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Nelson Central SchoolW e e k l y N e w s l e t t e r

70 Ni le S tree t , Nelson – P hone 03 548 4972 – Fax 03 548 4483 – Ema i l s ta f f@ne lsoncen t ra l . s choo l .n z Principal: [email protected] Secretary: [email protected] BOT Chairman: David Jo hnston Website: www.nelsoncentral.school.nz

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• Every child or student is entitled to a good localschool or early childhood centre

• Every student is entitled to quality learning• Active teacher professionali sm is the marker for

a desirable future; the ‘new’ professionalism.

It is contended that every child should have thesebenefits regardless of geography or socio-economicstatus.

We are not talki ng about establ ishing QPE; that hasalready been done through our participation in somewell known international tests and reports. The latestPISA results show that out of 65 countries New

Zealand is:• 7th on the overall reading scale (3 western

world countries ahead of us)• 7th on the science scale (1 western world

country ahead of us)• 13th on the mathematics scale (5 western world

countries ahead of us)

Of most concern is a perceived tail of under-achievement in reading maths and science but thelatest PISA results show that New Zealand students’

tail of underachievement is low by internationalstandards.• 14% of New Zealand students are low

performers in reading – OECD average 19% (Australia – 14%, Finland – 8%, Canada –10%).

• 15% of New Zealand students are lowperformers in mathematics – OECD average22% (Australia – 16%, Finland – 8%, Canada –11%).

• 13% of New Zealand students are low

performers in science – OECD average 18% (Australia – 13%, Finland – 6%, Canada –10%).

Hence, the current approach to QPE uses the term‘advancing quality public education’ to make itbetter than it is at present.

20 Summit TimelinesChildren are free for all of these except Abel Tasmanwhere there is a small $10 fee for the boat. The blue

T E R M 222nd June

2011 Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa te whanau

whanui o te Kura Tuatahi o Whakatu –

greetings to friends and family of Nelson Central School.

MatarikiClass work on Matariki continues and this week’swri ting comes from Room 14.

Children’s writing: Matarik i is special because we get to see the SevenStars. It is the Maori New Year. We get to learn newwords in Maori. Matarik i is fun because we get toplay Maori games. (By Charlotte Rm 14)

Matariki is special because we have a big feast withfamily. My cousins stay over. It is the Maori NewYear. Matarik i is special and fun because we playfunny games and have time with our family. (By KyahRm 14)

Matarik i is special because we celebrate with myfamily and friends. It is time to p lant and play gamesand have feasts. Matarik i is fun. (By Kayla Rm 14)

Matarik i is special because it is the Maori New Yearand it is a sign to plant. You can spend time with

your family and you can celebrate. You can see theSeven Stars coming up in early June. Matarik i isspecial to me because we get to do fun games. (ByNathanael Rm 14)

The General Election …… is less than six months away – enough time tobecome informed on some of the issues facing theeducation sector.

Quality Public EducationSomething you wi l l hear a lot over the next fewmonths i s the phrase, “Quali ty Publ icEducation” (QPE). That is not an easily defined termand wi ll be open to multiple definitions, however, theintention is probably well understood. A number ofeducation groups I work with have attempted todepoli ticise education provision by stripping it back tosome common core principl es that ought to standregardless of the government of the day. Four such

princip les have been suggested and form the basis ofa lot of debate today:• Education is a human right and a public good



summit is a mountain bi king one and there should besome seniors who would be able to do this.

