Te Pānui. Message from the Principal: Lunches

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1 Te Pānui South Wellington Intermediate School Challenge, Engage, Inquire, Inspire I M P O R T A N T D A T E S : Market Day Thursday 20th September 3:30-6pm Science Roadshow Thursday 27th & Friday 28th September Term 3 ends Friday 28th September Term 4 starts Monday 15th October Labour Day Monday 22nd October Kapa Haka Regionals Friday 26th October EOTC week Monday 29th October - Friday 2nd November Rongotai College testing Tuesday 6th November Otago Uni science visits Monday 12th & Wednesday 14th November Yr 8 Gardasil immunisations Monday 26th November Year 8 Leavers Dinner Thursday 13th December Last day of the year Tuesday 18th December 12:35pm finish Like us on Facebook! T E R M 3 W E E K 7 Message from the Principal: What a weekend that was! Thank you so much to all the people that came in to support our art show over the weekend. The hall was absolutely packed on the opening evening, so much so that we re going to have to limit the number of opening night tickets next year. Sales were excellent as well and are very much appreciated with the profits going towards the upgrade of our music and drama room. Another special thank you has to go to our major sponsors, Wakefield Hospital and Gazley, as well as our many other sponsors. A final special thanks to Virginia Woods-Jack, Veronica Hall, Catherine Buyck, Caroline Campbell and Carrie Carey who were absolute stars in putting the show together. They dedicated a huge amount of time and effort towards it. Saying that it wouldn t have been possible without you seems like such a cliché, but it couldn t be more appropriate in this instance, because it really wouldn t have been. Just under two weeks to go until Market Day. On Thursday 20th the bottom court, hall and the downstairs classrooms will be filled with food and gift stalls. SWIS Francs will be on pre-sale in the next week or so and on the 20th I recommend getting in early before your favourite food sells out. Francs are the official SWIS currency which is purchased so that students aren t handling cash. The day runs from 3:30-6pm and will go ahead rain or shine. We look forward to seeing you there! Nga mihi, Traci Liddall Lunches F R I D A Y 7 S E P T E M B E R Remember that the following lunches can be purchased through Kindo: Tuesday - Sausage sizzle $1.50 (can also be purchased from school office) Wednesday & Friday - Pita Pit facebook.com/ southwellingtonintermediate Thursday - Sushi

2 Congratulations! Congratulations to Hein Jooste for his amazing achievements in Competitive Cheerleading this year! Hein is in the Senior level 2 cheerleading team from Bigair Owhiro Bay who have come away from their first competition of the year with 1st place in their division, Level 2 Grand Champions and Overall Competition Winners! We would like to wish them best of luck as they now journey to the Gold Coast to compete at the Australian All Star Cheerleading Federation Queensland State Championships on the 16th of September. Lost Property We have a big pile of clothes and lunchboxes building up in the office foyer. Please come and have a look to see if anything is yours. Please also make sure ALL clothing is named, as named clothing tends to get back to its owner, unnamed clothes tend to not! Pick up and Drop off around SWIS Please remember that if you enter the school parking area by the main office for whatever reason then you MUST enter from Waripori Street and exit onto Rintoul Street. This is to avoid traffic jams. This is a kiss and go area only. Please do not park for any length of time in this area. In regards to dropping off your children on Rintoul Street, please do not park on the yellow lines by the pedestrian crossing or in front of driveways. We are aware that there isn t much space in this area but student safety is paramount. Thank you for your support with this. Newtown Community Facilities Upgrade What: Newtown Community Facilities: Community Design Workshop 2 When: Saturday September 8th, 1-3pm (drop in at any point during these hours) Where: Newtown Community & Cultural Centre, corner Rintoul & Colombo Streets, Newtown Details: CONCEPT DESIGNS! COME AND CHECK THEM OUT! Come and share your feedback on the initial concept designs for the three buildings (Newtown Community Centre, Network Newtown & Newtown Hall). In response to your feedback at Workshop 1 (and previous Our Town Newtown data), the Architects have made some concept design models that you can interact with and help to develop. We'd love to hear your thoughts! This is one of the last chances you'll have to let us know your thoughts on this upgrade process, so don't miss the opportunity! Snacks provided (by Pomegranate Kitchen!!). Family Friendly. FREE event. For more info: Renee at info@newtowncommunity.org.nz or visit the Facebook Event page or call Renee on Hope to see you there!

3 Visual Art semi-spec Visual Art tech group have been demonstrating their understanding of value using a variety of tint and shade of a base colour. Beautiful A3 sized acrylic silhouette paintings were the result! Public buses We are aware that there have been some issues with buses with them either not turning up, not going on the correct routes meaning that students get dropped off well away from where they should and being too full to board. A reminder that we don t have any official say over the busses despite some having SWIS on them. Students are also entitled to board any bus although the 774 and 654 have been put on specifically to support SWIS and other students (again, these are not SWIS buses, just buses that go past SWIS. Anyone can board them). More info on those routes can be found here: Bus 774: Bus 654: We suggest that you speak to your children about standing for adults and especially the elderly. This message of being respectful is one that we give out here at school, but as a paying customer your children are not obliged to stand for other paying customers. If you have any issues with the buses we encourage you to get in touch directly with Metlink. Let us know if you think that we can support in any way. Wizz Theatre Academy Holiday Programme Imogen runs the drama enrichment here at SWIS for free and we and the kids in that group are so thankful to her! She s fantastic! Support her company with this upcoming holiday programme.

4 House Wanted mid-october till Christmas We are a local family looking for a house/apartment to housesit or rent from mid-october until December 23, We re looking for 3/4 bedrooms in Island Bay, Berhampore, Newtown or city. We don t currently have any children attending SWIS but our eldest children (Nina and Isabel Mathiasen) went to SWIS and our youngest child will be there in two years. Please phone Marnie Thanks so much!

5 Free tennis coaching, radar gun, jumbo racquets, and more... Open days, Sat-Sun, 8-9 September, 1-4pm. Kilbirnie Tennis Club, 14 Crawford Road, Kilbirnie. Thinking about starting tennis or joining a tennis club? Try out a wide range of activities at the upcoming Kilbirnie Tennis Club's open days. It s FREE, fun, for all ages, and everyone is welcome. free coaching for kids and adults jumbo racquets fun games free radar gun serving speed assessment free giveaways including a Hell s pizza voucher for every visitor chance to win a trip for two to the ASB Classic in Auckland this January free welcome pack for all new members BBQ loan racquets available Find out more at or contact Peter at peter@kilbirnietennis.net.nz or Kilbirnie Tennis Club 2018 Tennis Central Club of the Year. Donovan Bixley event at The Children's Bookshop Popular author and illustrator Donovan Bixley will be entertaining children at a free event at The Children s Bookshop in Kilbirnie Plaza on Saturday, September 8th from 2pm until 3pm. Donovan, who has published more than 100 books, including the Flying Furball, Dinosaur Rescue and Dragon Knight series, is a household name for anyone with young children due to his distinctive style and engaging sense of fun. His Wellington visit is a celebration of his latest title - How Māui Fished Up the North Island - which reinvents the legend of Māui as a cheeky younger brother on a fishing trip with the whanau. Donovan worked under the guidance of Dr Darryn Joseph to honour the cultural significance and importance of Māui and the book is available in both English and te reo Māori editions. Donovan will be reading, drawing and signing copies of his books at this event. There is also a colouring competition, details of which are on The Children's Bookshop Facebook page: To book for this event, please books@thechildrensbookshop.co.nz or phone