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1 Our Vision: Engaged and successful learners who achieve excellence and contribute positively to society Newsletter 9 th September 2016 E matahi ana e mataara Principal s message: Kia ora nga matua The past two weeks have again brought some excellent achievements from our Masterton Intermediate students: ACCELERATED LEARNING IN LITERACY (ALL) On Friday, September 2, Amanda Jolliffe and Cam Maunder presented our A.L.L. report to the Ministry of Education. The 56 target students and their teachers worked extremely hard over the 15-week programme with the following results: - 82% of the students made accelerated progress in their writing of two years during this 15-week intervention - 93% of the students have made measurable progress during this 15-week intervention We feel extremely proud of the success that has been achieved through the ALL programme. Thanks to all families for the support that you have given to your children who have been involved in the target group. HAKA WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT It was a hard call, but it was the right call! We had a great deal of debating on Wednesday and some in-depth discussion with some experts from the Metservice, and the forecast came true! Our postponement date will be confirmed once we have heard back from all of the schools involved. It is important to work out when most people are available so that we can come together and SMASH this record! KIWI QUIZATHON On Wednesday, September 7 we had our final test (50 questions selected from each of the four sets.) All students are encouraged to hand sponsorship money in to the office before Friday, September 16. An assembly draw and presentation will take place at 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, September 21 with prizes awarded to the top three individuals and the top three classes in terms of money handed in before Friday, September 16. INDIVIDUAL First prize Second prize Third prize CLASSES First prize Second prize Third prize $100 Warehouse voucher $50 Warehouse voucher $25 Warehouse voucher $100 pizza and an afternoon at the town pools $100 pizza $50 pizza Our goal is to raise $ towards our new adventure playground which has been designed by our students and will cost $ in total.

2 DANCE SPLASH Ellie Francis, parents and students headed to the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington last Friday, September 2 for the annual Dance Splash event. The group performed with great enthusiasm and represented M.I.S. with much pride. Well done to our 41 dancers for the commitment that you have displayed in order to prepare for this performance. Also, a big thank you to the 7 parents who came along to help throughout the day. WHAT S STILL TO COME IN TERM 3? While we have 10 days of school remaining this term there is still much to be accomplished before we finish for the holiday break at 3.00 p.m. on Friday, September 23: Exchange with Masterton and Tawa Intermediate Kapa Haka groups at Papawai Marae in Greytown on Monday, September 12 and Tuesday, September 13 Writers Camp at Castlepoint on Monday, September 12 and Tuesday, September 13 Super Sport Cross Country Girls on Wednesday, September 14 Wellington Intermediate Boys Rugby Under 70 kilogram tournament at Trentham Memorial Park on Wednesday, September 14 Science Road Show at Chanel College on Thursday, September 15 Variety Concert in the hall on Thursday, September 15 from 7.00 to 9.00 p.m. with performances from Kapa Haka, Powerhouse (Choir), our two Rock Bands, Dance Splash, Wearable Arts and items from our term 3 Talent Quest - Also in the hall on Monday, September 19 at a.m. for our contributing schools. Mufti Day (a gold coin donation) on Friday, September 16 to raise funds towards our new adventure playground Variety Concert for contributing schools Year 5 and 6 students in the hall on Thursday, September 19 from a.m. to p.m. Board of Trustees monthly meeting at 7.00 p.m. in the staff room on Monday, September 19 Syndicate Singing competition in the hall at 1.45 p.m. on Friday, September 23 Term Three ends at 3.00 p.m. on Friday, September 23 Russell Thompson (Tumuaki) RANDOM NUMBERS 7 34 The number of banners that we currently have on display in our hall for the Super Sport/Arts competitions. The most we have ever had at M.I.S. at one time is nine. The number of schools in the Wairarapa that have registered for our world record Haka Challenge at Memorial Park. New date to be confirmed. ü

3 This is a summary of some of the things at risk with the government s Global Funding proposal. There will be a number of meetings to discuss and oppose this. We thank you in advance for your support as we fight for what s best for our students! To find out more and learn what you can do to help, please visit Snapshot on sports: MIS teachers will be attending the Paid Union Meeting at Wairarapa College on Tuesday 13 th September at 1:30pm. We ask that students return home at lunchtime on this day MIS sports results: Netball Saturday 3rd Sept MIS Aces 23 v Lakeview Diamonds 8 MIS Thunder 25 v Chanel Gold 25 MIS Swift 17 v Nga Kakano 6 MIS Steel 9 v Greytown Aces 16 Solway Int A 15 v MIS Tactix 7 Featherston Utd 15 v MIS Magic 3 MIS Pulse 12 v Carterton Kahurangi 2 SMS Prim C 11 v MIS Mystics 10 Week 6/7 AIMS Games Cross Country - Kosta Mills, Max Mitchell, Jack Britland, Joel Silvester Swimming - Siena Cockburn, Samuel Dale Results Cross Country - Year 8 Boys Team 12th overall with Kosta Mills 15th Swimming - Siena Cockburn (W12) - 50m Free Silver Medal (2nd), 100m Free 5th, 50m back 8th Sam Dale (M13)- 50m breast 7th, 200m Free 7th, 100m breast 5th, 200m breast 4th Hockey MIS Blue and Gold had an entertaining friendly game MIS 3rd 11 had to default due to lack of numbers on the day. SUPER SPORTS FOOTBALL/SOCCER The boys and girls First XI soccer squads travelled to Wembley Park in Whanganui for the annual Super Sport tournament on Wednesday, August 24.The boys team, coached by Dave Dale and Cam Maunder performed outstandingly to win 5 games, draw 1, scoring 18 goals and conceding none. This was a squad of highly committed MIS boys who were selected through lunchtime and after school trials. They committed a great deal of their own time for trainings and put together a fantastic banner-winning performance. I am sure that you will join me in congratulating the following players as well as the coaches for this major success: Travis Bartlett, Ryan Butler, Sam Dale, Jake Gain, Olly Jones, Nahum McPhee, Max Mitchell, Scott O Connor, Jayden Riddell, Jonte Seale, Makaia Sutton, Ethan Tickner, Jayden Watt and Hadley Wiramanaden

