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PARENTS NEWSLETTER TERM 1, WEEK 8 22 March 2012
Strategic Goal 4: Community Engagement Maranatha Christian School’s partnership with the school parent
community and wider community is strengthened. Key objective 3: Opportunities for quality interactions with the school, church, Christian and wider communities are promoted.
2012 Annual Aim 4:2: Run a school wide camp.
Maranatha Christian School 180 Hill Road, Belmont, Lower Hutt 5010, New Zealand
T 565 0749 F 565 0747 E [email protected] W maranatha.school.nz
Debbie Middleton - Principal
Dear Maranatha Christian School Community, Tena koutou katoa, Da Jia Hao, Namaste, Bonjour, Goedemiddag! Thank you very much to all those who made the school camp a success. In addition to the children, there were at least 66 families who came out for some part of the camp! To those who stayed for the whole camp I trust you have caught up on lost sleep! The vision for camp was fulfilled: “As stewards we will connect with the Provider and the community and creation He has blessed us with. - Connecting with God, people and creation, having fun, developing leadership potential, working as a team, building strengths and serving”. I have particularly enjoyed hearing student testimonies of how they have connected with God and how He has provided for them. We were particularly blessed to have Bunty Bunce (international Children’s Ministry teacher trainer) stay for the duration of the camp and take chapel and devotional sessions with the senior syndicate students. She flew in from Christchurch especially for our camp and flew out to Singapore yesterday. I would like you to think about how old your child(ren) will be in two years’ time, and give me feedback on whether you would like your child(ren) to experience a class or syndicate camp, rather than a whole school camp. Also please give feedback on places where you would like to see the camp taking place. May God bless you and your family, Debbie Middleton
Maranatha School Camp 2012: Waterslide
Building Bivouacs
Go karts
Student’s writing:
The flying fox was like a screaming contest, but I did not scream a bit. It
was very high up and the lady asked if I would like to be pushed so I
could go faster. I said yes and she did. It was fun! I went through a big
plant.
Martin Lazenby Room 3
Seal at Waikanae Beach
More photos can be shared on the website, so please send in your special ones to the school office.
Farewell
It is with great sadness that we will be farewelling Mrs Bev Gillespie at the end of term 1. She is retiring from teaching to spend more time with her family (particularly her first grandchild.) She first started relief teaching at Maranatha during the early 90’s when her daughter was a student here. She is loved and appreciated by the entire school community. We still hear from ex students who have fond memories of her.
Athletics Day:
Maranatha School Athletics: When: Monday 26 March Where: Naenae Park Time: From 9 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.
Please take students straight to the park in the morning, and pick students up from the park in the afternoon.
Bus students will be taken to the park in the morning and collected from the park in the afternoon. Normal bus times apply.
Students need to wear: their house colours, sunhat, sunscreen, running shoes and warm clothes.
Students need to bring: water, morning tea, lunch and a raincoat.
Mark your calendar: Friday 23 March Technology Y7 & 8 Monday 26 March School Athletics Naenae Park 9 a.m.—2 p.m. Monday 26 March BoT meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday 28 March Postponement date School Athletics Friday 30 March Technology Y 7 & 8 Tuesday 3 April Welcome Assembly 2.15 p.m. Thursday 5 April Prayer Meeting 9 a.m. Staff Room - All welcome Thursday 5 April Technology Y7 & 8 Thursday 5 April End of Term 1 School closes at 3 p.m. Friday 6 April Good Friday
Chocolate Fundraiser: The Chocolate Fundraiser went very well and was a great way of helping pay for the camp. If you have not done so yet, please forward the money you have raised to the school office so that the PTA can finalise payment to the school. Thank you very much to our wonderful PTA who made it possible by coordinating it for us.
Informal Interviews (Senior School)
If your child is in room 5, 6 or 7, we are offering you a chance to meet your child’s teacher before next term, to discuss how he/she is progressing so far this year and what we are trying to achieve with him/her. Interviews will be 10 minutes long and will take place on Monday 2nd, Tuesday 3rd or Wednesday 4th April, at various times after school. Please click on www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the code GHWGW to make a booking for your child(ren). If there are no times available for you please feel free to contact your teacher early in Term 2.
