North Loburn School

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Welcome to Week 10 / Term 3 - Monday 23rd September 2019

School ContactsPhone 03 3128852Fax 03 3128870email office@northloburn.school.nzWeb www.northloburn.school.nzPrincipal - Darryn Wardprincipal@northloburn.school.nzBOT Chairperson - Paul SimpsonHome & School Chairperson - Mindy Rothschild-StewartRadio 88.2 FM

Another Term has Come to an EndKia Ora whānau, As I write this week’s newsletter, and in particular this opening piece, I find myself wondering where the last 10 weeks have gone. I cannot believe that we are in the last week of Term 3. If you are anything like me, it does become a little concerning that time seems to be flying past before we have had a time to blink.

I would like to end the term by making a special mention to all of our wonderful tamariki at our kura. Our assembly last Friday was a wonderful reminder of just how capable our students are. There was a wide variety of acknowledgements and presentations. A special mention should go to Kit and Phoenix who so bravely stood in front of their peers and parents and presented their speeches so confidently and clearly. The way their peers sat and listened respectfully and then acknowledged both boys when they had finished was also a wonderful moment.

The third term has certainly been another busy one. We have had the Kapa Haka festival, the weekly swimming lessons, GTT and Paddock to Plate, the Rippa Rugby World Cup and of course, many different learning opportunities in the classrooms. Thank you to all of the staff and our tamariki for the effort you have put in. Thank you also to our parents, whānau and wider community members for your continued support. This is certainly appreciated and is a key part of us being able to build an effective learning partnership.

To finish this week, I would like to wish you all a very happy holiday. I hope you are able to find some time to spend together.

Have a great week. Ngā mihi nui, Darryn Ward

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The blossoms

are out and the bees are doing

their thing - Spring is in

the air!

The winners for the PRIDE cups for the last week were: Kowhai - Carter BurleyRimu - Fynn AileoneManuka - Levi LewisKahikatea - Erin CookKauri - Grace TooleyTotara - Campbell Baker

PRIDE CUP WINNERS Giga’s Quote of the Week!

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Golden gumboot

winner is…Rimu

GoldenGumboot

Y4-8 Take the Floor Presentations Congratulations to everyone who presented at our Year 4-8 “Take the Floor” presentations last week. This year we used the same format as previous years whereby the students could use extra aids to enhance their presentation. Using the topic, It’s Up to You, the students were able to talk about their passions. The variety of topics was huge and demonstrated the diverse interest of our pupils.The top two from each year level will now represent North Loburn School at the Quad Schools’ Competition which will be held at Sefton School on Wednesday 25th September. The times shown below are the start times for each year level. Anyone is welcome to attend this competition. Year 4 and 5, 9.15 a.m. Year 6 and 7, 11.00 a.m. Year 8, 1.30 p.m.Results for the North Loburn School presentations were as follows:

Year 41st Tom Ambury2nd Connor Lester3rd= Erin Cook and Melanie Philpott

Year 51st John Lundy2nd Claudine Bennett3rd= PJ Mackintosh and Annabelle Birchler

Year 61st= Cate Ambury and Sophia Burgess3rd= Sarah Walsh and Henry Webb

Year 71st Lucy Rose2nd Casey Mackintosh3rd Erin Drummy4th Lily Cook

Year 81st Eva Murphy2nd Harry Witt3rd Charley Ward4th Finn Yardley

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Kupu o te wikiRevision time again. This week we revisit the phrases we have been using over the last 4 weeks. How well have you gone with using them? Thanks for supporting our children to learn te reo at home by reading, using and understanding these Phrases.

Year 4-8 North Loburn Athletic SportsOur senior school athletic sports will include all Year 4-8 pupils. Two forms related to these sports have been sent out last weekend - Transport/ helper form, plus sausage/ drink order form. Please fill in these forms if they apply to you by the end of this term.Details are as follows:Where: Loburn DomainWhen: Tuesday 15th October (No postponement day)Time: 9.00am to approx 2.30pm.Final details will be sent out in the last week of theholidays.

Winter LunchesThis week our students will be having Fish n Chips for winter lunches. Please remember to send your child along to school with their lunch box so that they can bring any leftovers home.

Twilight FootballPlease find below the link to the google form to be completed by anyone who has a child in Year 0-4 who wishes to play football in Term 4. Anne Hughes has sent out the google form to all the applicable families but if you missed the email then here is the link. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdg1Mi1UjcBEeInFk_vfx-Urx_NmhFgoqRPqTzVqFmhqZoW1A/viewform?usp=sf_link The form needs to be completed by Friday 27th September.

