Contact Details Ph: 09 422 1835

Mob: 021 027 09327 office@tapora.school.nz

www.tapora.school.nz

Office hours: Monday - Thursday 12:30 - 3:30 and Friday 8.30-3.30

Skool Loop App Today has been the perfect opportunity to showcase the Skool Loop app. Unfortunately only those with it downloaded and ourselves here at school will have been able to appreciate the ease of sending or receiving the notice sent out regarding the postponement of Atiu Creek tree planting. Some of you might have seen the skool loop app. showcased on 7 Sharp earlier this week. I found it interesting that it is not just the 20 something millennials coming up with tech. apps but grandmothers down in the South Island. The beauty of this app is that it is free to the school thanks to the wonderful businesses that support us by advertising through it. So everyone please support them by downloading the app because not only can we instantly send notices, you have direct contact details of phoning, emailing or sms to notify us of absentees, view our school calendar and newsletters, you also have the direct contact links of all of the advertisers. Tapora School Speech Competition Thank you to those parents and family members who came along to support our students and be such a wonderful audience. Thank you also everyone for the delicious kai we were able to share at morning tea. The students were amazing, despite having a very short preparation time presented wonderful speeches and poems. The winners and second place getters in each section will represent the school at the Rural Schools cluster competition at Tomarata School next Thursday. The placings are announced later in newsletter. A notice will go home Monday with details and transport return slip. A big thank you to our judges Rochelle Gray, Dianne Beetham and Steve Jackson and to Mrs C for collating all the results. Health and Wellbeing (Warrant of Fitness) Check On the 7th August Maretta our Health Nurse gave every child a Health and Well Being Warrant of Fitness check. She was supported by Sandy (Teacher aide). This WoF was extremely successful in our eyes and we hope the parents who made use of the service found the same. We will continue to hold these checks at least once a year possibly twice. Dental Nurse and Boostrix Immunisation -The Dental Nurse : Due to unforeseen circumstances this has been postponed. We are awaiting further information. -The District Health Nurse will be at school on the 30th August to give the Boostrix immunisation to year 7 students. Reports feedback As we haven’t had any feedback regarding the new report format we will assume that you are happy with it and it gives you the information you need. Therefore we will continue to use it with only minor adjustments as we teachers get used to it. Assembly Our next assembly will be Friday 31st August at 2:15pm in room three. Not sure at this stage which school leaders will be running it.

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Week 4 - term 3 2018

August 20th: Dental Nurses—has been postponed 22nd: Yr 7 & 8 Tech 23rd: Rural School Speech Competition (Tomarata) 24th: Atiu Creek Planting Day 27th: Mid term break (Monday Holiday) 28th: Junior Tough Guy and Gal Challenge 29th: -Ag day preparation meeting 5:30 - 6:30pm -Board of Trustee Meeting 6:30pm 31st: Assembly 2:15 pm in room 3

September: 6th: Touch/Netball Tournament (save day 13th) 7th : Rodney College open evening 8th: Rodney College open day 9th: Telephone delivery starts

Coming up: School Photos 17th and

Ag Day 22nd

Phone Books Our fundraising has provided the school and community with an absolutely wonderful asset. It has been great to see how much it is getting used out of school and in school hours. Our next vision is for a track around the school field with fitness stations enabling the children and community to use it for fitness and riding bikes whatever the season. Being a smaller school we are finding that we don’t have enough families to cover all the runs and have been very appreciative of the offers already made by community members to deliver books on a run. These books are the smaller already plastic wrapped ones so if you are a community member and you feel you could spare a few hours to drop off some phone books to help us out we would love to hear from you. Just give the office a call. Delivery starts September 7th and ends 16th. Ag Day Update We would like to step up Ag Day a notch and invite ideas and support so please come along to our meeting at school 5:30 - 6:30 29th August. (Wednesday) Pimp your Gumboot: This is a student competition with the gumboot to be decorated at school. If you are having trouble finding a spare gumboot let us know as we have 9 available at school. Design our School Billboard Open to all in the community. The BOT will be putting up a billboard sign somewhere on HW 16 so that people are more aware that there is a school out here. Rodney Cotton has a contact that will make it for us for free but we need to design it. This is an opportunity for all budding designers to get to work and create us an outstanding cool sign letting people know that Tapora School exists. The winning sign will be announced at Ag Day and there will be a prize kindly donated by Rodney Cotton. Get your entries to Tapora School office by 7th September. Further details available from the office. Nga Mihi Keryl Lee, Principal

Newsletter riddle

No one could answer this one... Here’s a new riddle for you: Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day of the same

month, but they are not twins. How can this be possible?

