NEWSLETTER

27 August 2012

Principal: Jennifer Horgan

Email: etaieri@east-taieri.school.nz

Web: www.east-taieri.school.nz

Phone: 489 6737

Dear Parents/Caregivers

DISCO

What a great night! Thanks to the Home and

School Committee for organising another

successful disco and to Mr Thorn and Miss

Agnew, Disco King and Queen. Thanks also

to Scott Cookson who gave up his Friday

night to take on the DJ role.

Lost - an inhaler at the disco. If found please

return to the office.

TERM THREE DATES

AUGUST

Friday 17 TEACHER ONLY DAY

Tuesday 28 Cross Country Year 3-6

Wednesday 29 Māori & Pacific Island

Festival

Thursday 30 Museum Sleepover Room

4 & 7

SEPTEMBER

Thursday 6 School Photos

Thursday 13 Speech Finals

Friday 14 Otago Cross Country

Thursday 20 Taieri College Wearable

Arts (including East Taieri

finalists)

Friday 28 END OF TERM

TERM DATES FOR 2012

Term 3 16 July – 28 September

Term 4 15 October – 19 December

Est 1853

WELCOME

Welcome to Madison and Isabelle Caird.

Isabelle has joined Room 8 and Madison

Room 3. We hope that the girls enjoy their

time at East Taieri.

KAPA HAKA PERFORMANCE – MĀORI & PACIFIC ISLAND FESTIVAL

The Kapa Haka Group will be performing this Wednesday 29 August at the Otago Māori and

Pacific Island Festival at the Edgar Stadium Lion Foundation Arena.

The children will need to be at school by 8.30am to change into their Kapa Haka costume. If

your child has a school uniform please wear it on Wednesday as they will need to wear their

skort/shorts as part of the Kapa Haka costume. We will be going into the venue by bus. East

Taieri is the second group to perform at approx. 9.40am. However it may be that the

programme runs slightly ahead of time or later, so to avoid disappointment we ask you to

arrive with plenty of time to spare. The children will be back at school for lunch.

CROSS COUNTRY – Year 3-6 children

We will be holding our own Cross Country tomorrow, Tuesday 28 August, at school. The

Senior races will start at 11.30am and the Year 3/4 at 11.45am. Parents are welcome to come

and support the children at the event. We ask that you use the church carpark because we will

be using the school carpark for the races. Children will need to wear appropriate footwear and

clothing.

MUSEUM SLEEPOVER

An excited group of Year 4’s from Rooms 8 & 4

headed off to the museum for a sleepover in Discovery

World on Thursday night. While at the Museum the

group enjoyed learning more about different land

formations and had an awesome experience in Star Lab.

They also used their wearable arts skills to create

newspaper costumes and act out Maori legends. Friday

was spent at the Edgar Sports Centre working on

netball and soccer skills followed by a fun afternoon at

Moana Pool. Fantastic

behaviour was shown by all

children and commented on

by the Museum educators.

Grateful thanks to all the

parents who helped on the

sleepover.

Sarah O’Neill

STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS

The Student Council is holding a coin trail this Friday to raise money for Cure Kids. Cure

Kids mission is to improve the health of children through research into life-threatening

illnesses that affect Kiwi kids.

MEADOW FRESH COMPETITION

Collect stickers from Meadow Fresh milk and yoghurt products and send them along to

school. We could be in for a share of $500,000.00 worth of art and sports gear. Promotion

runs until 14 October.

TUI SCHOOL GARDEN CHALLENGE

Keep collecting receipts from Mitre 10 and Mitre 10 MEGA showing purchases

of Tui branded products and send them along to school. The Tui Garden website

has lots of gardening guides and videos to help you on your way

DISCOVERY TIME

Discovery Time has started again. If you are available to come along, even once, on any of the

dates below and take a group for an activity it would be hugely appreciated. Examples of

activities you might like to take are cooking, art, craft, woodwork, sports skills,

photography……….anything you like! There can be remuneration of costs of materials if

necessary. Grandparents are also very welcome to come along as well. Please fill in the form

below and return it to your child’s teacher. Any questions please contact Sarah O’Neill or

email her at sarah@east-taieri.school.nz

NAME:

PHONE NUMBER:

Date ( 10:45-12:30) I am available to come

(Please tick)

Activity I will take and

maximum number of

children.

Friday 31 August

Friday 7 September

Friday 14 September

Friday 21 September

TRAVEL PLAN

The Student Council will be doing spot checks to ensure those children that bike, walk,

scooter or bus to school are wearing their high vis vests. The next Travel Plan meeting is on

Monday 17 September at 3.15pm.

VALUES FOCUS Caring for the Environment

The BOT strongly promote the wearing of cycle helmets for all students who scooter to and

from school. Please also take time to read the information on scootering on the back page.

