Elm Park School Newsletter - Term 3 - Week 7 - 31st August 2012
Friday 31st
August – Term 3 Week 7
Value Focus for next week: Responsibility / Tolerance
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.
Yet another busy two weeks at Elm Park School.
Construction - Finally, our modernisation of
the Junior Block is underway. Glen Watson and his building crew are demolishing
the old classrooms in readiness for the new roof and refurbishment of the
original 1967 classrooms Rooms 1- 4. We are hoping that these rooms will be
completed by the end of the next holidays.
Room 31 - Our new entrants (Year 0)
class has begun in our Library seminar area, now called Room 31, due to the
fact that we are short of space until our old rooms are renovated. The children
are settling into their colourful environment very well with Mrs Ray Van
Niekerk as their teacher.
Festival Choir
- We
successfully hosted the Farm Cove Festival Choir performances over two evenings
last week with audiences of 300 each evening. Our sincere apologises if you
missed out on getting a ticket, they sold rapidly in the first few days. Many thanks to Mrs Raenette Taljaard for her
sterling work with our choir and musical groups, we were extremely proud of our
children.
International
students - Last
Thursday we hosted 80 students, 13 teachers and the Principal and Deputy
Principal from Shinan Gauken Elementary School in Japan for the day.
Our visitors were welcomed in fine style by our Kapa Haka group. The Japanese
students demonstrated a series of games, origami and calligraphy to our Year 5
& 6 students. It was an amazing
event for all, thanks to Mrs Katherine De Haast for her hard work organizing
this visit for us. The Shinan County
students from Korea also left on Friday after 3 weeks at Elm Park School.
Speech Finals -
This week we
hosted the Zone Speech finals in our Auditorium. The standard of speeches was
extremely high and the two adjudicators were Pam Hook and Alistair Munro. The
place getters were: first place, Jamie Tukeri from Sunnyhills School, first
runner up was Bianca Matulich-Watson from Our Lady Star of the Sea and Damon
Jackson from Point View School was Second runner up. Lupo Hall from Elm Park
School delivered an excellent speech “Proud to be a Kiwi” and we were extremely
proud of him. Thanks to Mrs Karen Allen,
Miss Irma Hughes and Mrs Dawn Walker for the organisation for the evening.
Have a lovely weekend.
Trish Plowright
Principal
Looking Ahead
Parent Help Needed - Just Half
An Hour - No expertise required!! We are asking for parent help to finish planting and mulching our native
trees on the back playing field. The trees are placed where they should
be planted and the mulch is in piles to be distributed around and between the
plants at a depth of about 10cm. We would appreciate any help - if only
an hour when it suits you or alternatively, when you come to drop off or pick
up your child, why not spend half an hour together planting and mulching?
If needed we have spades and buckets for your use. Your help will be
greatly appreciated and you will be contributing to a long term vision of
having a beautiful native tree grove at Elm Park School for the benefit of
birds, insects and of course, our students. Any queries please contact
Monica Meikle through the school office.
How You Can Help Your School
McCain’s School Veggie Patch Programme is still running
in schools. Collect the barcodes from your frozen veggie packs and drop them in
to the box outside Mrs Plowright’s office.
Would you like to see Elm Park students planting their own veggie seeds
and learning about healthy eating at the same time?
Help us: barcodes=points= equipment and
advice
Maths
Olympiad Results After spirited competition, at all levels from Year 2 to 6, the top
teams of Mathletes were identified:
Year 2: Quinn Calkin, Teryn Stephens,
Elisha Tadamalla, Zane Harding Rm29
Year 3: Yohan Manecksha, Macu Salato, Carne Fa’Afiu,
Belinda Morris Rm18
Year 4: First
- Hank Huang, Marcus Ambler, Aimee Turley, Lucy Yang (Rm13) Second - Lilian Wang, Jessica Wei, Gordon Morris, Ben
Hogan (Rm13) Third - Eason Diao,
Aleisha Moor, Trista Ly, Kobey Kenrick (R1m6)
Year 5: First
- Kheva Potatau, Alex Huang, Marley Lavemai, Lochlan McClintock (Rm23) Second - Anahita Mistry, Maddison
Hohneck, Dylan Almandoz, James Ladopoulos (Rm23) Third - Tyler Moran, Lydia Calkin, Andre Paynter, Wa Lee Wong (Rm24)
Year 6: First
- Cindy Zhu, Tayla Webb, Hayley Gatward, Iris Dao (Rm22) Second -Michael Truong, Samuell Alai- Stowers, Owen Huang, Tyrell
Kanny (Rm21) Third - Lupo Hall, Liam
Ross, Chhana-Khan Stryker, Quentin Stephens (Rm22)
The Teacher Olympiad was won
by Mrs Grainger, Mr Fitz, Mrs Walker and Mrs Dane. Congratulations to all the competitors and
winners. The Olympiads are only part of Maths Week but they are enjoyed by all.
