MAUNGATUROTO PRIMARY SCHOOL

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1 MAUNGATUROTO PRIMARY SCHOOL Developing REAL Learners Resilient, Effective communicators, Actively involved, Lifelong learners 8 Gorge Road Maungaturoto 0520 Ph: office@maungaturoto.school.nz Ko te Rapare 21 st Here-turi-koka (Thursday 21 st August 2014) Kia ora te whanau - Greetings everyone A MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE LADY As many of you may know by now I have resigned from my position at the school. I would like to give my sincere thanks to all the students, parents, staff and all other people involved in our school community. It has been a privilege to serve our school and work alongside an incredible staff. I am sure to shed many a tear over the next few weeks as I say my goodbyes. I have accepted the position as PA to the Principal at Ruawai College. My last day will be Friday 12 th September, I wish you all the very best as I move on to a new and exciting journey. Miss Ratima (Brenda) Maungaturoto Primary School Office & Accounts Manager Position Part time Permanent position 8:30am 3:00pm Monday Friday Maungaturoto Primary School is looking for someone to fill the role of Office & Accounts Manager. Your key responsibility is to support the Principal, staff and students during school time. The position will commence Monday 15 th September. Please contact the Principal for a job description / application package or principal@maungaturoto.school.nz Applications close 3pm Thursday 28 th August. YEAR 5 & 6 School Camp 2015 The new venue for our Yr 5 & 6 school camp 2015 has been confirmed. The venue will be Peter Snell Youth Village, Whangaparaoa. The camp has been booked for 23 rd 27 th November (Term 4). A separate newsletter will be sent home soon to the parents of children who will be in Yr 5 & 6 in 2015 to outline further details of the camp. A meeting will be held within the next two weeks to establish a fundraising committee in order to raise the funds required. Bream Bay Inter-School Cross Country (8 11 Year olds only) The Bream Bay Cross Country is scheduled for Wednesday 27 th August. Parents will be informed via newsletter if your child has qualified for the Bream Bay event. Please note that children who qualify for this event must run in their age on the day (i.e. if they were 7 on the day of school cross country and turn 8 before 27 th August, they will run with the 8 year olds). Our school will be hosting this event to be held at the Maungaturoto Country Club. If you are interested in helping out on the day please contact the school office. School Speech Contest Please note that our school speech competition (Year 4 6 students who qualify from their class speech contest) will be held on Wednesday 3 rd September starting at 1pm. The event will be held in the Multipurpose Room. The child with overall winning speech will be given the opportunity to perform their speech at both Parents Day and Grandparents Day (last week of Term 3). Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa - Let us keep close together, not wide apart. For the Children, Shane Campbell

2 DATES TO REMEMBER Tues 26 th August PTA Meeting - Staffroom Wed 27 th August Bream Bay Cross Maungaturoto Country Club 9:30am Fri 29 th August Otamatea High School Open Day for Year 6 Students Wed 3 rd Sept Year 4-6 School Thurs 4 th Sept Otamatea High School Enrolment for Year 6 students Fri 5 th Sept Otamatea High School Enrolment for Year 6 students Mon 8 th Sept Mobile Ear Clinic 10:00-2:00pm outside Real Estate Office Tues 16 th Sept BoT Meeting 7:00pm Multipurpose Room Thurs 18 th Sept Northland Cross Country - Dargaville Wed 24 th Sept Parents Day Fri 26 th Sept Grandparents Day ( Last Day of Term 3) Fri 26 th Sept Last Day of Term 3 Mon 13 th October Start of Term 4 Teacher Only Day Tues 14 th October Students start back Term 4 Fri 17 th October Prep Day for Flower show and Gala Day Sat 18 th October Pet Day/Gala Day DENTAL CLINIC The Dental nurse is now on site and currently going through our school roll. Each child will be seen. If you feel your child has an urgent matter to be seen too, please contact the Dental nurse, Nancy Underwood and Jill Shine on or Jillian.Shine@northlanddhb.org.nz. CERTIFCATE WINNERS FOR WEEK 4 TERM Student of the Week HANNAH HODGSON C.A.R.E AWARD KADDISON HYNDMAN ROOM 1 Meg Paton & Coby Van Pelt ROOM 7 Joseph Patterson-Devine & Jessica Monk ROOM 2 Tayten Smart & Saffron Kemara ROOM 8 Thomas Guy & Gaudin ROOM 3 Rheydyn Paki & Jesse Goodfellow ROOM 9 Kylah Slack & Joshua Stephens ROOM 5 Kelly Kemara, Jasmine O Keefe & ROOM 10 Billy-Bob Baker & Tanita McPherson Nikau Phillips ROOM 6 Chad Hoyle & Hinerangi Freer

3 GARDEN GUARDIANS The Garden Guardians need gumboots! The children all have turns working in the gardens. Each class gets to work in the gardens one classroom per week. They do a lot of digging, wheel barrow work, watering, cleaning, carrying, weeding, harvesting, washing produce, cooking and planting. They work VERY hard! They need foot protection to do so. We have tried to rely on them remembering to bring their own but that failed so Niki did bring in her families boots but they got filled with water, mud n stuff and Niki got complaints from home. So the kids need their own! Could anyone who have good condition children's gumboots to spare, donate them to the school garden guardians? If you do please leave them at the office or with Mr Barker and the Garden Guardian leaders will collect them. Thank you from all the Garden Guardians! PTA POST Maungaturoto Primary School Pet Day & Gala Saturday 18 th October 2014 September A packet of food (e.g. a packet of coffee or a packet of cereal) & a packet of lollies October A bottle of food or drink (for raffle & bottle in a barrow stall) and an article of clothing for the 2nd hand clothing stall Please check best before dates on all items.

