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Newsletter 12/12/14
From the Principals Ofce
Quote of the week:
Education is what remains ater
one has orgotten what one has
learned in school !"l#ert
Einstein$
%ia Ora Parents and &aregi'ers(
"nd here we are ))) the endo the school *ear is upon us(and +
still ,nd it surreal that 2-14has passed #* so .uicl* 0imeis alwa*s
so precious and weneed to spend it wisel* +t is themost unde,na#le(
*etparadoical o things the past isgone( the uture has not come(and
the present #ecomes the
past whilst we attempt to de,neitEcclesiastes 35 sa*s there is6"
time to lo'e( and a time tohate a time or war( and a timeor peace7
8et us remem#erthese words as we head into a#us* &hristmas
season andcherish the time we spend withriends and lo'ed ones0his
time o *ear is an importantmilestone or the 9ear 5 studentswho
lea'e us to head to high
school and continue theirlearning :ourne* "s educators( +hope
we'e inspired andmoti'ated *ou to reach *ourgoals 8ane*(
&aitlin and9annic( ollow *our passion( sta*true to*oursel and
ne'er ollowsomeone else;s path 0his is*our time to shine so
remem#erthese wise words rom Opraha* + tae this opportunit* towish
*ou and *our whanau and@lessed( sae and happ*&hristmas >a*
Aods richest#lessings #e with *ou as wecele#rate the coming o
Besus
Nga >ihi(
"nne PrattPrincipal
On #ehal o the =t Patric
@oard o 0rustees( + would lito tae this opportunit* t
than all the wonderul an
hard woring sta? in the scho
or their commitment an
dedication to the children an
the school throughout the *ea
+ would also lie to than a
the @oard mem#ers or the
commitment to ensuring tha
all students ha'e thopportunit* to achie'
success
Finall* to all parent
caregi'ers and etende
whanau( a sae and #lesse
holida*( ma* the peace o
&hrist #e with *ou th
&hristmas 0o the childre
than *ou or maing th
school the great place it each and e'er* da* Aod @less
Maori Words of the week
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ard Of Trustees
9r 5 Outing
Food For 0hought
'er*one;s lie( at some time( our inner ,re goes out +t is thent
into ame #* an encounter with another human #eing eeah @aile*
>* cat was sic on m*
homewor( no >iss *ou ha'e
got it wrong >iss Dee'es ate
m* homewor( no >iss *ou
ha'e got it wrong( one #ite and
it was gone
@* 8aura Price
0he dog ate m* homewor( no
>iss *ou ha'e got it wrong 0he#ird pooped on m* homewor
no >iss *ou ha'e got it wrong
>* mum screwed it up into the
#in( no >iss *ou ha'e got i
wrong 0he wind #lew m*
homewor out the window and
awa* 0he rain splattered m*
homewor it went all sogg* on
the ground + was doing m*
homewor at the #each and i
#lew into the sea
@* @ethan* Oudemans
8ast iller accompanied >rs P and >rs Nash on an outing to
OamaruOur ,rst stop was the Gictorian Gillage and the =team
PunEperience =teampun is a .uir* and un genre o science,ction that
eatures steamCpowered technolog* +t is oten set in analternate(
uturistic 'ersion o 1Hth centur* Gictorian England "terspending
some time here( we had a hot chocolate and slice o cae#eore heading
to the Penguin &olon*
0he Oamaru @lue Penguin &olon* is New Iealands
largestscienti,call* monitored #lue penguin colon*
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@lown "wa* continued #* >organ Oudemans
+ thin m* horse en:o*ed the new en'ironment + inhaled the
#eautiul smell o the resh air and continued dothe #a*( eeping m*
e*es open or the rare >aui dolphin"ter a ew hours m* #ottom grew
sore and + decided it was time or a #rea + slid o? the horse !her
name w
@lac K*namite$ and ga'e her and m*sel a snac Once we were #oth
h*drated we carried on until the sanparadise ended + steered
K*namite onto the grass* #ans on the side o the road + looed #ehind
me No>aui #a* was :ust a small dot in the distance " spec o
dust( tin* compared to the world around it + looawa* + needed to
ocus on getting home and ,nding m* amil*)
"ter a ew more stops( night was upon me and + continued until +
ound a dri'ewa* that could possi#l* gi@lac K*namite me and a home
or the night + dismounted( and led the #lac giant up the dri'ewa* +
looaround +t was a arm house( complete with a #arn + waled towards
it( #ut stopped in m* tracs6 + should pro#a#l* as or permission to
sta* in their #arn(7 + thought =o + turned around and noced on door
" woman answered + ased m* .uestion and the lad* looed at @lac
d*namite me and6Low longM7 she .ueried6Bust or the night(7 +
answered 0he woman agreed6"s long as its :ust *ou and *our horse(7
+ nodded =he led me to the #arn and once + had m* tea + settldown
+t was going to #e an earl* start in the morning "s + was sleeping
+ dreamed a#out going to a hotel a#eing #ooted out #ecause + didnt
ha'e enough mone* + awoe and K*namite was whinn*ing and stamping
hoot +t was morning( o cloc to #e eact( and she was hungr* + opened
m* pac to ,nd hal a #ag o oatswas going to ha'e to do + remem#ered
m* dream and gasped6* plan wworing well K*namite and + carried on
on our :ourne* and at 3-- + stopped and pulled out the map in m* #+
was halwa* home and it had taen two nights so ar "ter a #rie snac +
continued on m* tre
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0he @oss* &hristma+ts o'er "nd what a resounding success
this *ears production was " tremendous amount o hard wor wemaing
the @oss* Fair* so successul 0he students wincredi#l* hard( learnt
their lines .uicl* and piced up theto all the songs so easil*
