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NZI Canterbury Earthquake Memorial
Earlier in the year the school and NZI Insurance planted a memorial tree to honour the memory of those who died in the Canterbury earthquake.
Great New Zealanders
The school has a series of markers around the grounds acknowledging outstanding New Zealanders – Sir Edmund Hillary, Bruce McLaren, Colin McCahon, Dame Whina Cooper, Charles Upham VC, and others.
Salsa Workshop
Heidi Hughes from the Jambalaya Festival arranged a Salsa dance workshop from a world champion Columbian dance couple. The children really loved this show – well the girls more than the boys!
Christmas Collection
Every year for the last 10 years the school has collected food items for Carelink Trust to provide Christmas food hampers for local families.
Newsletter #37
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1st December 2011 NEWSLETTER NO 37
Tomorrow is the last day for Mathathon money. There is no assembly tomorrow. Instead we will have the lucky prize draw.
WARM WELCOME THIS WEEK TO
Jordan Hanna, we wish you a long and enjoyable time here.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK TO
Jordan Hanna, Nikoia Vaihu, Laura Rodolf and Owen Card.
CARELINK TRUST
We are collecting food items for Christmas food parcels for families in our community. Canned fruit, baked beans, biscuits, any non-perishable food item. Drop under the giant Santa in the foyer.
FUN DAY
FRIDAY 16 December. Please wear House Colours. To bring on the day – hat, sunscreen, togs and towel in a named plastic bag, water pistol – named and a jumper for after.
TE ATATU CHRISTMAS PARADE
3rd December. Any enquiries to Mr Webster.
PACIFIC IN THE PARK
2nd DECEMBER – Moire Park, Massey, 3-9pm
Pacific in the Park is a Free Family event with a pacific flavour! Great information and food stalls, and chances to win fabulous prizes. Come along and bring your picnic blanket, and enjoy great entertainment from Three Houses Down, Ria, Hypnotics, Lil Saintz, Karnel Williams and others. There are bouncy castles and activities for the kids. Bring the whole family for a great evening!
TE ATATU PENINSULA KIDS MUSIC CAMP
January 24th to 27th 2012
We will be running a music camp for 5 – 8 year olds in the last week of the school holidays. Kids will learn Ukulele, Piano, Percussion and hip hop dance. 9 am – 12 midday. No experience necessary. $85 per child, email heidi@jambalaya.co.nz to enroll.
CHRISTMAS ON THE GREEN
Thursday 15th December @ 6.30 pm. Kapahaka, Polynesian, Hip Hop, Violin, Funky Fish, Guest Singer Oscar Hemingway, and the School Band and Singers finishing with Christmas Carols. All welcome. Picnics and wine fine (remember your principal!).
SCHOOL DATES
Friday 2 December – Mathathon Prize Draw
Saturday 3 December – Te Atatu Christmas Parade
Friday 9 December – Warden/Librarian Trip
Thursday 15 December – Reports Home
- Christmas on the Green
Friday 16 December – Fun Day
Monday 19 December – Prize Giving
- Year 6 Graduation
Tuesday 20 December – School closes at 2pm
VISITED
Paula Rebstock, formerly the very courageous Commerce Commissioner as part of a State Services Review of the Education Review Office.
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
To my knowledge we are the only school in New Zealand that offers a money back guarantee on the school donation. If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of school performance, drop me a note or email tomorrow and I will refund your school donation. Why do I do this? Because I have tried very hard to create a high performing, child centered school. Over the last 3 years 92% of children right across the school read at or above the National Standard. This year we got the highest ERO grading that they give, limited to the top 15-18% of schools. If we haven’t met your needs, and our standards, then we will honour our money back guarantee commitment.
GYMNASTICS CLASSES
Term 1 -2012 at Te Atatu South Community Centre. Inquires www.gymkids.co.nz Ph 09 846 8554 mob 021 767240.
Science in a Van
The middle and senior school really enjoyed a science show from the team at Science in a Van, using liquid nitrogen. This was provided free by the school.
Blog: National Pride
We often watch movies or news stories about people in other countries and their national pride. Although Kiwis are a proud people, I don’t think we are quite at the same point as Americans with their Independence Day celebrations, or even the Aussies with their Australia Day. Is there something we can do with our children to develop this pride?
Recently, my husband and I have been hosting German exchange students, and so we find ourselves showing off our country. And it becomes more obvious how much we want people to enjoy New Zealand, to appreciate all the things that we appreciate. But not only that, how special New Zealand really is. I think we have started to see our surrounds through a visitor’s eyes and see things in a whole new light. How lucky we are to live in a beautiful country, with such places as the black sands of Muriwai beach, the geysers of Rotorua and the expansive golden beaches of the Coromandel Peninsula. And that’s just the landscape, not taking into account the (generally) friendly people, relaxed way of life and Peanut Slabs.
With the Rugby World Cup we have been talking a lot in class about New Zealand and the All Blacks. The children are surprisingly knowledgeable about these topics – naming players, cities, and keeping up to date with the results of the games. If you came to our RWC opening ceremony, or even watched the video, I’m sure you can see the excitement that had taken over Matipo on that day. What better way to encourage our children to be proud of their country? I think all of New Zealand enjoyed a brief time in the spotlight where people enjoyed supporting their team, watching them win and proclaimed the All Black victory as “Not bad, not bad”.
I think we are becoming an increasingly proud nation, which becomes much more apparent as people go for their OEs. Who hasn’t sent a Mr Vintage t-shirt or Pineapple Lumps to a friend or family member living overseas? I know that I certainly rely on such Kiwi inspiration when sending gifts to my brothers who live abroad.
So, are we really not a proud nation? Or is it that we are just not very vocal about it?
Media: Pupils on Rubbish Duty
Short article from the Western Leader of Nov 25th about the clean-up of Harbourview Reserve and Taipari Strand we undertook along with Te Atatu Intermediate, Westpac and the Sir Peter Blake Trust.
Royal NZ Ballet Visit
This week a member of the Royal NZ Ballet company visited the school to take a workshop for those children who are going to the Aotea Centre to see a production of “Sleeping Beauty”.