4 Parents/Caregivers and prospective students are invited to our fully interactive Open Day Friday 29 h August 9.45am start time Otamatea High School Open Day Te Kura O Tuarua Otamatea Year 6 students and teachers will be taking a bus to Otamatea High School. Leaving the school at 9:30am and returning at 2:00pm. Parents are welcome to take the bus also provided there is enough seating. YEAR 6 ENROLMENTS AND OPEN DAY A reminder to all parents/caregivers. Year 6 students will be attending OHS open day on Friday 29 th August. They will be travelling by bus. Although there will be a sausage sizzle later in the day, please pack the children some lunch to eat during the day. Food will not be served until after 1:00pm. Parents are welcome to attend also. If you are wishing to enroll your child at OHS for the 2015 year. Please contact Brenda at the school office to book an appointment with Rachel Clothier-Simmonds (Principal OHS) FREE TO A GOOD HOME: If anyone is wanting a lamb to keep or to raise then give back, please contact John Robinson on LAMBS FOR ADOPTION: If you are interested in taking a lamb, please contact Dave Hamlin on

5 SPORTING NEWS Congratulations to Billie Le Mesurier-Cowbourne who has been selected as a rep for the Otamatea / Rodney Soccer Association (ROSA) U10's 7-a-side Soccer Team. This is a huge acheivement and we are all very proud of her. Good luck Billie!! MAUNGATUROTO NETBALL CLUB NEWS If you have a trophy from last year, please return it to your team coach or the school office. Draw for this week: TEAM VERSUS COURT TIME 1 Warkworth Wellsford Yr1&2 Wfd Blue Year 1/2 PRIZEGIVING at Court 5. Team 1 News We played the Diva's on Saturday and, after a nail-biting last quarter, came away with a win, The girls, once again, worked really well as a team and are continuing to improve each week. Player of the day went to Alyssa Flannagan who got many great tips and intercepts and was a real force on defence! Team 2 News Maungaturoto 2 had a closely fought 3-3 draw with the top team in their grade this week. There was some great passing down the court and some great intercepts and tips from Chloe, Heaven, Analiese and Kate on defence. Player of the Day was Kate Cotching. Please remember girls need to be at the courts 30min before game time. Also, they must have trimmed nails, hair tied back and wear no necklaces or bracelets. White socks and black knickers must be worn for every game. To receive cancellation notices please text code to 3080, otherwise please else let coaches know so that they can contact you if games are cancelled. MAUNGATUROTO JMB RUGBY The games are all wrapped up for another season and while both U7s teams had losses, the U9s and U11s finished off with wins. Players of the day were Dean Sheppard, Zack Schultz and Ben Donald. Thank you to all of our coaches and managers for your dedication over the season and thank you to all the parents who brought the kids to weekly trainings and games. PRIZE GIVING IS TONIGHT at 6pm at the Country Club. Please bring a plate of food for a shared dinner for the players. The kitchen will be open for everyone else to purchase a meal if they wish. Good luck to all the players.

6 COMMUNITY NEWS PAPAROA PRIMARY SCHOOL PTA POSSUM PURGE Register now for the sixth annual Paparoa Primary School PTA Possum Purge to be in for great prizes and great fun. Possum Hunting is September. Prize giving Sunday 14 September from 11am at Paparoa Primary School. Over $5000 worth of amazing prizes for possum hunters, prizes for most possums, most hand plucked fur, best team name and lots of spot prizes. Bouncy castles/slide; fun family activities; kids competitions; monster ice cream sundae, with sausage sizzle at prize giving. Raffles selling now for Viera LED 32 TV kindly sponsored by 100% Fergus Appliances and Panasonic and a load of firewood from Battensby Brothers. Registration $10 adults. Kids free with adults. Registration forms from Paparoa Primary School, Paparoa Hotel, 100% Fergus Appliances Maungaturoto, school website or admin@paparoa.school.nz All pre-registrations will go into a draw for a Holiday Weekend. For more information contact Paparoa Primary School Matakohe School Parent Support Group to host Fundraising Comedy Hypnosis Show On Saturday 13 th September at 7pm the Matakohe Hall will be the venue for Nigel Kennedy s Hilarious Hypnosis Show. The purpose of the fundraiser is to raise funds for next years camp costs. One of the organisers of the evening, Jo Jury, from the Matakohe School Parent Support Group is expecting a great turnout. This is the first time we have had a Comedy Hypnosis Show and it promises to be a fun filled evening for all. Tickets are on sale now for $25 which includes supper and a cash bar will be available. Nigel Kennedy is New Zealand s very own Las Vegas trained Stage Hypnotist. This is a truly unique show that will leave you aching with laughter! Audiences can expect to see hypnotised participants become the stars of the show, will you be next???? Any person who wants to be hypnotised can make a great volunteer, says Nigel. Nobody is forced to participate on stage. The traditional hypnotic show in the past was humour at the expense of the audience members, but during my show I highlight the talents and creativity of the volunteers. I don t embarrass them and I don t even let them embarrass themselves. The hypnosis show combines the fun of total audience participation with the incredible abilities of the mind. Get a group together and make a night of it, this will be a great adults night out that you will not want to miss!