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Thought for today - When it rains look for rainbows, when it’s dark look for stars.’
School and Community Newsletter No 8 8 June 2016
Tahunanui School N
ews
I can – I will
Ka tāea – ka tutuki
On Friday 3rd June we had a SAIL assembly where the winning house for the term was announced and rewarded for consistently showing our SAIL values throughout the term with an extended play. Well done Tatahi house! We now have a link to our SAIL journey on the Tahunanui School Website. You can follow this http://www.tahunanui.school.nz/sail/ or click on SAIL at Tahunanui School listed under the Quick
Links at the bottom of our website.
MORNING TEA WITH MRS BOWEN Children who consistently demonstrated our SAIL values everyday are awarded special purple SAIL cards. Names are drawn out each fortnight for a special morning tea with Mrs Bowen. Congratulations to the following students: Jamie B, Rachel N-B, Cindy S, Vincent R, Samara A, Freya R, Ryan S, Aaliyah M, Fontaine B-E, Elliot Y and Isla H. NINJA NEWS Our school has adopted a site at our local Jenkins Stream on Pascoe Street. This means we are the kaitiaki-guardians, of this stretch of water. It is important that our waterways are clean and clear as they sustain the life. The Green Ninjas visit this creek each term and use a variety of methods to observe the health of the stream. On Friday we had a visit to our site. We measured the stream clarity, which was good, the water temperature which was also good and we tested the pH. We looked at the macro invertebrates, critters, that live in the stream. There were not many of these present which tells us it is not so good. It was good to find a small Common Bully which enjoys still, silty water. We will now continue actions to enhance the water so it is a healthy stream. - Heidi Newland, Enviroschools Coordinator
SCHOOL GALA 2017 QUESTIONNAIRE REMINDER Planning for the 2017 Gala needs to start now with setting the date and developing an enthusiastic committee.
A questionnaire form has been sent home and we would ask you to kindly complete and return by this Friday 10
June. Alternatively you can complete the questionnaire online https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W8LWRKQ
In the library our mural of SAIL is nearly finished! This is about our school
expectations to Show respect, Aspire to be, getting Involved and being Life-long learners.
SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY
The time had finally come for the school cross country on the 1st of June. All of our cross country practice was about to pay off. At 12:30 we started to walk down to the beach. The first to start were the 7 year old girls. It was a 1km course for 8 and under and 2km for 9 and up there was a section on the sand which was the hardest part. There was some very close finishes and tough competition. There was around 150 participants that all did very well in their races and should be very proud. At 2:30 we left to walk back to school. Congratulations Moana for winning the house cup - Ben.R and Jack.P
7yr girls 7yr boys 1st Isla F 1st Thomas R 2nd Havarna W 2nd Sarel C 3rd Maddy McD-Y 3rd Lorenzo V
8yr girls 8 yr boys 1st Violet S 1st Tristan S 2nd Freya R 2nd Lyric W 3rd Samara A 3rd Theo H
9yr girls 9 yr boys 1st Naomi R 1st Tim N 2nd Eva C 2nd James C 3rd Sally R 3rd Seth S
10 yr girls 10 yr boys 1st Kaia M 1st Callum R 2nd Stella D 2nd Ben R 3rd Emily M 3rd Wade W
11 yr girls 11 yr boys 1st Rebecca M 1st Joshua A 2nd Kasandra B 2nd Mana K 3rd Levi A
Well done to all those who participated in the school cross country event on a glorious day at the beach. It was fantastic to see the children who, even though running isn’t their ‘thing’, showed a great ‘SAIL’ attitude and didn’t give up and finished their faces.
Thank you to everyone who helped on the day. The Interschool Cross Country event was held today at Greenmeadows.
Tahunanui School News ROOM 7 SUTER VISIT
One week ago my class went to the Nelson Public Library. We mixed paint, we made a man out of mixed paint, and we also made pallets. Then we came back to school. It was a lot of fun because I love to work with paint. We worked with Esther and talked about the book called ‘My Many Coloured Days’ by Dr Seuss. - Room 7
WHAT IS PUMPKIN? Today in Room 13 we all had to pass the pumpkin around. First we put the pumpkin in the oven. Next we pulled it out. It was yum to me, how about you? - Aviayah
In Room 13 we picked a pumpkin yesterday and today we are eating pumpkin. It smells yummy. It’s making me hungry. This is what we have to do. We cut it then we put it on the tray, then we put it in the oven. It was scrumptious because it is my favourite food. - Hineau
Yesterday Room tekau ma toru picked some pumpkins from behind the Burrell Centre. Today we chopped up pumpkins. Next we put the pumpkins in the oven. We wait, soon we get to eat them. Some have the skin and some don’t. The pumpkin smelled good when the pumpkin was in
the oven. When I tried the pumpkin it gave me the shivers. I used to like pumpkin but now it proves that I don’t like pumpkin. - Corban Today we tried some pumpkin. First we cut up the pumpkin. We put the pumpkin in the oven. Then we took it out to cool, it was delicious because I like the feel and the taste . It was a good taste and it wasn’t too hot or cold. It was warm. I would have it all day long. - Grace B REMINDER - FOOD FOR FAMILIES - School Lunches A nutritious and tasty school lunch for all children. Gold coin
donation. Orders need to be in by Friday (for Monday
order) and Tuesday (for Wednesday order). Please place the money in a sealed envelope with your child’s name and room number and put in the payments box in the school office. As this is an outside school organisation we require
cash only.
