Elm Park School Newsletter - 16th November 2012 - Term 4 - Week 5
Friday 16th November – Term 4 Week 5
Value Focus
for next week: Initiative / Perseverance
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.
Student Led Conferences: Thank you everyone who came to the Student
Led conferences last week. I am sure that you all found them very informative
and a reflection on where your child/ren are at in their learning and where
they need to be next.
New Building: We are hoping to move some classes into the newly
renovated building next week. Room 31
students will be relocated to Room 7 and Room 7 students will be relocated into
Room 4. Other classes will be relocating over the holidays for the beginning of
the new year 2013.
Farewells: Sadly we will be saying farewell to a number of staff at
the end of the year for various reasons.
We thank them all for their amazing contributions to our community and
wish them all the best for the future.
Mr Armstrong, our lovely caretaker, is hanging
up his hat and retiring at the end of the year.
Mrs Robyn Commins is also
retiring from teaching. She has had an 18 year association with Elm Park. Many students have been taught by her,
especially in Reading.
Mrs Tracy Venter has decided to
trade teaching for a career in her family business after 10 years at Elm Park.
Mrs Katherine De Haast is also
leaving for Vietnam to join her husband in his new job. Katherine has been working in our library and
co-ordinating our International Student programme.
Mr Nick Fitzgerald is heading for
Canada to be with family and friends on the start of his big OE. Nick has been
actively involved as our sports and PE co-ordinator for the past 3 years.
Miss Gaea Ladley is leaving to
teach at another school after 3 terms at Elm Park.
Y6 students: Our Year 6 students are visiting their various
Intermediate schools. A reminder to ensure that your child is enrolled at an Intermediate
before the end of this year. Please contact your Intermediate for enrolment
details as soon as possible. Many of our students will have visited Farm Cove
Intermediate today and I know they are all excited and perhaps a little
apprehensive about their new surroundings.
Have a lovely weekend and
hopefully we will have some sun???
Have a lovely weekend
Trish Plowright
Principal
Looking
Ahead
WALKING SCHOOL
BUS – The walking school bus leaves from Pakuranga Heights 4 Square at 8.25
am every morning! There are Prizes for
Keen Walkers. We welcome enquiries for
volunteers – please see the school office.
2013 TERM DATES – Below are the dates for 2013:
Term 1 Tues
29 Jan – Fri 19 April
Term 2 Mon
6 May – Fri 12 July
Term 3 Mon
29 July – Fri 27 Sept
Term 4 Mon
14 Oct – Thur 12 Dec
Peaceful Family Communication Life-changing Course for Parents,
Caregivers, Couples and Individuals. You
can benefit by learning simple, proven ways to increase effective communication
with your children and your partner. “
I had great results after using these techniques. It is one of the best courses
that I’ve ever attended. Gave me good practical skills to sort out problems in
my daily life. The tutor is one of the best trainers with excellent knowledge
of the subject “. Rodney. Date:
Wednesdays starting 14 November 2012 Time: 6.30-9.30pm (for 5 weeks)
Venue: St Heliers Community Centre, 100 St Heliers Bay Rd. For more info
and to register contact lisa@peacefoundation.org.nz or call 3732379. This
15-hour course is organized through the Peace Foundation www.peace.net.nz
Key
Events For Your Diary
Fri 16 Nov...... Whole School Assembly
....................... School Disco
Fri 23 Nov...... Principals Morning Tea
....................... Gold Coin Mufti Day
Fri 30 Nov...... Whole School Assembly
....................... Celebration Concert
Thur 6 Dec..... Term 4 Awards Assemblies
....................... Year 6 Graduation
Tue 11 Dec.... Year 6 Disco and Dinner
Wed 12 Dec... Year 6 Outing
Thur 13 Dec... Final Awards Assemblies
Fri 14 Dec...... Year 5 reports out
....................... School closes 1 pm
This
Week In Review
Kereru Transportable Dental Unit - currently based at Pakuranga Intermediate
will be relocating on 30th November 2012 & will return to the
Pakuranga Intermediate site in April 2013.
Children’s emergency dental needs will be meet by :
Howick Intermediate Child & Adolescent Clinic, in the grounds of Howick Intermediate
School Telephone 534-8732 Wakaaranga
Child & Adolescent Clinic, in the grounds of Wakaaranga School, Telephone
572-0088 Botany Child & Adolescent
Community Clinic, in the grounds of the Botany Maternity Hospital
Telephone 533-5426 For further information please contact 0800 825 583 or
533-5426
Focus on Children
In Room 20, we have
been learning about Globalisation. We
have been talking to students in other countries to find out about how
schooling is different around the world.