Sport Notices: Netball Trials
We will trial all Y5/6 netball girls tomorrow (Friday) on the court at lunchtime (12.30) Please have appropriate footwear. Training will begin next week for all teams (A, B, C and D). You will be emailed with the details. New Netball Uniforms Grant We are trying to get a grant for Netball uniforms and balls, etc, so that our netball teams can not only play smart but look smart too. All you have to do is click on http://fizurl.com/netballgrant and vote once a day for our school. (You will have to register but it is quite painless) You will have to sign in each day. Please remember to sign in, then click back on this link (without closing the page) then you will be able to vote straight away without searching for the Maranatha Christian School application. Thanks in advance. Presently we have 28 votes. I think we will need about 1000 to get the grant we need. If everybody did this for the next week we would easily get there. Happy voting. Hockey Practice
Y1s and 2s playing hockey for the school will train in the hall next Thursday after eating lunch. If your child has a hockey stick they can bring it. They will need shoes and shin pads, too, if you have them. Tiniball/Miniball
Anyone interested in playing Tiniball or Miniball for the school please email [email protected] to register your child(ren)’s interest. Years 3-4 Mondays after school. Years 5-6 Thursdays after school. Years 7-8 Wednesdays after school. The competition is for Term 2 only and will cost $30 for the term. We will offer it in Term 3 as well, for the same cost. We will put teams in only if there is a coach and at least 6 children in the appropriate age group. Intermediate Netball
Unfortunately we do not have enough children to form an Intermediate netball team unless 1 or 2 children in Y5-8 come forward by tomorrow.
Entertainment Book Fundraiser:
Maranatha Christian School will be selling the Entertainment Books again this year for $60.00, of which $12.00 will go to the school P.T.A. Advance Order Certificates are available again this year. There are six to give away to the first ones paid. These bonus certificates can be used straight away. When the books have been launched (after the 30th March), I will then be able to give you your book. If you are keen to look at the book this can be done on line at : www.entertainmentmedia.com.au/Wellington_20122013 If you are then keen to order a book, there are a few ways this can be done. 1. Payment can be made directly into the Maranatha Christian School P.T.A account: A.S.B account number 12-3142-0378694-00. Return the order form to the school. 2. Payment can also be made by cheque. Make cheques out to Maranatha Christian School P.T.A, and return together with a copy of the order form. 3. Cash and an order form, both returned to the school. 4. Over the internet: https://www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/orderbooks/10548p4 If you choose to do it this way, I will be sent a confirmation email about your order. The money will be credited to the P.T.A. account.
Robina Jorgensen on behalf of the P.T.A.
School Mobile Dental Clinic:
The mobile dental clinic will be at Maranatha from 30 April; all students whose parents have given the Dental Services full consent will be screened, as a consultation may include x-rays. For more info visit them on: www.beehealthy.org.nz or phone 0800 TALK TEETH.
Rule changes:
Two of the give way rules are changing: To make our roads safer, two of the give way rules are changing. These changes come into effect at 5am on Sunday 25 March 2012. Until then the current give-way rules apply. These changes will affect all drivers, riders, pedestrians and cyclists. Make sure you know the new rules so you’ll know what to do. Please watch the latest clip if you are unsure of the changes: http://www.giveway.co.nz/interactive
Public Notices Student Exchange Scheme www.studentexchange.org.nz Contest to name a Recycled Robot Visit www.e-cycle.co.nz and click on Contest Banner Race Unity Day To be held on Saturday 31 March 2012 at the Lower Hutt Town Hall. UNESCO's International Dance Day Youthdance Education Trust is putting on a free day of dance workshops and performances for the community. Sunday 29 April 2012, 10.30am - 4.30pm,Whitireia Performing Arts Centre, 25 Vivian Street, Wellington. . Elderly Christian lady seeking a granny flat or a one bedroom unit in the Hutt Valley. Please contact Nellie Thom on 577 2353.
School Holiday Activities: El Rancho Easter Weekend www.elrancho.co.nz Learn to Play Tennis Contact Gary Nelson on 589-7178 or email [email protected] Kids Domain School Holiday Programme 027 474-9573 or email [email protected] Camp Kaitoke- Scholarships available www.ymca.wellington.org.nz or phone 526-7338 School Holidays Computer Classes Ed Brown on 499-2211 It’s My turn to Cook Tonight School Holiday Programme www.foodsavvykids.com
Make a difference in your
community. Open Home Foundation offers your family the oppor-tunity to make a significant difference to families needing sup-port to continue to care for their child with a disability. You will be generously reimbursed for providing care in your own home. Open Home Foundation, a Christian Social Service, is currently seeking applicants in the Wellington region. Please contact Anthea Watkins for an application pack on 04 566 3990 or email [email protected]
