Mamaku Fish and Chips 41 Mamaku Street

Ph: (07) 332 5911

Grahame & Georgie Fleet

CLOSED TILL FURTHER NOTICE.

“A small school with a big HEART”

“E Tupu Tatau Penei A Tane — Like the children of Tane we Grow”

TOGETHER we will grow leading citizens who are

confident, connected, actively involved in our ever-changing society.

Mamaku School, 54 Tarena Street, Mamaku, 3020

Phone: (07) 332 5726 Fax: (07) 332 5725 Mobile: 027 332 5729 Email: office@mamaku.school.nz Website: www.mamakuschool.com

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Term Two - Week 4 – 21st May 2019

From The Principal...

News

HOME AND SCHOOL NEWS

Next Home & School meeting

27th May at 1.30pm in the staffroom.

PIES available for $2

Now have Bacon & Egg pies MONDAY—THURSDAY Order from

Office by 9.00am.

Friday lunches are for this years camp. These will start from the

24th May. Orders will be taken in Hall on FRIDAY.

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Sports Notices

WINTER SPORTS. Gymnastics: Change in time: Thursday`s at 12 –1pm NETBALL: Monday 20th May Mamaku Ferns played Otonga Bluebells P.O.D Keira Andrews Monday 27th May: Mamaku Ferns VS to be confirmed Soccer: Saturday 18th May Mamaku school 6 played ORFC Pumas P.O.D Kaley Doree Saturday 25th May Mamaku School 6 vs Eastlake Hawks 9.00am Hockey: Intermediate 17th May Mamaku played Ruamata LOSS 10:1 P.O.D Ethan Fitzgerald Friday 24th May Mamaku vs TO BE CONFIRMED 18th May : Games Mamaku Hot Shots played Kaharoa Hawks WON 4—1 P.O.D CJ Slattery Mamaku Little Sticks played St Michaels Maxis LOSS 2 - 4 P.O.D Riley Andrews Mamaku Rockets played St Michaels Mini DRAW 0 : 0 P.O.D Phoenix Garrett Saturday 25th May: Games Mamaku Hot Shots vs Otonga Force 8.00am ROTO1 H1 Mamaku Little Sticks vs Lynmore Blue Sticks 8.45AM RO-TO2 H2 Mamaku Rockets vs Glenholme Kuirau 11.30am ROTO2 QD All hockey draws will be advised via this newsletter or Mamaku School Sports Facebook page. PLEASE CHECK THIS BEFORE THE GAME INCASE OF ANY CHANGES

Our pink shirt day with our mouseketeers from the junior syndicate. Whaea Michelle, Miss C and Miss Counsell.

Week 4, TERM 2

Tena koutou katoa Our major focus this week is the BOT Nominations for Elections. If you interested on becoming a BOT member for our school please get nominations to the office before noon on Friday 24th of May. This is the opportunity to have your input on what happens now and in the future for Mamaku School. Our school is in a very good position and I am looking forward to the next three years of the continued development and im-provement of our kura. Mamaku school would like to say a farewell to our students and families that leave Mamaku for the 1st of June turnover or “Gypsy Day” where some farming families move to other areas. if you know of families arriving in the area and they have children, please let them know our school goes from New Entrants (5 years of age) to Year 8 (12-13 years of age). I would be more than happy to show them around the school and look in the classrooms at any time, or send out information regarding the school or they can just make contact with the office to organise a suitable time. Building progress in Rooms 6, 7, rainbow room, old staffroom, resource room and senior toilets is progressing to schedule with the aim to be finished before the end of the term. The builders then move onto Room 2 and 4, then Rooms 1 and 3 in term 3. As you can understand its a bit of a juggling act. Students should not be here before 8.30am in the morning. If for some reason students need to be here before 8.30am parents need to write a letter/email to the class teacher’s for approval. The Mamaku Early Learning Centre does have a OSCARS programme that runs before and after school. Please contact 332 5800. All students should be training for the Mamaku Cross Country that is in week 6 on the 5th of June at the Mamaku Domain. It is really important that we are building up our fitness for this event.. Ngā mihi nui Gary Veysi

Back to School in 2019

Community Notices

2019 Public Holidays Monday 3rd June : Queen`s birthday weekend Term 2 : Monday 29th April- Friday 5th July Term 3 : Monday 22 July—Friday 27th September Term 4 : Monday 14th October– Date to be advised.

