Elm Park School Newsletter 28th September 2012 - Term 3 - Week 11
Friday 28th
September – Term 3 Week 11
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.
Here it is the last day of Term 3,
2012. It has been an extremely busy term with Festival Choir performances,
Speeches, Maths Olympiads, Mathex, Art Exhibition, trips, planting on the
backfield and sports fixtures as well as all the usual classroom activities.
Term 4 starts Monday 15 of October at 8.55 am, and is shaping up to
be equally as busy.
Dates for your diary:-
· Wk 2 Wed 24 October Y6 Camp Meeting for 2013
· Wk 3 Thur 01 November Orientation (New Parents)
· Wk 3 Sat 03
November Garage Sale for CAMP 2013
· Wk 4 Wed 07 November Y1-3
Student Led Conferences
· Wk 4 Thur 08
November Y4-6 Student Led Conferences
National standards reporting in the Media - There has been renewed
focus on National Standards recently in the Newspapers and on Television. Elm
Park School has already published results in an early newsletter for 2010 and
2011 and we were very pleased with the overall results. Extra programmes are already in place for
students who are below or well below in some areas of the curriculum and for
those students who are well above and require extension.
Assessment & Achievement 2012 - We are currently assessing our
students in reading, writing and mathematics for 2012. These results will be
entered into the e-portfolios over the next few weeks. Writing is being assessed using the revised
version of e-asTTle, and staff are engaged in an intense moderation process to
identify strengths and weaknesses in the writing area.
Earthquake drill - On Wednesday at 9.26 am everyone engaged in the New Zealand Earthquake Drill. It is
extremely important that we practice this drill so that our students know
exactly what to do in the event of an earthquake.
Modernisation of the Junior Block - Our building is shaping up and
the roof should be in place by the end of this week. We are eagerly awaiting
the completion date as our temporary classroom in the Library - Room 31, is
rapidly filling up. As soon as the
building is completed Room 31 will be able to move into Room 3 and have a lot
more space.
Have a lovely weekend and a safe and happy holiday.
Trish Plowright
Principal
Looking Ahead
Farm Cove Intermediate Applications - Please remember to complete Farm
Cove Intermediate enrolment forms for your child. If you have not already returned one to the
EPS office, you will need to take it directly to Farm Cove. They would
appreciate receiving all In zone enrolments as soon as possible. The
closing date for out of zone and priority four enrolments is 4.00 pm on 15
October.
How You Can Help Your School
WANTED
- AGAVES and BROMELIADS - If you have any spare agaves and bromeliads we would appreciate then for
our gardens. Please leave at the back of the Property Manager's shed. Thank
you.
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
Key Events For Your Diary
Fri 28 Sept..... Term
3 Ends
Mon 15 Oct.... Term
4 Commences
Mon 22 Oct.... Labour
Day – SCHOOL CLOSED
Wed 24 Oct.... Y6
Camp Meeting
Thur 1 Nov..... New
Parent Orientation
Fri 2 Nov......... Whole
School Assembly
Sat 3 Nov....... Garage
Sale for CAMP 2013
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
It is a pleasure to
celebrate the effort made by the Term 3 Award Winners who have demonstrated
perseverance towards achieving their personal best all term. This was acknowledged in the Awards Ceremony
at the assembly today.
Rm2
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Nadia
Mistry
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Rm19
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Julia
Chua
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Rm5
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Vinuth
Ariyaratne
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Rm20
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Ben
Wong
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Rm7
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Carlos
Faaeteete
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Rm21
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Ethan
Birch
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Rm8
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Tanzee
Guo
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Rm22
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Briana
Valgre
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Rm9
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Joshua
De Silva
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Rm23
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Ayden
Larson
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Rm10
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Seth
Hutching
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Rm24
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Kunal
Malhotra
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Rm11
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Thomas
Mallard
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Rm25
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Jared
Wright
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Rm12
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Jade Jones-Amai
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Rm26
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Anmol
Preet Kaur
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Rm13
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Sindy
Ngo
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Rm27
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Layla
Whiteside
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Rm14
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Zion
Nolan
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Rm28
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Imani
Ranasinghe
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Rm15
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Anna
Santoso
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Rm29
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Teryn
Stephens
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Rm16
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Harry
Numan
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Rm30
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Summer
Evans
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Rm17
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Daphne
Sheffield
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Rm31
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Cullan
Wiltsher
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Rm18
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Macu
Salato
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EASTERN ZONE GYMNASTICS - All the
students who took part in the Eastern Zone Gymnastics Competition on the
6th September competed to a high standard and achieved their personal
best. There were some outstanding results by the Year 5 and 6 Boys
Teams:
Year 5 Boys placed 2nd in the Team Competition - Caleb
deCleene, Moshtaba Sahar, Lachlan
McClintock, Kheva Potatau.
Year 5 3rd Place Overall - Caleb Decleene
Year 6 2nd Place Overall - Moshtaba Sahar
Year 6 Boys placed 2nd in the Team Competition -
Steven Zhu, Tyrell Kanny, Jeremy Takau, Sebastian Hay
Well done to all involved.
Focus on Children
Room 19 made some awesome
collages for the Art Exhibition, based on the 1920 artist, Eileen Agar.
POSITIVE SOCIAL
INTERACTION WINNERS
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Congratulations to the
following students who were selected and acknowledged this term for their
responsible, friendly behaviour.
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Room 2
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Julie Kaewkham
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Room 5
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Peter Dixon
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Room 7
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Ella Roy-Broyd
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Room 8
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Eve-Ahna Nepia Waterman
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Room 9
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Eunho Lee
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Room 10
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Mauriora Koroa
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Room 11
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Jayden Hill
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Room 12
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Eden Wood
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Room 13
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Callum Dawson
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Room 14
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Sylvia Yang
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Room 15
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Jasmine McCord
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Room 16
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Sala-Marie Manu
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Room 17
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Tahryn Toki
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Room 18
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Cindy Lin
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Room 19
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Sierra Heemi
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Room 20
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Amena Khan
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Room 21
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Sebastian Hay
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Room 22
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Lupo Hall
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Room 23
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Daniel Pearson
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Room 24
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Tyler Moran
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Room 25
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Asenla Tanuvasa
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Room 26
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Gemma Moran
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Room 27
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Desmarie Ah Sui
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Room 28
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Levi Guyan
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Room 29
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Zane Harding
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Room 30
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Atharv Kamat
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Room 31
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Stephanie Maguiness
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The following students were voted as the overall term
winner in their year level for the most neatly presented in their uniform.
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Year 1:
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Kirralee
Weerasinghe
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Year 2:
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Abimbola Dawodu
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Year 3:
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Maia Baunton
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Year 4:
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Avalon
Hutching
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Year 5:
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Kelly Yang
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Year 6:
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Caitlin
Turley
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Wakaaranga Primary School Gala, Sat 27
October, 10am-2pm, 18 Butley Drive, Farm Cove.
Hi wonderful WOWers, This is a friendly
reminder to please send us your WOW results and competitions for this term. You
can do this by 2 ways:
1. Email your results to: sally.miles@aucklandtransport.govt.nz Please include… Name: School:
Number of WOW days: OR:
2. Post your
results to: Sally Miles, L8 Civic Building, 31-33 Manukau Station Road,
Manukau, Auckland
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