On Monday the 12th
of November, Room 20 and Room 16 skyped Manor Lakes School in Melbourne.
Here’s what we found
out:
· They have an i-pad each; we share 5 i-pads in some
classes.
· They have no swimming pool; we do!
· They start at 8.50am and finish at 3.00pm – the same
as us.
· They have over 1400 kids at their school (Grades
1-12) and about 60 classrooms; we have 30 classes and 603 kids.
· They have i-portfolios, which are on their i-pads;
our e-Portfolios are similar but online.
· They have been learning Indonesian and Auslan
(Australian Sign Language) and were very impressed with our Maori!
· We are both Apple schools – using Apple computers.
· They call their teachers by their first name; we use
our teachers’ last names.
· We have camp in Year 6; they get to go on camp in
Years 3, 5, 7 and 9! Wow!
It was Manor Lakes’
first time to skype, but we have been lucky to have already talked to Elm Park
School in England and St Fidelis’ School in Melbourne.
In the next couple
of weeks, Room 16 will be joining us again for a sleepover so we can skype Elm
Park for the second time (and maybe some other classes if we are lucky!).
We can’t wait to
find out more about these other schools!
Rhian,
Steph and Ashlee
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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Kate Lindsay
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Room 5
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Vinuth Ariyaratne
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Room 7
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Deshontayne Te Wao
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Room 8
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Samerah Amarasinghe
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Room 9
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Tayla Jack
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Room 10
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Aisha Bochu
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Room 11
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Julie Xu
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Room 12
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Saufoi Tavete
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Room 13
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James Slater
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Room 14
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Jenny Nguyen
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Room 15
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Mahdia Fayaz
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Room 16
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Adrian Koraua
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Room 17
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Kowyn Baddeley
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Room 18
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Stevie-Lee Heemi
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Room 19
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Fi O’Higgins
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Room 20
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Ailie McNaughton
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Room 21
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Blake McIntyre
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Room 22
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Tayla Webb
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Room 23
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Anna Hallows
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Room 24
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Nathaniel Knight
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Room 25
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Daniel Choi
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Room 26
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Brandon Harris
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Room 27
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Riley Hall
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Room 28
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Imani Ranasinghe
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Room 29
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Shreya Choudhry
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Room 30
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Isabella Garibovic
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PERSONAL PRESENTATION
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The following students were voted as the overall weeks
winner in their year level for the most neatly presented in their uniform.
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Year 1:
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Mack
Brady
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 Year 2: |
Schapelle Nimot
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Year 3:
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Flynlay Kake
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Year 4:
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Jenny
Zhou
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Year 5:
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James Hills
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Year 6:
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Quentin
Stephens
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
Howick
Baby Fair - Sunday
4th November. Howick Rec Centre 10 am-12
pm. Come along for great bargains on new
and used children’s toys, books, clothes, maternity items, nursery equipment
and much more. Entry by gold coin donation.
MOTAT – FREE Auckland South & East. 1-30 November
for all Auckland South and East Residents.
Bring proof of address to MOTAT and receive FREE entry for you and your
family. There are no extra charges to
enjoy all of MOTAT’s exhibitions and activities. Visit www.motat.org.nz to find out if your suburb falls into
the Auckland South and East Allocation.
Lakewood Lodge - The Adventure Farm Camp Specialists www.lakewoodlodge.co.nz JANUARY 2013
SCHOOL HOLIDAY ADVENTURE CAMPS – WET N WILD THEME!!! Monday 14th – Friday 18th January, 8 – 14 year
olds Monday 21st – Friday 25th January, 8 – 14 year olds
5 days, 4 nights $390 Here at Lakewood Lodge, we offer a safe, caring,
family atmosphere with an opportunity to
experience farm life and make new friends.
We have great country cooking, 1 Horse trek & grooming **, Kayaking,
Archery, 11 Metre Climbing Wall,
130m Twin Flying Foxes, Low Ropes course, Frisbee Golf, waterslide, disco, a
concert, Spotlight, Burma Trail, pool & tabletennis 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 & ALL staff are police vetted. If you would like to be on our mailing list please email Jeff –
jeff@lakewoodlodge.co.nz
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