“Young at Art” Group

The Art Group will be displaying their artwork in the Library on Wednesday and Thursday.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

School Photos will be taken place next Thursday 6 September. If you would like a family

photo taken please contact the office. We will have the opportunity to take sports teams

photos. If you would like your sports team photographed please see Annette in the office.

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Congratulations to the following students who were presented with certificates at Rooms 1’s

assembly last Friday.

KEY

COMPETENCY

VALUES

Manners

EXCELLENCE

Room 1 Cade McRae –

Participating &

Contributing

Amber

Cunningham

Daniel Thom

Room 2 Jack Divers -

Managing Self

Alannah Knott Jemima Anderson

Room 3 Jayden Bell –

Participating &

Contributing

Ashley Walker Olivia Hiku

Room 4 Ben Hackfath

Relating to Others

Arna Irvine Mitchell Joint

Room 5 Riley Harris –

Managing Self

Hunter Henderson Kaitlyn Behr

Room 6 Ollie Sabiston –

Relating to Others

Dragon Winikoff Brooklyn Milligan

Room 7 Ella Stephen –

Thinking

Nakeisha King Annabel King-Begg

Room 8 Bridget Guilford –

Thinking

Jamie Ruddenklau Jamin Millar

Room 9 Dylan MacDonald

Managing Self

Malachai Stanley Aidan Seyb

Room 10 Ella Aitken –

Thinking

Micah Adamson Rachel Waters

Room 11 Erika Reid –

Managing Self

Klae Eckhold Sophie Derbyshire

Room 12 Caden Anderson –

Managing Self

Tom Cunningham Josh Jackson

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Meg Kennelly and Sarah Johnstone who were award winners in the Heart

Foundation’s ‘Breakfast for Champions’ Poster Competition. Meg’s entry gained 2nd

place

and Sarah’s entry was Highly Commended. The girls will be invited to the Heart Foundation

Awards Ceremony which is to be held later in the year. Well done Meg and Sarah!

VALUES STARS

Mackenzie Barnett, Renee Pitchers & Kyla Standring ~ for showing responsibility –

remembering to put the lost property out on display

James Stephens, Kurt Marshall, Millie Wright, Ollie Sabiston, Brooklyn Milligan, Nate

Wisnesky, Jackson Bryant and Jade Varga ~ for excellent reading to East Taieri pre-

school pupils last week

Erika Reid ~ for inspiring us to make Walnut Creations during our Funky

Friday/Discovery Time

Jayla Duncan, Jayla's Mum and Grandad ~ for showing us how to make pom poms on

Friday during Funky Friday/Discovery time in Room 11.

DISCOVERY TIME KEY COMPETENCY STARS

These children were identified by parent and student leaders as demonstrating key competency

skills during last week’s session:

Erin Dickie, Alex Cochrane, Millie Wright, Harrison Jolly, Georgia Hey, Hannah McKay,

Harvey Stephens, Nic Duff, Ben Sowman, Trinity Maydon, Bridget Guilford and Kurt

Marshall.

SCARY STORIES BY ROOM 12

It was dark.

Pitch dark.

I heard a rumbling.

It was a spirit of my cat named Rocky.

Then another rumbling.

It was my cat’s spirit again.

It was even hungrier.

I was scared.

I heard another.

And suddenly my blanket disappeared.

I was cold.

BY: Jack Chalklin

It was dark.

I was in bed.

I heard a little bang on the window.

It sounded like a hammer banging on

the wall,

The window squeaked like a mouse.

I was super scared

It was a ghost.

BOO!!

By: Blake Chirnside

It was dark

The Moon was shining like a torch,

I was in bed.

I saw a thing tapping at my window.

I thought it was a magical or muscly bumpy

monster.

It looked enormous.

I froze like a tree.

I was scared.

I fell to pieces.

By: Koby Hey

It was dark,

The sun went down as I stepped into

the forest.

It was as gigantic as a giant’s fat

foot.

The trees were howling at me.

Then something was getting closer.

It was a big, bad, stinky, silly,

creepy, wolf.

By: Mackenzie Barnett

Handy Hints for reducing Lunch Box Waste in School Lunches For more ideas and information http://www.wastefreelunches.org/ or Google Waste-Free school lunches Ideas for lunch

Use containers e.g. from supermarket purchases (like ice cream & deli) and takeaway shops to keep food air-tight. Wash & reuse (many times!). If children don’t finish eating some of their food, it might still stay fresh for use later. Great for sandwiches, other main dishes, fresh fruits & vegetables, and treats – all food!

Make yogurt at home (packets purchased from supermarkets) or buy in large containers & put yogurt in small, screw-top lidded container, so any unwanted yogurt can go back home

Cut up fruits and vegetables. Children often take 1 or 2 bites out of an uncut apple or banana and throw the rest away. To avoid this, pack cut-up fruits and vegetables in air-tight reusable containers. Your child can take a few bites and save the rest for later.

