room 21 2nd Room 25 3rd Room 27 Year 6 1st Room 20 2nd Room 19 3rd Room 18

Senior Athletics Day Results

Grandparents Day For a week all the children at Point View School were preparing for an amazing day! Grandparents Day, the day started off with a short speech from our Principal Mr Kirkham. Then the Grandparents were guided to their grandchild’s classroom. All of the children had so much to share that before they knew it it was Morning Tea. All the grandparents got biscuits, tea and other treats, while all of the kids had to watch. Maybe some lucky grandkids got a treat or 2 from their grandparents when no one was looking! Finally, the concert began. Point View wanted to showcase a small amount of amazing talent at our school. Junior Drama, Junior Dance, Choir, Gymnastics, Ukulele band, Skipping and even a performance from our Community Choir. This was another amazing Grandparents Day and I can’t wait to see all the Grandparents again next year.

By Tayla Wing

Somerville Intermediate New Parent Evening

Thursday 21 November 2019 We are holding an information evening for all new parents whose children are attending Somerville Intermediate next year at 7.00pm in the Somerville school gymnasium.

Junior Poetry Recital Winners Year 0 Ist Place Micaiah Peiris 2nd Place Joni Ng 3rd Place Riley Morelos Year 1 1st Place Naumaan Dhar 2nd Place Isaac Power 3rd Place Sienna Brider Year 2 1st Place Manayah Peiris 2nd Place Ella Wu 3rd Place Indianna Cronje

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR PARENTS FOR SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL EARLY THIS YEAR IN THE BOTANY SCHOOL REWARDS COMPETITION.

Flute lessons available from experienced and qualified flute teacher, Louise Inglis, in Botany Downs. www.louisinglis.com Ph 027 568 4734