4 MIS Soccer Break up A Break up party for MIS soccer teams will be taking place on Thursday 15 th September at 3:30pm. This will be a great opportunity to celebrate a good season and thank our hard-working coaches and managers for their work. Students who have displayed a high level of commitment to their team at trainings and games will be given an invitation letter on Monday. AIMS GAMES Our Year 8 Boys Cross Country team of Jack Britland, Kosta Mills, Max Mitchell and Joel Sylvester, as well as Siena Cockburn and Sam Dale (both swimming) competed at the A.I.M.S. Games in Tauranga from September 3 to 6. The team recorded some excellent results against top quality opposition from within New Zealand and beyond. The results were as follow: Results Cross Country - Year 8 Boys Team 12th overall with Kosta Mills 15th Swimming - Siena Cockburn (W12) - 50m Free Silver Medal (2nd), 100m Free 5th, 50m back 8th Sam Dale (M13)- 50m breast 7th, 200m Free 7th, 100m breast 5th, 200m breast 4th The trip up to AIMS was really cool, but I was the only girl so I hung out with Ms Hamill a lot. Watching the running was really cool, there was this one hill that the runners had to run up and it was really steep and high. After the running we were at the pool for two days. I felt bad for the runners because they had to watch Sam and I for two days and we only had to watch them for an hour or so. The swimming was awesome, but it was really tough to get into a final and I made it into three finals. The 50m freestyle is always my favourite race, it's fast and it's over really quickly. The final was close, at first I thought I got 6th because I looked at the time next to my lane but then I looked at my lane and I was 2nd - it was one of the best moments of my life. Receiving that medal was a representation of what I ve worked for, for nearly five years, it was amazing Siena Cockburn Room 15 Celebrating our success: TECHNICRAFT AWARDS The Technicraft Awards for displaying the A.D.M.I.R.E. values in each of these Specialist Areas were presented in assembly on Monday, August 29 to: Cooking Shanice Hetherington Room 12 Design Technology April Watson Room 3 Music Tom Cardno Room 11 Science Tayla Davidson Room 2

5 MAHI PAI DRAW Thank you to these generous sponsors for our Mahi Pai draw: Burger King Copthorne Solway Park Driving Range Express Cafe Genesis Recreation Centre Master Bowl Masterton Mini Putt McDonald s Pukaha Mount Bruce Smokefree t-shirt Streamline Expresso Warehouse Stationery Congratulations also to these winners on Monday, August 29: Tayla Davidson Jake Gain Antonio Chapman Pano Alaatua George Parke Jade Alves Sophie Pearce Jade Alves Rylee Armstrong George Parke Jayden Alexander TECHNICRAFT AWARDS The Technicraft Awards for displaying the A.D.M.I.R.E. values in each of these Specialist Areas were presented in assembly on Tuesday September 6 to: Cooking Lydia McCartney Room 8 Design Technology Nikau Cox Room 7 Music Toby Crosby Room 3 Science Isaac Taylor Room 10 Thank you to these generous sponsors for our Mahi Pai draw: Congratulations also to these winners on Tuesday September 6: Burger King Ethan Bowman Room 11 Copthorne Solway Park Driving Range Dominic Daley Room 5 Express Cafe Jacob Gallon Room 12 Genesis Recreation Centre Kaushik Prasad Room 12 Lone Star Restaurant Jonty Spicer Room 2 Master Bowl Annie McNab Room 12 Masterton Mini Putt Teagan Bowler Room 12 McDonald s Riley Uhr Room 13 Pizza Hutt Korbin Haeata-Fenwick Room 11 Pukaha Mount Bruce Serenity Wilson Room 2 Masterton Mini Putt Jack McHardy Room 15 Streamline Expresso Breanna Edwards Room 2 Warehouse Stationery Aimee Clouston Room 15

6 For your information: WRITER S CLUB So far we have had four sessions of Writer s Club. This is happening on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:15 4:15pm. So far we have had keen writers with a range of abilities attend to have an extra session of guided writing and quality support. "Red Star Junior Cricket Registration Friday 16th September 2016 between 4pm and 6pm - Herbert Street Clubrooms. or via our website or Mark Elliott on mark.sheryn@xtra.co.nz Red Star Cricket is the complete cricket club where everyone will get a go."

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