mt maunganui c o m i n g e v e n t s intermediate 2016€¦ · 25/11/2016 · school newsletter...

Mt Maunganui Intermediate School, 21 Lodge Avenue, Mt Maunganui 3116 Phone 07 575 5512 Email: [email protected]

MT MAUNGANUI

INTERMEDIATE

School Newsletter No. 37

25 November 2016

IN THIS ISSUE

Principal’s Report

Room 20 Learning Page

Sports Information

Useful Information

Coastal Values

Litterless Lunches

Community Notices

C O M I N G E V E N T S

2016

NOVEMBER

25 Elite Athletics

DECEMBER

2 Elite Softball - Whakatane

8 Year 8 Social, 7.00-9.00pm Classic Flyers

13 Friends of the School Morning Tea

14 9.15am Year 7 Prizegiving 11.15am Year 8 Prizegiving

15 Last Day Term 4

JANUARY 2017

18 Schooltex VIP Night - Uniform

26 Second Hand Uniform and Stationery Sales – 10.00am - School Hall

FEBRUARY 2017

1 First Day Term 1 - 2017

6 Waitangi Day


FROM THE PRINCIPAL Kia ora koutou, It's been a challenging week for us all. But, we have endeavoured to communicate open and honestly, to follow due processes, and to support all students and staff involved. A huge thank you to the MMI community for your support and positive feedback.

On a positive note, good luck to those students who competed in the Elite Athletics today and to our PCT team who represent the WBOP in PCT Nationals in Wellington this weekend. Congratulations to Te Roopu Kapahaka o Kia Maia who performed beautifully at the Rawhakangahau yesterday. We were very proud of your performance and the way you conducted yourselves. We have completed our orientation visits for year 6 students. Incredibly, enrolments are still coming in. Particularly, out of zone schools. Please make sure that if someone is talking about coming to MMI in 2017, they need to enrol now. We can’t make up classes for 2017 until we finalise roll numbers. Congratulations to Miss Rose Loughlin and Mr Elliot Needs who have successfully achieved their FULL teacher registration after their first two years of teaching successfully. Have a great weekend. Ma te wa Lisa Morresey Principal

The Kapahaka group performing


SPORTS INFORMATION

BATTLE OF THE BAYS GISBORNE 16th – 18th NOVEMBER

On Wednesday 16th of November we travelled down to Gisborne in two school vans. On arrival we met our billets and headed to our hosts homes. On the Thursday we competed in the beach challenge event. We began the day well with our Year 8 girls winning the beach flags event. We had a couple of close races in the beach relays with the best results, our teams coming 3rd. Unfortunately there were no waves for the swimming and boarding events which took away some of our ocean skills. We began our water and run relays, with all our teams placing in the top 2 in the swim/run/swim events, and the board/run/board events. Heading into the last event (1 swimmer, 1 board paddler, 3 runners) a win would mean some teams winning their divisions. After some great and tight racing all three teams came in second or third, with the Year 7 girls winning their race easily. We ended up winning the Year 8 boys division, and came 2nd in both girls divisions, and 3rd in Year 7 boys. After all points were added up, Gisborne Intermediate came out victors, with MMI coming in second overall. On the Friday we had the team and individual triathlons. Unfortunately once again the surf conditions did not help us, with the big swells meaning that the swim leg was cancelled. This meant our swimmers now needed to run the 2.4 km course. All our swimmers ran well and we had four teams placed.

The Year 7 girl’s team of Kasha Stokes, Poppy Wilson, and cyclist Alex Thompson came second. The Year 7 boy’s team just missed the title, coming in a close second after great runs from Blake West, and Gus Shivnan, with Jared Lord riding a great cycle leg. Both our Year 8 teams competed well with Cooper Gibson, Matt Larsen and cyclist Matthew Wagstaff, and Lana Beck, Lucia Cook, and cyclist Sarah Burns both picking up bronze medals. Lucy Bartlett was a strong competitor in her first ever race to gain the silver medal in the Year 7 girl’s individual race, with both herself and the winner beating all the Year 8 girls. Liam Davoren was just outside the medals in the Year 8 boy’s individual race. Thank you to Sandra Boubee who accompanied and helped manage the team. Thank you also to our supporters who came and cheered on our teams for the two days of competitions, and helped with transporting cycles. Well done to the following students who represented our school with great determination and pride throughout the two days. Year 8 Girls: Eden Kelly, Sarah Burns, Kiana O’Fee, Lucia Cook, Lana Beck Year 8 Boys: Grady Forbes, Cooper Gibson, Liam Davoren, Matt Larsen, Matthew Wagstaff Year 7 Girls: Lucy Bartlett, Alex Thompson, Mia Thompson, Poppy Wilson, Kasha Stokes Year 7 Boys: Gus Shivnan, Blake West, Matt Anderson, Jared Lord, Alex Padfield


