Mangaweka School &

Community Newsletter From the Principal

Effort Achieves

Excellence

Takahia te ara teitei

TERM 1, WEEK 5 Monday 3 March 2014

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Another busy fortnight has flown by! It was great to see so many parents/caregivers at our assembly last Friday. Our school assemblies provide opportunities for our children to

share what they have been learning and for teachers to acknowledge their progress and efforts. Congratulations to Alex Hoyle, Elisha Tweeddale, Anna King, Jack Eames,

James McCann and Madison Florence for gaining a Principal Award and Holley Coe for gaining a STAR of the Fortnight Award.

Junior Rural Swimming Sports: Last Thursday we hosted the Junior Rural Swimming

Sports at Taihape Swim Centre. It was wonderful to see the children putting so much

effort and enjoyment into their swimming events whether they were competitive or

participation. A huge thank you goes out to our parents, for not only helping with

transport to and from the venue, but for lending a hand with time keeping, events and

encouragement for all the children. These events are not possible without your support and we appreciate all your efforts. Also a big thank you to Chris Griffin our junior class

teacher for helping me organise this event. All events ran like clockwork – thanks Chris.

Year 3 competitive certificates went to: Jazmin Dorrian – 3rd Place in the Noodle Race,

Dive through Hoops and for Flutterboard Forwards; Anika Corbett – 3rd Place in

Pushing the Ball; Finn Waghorn – 2nd Place in Pushing the Ball and 1st Place for

Flutterboard Forwards; and Logan Cornelius – 2nd Place in the Noodle Race and in

Flutterboard Backwards.

Moawhango Athletics: As you are aware our children participated in the Moawhango

Athletics on Friday 21st February. Mangaweka School children received 137 points on

the day which placed our school in 1st place overall.

Placings in their age groups were: 50m Sprint: 2nd place - Finn Waghorn, 3rd place –

Holley Coe, 3rd place – Cameron Robb, 2nd place - Krisharna Tweeddale, 1st place –

Lachlan Phyn, 2nd Place – Hayden Robb, 1st place – Virginia Baird, 2nd place – Madison

Florence and 1st place – James McCann. 75m Sprint: 3rd place – Jazmin Dorrian, 2nd

place Finn Waghorn, 2nd place – Holley Coe, 1st place – Jayden Thompson, 2nd place –

Krisharna Tweeddale, 1st place – Lachlan Phyn, 2nd place – Hayden Robb, 1st place –

Virginia Baird, 2nd place – Madison Florence and 1st place – James McCann. Long

jump: 1st place – Finn Waghorn, 1st place – Hannah Waghorn, 3rd place – Nicole

McCann, 1st place – Jayden Thompson, 2nd place – Elisha Tweeddale, 1st place – Krisharna Tweeddale, 1st place – Lachlan Phyn, 2nd place – Hayden Robb, 1st place –

Virginia Baird, 2nd place – Madison Florence and 1st place – James McCann. Soft-ball

throw: 2nd place – Jazmin Dorrian, 1st place – Finn Waghorn, 3rd place – Hannah

Waghorn, 1st place – Jayden Thompson and 3rd place – Elisha Tweeddale. Shotput: 2nd

place – Krisharna Tweeddale, 3rd place – Hettie Carter, 1st place – Lachlan Phyn, 2nd

place – Madison Florence. Glove throw: 1st place – Finn Waghorn, 1st place - Holley

Coe, and 1st place – Elisha Tweeddale. Discus: 1st place – Krisharna Tweeddale, 3rd

place – Hettie Carter, 1st place – Lachlan Phyn, 1st place – Madison Florence, 2nd place –

Jasmine Brandon and 3rd place – Jack Eames. High jump: 3rd place – Jazmin Dorrian,

3rd place – Finn Waghorn, 2nd place – Hannah Waghorn, 1st place – Cameron Robb, 2nd

place – Jayden Thompson, 2nd place – Krisharna Tweeddale, 1st place – Lachlan Phyn, 3rd place – Hayden Robb, 1st place – Jasmine Brandon, 2nd place – Virginia Baird, 3rd

place – Madison Florence, 1st place – Jack Eames and 3rd place – James McCann.