Joseph and the Amazing TechnicolorTM Dreamcoat – AUDITIONS

To all of our wonderful performers here at North Loburn School,please see the following message.If you are dreaming of taking part in a musical theatre show and are aged between 8 – 15 years, North Canterbury Musicals would like to invite you to audition. The auditions are being held over the weekend of the 11th – 13th October. For all the information regarding auditions and the show please visit www.ncms.co.nz and click on AUDITIONS.

Kapa Haka Performance for our CommunityIn our last assembly of the term, i.e. Friday 27th September, our Year 4-8 Kapa Haka group will perform the routine that they showcased at the Horncastle Arena. This will take place just before assembly, about 2.15-2.30pm. For those that could not make the performance on the 11th or those that would like to see this group perform, we would love to see you. Please be seated by 2:10pm so that we can be underway with the performance by 2:15pm.

Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award / Dunedin Problem Solving ChallengeCongratulations to the following pupils for being acknowledged in last week’s assembly:Charley Ward was awarded the Westpac New Zealand Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award for 2019.William Hassall and Charley Ward were then presented with merit certificates for their work throughout the year in the Dunedin Problem Solving Challenge.Congratulations to both these boys for the work they have been putting in throughout the year.

Lost PropertyAs we head towards the end of the term it would be a great time for our students to try and make sure that any lost property has been claimed. We do have a number of items at school that are waiting for their owners to collect them. Please have a chat with your children to see if they are missing anything.

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School Photos - UpdateUnfortunately we had to postpone our school photos from last week. We have managed to secure a new date for Term 4 which will be Friday 8th November in the morning. We will keep the list that has been created of families wanting sibling photos. Another reminder will be sent out early in the new term.

Hui to Organise the HangiThis Wednesday night we will be holding a hui in the school staffroom from 6pm to begin the process of organising the hangi which we have set down for the Tuesday 5th November. Thank you to those parents who have indicated they will assist. We are still happy for others to come on board. If you would like to help then please email the office and then feel free to come along on Wednesday night.

Dental Care during the School Holidays The Community Dental Service will be providing dental care for children enrolled with our service during the upcoming school holidays. The clinics will offer treatment and relief of pain sessions by appointment only. To make an appointment please contact our Call Centre which operates between the hours of 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday throughout the year.

The following Dental Clinics will be open during these school holidays:· Woolston Clinic, 11 Hopkins Street, Woolston· Hillmorton Clinic, Hillmorton Hospital, Sylvan Street,· Ashburton Clinic, 38 Elizabeth Street, Ashburton· Hornby Clinic, 2 Hei Hei Road, HornbyThe clinics will offer appointments between 8.45am and 3.00pm for school-age and preschool children requiring treatment.If your child has dental pain as a result of an accident please contact your dentist in the first instance.

To book an appointment at one of our clinics please call 0800 846 983 or email commdental@cdhb.health.nz

Bird Rescue Visit - ThursdayThis Thursday we are extremely fortunate to have a visit from Oxford Bird Rescue. This will be very informative and interesting for our children. I believe she is bringing a visitor.

CoL Teacher Only Day - ReminderOn Monday 4th November we will have our CoL teacher only day. The school will not be open that day. All teachers will be working with other staff from the 17 schools in the Puketeraki Kahui Ako for the day.

Dates for 2020 - Mark your Diaries! (repeated from last week)Our dates for 2020 have been set. We will be starting back at school on Monday 3rd February. The end date for the year will be Wednesday 16th December. We have looked to align our start and finish dates with other schools in our cluster and Kahui Ako.

We have one Teacher Only Day on Monday 2nd November 2020 which is again a CoL day. We will be looking to hold two other teacher only days whichare likely to be in Term 1 and Term 3. These have been given by the Ministry for the reduction of teacher workload. We are not required to make these up.

Garden to Table With the sun shining on Thursday it was a lovely day to get outside and take some photos of the workers at Garden to Table. There was a lot of hard work going on which included turning over the compost, pruning the berries, digging new holes for the feijoas and getting ready for the lunch session. Check out some of these images from Thursday.

Garden to Table - can you help?Garden to Table are asking for donations of:- Citrus fert- bamboo canes- bright coloured ribbon (to help ID plants being saved for seed).Thank you,Max

Ken has been at it again . . .Last weekend Ken Hawke was at it again using his handyman skills to add some more features to the bike track. Given how wet it can get he has now installed 3 new bridges for the children to speed over. Thanks Ken. The track is getting better and better.