BATTLE OF THE BAYS - PHOTOS

PHOTOS FROM BATTLE OF THE BAYS


ELITE ATHLETICS

CONGRATULATIONS!! Jed Davis has been selected to attend the Scottish League Champions and Europeans League Club CELTIC FOOTBALL Youth Academy, in Glasgow, for 2 weeks in February 2017. Jed represented MMIS in AIMS Football and Winter Tourny Football in 2016. He has attended All Stars Football Academy Talent Centre for 4 years and plays club football for Papamoa Football Club. Jed is a fantastic player and thoroughly deserves this opportunity. Well done Jed!!

PLEASE RETURN SPORTS UNIFORMS

Approaching the end of the year we have many sports uniforms which have not been returned. We would appreciate if parents/caregivers can please check at home and ensure that all tracksuits and uniforms are returned by Monday 28 November. Many thanks.

LIBRARY RETURNS Our library will be closing for stock take and requires all books to be returned as soon as possible. Could parents/caregivers please have a look around home and send any library books back to school as soon as possible. Many thanks.

Lucy Bartlett wins the 1500

metres at Elite Athletics

today, by a country mile!!

LUCY

Next runner


SCHOOL TIMETABLE

School Starts – 8.45am Morning Interval – 10.25am

Lunch – 12.20pm Dismissal – 2.45pm

ABSENTEE INFORMATION Please note that the Ministry of Education requires a reason for every absence. Please provide this when notifying the school of your child’s absence. If the office is not informed of the reason then your child will be marked as having an unjustified absence on their record. Thank you.

Text : 027 232 0446 Phone : 575 5512 ext 1

An automated system is used to alert caregivers of any unexplained absences. This number is a reply once only. Please do not use this number to try and contact the school.

CANTEEN Our school canteen is now offering Sushi Wednesday’s and Friday’s to be ordered from the canteen before school begins. The canteen is PSG run and generates a small annual profit, so you know that when you order lunches, something comes back to the school, which is used to benefit all students.

BUS INFORMATION There will be an increase in Bus fees for next year, see information later in this newsletter. Web: www.baybus.co.nz/schoolhopper/ Ph: 0800 4BAYBUS (0800 422 928) or phone/email our bus co-ordinator, Roger MacLean here at school on 575 5512 or [email protected]

CHANGE OF DETAILS It would greatly assist us if you could please advise the office if you have any changes of address, phone numbers or emergency caregiver details. In the event of an emergency, sickness or injury we need to be able to contact someone who can collect your child Many thanks.

PAYING FEES ONLINE Parents who wish to pay by bank automatic payments or one off payments, are encouraged to do so. Our bank account is:

12 3146 0104711 03 Please put child’s name as the reference. The top priority item on your account will be credited unless otherwise stated by you.

TERM 4 UNIFORM Term 4 requires a change of footwear to black roman sandals. Also, hats are compulsory in our outdoor areas, at all times. Hats can be purchased from the school office for $10.00.

FRIDAY ASSEMBLY Every Friday we have assembly and all students are required to wear their correct school uniform. This does not mean they can wear their PE gear so please remind your child to wear their uniform to school every day and bring their PE gear in their bag so they do not forget.

http://www.baybus.co.nz/schoolhopper/

mailto:[email protected]


COASTAL VALUE CERTIFICATES 2016 Term 4 – Week 7

2

Jared Lord For your exceptional focus on your learning and for being a great role model for your peers!

3

Kayleigh Belt For outstanding learning and visual presentation of dust cover and bookmark

4

Alena Hosking For consistently being ready for her learning and always displaying the Coastal Values

5

Roman Vincent

For being an incredible compassionate student and articulating your concerns in our sharing circle in such a positive manner.