Key Events For Your Diary
Tue 4 Sept........ Interschool
Gymnastics
Wed 5 Sept...... School
Cross Country Y4-6
Tue 11 Sept...... Interschool
Cross Country
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
Student Achievement
Congratulations to Eli Almandoz for making the
Cherrybrook Under 9 Rugby team. Eli will travel to Australia next year to play,
along with Dylan Almandoz, Andrew Thomas and Lachlan McClintock who are all in
the Cherrybrook Under 10 team. They are already fundraising for the big trip.
Good Luck Boys.
Focus on Children
We focused on an aspect of Maori culture called
weaving. Here are some of room 25's amazing work.
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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Benjamin Cao
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Room 5
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Tristan Jasotharan
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Room 7
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Micah Guyan
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Room 8
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Gabriel Linnow
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Room 9
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Jessica Willats-Hogan
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Room 10
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Shipra Sharma
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Room 11
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Ty Peck
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Room 12
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Brody Ashmore
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Room 13
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Ben Willats Hogan
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Room 14
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Annelise Khunfong
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Room 15
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Anna Santoso
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Room 16
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Lucas Graham
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Room 17
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Tahryn Toki
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Room 18
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Silver He
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Room 19
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Kirsten Way
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Room 20
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Nathan Ly
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Room 21
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Joshua Winchester
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Room 22
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Lani Graham
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Room 23
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Sunny Low
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Room 24
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Lydia Calkin
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Room 25
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Chloe Burgess
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Room 26
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Aaron Glew
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Room 27
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Samantha Herewini
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Room 28
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Levi Guyan
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Room 29
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Najwah Nazif
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Room 30
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Connor Stanaway
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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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Haylee
Newman
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Year 2:
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Keiran O’Connor
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Year 3:
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Kayla Hallows
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Year 4:
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Sylvia
Yang
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Year 5:
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Zayde Liggett
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Year 6:
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Julia
Chua
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
Men’s Stuff - Saturday 1st
September; Eastgate Christian Center, 5 Ben Lomond Cres, drop in between 11am
-3pm Competitions, truck pull, laser
skirmish, hammer and nail, digger comp,
arm wrestling... Displays; flash cars, motorbikes and a $25k Jetski!
Bring...your mates, your dad, your boys, and a Gold coin Note: Free entry to
Cascades Community (between the Pakuranga Highway and the Aviemore Drive
Round-about.
Tamaki Sports
Academy offers mentoring, coaching, and work experience to South Auckland youth
who have dropped out of the mainstream school system but show some sporting
talent. A major fundraiser for the academy, and an excellent source of work
experience for our members, is the free metal collection service we offer. We
will pick up any old metal -
computers, whiteware, roofing iron, metal piping, venetian blinds,
batteries, car panels, cars, metal shelving, filing cabinets, machinery,
lawnmowers, engines, and so on. If you do have any metal rubbish to get rid of,
we are keen to pick it up for you. It is a win-win for both of us. Thank
you to everyone in advance, and to those who have donated metal to us
previously.
Many thanks Tricia Ph 027 5105890 ph 09 2760328
Learn
to Ice Skate or Play Ice Hockey these School Holidays or Next Term! Auckland
needs new young Ice Hockey Players & Figure Skaters. Enjoy the exhilaration
of these ice-sports. Learn to
skate the easy way with Paradice instructors. Classes for beginner to advanced
skaters from 6 years+, we teach the national skate school programme "Kiwi
Skate" with a total of 12 levels. HOLIDAY
PROGRAMME 9am-10am Instruction, 10am-12noon supervised public session
skate. Wk1: Learn to Ice Skate Monday 1–Friday 5 October Wk2: Learn to Ice Skate or Play Ice Hockey
Mon 8–Fri 12 October Pay 7 days in advance and receive a $5 discount. Term 4 classes are available after school,
Sat & Sun. All fees include admission, equipment hire and tuition.
Beginners welcome! To enrol or for more
info contact Paradice Ph: 273 2999 ext
6, Fax: 274 5551botany.paradice@xtra.co.nz, www.paradice.co.nz Visit Paradice @ Cnr of Ti Rakau Dr & Botany Rd,
Botany Downs.
Lakewood Lodge - The Adventure Farm Camp Specialists www.lakewoodlodge.co.nz OCTOBER 2012
SCHOOL HOLIDAY
ADVENTURE CAMPS Monday 1st
– Friday 5th October, 8 – 14 year olds Monday 8th –
Friday 12th October, 8 – 14 year olds
5 days, 4 nights $380 Here at Lakewood Lodge, we offer a safe, caring, family
atmosphere with an opportunity to
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& grooming **, Kayaking, Archery, 11 Metre Climbing Wall, 130m Twin Flying Foxes, Low Ropes course,
Frisbee Golf, waterslide, disco, a concert, Spotlight, Burma Trail, pool &
table tennis competitions, BBQs, Volleyball, games, Firepit with toasted
marshmallows, pet animal interaction & excellent supervision. Pick up
from Auckland if wanted, Monday at 8.45am in our bus EXTRA $40. Phone
us now with your registration - 07-826-3344
Or book on through our website www.lakewoodlodge.co.nz **Specialist Horse Camp running at the same time.
OSCAR Approved. If
you would like to be on our mailing list please email Jeff –
jeff@lakewoodlodge.co.nz
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