If your child has chips etc, buy them in a large bag and transfer a day’s portion to a small air tight container

Include a small cloth napkin for your child’s use during lunch.

Use metal utensils which your child can wrap in the napkin after use

Use reusable drink containers (preferably metal)

Suggestions for success

Find out why certain foods have come back uneaten. Did your child not like it? Not hungry enough to eat everything in the lunchbox? Was there a birthday celebration at school that day?

Consider making a list of foods that your child likes to eat for lunch and update it regularly with your child’s input.

Encourage your children to help plan, prepare and pack their own lunches. They're more likely to eat a lunch that they've helped prepare. Younger children can cut fruit or make their own mix from of healthy foods such as raisins, dried apricots, sunflower seeds, whole-grain cereals, and pumpkin seeds.

Avoid plastic bags, plastic wrap, aluminium foil, and pre-packaged foods whenever possible.

Children love eating food they have helped to grow – use food from your own garden whenever possible

Discuss & reward! If your child comes home with lids put back on properly, lunch box still tidy etc, maybe they could have a reward as an incentive to continue – teachers could reinforce correct behaviours

Another local enviroschool - Warrington School – uses a pattern for each child to make a lunch wrap out of pre-loved fabric and used supermarket bags. Most of the children use their loved lunch wrap every day for their main food item e.g. sandwiches. They are happy to share the pattern with other schools

HOCKEY East Taieri School won the Southern Wide

Real Estate Trophy for the Top Junior Taieri

Hockey Team 2012.

The mini sticks team coached by Matt

Sowman also won.

SPORTS NEWS

NETBALL

Congratulations to all the East Taieri netball teams for an awesome netball season. A BIG

THANKS to all parents for their support, especially to those who have coached or umpired.

We couldn’t have done it without you.

Please bring your netball skirts to school on Thursday 6 September for photos.

Two teams played in finals on Saturday – results:

ET Aces – 2nd

in Section 4

ET Comets – 2nd

in Section 7

ET Breakers – 5th

in Section 5

Well done.

MINIBALL FINALS

ET Magic play at 4pm for 1st and2nd

ET Hawks play at 4.30pm for 3rd

and 4th

TEE BALL

This will be starting next term. We will need to have numbers by 28 September. Please

contact Annette in the office if you are interested in playing.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Sophie Day who danced at the Timaru Tap Dancing Assoc competitions.

She was placed 1st in two sections, as well as a 2

nd and two 3

rd’s in the Under 10 age group.

DUNEDIN PERFORMING ARTS COMPETITION

Daniel and Joshua Thom took part in the Dunedin Performing Arts Competition at the

weekend.

Joshua competed in the Electric Keyboard Solo - Under 10 Years and was placed 3rd

Daniel competed in the Electric Keyboard solo 10 and under 16 years and was placed 2nd

PIANO

Well done to Alison Tay’s piano pupils who sat their Grade 1 exam last week. Special

congratulations to:

Lucy Cotter who gained distinction and Tyler & Jordan Summers who gained merit.

Miniball Prizegiving

3 September

St Mary Hall

3.45pm

SCHOOL SPONSORS

Please support the following:

James Wren & Co Ltd – 477 9384 Fresh Choice Roslyn – 474 0983 Fowler Homes – 021 2422294 Conroy Plumbing – 027 4393038 Glen Summers Building & Construction – 021 455218 Guthrie Bowron – 477 6094

Scansouth is proud to support East Taieri

School

AEC Security is proud to support

East Taieri School

Mike Sowman Design Ltd is proud to support East

Taieri School

Vision Antenna Systems is proud to support

the Talent Quest at East Taieri School

ST HILDA’S YOUNG ENTERPRISE SCHEME - COMPOST

Hi there, My name is Kate Thomson and I am a year12 student at St Hildas Collegiate. A group of us have decided to enter ourselves in the young enterprise scheme. Young Enterprise is when you make a product and have to sell it over a period of four months. Our group have decided to bag and sell mixed and pure chicken manure compost. We are selling it for $15 per 25kg bag if you purchase 3 or less. Any more bags than 3, are sold at $12.50 per bag and then over 10 bags are $10 per bag. Usually our price for drop off (for bags) is an extra $5 but I will drop it off free of charge to the school if parents are able to pick it up from there? As I live in Mosgiel, just down the road from East Taieri School. Or if that option is not possible then they can pick it up from my house or pay the extra $5 for it to be delivered. We have an advert and I was wondering if you would put it in your school newsletter for us so we are able to get our name known around the community and hopefully start selling some bags! I have attached the advert and there is also a brochure that I could drop off at the school informing you of our two products and the research we have done etc. If you would like to contact me you can use this email address or 0275283933 or 4891541. This would be greatly appreciated! Thank you very much. Kind regards, Kate Thomson