Well done to all of our children – what an awesome effort and achievement. Once we

receive the certificates, these will be given out at our next assembly.

Rebuild up date: The first stage of our rebuild continues. As updates occur I will keep you posted.

Sandpit: The roof is finished! Just the fencing and gates to go! Once again our parents/

caregivers have donated sandpit toys for our children to play with. Really appreciated!

Thank you!

Maths Buddy Evening Reminder: Maths Buddy evening this Wednesday 5th March @

7:30pm. Our host for the evening will be Craig McBride from Maths Buddy in our

school library/computer suite. It would be great to see you all there!

Mangaweka School

Raumaewa Road

P.O. Box 32

Mangaweka, 4746

Phone/Fax: 06-382 5703

office@mangaweka.school.nz

www.mangaweka.school.nz

GPS Location

S39° 48.485, E175° 47.438, Elevation: 1042ft

(317m)

For the Calendar

Next Assembly

Thursday 21 March

2.30pm

Please Note Change of Day

Next BOT Meeting

T B A

Next Home & School Meeting

T B A

Rural Swimming Sports Year 4-8

Practice Taihape Pool

Tuesday 4 March

Rural Swimming Sports Year 4-8

Taihape Pool

Friday 7 March

Interschool Swimming Taihape

Selected Year 4—8

Friday 14 March

Interschool Athletics Hunterville

Selected Year 4—8

Friday 4 April

Term Dates 2014

Term One

3 February - 17 April

Term two

5 May—4 July

Term Three

21 July—26 September

Term Four

13 October—16 December

Home and School Meeting: Last Tuesday @ 7:00pm Home and School had their first meeting for the year. At that meeting it was

decided that the remaining funds should be earmarked for the following projects: shade sails for playground / pool area, naming of the school gazebo, assistance towards Term 4 whole school camp (Forest Lakes – Levin), new high jump measuring uprights, and any

remainder funds to be put towards fundraising for a new junior playground. Home and School have also put $5000.00 towards the cost of our new sandpit. On behalf of the school, I thank Home and School for their support. Fundraising is an important aspect of the

school as it provides the extras for the children that our ministry operational grant funds do not afford. Thank you Home and School!!

Your support is appreciated.

Rural Swimming Sports Y4 to Y8: As you are aware this Friday is our annual rural swimming sports for our Y4-8 children. Thank

you to those parents/caregivers who have already returned their transport slips. Please have them all returned by this Wednesday 5th

March. Thank you!

Rural Swimming Sports Practice: This Tuesday we will be taking our Y4-8 children up to the Taihape Swim Centre so they can have a swimming practice in the larger pools in preparation for Friday’s event. Thank you to Catherine Phyn and Sarah King for assisting

with transport to and from the event. We are booked in from 9:30am to 11:30am – any queries don’t hesitate to give me a call.

Ministry of Health - Reported Measles Cases: Please be aware that there have been 47 confirmed cases of measles reported in the

North Island since Dec. 2013 to end of Feb 2014. A total of 8 cases have required hospitalisation to date. Most cases have occurred in unimmunised people, and immunisation remains the best way to prevent infection and spread within the community. Measles are a

highly infectious disease that affects both adults and children. Measles are more serious than many people realise. Symptoms include fever, cough, red eyes and a runny nose, followed by a rash, which tends to start on the face, before moving over the head and down

the body. The rash develops about 3 days after the other symptoms start. Complications can include middle ear infections, pneumonia,

and, more rarely, encephalitis or brain inflammation.

Please ensure that you and your child/ren’s immunisations are up to date. If your child does contract measles – they are to stay away

from school and follow the advice of your doctor or local medical officer of health. For more information please visit the Ministry of

Health website: http://www.moh.govt.nz/measles or the Immunisation Advisory Centre website: http://www.immune.org.nz You can also call Immunisation Advisory Centre toll-free on 0800 IMMUNE (0800466863).