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Sefton Riding Competition - SCHOOL JUMPING ROUNDSOn Sunday 22nd September four North Loburn teams competed in the inter-schools show jumping rounds at Sefton Riding Centre. They competed in heights ranging from poles to 80cm.

The teams were:Team 1: Neave, Edy, Lara and Molly. Team 2: Annabelle, Penny, Phoebe, Myla and Alex.Team 3: Casey, Sophie O, Katie, Eliza and Lily. Team 4: Ella, Eva, Meadow, Hayley and Sophie W-M.

Each individual competed in two rounds on one mount, the first round being the qualifier and the 2nd round being a speed round jump-off. Team 1 placed 3rd and Team 4 placed 2nd. We interviewed Katie who was in Team 3 and she said “It was very fun and I was glad the weather held out for us.” Then we interviewed Molly who was in Team 1 she said, “It was good and I want to do it again next year.”

By Sophie W-M and Hayley

WANTED: Lawn Mowing for the SchoolAfter a few years of service to our school our lawn mowing contractors have stopped their business. If anyone in the community would like to take this on please get in contact with Darryn (principal@northloburn.school.nz). He will then be in touch to discuss this further.

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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Year 2 - 6 swimming

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Year 7 and 8 swimming

Kowhai visit to Little Ones Preschool

25/9

Sports Coaches

Year 4-8 Quad Speeches

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Year 7 and 8 Tech am

Enviro leaders 1-2pmGTT Manuka

Bird Rescue Visit

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Last day of Term

2.10pm Assembly

And Kapa Haka performance

School Holidays

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Term 4 starts

15/10

Year 4-8 Athletics sports

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School band 1-2:30pm

Enviro Camp - Arthurs Pass

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Tech year 7 and 8 am

GTT Kauri

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Kapa Haka 1:30 - 2:30pm

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Rangiora High School testing

22/10

Tri Schools Athletics

23/10

Band 1-2:30pm

Sports Coaches

24/10

Tech Year 7 and 8am

Enviroleaders 1-2pm

25/10

Kapa Haka 1:30 - 2:30pm

28/10

Labour Day

29/10

Year 8 Orientation Day RHS

Scholastic Book Fair

30/10

Band excursion 12:30pm onwards

31/10

Year 7 and 8 techGTT Kahikatea

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School Disco

Kapa Haka

North Loburn School - Calendar September/October 2019

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ClassifiedsFOR SALETwo Friesian X Jersey heifers, two years old, NAIT tagged. Ready to go in freezer, or paddock, friendly.$800 each. For more info contact Jodi 3128232 evenings or text 0226093508

Roosters for SaleSeth Cann has two purebreed Sussex roosters for sale. They are $20 each. The contact number if you are interested is 0211353752

PROFESSIONAL HOUSE SITTER COUPLE Non smokers, looking for a house Oct 1- 23. We have been House Sitting for the last 10 months while building in the area. Happy to look after your animals too. No animals of our own. References available. Please contact Jenny 027 4655995

House for Rent4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. In the Whiterock area.https://canterburypm.co.nz/properties/residential-for-rent/waimakariri-district/loburn-7472/house/2155698

Local Baby Sitter AvailableEmily Ilett - Ex NLS, Rga High School student, now available for local babysitting. Please call or text me on 027 3927111. Thank you.

Mucking Out Do you need a hand or a break from mucking out your horse’s paddock? Call Emma Yardley wanting part time work to support my fur friends. A loyal, trustworthy and conscientious worker with a love/passion for animals, especially horses. Currently home-schooled and volunteer at Mini Ha Ha Horse Haven. Transport available. Contact cell 021 2022929 or home 312 8245.

Local Sheep Shearer for local lifestyle blocks, fully portable set-up, 15 years experience. Call or text Mark Herlihy for a free quote. Ph 027 3950512

Portable Cattle Yards & Ramp for HireEasily towed trailer converts into Ramp. Strong, light aluminium panels. Simple and easy to erect; Ideal for lifestylers, Loading/unloading, TB testing etc. Handles 25-30 head of cattle. Phone 310 3162

Local JP AvailableJennifer Yorke is a local Justice of the Peace and is available for free if you require her services. Phone 310 3155 or 021 2084761

Sean Lester is another local Justice of the Peace who is available. Mobile: 0212255843 home: 3128435.

Log Splitter for Hire - $75 per day. Phone Garrick 03 745 9159, 021 635 422 or Jake 3128680 or 027 4392499

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