Assembly At our assembly on the 10th August the following certificates were awarded: WHOLE SCHOOL CERTIFICATES: Congratulations to the Speech Finalists….. The first and second place getters represent Tapora School at the Rodney Rural Schools speech competition in Tomarata next Thursday. The third place getter will go if someone is unable to attend. Year One - Two Poetry First: Kayleigh Judd, Second: Leo Hampshire, Third=: Melody Robinson and Logan Owen Year Three - Four First: Jacks Gurney, Second: Utu Cotton, Third: Chance Moana Year Five - Six First: Taylor Gurney, Second: Liam Whittle, Third: Misty-Rose Tutauha Year Seven - Eight First: Lolli Cotton, Second: Takara Whittle, Third: Koby Wattam

BOT INFORMATION: Minutes are available from the school office on request. Next Board meeting is 29th August at 6:30 pm in Room 3 All Welcome. Agenda: Progress report strategic aims 1 & 2 Policy review - Legal Responsibilities Numerous Property issues

ROOM 1 Update

Room one have started studying the brain this term I’ll leave you to judge whether having an extra brain has helped! They would also like to remind you that they are collecting any brand of oral care waste toothpaste tubes, non electric toothbrushes, floss containers , interdental brushes and all the packaging for everything. There is a box inside the front door at school for all this. They would also appreciate you going online at www.terracycle.co.nz/colgategarden voting and vote for our school. We could win a recycled community garden set. They will also be collecting any brand of yoghurt pouches and there will be a collection box at school for these. Terracycle is a recycling company that recycles the ‘non-recyclable’ and offers incentives to schools for collection in the form of donations. Room 1 CERTIFICATES: The most class dojos: (since last assembly) Takara Whittle Basic Facts: moving up 2 levels: Koby Wattam; Jesse Ruka 3 levels: Keegan Gurney; Xavier Henderson 4 levels: Liam Whittle; Takara Whittle Reading Level: moving up 1 reading level - Taylor Gurney; Koby Wattam; Takara Whittle 2 reading levels - Misty-Rose Tutauha; Lolli Cotton; Xavier Henderson; Takara Whittle; Cassidy Henderson 3 reading levels - Utu Cotton; Cassidy Henderson 4 reading level -Liam Whittle Lexia Core 5 Reading Level 7 - Utu Cotton Level 12 - Jesse Ruka; Koby Wattam Spelling Certificates for passing Essential Words - List 5 - Cassidy Henderson

ROOM 2 Update Xavier gave us this cool plane he made at tech.

Thanks so much Xavier, Room 2 are enjoying it. LETTER i WEEK in Rm2: Researching words that start with i which we knew but didn't their meaning. Each pair then shared what they found out. Still life crayon and dye artwork of instruments. Thanks Mrs J these look so colourful. ROOM 2 CERTIFICATES: Progress Certificates: Achieved completing personal learning goals during Term 2 - Leon (1 goal), Leo, Logan, Melody (2 goals) & Tillie (4 goals) Spelling - Jacks (5 lists) Reading - Melody (completing all 310 sight words) Lexia - Leon, (Level 1), Jackson & Journey (Level 2) Skoolbo - Jacks (2,000 Answers) & Melody (6,000 Answers) Class Certificates: Ginger - For graduating from the Talk to Learn programme with improved oral language confidence. Well done! Kayleigh - For a great start at Tapora School. Congratulations on settling in so well. Awesome to have you here!

Reminders: -Please make sure students bring their own spoons in their lunchbox for yoghurts etc. -Please include a healthy brain break in your child’s lunchbox. Fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds or cheese are acceptable options. -Footwear suitable for activities such as running and jumping also suitable for getting across the muddy field to our new playground -Remember to include a healthy brain break in your child’s lunchbox. Fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds or cheese are acceptable options. -Please keep your children home if they are unwell. There are colds and viruses spreading through the school and if staff end up sick and we cannot get relievers, it will result in another school closure.

Community Notices: TAPORA COMMUNITY HALL Library—Every Tuesday starting 20th February. 10am-12pm. Term times only. Playgroup—The Tapora Playgroup has stopped until October, Term 4. Rodney College Open Evening: Thursday 6th September, for prospective students and parents. Starts 6pm in College Hall. Sausage sizzle 5.30. Open Day: Year 8 students Friday 7th September. We are saddened to hear of the passing of our neighbour Patrick, who supplied us with his lovely mandarins and always a welcoming smile. Condolences to the family.

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