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Welcome Hollie Stoddart, little sister of Jake and George! We look forward to sharing the successes of your learning journey during your time at Myross Bush School!

Last week we had the pleasure of hosting a class from the Kura who were here as part of the classroom’s inquiry journey. They are investigating the bicultural nature of our society and in celebrating the special place the Maori culture has.

We also had a Year 3/4 and a Year 5/6 team entered in the annual Southland South Spell competition at James Hargest last week. Well done for your efforts!

We are continuing to work on the new classroom setup in our senior school for next term. We have the quality teachers, and we also want to give every child the quality time which lower class numbers

gives. There will be some movement of students between Rooms 5, 7 & 8. Some of this movement will be into the ‘new’ classroom and some will be between the existing rooms. Unfortunately it is simply not as easy as taking 8 students from each room to create a new learning group. All angles are being considered and deliberated on, such as friendships, learning needs/styles, gender mix, numbers etc, as we try to get this ‘re-mix’ right. It is important to note that any new grouping, or change in existing grouping of the classrooms is not to ‘stream’ students according to any single element - whether it be learning or age related, or to tie any single teacher to a particular learning level. All of our teachers adapt their learning programmes across a range of learning levels. Our school philosophy is that mixed age classrooms and learning groups are a better representation of our individual learning pathways, and indeed, of life outside

school. As I often say, the most important consideration about your child is not their chronological age but their own learning pathway which examples their talents, passions and abilities applicable at the appropriate curriculum level that they are progressing and achieving at. Our mid year reporting point (which is fast approaching) further examples this!

Please note the inserted flyer about an upcoming parent workshop on a programme that we, and other schools have been using throughout different classroom levels. This initiative is supported by the Community Trust as the speaker, Wilson McCaskill, is very much in demand in both Australia and New Zealand. Please read the attached flyer to learn more.

Regards

Tim LovelockPrincipal

Myross Bush SchoolNewsletterFind out more at www.myrossbush.school.nz

Kia tu Pakari From strong foundations we grow and stand tall together

Room Totara showing a visual representation of Teamwork.

Community: 

Baby sitter available: Ex student, reliable. Ph Makaela 2157922

Gladstone Tyres and Mags: Get the school rewarded - $5 back to the school on every tyre purchase - drop a copy of your invoice into the school

Wilson McCaskill Free Parent Evening:Many thanks to the Community Trust for funding the Wilson McCaskill FREE parent evening!Tuesday 26 June 7.30pm at Salford School Hall.Look for the flyer that came home with your newsletter today.

Congratulations to: Jessica Fairbairn who played in the busking section at the Gold Guitars in the weekend and their group was 2nd in the finals. Samantha Koppert had a great time performing in the Junior Solo and the Country Rock Sections.

Found: A set of 2 house keys is at the office with a distinctive key ring.

Myross Bush was lucky enough to be one of the 3 schools to host Diane Ferlatte, an African America Storyteller, yesterday. We invited some children from Makarewa and Waihopai Schools who also enjoyed a wonderful hour of song and storytelling.Mrs FM and Invercargill Storyteller, Liz Miller, are lucky enough to be visiting America later this year and staying with Diane in California. We are sure there will be lots more stories to be heard on their return!

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School News:Phone System: We have a new automated phone system with the following options:

1) for reporting GENERAL ABSENCES (PLEASE NOTE: if your child is away sick we will record the bus absence, you do not need to ring back and leave another message)

2) JUST FOR BUS after school arrangements

3) for CONTACTING RECEPTION or leaving a message if no one is in the office

Fundzi: Today your child received a brochure about Fundzi, an online money literacy programme that gives your child a real eftpos card and teaches them basic financial skills. Our school has been selected to trial this programme and recieves a portion of the funds raised. Please see your classroom teacher for more information

Sports Notices:Moffett Cup: Will be held Friday Aug 3rd for Year 3 - 6 pupils. A notice will circulate round the school asking children what they want to play.Y3/4 play either tackle or ripper rugby, Yr 5/6 play tackle and there is also netball for both boys and girls mixed teams.