THE CUT OFF TIME FOR ITEMS FOR THE NEWSLETTER IS 9AM TUESDAY. PLEASE EMAIL ALL INFORMATION TO OFFICE@MAMAKU.SCHOOL.NZ

Diary Events

2019 Term Dates

Rachel’s Office Hours Monday, Wednesday - Friday 8.30am - 3.15pm Cindy’s Office Hours Tuesday 8.30am - 3.30pm

Kids Biz

CAUGHT BEING GOOD:

Congratulations to the following students for winning a Duffy Book

from last week. We had 43 POSITIVES for the seniors last week

and 42 POSITIVES for the juniors.

Michael Gage-Brown Room 2: For working together to finish

some art.

Holly Drake Room 3: For listening to Mr Weston during yoga.

Diesel Osborne Room 7: For being kind and caring.

Lucas Pachoud Room 7: For picking up rubbish.

Friday Assembly: Before Assembly on Friday we have House groups or Buddy classes for activities and events, caregivers and community members are always welcome to attend and join in on the fun. Friday Assembly is from 2.15pm - 2.45pm. Each week our senior leaders run Assemblies— Week 4 - Assemblies run by Kowhai House Captains Week 5 - Assemblies run by Kakariki House Captains Week 6 - Assemblies run by Kikorangi House Captains Week 7 - Assemblies run by Whero House Captains Week 8 - Assemblies run by Kowhai House Captains Week 9 - Assemblies run by Kakariki House Captains Week 10 - Assemblies run by Vice Head Boy and Girl

Congratulations to the following students who will receive certificates at the Friday assembly:

Stars of the Week

Room 1–Katherine Hunt-Mihaka Tuhakaraina: For excellent growth in her word recognition and reading skills. Alya McLean: For having a growth mindset towards her learning and making outstanding progress. Dominic Gage-Brown. Welcome to Mamaku School. It is awesome to have you in Pikopiko. Room 2-Alyse Fagan: For effort and a huge improvement in her writing. Keep it up. Florence Farrell: For consistently following our values and being a great role model and offering to help others with their work. Room 3– Annabelle Kent : For giving basketball a go. Blake Pachoud: For leading the learning during Te reo by giving it a go. Room 5– Vylet Hare-Te Kani: For being a heart role model in class. Room 6– Victoria Sklenars: For improvement in effort & attitude. Emma Roe : For great effort with learning her words. Room 7– Jake Fredricksen: For staying focused and working hard and trying new activities at school. Aroha Kent: For having a great attitude and working hard on your inquiry projects in class.

Prinicpal Award:

Stephanie Curtis & Aroha Kent Room 7: For organizing the basketball competitions.

24th May : BOT Election Nominations close 29th May: School Closed TEACHERS STRIKE. 3rd June: Queen`s Birthday weekend. 5th June: Mamaku school cross country. 10th June: Matariki Celebrations.

Do you know a girl who would like to have fun and learn new skills as part of an

up to date organisation in your local area? If so, Girl Guiding NZ is here:

Pippins: 5 & 6 year olds Brownies: 7 – 9 ½ years old Guides: 9 – 12 ½ years old, Rangers: 12 – 17 years old

For further information please contact: Girl Guiding New Zealand www.girlguidingnz.org.nz 0800 22 22 92 in girlguidingnz.org.nz

In Room 5 this term we have been doing some art around the `The Iron Man book by Ted Hughes. Every week we have been using a different medium to cre-ate our art. In week one we drew pictures of the iron man using chalk, pastels and black paper. In week 2 we used coloured pencils and had a go drawing on the computer. Last week we drew dragons using pastels and then dyed over the top to make our backgrounds. These artworks were created by Zavier (top left), Brennan (top right), Vylet (centre left), Neveah (centre right), Lillie (bottom left) and Zinevaeh (bottom right).

Dear Parents, Students, Guardians, and Whanau, This Thursday, 23rd of May, we will be having our first Senior Camp and Aims Games Info Session. From 5:30-6:00pm, I will be covering the details about our upcoming Senior Camp to Raglan during Term 4, as well as what the projected costs and the scheduled activities will be for camp. From 6:00-6:30pm, Mr. Veysi and I will be going over the Aims Games and the cost for the week long events. If you are unable to attend the Info Session, please feel free to email me with any questions you may have, or stop by the library after school and we can have a quick chat. Best Regards, Mr. Weston/Matua Nate nate@mamaku.school.nz

Road Safety Last week we nearly had a few students hit by cars and a student who injured them-selves on a scooter coming to school. A few parents have seen me about dangerous biking to and from school and children crossing roads. The teachers have talked to the students about being safe in the community and Consta-ble Viv has been contacted about our concerns. Please be aware it is up to Parents and the students to make sure they are getting safely to and from school.