Dates to diary Term dates for 2011Term 2 Monday 2 May - Friday 15 JulyTerm 3 Monday 1 August - Friday 7 OctoberTerm 4 Tuesday 25 October - Wednesday 21DecemberPublic HolidaysLabour Day - 24 October (Monday)

Some important school activities:Term 2:20 June Nelson Region Cross Country

21 June BOT Meeting Staff RoomTerm 3:9 August International Day of the World's

Indigenous People16 August BOT Meeting Staff Room29 August Start of Eid1 September NIS Promotional visit to NCS7September Prospective students from al l

contributing schools invited to viewNIS in action (children to make theirown arrangements to attend and

advise the class teacher)7 September Parents/Caregivers of Years 4, 5 & 6

invited to NIS for a promotionalevening

13 September Winter Tournament19 September Nelson Schools Science Fair

Nelson CentralNelson Central

Social SkillsSocial Skills

Knowing how important

it is to be honest

No Date Summit Grade Cost Sponsor

9 Sunday 26 Mt Duppa 2/3 $10 Classic Hits

10 Sunday 3

JulyCable Bay 2 $10 Fresh Choice

Nelson City

12 Sunday 10

JulyBen Nevis 3 $10 Hubbers

Flooring Xtra

13 Sunday 17

JulyMt Robert 3 $10 Stirling

Sports

15 Sunday 31

July

Gordon’s

Pyramid2 $10 Nelson Dental

16 Sunday 7

August

Abel

Tasman2 $20 /

$10

Wilsons Abel

Tasman

17 Saturday13 August

FringedHill

3 $10 NelsonEvents

18 Sunday 14

August

Tantragee

(MB)1 Gold

Coin

Adcock &

Donaldson

19 Sunday 21

August

Mt

Lodestone3/4 $10 Air Nelson

20 Sunday 28August

DunnMountain

3 $10 CityFitness

20 September BOT Meeting Staff Room22 September 22 September Inter Regional

Cross Country29 September Nelson City School Speech

CompetitionsTerm 4:TBA Grasshopper Tennis25 Oct BOT Meeting Staff Room11 November Inter Regional Footbal l

15 November BOT Meeting Staff Room16 November 9:30 am Powhiri for newstudents/Tour of NIS

20 November Universal Chil dren's Day26 November Islamic New Year10 December Human Rights Day13 December BOT Meeting Staff Room16 December End of Year reports due to go

home19 December Totara Final Assembly21 December Final School Assembly 11:15 am.

Dr Paul PotakaPRINCIPAL

The Nelson YMCA provides Aer School Programmes

and Holiday Programmes in your area. These

programmes are very popular with the children and

their parents. We provide a limited pickup service in our

YMCA van.

The Aer-School programme is open weekdays 3pm -

6pm and our holiday programmes run daily from 8am -

6pm.

All programmes are CYF cerfied and WINZ subsidies

available for eligible families. For more informaon

please contact Marty or Lilly at the YMCA on Ph 545

6636or email [email protected]



Latest count 390!

8 days to go!Colgate Carton Race

We have until June 30th to collect as manycartons as we can to be in with a chance to

win a share of $60,000 worth of sports

equipment.

Jolly Phonics

Parents’ Workshop

Supporting your child’sreading and writing skills

New Entrants and Year One

Kowhai and PotikiRenwick 3, Rooms 10, 11, 12,

12aThursday 30th June

7-8.30pmRoom 11

A EVENING WITH ANDY DALTON

We are very lucky to have Andy agree to join us for this

event. He is rated by Peter Bush as ‘a very special All

Black’. Peter says that Andy’s match winning try agai nst

Ireland in 1978 is one he will never forget.

Come and meet the star of this great photo, have one of

the last opportunies to see this exhibion before it

leaves Nelson for the main centres. Enjoy a couple of

beverages. Your first one is included with your cket

price of $20 which includes entry to the exhibion and

supper. Tickets available from the Museum and on the

night. Enquiries to 03 5489588.

7.30pm Thursday 14 July

at Nelson Provincial

Museum

There will be a prize

offered for the best

capon suggested for

this photo.

UNDER 13 GIRLS BASKETBALL

DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Last Sunday Tayla room 3, Grace room 1and Josephine room 2 were selected to bein the under 13 girls development team.We are going to be going to be attending atournament in Blenheim from Saturday toSunday this weekend!