Have a great week!

Maree

Waipahihi School in Taupo has been running an Ironkidz Triathlon event for the last 15 years. I

have entered the last 3 years and Nicole has entered the last 2.

There are 2 participation sections 7-10 years which is a 100m swim, 4km bike ride and 1km run.

11-15 years which is a 200m swim, 8km bike ride, 2km run. Last year they started a Splash and

Dash section for 5-7 year olds which is a 50m splash and 550m dash. They have a competitive

section called elite which is a 300m swim, 12km bike ride and 3km run.

I decided not to do the elite section because I was running in the Round the Lake Relay the day

before for Dad’s work team. I ran 6.9km in 35min 32sec and then a few hours later one of my team

members hurt her knee so I finished her last 4km in 18min. Nicole ran 4.7km in 27min 56sec.

This year Mangaweka School won the Ironkidz School Participation Award for the 11-15 year old

section. They worked out that 16.7% of our eligible roll took part—it helps there’s only 6 of us! I

received the trophy and a $300 cheque on behalf of Mangaweka School on Sunday 23 February and

Nicole and I presented it at last weeks assembly. By James McCann

Ohingaiti and Districts Soldier’s Ball

We will hold a small service before the Ball to remember those people who have served our country. We will also have a display of information, inside the Hall, about the

soldiers who died .This area will also provide , those coming to the Ball, an opportunity to share their stories and photos

of family members who served.

North Rangitikei Mid Week League

Term 1 League = 4 Aside Touch Rugby

Where—Taihape Recreational Grounds

When—Friday

Start Time—4.00pn

Start Date—7 March 2014 till 11 April 2014 (6 weeks)

Who—Primary school students from year 3 to year 8

Teams—Can be composite teams (mixed with other country schools if necessary)

Each team must have a Parent/Teacher supervisor to take on an umpire role—

very basic rules to apply

Please let the school know by Wednesday 6 March if your child is interested in

participating. Transport will be parents responsibility.

Mangaweka Playcentre on

Broadway Please call in during session

Monday & Wednesday 9am -1pm

or phone 022 3285649

Everyone with pre-schooler’s is welcome to join

Playcentre.

Come and visit during session and have a look.

First 3 visits free.

Friendly monthly meetings: 3rd Monday of each month, 7.30pm at the Mangaweka Plunket Rooms Car seats for hire covering from birth through to the older child, contact the car seat coordinator at the Taihape Branch on 06-388-0615. Cot and Steam Vaporiser available for short term hire, contact Bronwyn Robb

on 06 3825877 Home Help contact Shirley Russell on 06 3229812

Classic Restoration, Parts and Mechanical Services

Suzuki and Yamaha Sales and Service

General Automotive Servicing. From small to large.

Ph 382 5732

carteroni@xtra.co.nz

www.carteroni.co.nz

THE LANCIA BETA SPECIALIST

Specialising in all your transport requirements. For quality service and quality equipment, call Mark at

anytime for a chat on how he can assist you. Phone: 06-3825828, Fax: 06-3825828,

Mobile: 0274-498773.

MANGAWEKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

The base for Mangaweka Adven-ture Company offering fun river adventures, riverside camping and yummy cafe food. The cafe menu includes world famous toasted sandwiches, all day breakfasts, salads, burgers and great coffee. NZ Postal services also available. Call or email with any questions!

www.mangaweka.co.nz or 06-3825-744

Mangaweka Gallery and Homestay Featuring National, Regional & Local Artists. Oil, acrylic & watercolour paintings, photography, wood-

turning, stone carvings, ceramics, glassware, & much, much more.

Homestay has rooms from $85 per night single, including continental breakfast & drinks.

Yellow Church & Cottage, State Highway One, Mangaweka

Open 10am—5pm Thursday to Monday Phone: 06 3825774 / 027 5266612