7

Toa Kase Atu’ake

For having a positive and focused attitude with her learning. Well done Toa Kase!

9

Mikey Robinson

For achieving learning to a high standard and being an awesome IT techie.

11

Jack Kelly For your exceptional focus and commitment towards your learning in maths.

12

Sean Hsu For delivering an outstanding speech in English to sell your Create a Product, Popcorn 2.0.

13

Moby George For always performing his duties reliably and for being a focused learner.

14

Aria Ebbing For her mature and positive attitude towards all learning, but especially when discussing our learning around puberty.

15

Lottie Marshall For your excellent team work while residing at Room 15’s recent camp experience.

16

Raanik Patel Consistently demonstrating a positive attitude towards your learning, and for always treating others with respect.

19

Tyler Van der Molen

For completing work to a high standard and being a positive role model in Room 19. Miharo!

20

Charlotte Cross Contributing enthusiastically during reading sessions and working hard in all curriculum areas.

21

Sayla Hayes Excellent progress in all areas of the curriculum, and for your positive attitude.

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COASTAL VALUE CERTIFICATES 2016 Term 4 – Week 7 continued

22

Danielle Flood-Smith

For your outstanding leadership to lead and guide our first MMI Pasifika Dance group. You were amazing Danielle - Ka Mau te wehi!!!

23

Jessie Grant For the outstanding poem you wrote about the Ozone layer. You used language effectively to convey your personal voice.

24

Caleb Andrews For working hard to meet all your deadlines this week. Keep it up Caleb.

Visual

Arts

Emilie Arthur Room 16

For being well focused, conscientious and giving of her best at all times.

Music

Neve Simpson Room 16

For your quietly helpful, patient and encouraging manner, especially evident when working in a group.

Food Tech

Bella Jervis

Room 18

For your enthusiastic participation, using your initiative and being very helpful.

Dance &

Drama

Zyleika Smith

Room 11

For your positive attitude and drive to explore and develop new skills

YOU ARE

ALL

AMAZING!!









Lunches are a key contributor to school waste. With some planning we can all save money, help the school and the environment too. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle We are looking to improve our waste audit, which will take

place early next year. Litterless Lunches is about setting up new family habits. The idea centers around reducing food waste and packaging. The aim is to ensure that anything not eaten is reused or recycled. Our grandparents did it all the time. * Look for alternatives to packaging items. Ditch the cling wrap and foil. - use recyclable grip/zipper bags to repackage large bags on food like chips, raisins, cheese and lots more. - purchase small plastic containers with a good lid to repackage yoghurt. - honey wraps are great for wrapping food – can be found on line, at markets and various local stores. * Homemade yoghurt, muesli bars and biscuits are yummier and just a cheap as the bought ones. * Encourage your children to bring scraps home so you can find out what is not being eaten and why. * If not taking leftover food home, encourage your child to put their food scraps in the school food bins that are in every classroom – rather than the rubbish bin. An activity for you and your children. How long does it take for these products to decompose in a landfill?

Glass Bottles/Jars Aluminum Cans Plastic Bags Plastic Coated Paper Orange and Banana Peels Newspaper

Many of you are doing a great job at sending your child to school with a Litterless Lunch. Thanks for your support.

HELP OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT


COMMUNITY NOTICES


COMMUNITY NOTICES

Celtic FC Camp in Tauranga, this January.

Registrations being taken now, with limited spaces.

Coached by Celtic FC's Academy Coaches.

Also starting in Term 1, 2017 NZCFA is starting a

weekly term programme, also coached by a Celtic FC

Academy Coach.

Check Out http://www.celticfa.com/

Mount Maunganui Swimming Club is currently taking registrations for the Summer Season, which runs until 31 March 2017. Sessions available are in the afternoon, catering for all levels, above Learn to Swim.

Mount Swimming Club operates from Baywave Aquatic Centre four afternoons a week and provides a comprehensive swimming programme suitable for all water sports.

To register or for more information please contact

Dallas Couvée, 021 042 9025

[email protected] www.mtmaunganui.swimming.org.nz

http://www.celticfa.com/

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.mtmaunganui.swimming.org/

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