Elm Park School Newsletter - Friday 20th July - Term 3 Week 1
Friday 20th July
– Term 3 Week 1
Value Focus for next week: Honesty / Independence
From The Principal
Kia ora tatou katoa, Talofa, Malo e lelei, Bula vi
naka, Kia orana Nga mihi nui ki a koutou, Namaste, Nihao, Greetings to you all.
Welcome to our new families, we trust that your
association with our school will be a rewarding one. Monday was a very busy day
with 18 new children being enrolled. This term is shaping up to be extremely action
packed. Check out our website, Facebook and blog for all the upcoming events
and current information.
We welcome our new teacher Mrs Dawn Walker to Room
22, Mrs Ray Van Niekerk who is relieving in Room 13 for Mrs Sue Hodge and Mrs
Elaine McNab to Room 17 while Mrs Linda Richards is on leave.
The Inquiry
Unit for
2012 is “Being Connected”.
Each year level is
investigating a different aspect of this context and these will be explained in
each Team Newsletter. Many of the classes will be following the “Olympics” as
well.
School
uniform: Please
ensure that your child is wearing the correct uniform, school sweatshirt etc,
plain black shoes preferably leather, not
canvas, as these are unsuitable in the winter weather. The uniform shop has
beanies available to keep the children’s heads warm over winter. The new long
sleeved school jackets will be available soon, they have been held up by the
slow delivery from the manufacturer. We will advise you when they arrive.
Lost property:
Please ensure that all clothing is clearly named and
check the Lost property box outside Room 9 if any items go missing.
Coming Events:
Week
3: Dance Festival will be held at Elim
Christian School.
Week
4: Korean students from Shinan County
arriving 4 August.
Week
5: NZ Maths week, Maths Olympiad.
Week
6: Elm Park will be hosting this years
Farm Cove Cluster Music Festival in the Auditorium over 2 evenings.
Week
6 Elm Park hosting Japanese students
for the day.
Week
7: The Zone Speech Finals will be held
at Elm Park.
Week
9: Our Art show will be held in the
Auditorium and I know that the classes are working on their pieces of artwork
for display.
Have a lovely weekend.
Trish Plowright
Principal
Key
Events For Your Diary
Mon 16 July.... Term 3 commences
Thur 2 Aug..... Parent Orientation 9.30 am
Fri 3 Aug........ Whole School Assembly
Mon 13 Aug... Maths Week
Fri 17 Aug...... Whole School Assembly
Fri 24 Aug...... Principal’s Morning Tea
Tue 28 Aug.... Zone Speech Final
Fri 31 Aug...... Whole School Assembly
Fri 14 Sept..... Whole School Assembly
Thur 27 Sept.. Principal’s Awards Assembly
Fri 28 Sept..... Term 3 Ends
Mon 15 Oct.... Term 4 Commences
Mon 22 Oct.... Labour Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
Fri 2 Nov........ Whole School Assembly
Wed 7 Nov..... Student Led Conferences Y1-3 3.30 pm
Thur 8 Nov..... Student Led Conferences Y4-6 3.30 pm
Fri 16 Nov...... Whole School Assembly
Fri 23 Nov...... Principals Morning Tea
Fri 30 Nov...... Whole School Assembly
This Week
in Review
Tree Planting - Thank you to all the wonderful tree planters this week. Children, parents and teachers have been hard
at work planting many native plants to enhance our school environment. The Green Team work at lunchtime on Tuesdays
and we would love to have your help looking after our gardens with the
children.
Looking
Ahead
ELM PARK
SCHOOL WALKING BUS - We are excited to announce that Elm Park School’s first WALKING
SCHOOL BUS will be starting on Monday 23 July.
An Elm Park Parent will be wearing a bright orange vest and will be
waiting for you at the shops on the corner of Reeves Road and Gossamer
Drive. The bus will begin walking to
school at 8.25 am. Please join her and
the rest of the group for a fun, safe and healthy way to start your day. If any other parents would like to start up
another walking school bus please see Karen Allen. Let’s work together to keep our children
safe.
Student
Achievement
Congratulations
to Annalise Worsfold who achieved second place in round 2 of the interschool
climbing competition. She was competing against year 7 and 8 boys and
girls. She was only just beaten by her big sister and plans to beat her
next time.
Focus on Children
Brianna gave Room 26 a big
surprise when she brought in an emu egg from her grandparents’ farm up North.
It weighed about 400 grams and was equal to 10 hen’s eggs. We all helped get the egg out of the shell
and cook it. Then we ate yummy scrambled
emu egg – thanks Brianna, it was great!
POSITIVE SOCIAL
INTERACTION WINNERS
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Congratulations to the
following students who were selected and acknowledged this week for their
responsible, friendly behaviour.
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Room 2
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Marco Wei
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Room 5
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Tayla Ruhe
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Room 7
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Xuanyu Chen
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Room 8
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Erin Lai Kan
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Room 9
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Sara Singh
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Room 10
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Mandy Ngo
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Room 11
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Bianca Labnotin
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Room 12
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Yea Eun Lee
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Room 13
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Hank Huang
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Room 14
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Jack O’Connor
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Room 15
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Kiri Kerswell
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Room 16
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Aleisha Moor
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Room 17
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Tania Gill
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Room 18
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Yohan Manecksha
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Room 19
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Bailey Ruoff
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Room 20
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Donia Shamia
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Room 21
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Tyrell Kanny
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Room 22
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Briana Valgre
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Room 23
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Ayden Larsen
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Room 24
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Tyler Moran
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Room 25
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Zhaoyu Tang
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Room 26
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Tarquin Fitzgerald Jolly
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Room 27
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Will Chen
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Room 28
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Samantha Davies
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Room 29
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Braedan Davies
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Room 30
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Bettina Labnotin
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PERSONAL PRESENTATION
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The following students were voted as the overall
winner in their year level for the most neatly presented in their uniform.
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Year 1:
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Darren
Wee
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Year 2:
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Eve Ahna Nepia Waterman
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Year 3:
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Maverick Murch
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Year 4:
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Sindy
Ngo
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Year 5:
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Lydia Calkin
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Year 6:
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Leiana
Voukolo
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
Paradice Ice Skating presents - Aotea Square Ice Rink Wednesday
20 June - Sunday 5 August, daily 10am - 10pm Aotea Square Ice skate
amongst the buzz of Auckland city and experience winter like never
before! Adults $20, Children $15 Family Pass $55 (2 adults and 2
children) Includes skate hire and 90 mins of skating time Tickets can be
purchased at the entrance of the Aotea Square Ice Rink. Auckland will join
other great cities of the world like New York, Amsterdam and London with its
very own ice skating rink in the heart of the city. With a fun-filled programme
including ice skating lessons, skating demonstrations, competitions and themed
weekends in the mix, make sure you get to Aotea Square during the day, in the
school holidays or in the evening. The rink is fully covered so you can skate
rain, shine or even snow! For
group bookings of 25 or more please contact Paradice Ice Skating in Botany or
Avondale www.paradice.co.nz Please note: there are no pre-sales for
single tickets. These will be available to be purchased at Aotea Square from 23
June. Part of the Winter Showtime programme, a family-friendly
mix of theatre and music with bubbles and ice during July.
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