Aerobics: Good luck to our Aerobics Team who will compete at the Civic Theatre on Sunday. We have Year 5 Solo - Hannah Smith and 1 Team of 3, Holly Muirhead, Olivia Horton and Katie Cameron

Friends of the School:Book Club: Scholastic Book Club forms will be sent home in the next few days. Please return orders and money to the office by Friday 15th June in a named envelope. Cheques are to be made out to Scholastic New Zealand not the school.Please do not include any other payment with your order. Any questions please contact Kathryn McCorkindale ph 2157874.

Week 7 Term 2

MANUKA have no spelling homework for the next two weeks due to the extra maths 'fact-a-thon' homework. Thanks for your support with this - we are looking forward to the 'testing' day and showing how great we are with our basic facts - we have been doing some learning towards this at school too. Certificates Charlotte Dassen for basic facts and Caleb Devery for great spelling.

KOWHAI Welcome to Hollie Stoddart and her family, who started school today. We really enjoyed listening to Diane Ferlatte telling us stories yesterday. How lucky we are to have her come to our school! We are really working on reading with expression this week. We are recording ourselves on the computer and listening to it- do we sound smooth and fluent? In inquiry we are expressing our knowledge about our Maori culture through art. We are getting better at drawing koru patterns.Certificates: Lauryn Fleming, Scott Hoffman

RIMU Room Rimu are taking the assembly on Friday so watch out for special reading homework. This will help your child to confidently say their lines. We are hoping to get lots of parental support as this is only our second time running this event. We are all very excited and quite nervous too.Certificates Sarah Hay and Eliza Ringor.

RATA Yesterday we had a visit from a story teller called Diane Ferlatte.• I liked her because she was good at telling stories, Grace. • She told us interesting stories about her life, Harriet. • She was very expressive because she talked in a squeaky and tiny voice, Ethan.

Keep practising the basic facts for the Maths-a-thon. Just a reminder that children are not allowed to have toys at school. Thanks for your support Evelyn

MIRO were really excited to listen to Diane Ferlatte the story teller.• I liked the singing through the story telling. Adam• I like the way her stick was designed and the rythmn. Hannah

• I liked it when Will the pot got washed. Danja• I really liked the stories that she told us. Daniel•Hope the basic facts-a-thon practice and sponsorship is going well. If you have any questions, please email.Have a great week.

TOTARA We really enjoyed the magical experience that the Storyteller- Dianne Ferlatte created for us! We are intrigued that indigenous cultures such as the Maori didn't use traditional 'pens, paper and books', that the stories, histories, traditions and knowledge was all passed on orally and via art! We are deep in discussion planning our Mini Movie Documentaries about Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Certificates: Hannah Smith for working in a group to extend maths concepts. Emily Hay for being the very best speller that she can be. Kahn Pike for thinking about being on task and putting his best effort into everything he does. Amy Marwick for working hard to achieve great instant recall and application of basic facts

KAURI Benjamin - We started making some lines and circles art. We went over them with vivid and they really stand out. We are adding all our art in groups and making one big mixed up picture. We're doing this because we're practising our team work skills.

Katie J - We're learning about the three articles of the Treaty of Waitangi. They said that the King and Queen had the right to rule over NZ, the second said that the Maori had protection over their land and treasure and the last one said that all Maori have the same rights as a British person.

Mr Herring - Keep those plastic milk bottles coming! We have 150 now and need 300 more. Getting closer...

Assembly Duty: RimuCross Country Trophies have been engraved and will be presented to the winners on Friday at assembly. fro

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15th Fri

• Southland Primary Schools Cross Country

• Book Club Orders due at the office

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Term 3 begins

3rd Fri

Moffett Cup Rugby and Netball Zone Competition

20th Wed

School account payment due

22nd Fri

Facts-a-thon Test Day

26th Tues

• Board of Trustees Meeting 7.30pm

• Wilson MacCaskill 7.30pm at Salford School

29th Fri

Term 2 last dayDon’t forget... • Pita Pit lunches on Friday ... orders to be at the office by 9am.• We will be asking for coaches in the next few weeks for Moffett Cup practices.

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