BY TAYLA, JOSEPHINE AND GRACE

TALENT SHOW

Hi. I'm Te Miri . Me and my friend Melany are holdinga talent show. It will be on Friday 8th July at 12:45 inTrini ty Hall . The Prizes are:1st prize: A Gift basket with sprite, chocolate, lollies,muffins and a gift voucher.

2nd prize: A gift voucherfor you and a friend to goto vertical l imi ts and climbfor as long as you want.

3rd prize: A penci l casefilled with lots of goodies.

Please sign up!

There will be posters uparound the school for

more information. If youhave any questions p leasecome to room 9.

Choir

Well done to those students who took part in the School

of music scholarships last Saturday

Maya S (Rm 9), Eliza M (Rm 17), Holly R (Rm 5), Rohan T

(Rm 2), Hazel R (Rm 9), Jonny L (Rm 2), Jenna S (Rm 2),

Lucia S (Rm 8)

You were all stars!!!!!!

Tanya



WEEKLY SPORTS RESULTSWeek ended 5th June

NetballCentral Magic v Stoke Comets. Stokewon 8-2

Player of the day: Hannah M.Central Sting v Hampden St. Hampden St won 10-1.Player of the day: Holly R

Central Firebirds v Henley Force. Firebirds won 19-11Player of the day: Paige C

MiniballCentral Pistons v Enner Glynn Breakers. Pistons won32-20.Player of the day: Grace M

Central Celtics v Birchwood Breakers. Celtics won 22-

20.Player of the day: Isabella D

Game reportOh my goodness, what a game tonight. BirchwoodBreakers were leading for most of the game when theCeltics took control in the last minute and a half,winning 22-20. The spectators certainly had a lot tocheer about. All the kids thoroughly enjoyed the gamecommenting that it was the toughest game they haveplayed so far. They certainly made me proud with theway they played tonight. There was a lot more passingto each other, calling out, rebounding and the lay upswere superb. Player of the day went to Isabella D whohas improved a lot since the beginning of the season.Well done Isabella and keep up the good work.GO THE CELTICS!!!!

Nelson/Stoke Rippa Rugby Tournament

Last Tuesday a team of 21 players represented the school at the Nelson/Stoke Cluster Rippa RugbyTournament held at Greenmeadows playing fields in Stoke. 22 teams from all schools in theNelson/Stoke Cluster were competing. The top 3 teams in the championship grade went on torepresent our clusters at the Regional Finals the following day. There were two grades. Achampionship grade and a sociql grade. Our social team won 3 out of their six games and ourchampionship team finished 4th overall after some very close and exciting finals. Thank you to allour parents/staff who transported our children to and from the event and to those who came and

supported the teams on the day.

Our players were:

Sam H, room 2Darcy T, room 3Molly M, room 3Tayla P, room 3Max P, room 3Lochie F, room 1

Jonti W, room 1Omar D, room 3

Isaac M, room 1 Joe R, room 2David Z, room 3Thomas Z, room 1Michigan T, room 9Callum M, room 3, Albie M, room 3, William S, room 3, Logan C, room 3, Gabriel D, room 17, JaneB, room 6 , Konan H room 1, Alex S, room 1.

Professional after school tutoring services

in

ReadingWritingSpellingMaths

Call or email Harriet to arrange a freeassessment

03 5482702021 618790 [email protected]

At Kip McGrath Nelson students receive a free

assessment to determine their specific strengths

and areas for development. An individualisedprogramme is written and students attend 80

minute lessons, once or twice per week, withqualified and experienced teachers.

A variety of tailored resources and teachingstrategies are used, including a range of soft

ware designed specifically to support the NewZealand Curriculum, direct instruction, pencil

and paper exercises and homework tasks.

If you would like to help your child develop alove for learning, contact us by phoning, emailing

or by dropping into the Centre in the yellowchurch on Tukuka St.

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