School and Community Newsletter 8 June 2016
BEFORE SCHOOL SUPERVISION As a result of your interest in our Before School Supervision proposal, we will trial it for the rest of this term, starting next week. Supervision and quiet activities such as indoor games, reading and crafts will be provided by Jacinda Beyer-Rieger in the school library from 7.30-8.30am each day. Children will need to be signed in each day (preferably by parents) and there is a $2 per day charge to cover costs. The breakfast club will also be available from 8.15am. No bookings are required but if you have any questions, please email me at [email protected] - Barbara Bowen
PROPERTY STEERING GROUP We are at an exciting stage of our outdoor property development planning with a draft concept plan drawn up from all your feedback and the gala-fundraised climbing frame ordered for installation later this year. To oversee the implementation of our plan, we are looking to form a property steering group. Ideally this will be made up of representatives from our staff, board and parent community with the enthusiasm and experience to keep driving the project forward. If you would like to be included in this group, please forward your details and area of expertise to [email protected] Our first meeting is scheduled for 2pm on Wednesday 15th June and we’d love to have your input!
DID YOU KNOW
Venus is the only planet in the
solar system that rotates clockwise, whereas all other planets rotate anti-clock wise. FUN FACT Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don’t drift away from each other.
STRETCH AWARD TUATARA AWARD MUFFY AWARD
Sharnel, Orakei Congratulations to Sharnel for her great efforts in reading, she has made fabulous progress. Sharnel is working hard as a peer mediator, growing in confidence and asking for help during topic and maths time. Her positive attitude and great smile before school brightens our day. She is showing good leadership around the school. Well done Sharnel.
Jackson, Room 6 Joins in and is actively involved in his learning. Aspires to be a lifelong learner by managing himself and taking steps to reach his goals. Cooperative; he can work as part of a team. Kind and caring’ he looks after others. Shows respects by using his manners and taking care of our classroom, resources and equipment. Organised; he is prepared and ready to learn. Neat; Jackson is an all-round neat kid!
WELCOME - to the following students and their families: Dontae Williams Nicola Rodley
STOKE CLUSTER
TEACHER ONLY DAY Thank you so much for your support of our Teacher Only day yesterday. Teachers and support staff from the Stoke/Tahunanui Cluster were inspired by speakers Laurayne Tafa and Marcus Akuhata Brown who reminded us of the importance of connecting, building and maintaining quality learning relationships with our students and practical ideas for ensuring this happens in the classroom. ORAL LANGUAGE: Why we need to talk with our children - Oral language is the most powerful tool that humans use to communicate. - One of the best things you can do for your child is talk with them everywhere, every day, any time. - Every time you talk with your child you are giving them a gift of language. - Remember that talk is a thinking tool - it is the best way for your child to think about problems and how to solve them, or develop their imagination or creative personality traits. - Take the time to talk with your child so that you and your child can become partners in learning. - Adapted from: Home School Partnership Programme (Ministry of Education 2003)
Nadia L, Room 11 Nadia held Muffy at the Junior Assembly. Nadia is a kind, friendly, helpful member of Room 11. She shows our SAIL values every day by, showing respect to others, letting and helping them learn. Nadia is always eager to learn new things and asks questions to make sure she understands. It is a pleasure having you in our class.
Voting closed at noon on Friday 3 June 2016. Vote counting will take place on
Thursday 9 June. Election results will be published in a newsletter to parents and in the local newspaper
LIBRARY NEWS
The library has a new game called ‘Against the Flow’: The Maitai / Mahitahi River game. Librarians show others how to play the game at lunch times.
Some students like to be librarian helpers over the lunch hour. Two students hold up SAIL cards they earned for achieving the library SAIL expectations.
Tessa and Emily are top librarians this term. They have both written interesting Book Reviews which are on display in the library. Swap-a-Book Is on in the library lunchtimes on 14, 15 and 16 June. Bring along clean books from home with the swap-a-book slip signed by a parent or caregiver and you can choose a different book for yourself. - Tania Trewavas, Librarian ……………………………………………………………
SWAP-A-BOOK
Lunch time 14, 15, 16 June
Name
Parent signature
INTERSCHOOL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
Year 3/4
Our Year 3/4 team was called Tahunanui Greys. We had some really good games, won 3 lost 3 and drew 1. Owen was the top scorer with 3 goals. I scored 1 goal and Lycan scored 1 goal. - Cooper P. The Tahuna TKs lost 2 games and won 4. We also had one draw. It was fun and we almost made it into the semi finals. I am proud of my team. - Tristan
INTERSCHOOL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
Year 5/6
It was a crispy cold morning when our team, the Tahuna Voodoos, played our first game. We lost our first game as we were freezing, the next three games we drew 0-0, then the last three games we stepped up, fought for the ball and won. We are thankful to the parents and teachers that helped out making it possible for us to come and to our sensational side line support. - Sam, Lovinia and Rebecca
We were all nervous but excited to take our first steps onto the gleaming, frosty hockey pitch. Otis’ heart was thumping harder than a pump bottle. Our team was so proud to represent our school at the interschool hockey
tournament. We had a bit of a rough start but managed to tie our first game. However when Jed scored the first goal for our team we were stoked. In the end we won 2 games, drew 1 and lost 4. We improved because of Joy, our side line coach who gave us great advice. Thanks to Mrs Beyer-Rieger, Mrs Burrows and the parents who took us.
69 Muritai Street Tahunanui Phone (03) 5486167 Email [email protected]
