Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: office@edendale.school.nz • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

Edendale News

THE EDENDALE EXPERIENCE: THINKING, LEARNING, CREATING

13 June 2012

Next issue: 27 June 2012

Principal’s Message Kia ora, Kia orana, Namaste, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Ni hao ma, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Asalam alikum!

Class Sizes: Government Back-down

Wonderful to see a turnaround regarding class sizes last week. We are still apprehensive about changes that may occur in up-coming weeks and months when we learn

more about educational areas where cuts will be made.

PTA Quiz Night - What a wonderful evening!

Thanks to our wonderful PTA for their organisation of

year another amazing Quiz Night, enjoyed by a record number of our community; staff, family and friends. Special thanks to Aamel, Tom, Kathy and the rest of the team for all their organisation, collection of sponsorship (items for the silent auction) and setting up for what proved to be a lot of fun for all who attended. Photos will be up on our website shortly (log into KnowledgeNet to

see them!

Quality Teachers ... in the news

There has been considerable commentary about the

quality of teachers over recent weeks. This has often been linked to comments about greater teachers numbers having no correlation to improvements in student achievement. I always find such comments interesting. I agree there are more teachers around these days; many families new to NZ include one parent who is a teacher and many have applied for work at

Edendale as have teachers who come from overseas for an international teaching experience. Many school rolls have also grown over the past few years, our own

included, thus schools are staffed accordingly. In 2007 we ended the year with 592 students, 2009 with 639 and last year with 625 so there are always going to be

‗ups and downs‘.

While the teacher: student ratio is set at 1:15 for new

entrant students, numbers across various levels at the school do not mean that there will be only 15 students in a new entrant class. Low numbers in junior classes subsidise higher levels.

I agree that there are teachers with varying abilities around. We have recently re-advertised two positions, one for a third time. We‘ve contacted referees for a large number of teachers in the hope of being able to interview a great field but many were not recommended.

We have high expectations of teachers we do interview and they must convince us that they have a very good knowledge of the NZ curriculum and a disposition for teaching. Not always easy to find such teachers! Our current field of twenty-two applicants includes a number of overseas secondary and university teachers (still in

their home country hoping to emigrate to NZ) and also a military officer from Eastern Europe who also would like to come and live here. Unfortunately, their qualifications and experience do not meet our requirements for

experienced junior class teachers who are familiar with NZ educational settings. We will keep you informed.

Check Edendale News Blog new and getting underway!

http://edendaleprimaryauckland.wordpress.com/

to read more about:

1. Teacher Appraisal at Edendale

2. Student Learning

3. Additional Programmes at Edendale

Last week I mentioned that I had asked for clarification about the under-serving of students with special needs and those from poorer homes. The response I received was ―we‘ll get back to you on that!‖

Our National Standards Reporting documentation is now

uploaded onto our website.

Our blogs are up and running and we invite your

comment any time about educational issues that interest

or concern you. Please do subscribe for updates!

Edendale‘s Website

www.edendale.school.nz

Garden to Table Blog

http://edendale419.wordpress.com/

Garden of Eden Blog

http://edendaleschool.wordpress.com/

Reports and Three-way Conferences

Reports will be coming home on Friday, all being well

with our software programmes which were playing up

earlier in the week. Most reports are being printed on

Wednesday 13 June, attendance specified is up until this

date, not to the end of the term. Likewise, justified/

unjustified entries match this date. We do hope that you

have all booked into three-way conferences with class

teachers; if you have not yet done so, there is still time!

Hui and Fono

We look forward to meeting with all our Maori and

Pasifika families on 26 June at the first Hui and Fono for 2012. Team Leaders will be leading discussion groups in the staffroom. See you there!

Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: office@edendale.school.nz • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

School Information and Programmes

Edendale Playground

Good Behaviour Tickets

Taonga Winner: Vin—Rm8

These children were seen...

Keeping our grounds clean: Zoe—Rm25,

Devya—Rm2, Aisha—Rm9, Emili—Rm19,

Laila—Rm18, Hiba—Rm21, Zaima—Rm12.

Playing nicely with others: Elam—Rm26,

Mekal—Rm3, Esme—Rm5, Nafisa—Rm22,

Vin—Rm8.

Garden to Table PHEEEEW! Please excuse the pongy smell down by the bottom field! Our ‘lucky’ stu-dents dug in bags of sheep droppings in the garden bed at the bottom of the drive. It won’t be without gain though, as we’re planting our garlic cloves here. Garlic being a heavy feeder will love the nutrient rich sheep pellets. When we dig our garlic bulbs up next summer we hope for a bumper harvest! On the sweeter side… We’ve also planted raspberries, kindly donated by Anna mother of Noah in Rm. 15. Garden to Table look forward to using the sweet berries in our cooking classes. A huge number of strawberry plants were planted by Rm. 27 and Citibank volunteers. You may have noticed strawberries in the raised beds opposite the hall. By Christmas they'll be a festive display of gorgeous red strawberries. Thanks to Citibank for their hard work and the donation of a kitchen whiz, it’s been put to good use already. The hard working volunteers were rewarded with freshly baked beetroot muffins, thanks Rm. 27 for your excellent baking skills! Thanks too to Kathy (William and Rosemary's mum) for the strawberry plants. As for the beetroot muf-fins...they were so popular that we continued cooking them through the fortnight along with beetroot dip with flatbread and salad! Top garden art The mosaic artworks to go behind the Endeavour classes are underway. Now we’d like you to bring in more bottle tops - we need 4000!!! Any plas-tic bottle tops are ok - milk tops, cream tops, juice tops, honey tops....the more variety in top colour and size the better. Each one counts, so please ask your children to bring them to the collection box by the Garden to Table shed. Have home harvest to share? Our young garden is slowing down in winter, so we’re harvesting less; but we’d still like our students to use fresh ‘home grown’ produce. Should you have an over-abundance of winter produce such as citrus or beets please bring them in. We’d even take broad beans! Sarah, Jodie and Kim, Garden to Table

Lost Property

Please check for any items of

lost property in the cupboard

(by the office). We will dispose

of any clothing left unclaimed

after 2pm Friday 29 June.

Three–way Conference Slips 2012

(Students/Parents/Teachers)

Permission slips were sent home today with Years 4-6 students

so please fill in and return back to your class teacher and give

authorisation for those with younger siblings in years 1-3 to

walk home with them.

All other Year 1-3 children must be accompanied by a parent/

caregiver if leaving at 2.pm

All other children who have not had authorisation may be

collected from the hall at 3pm.

Post school will operate as normal from 3pm for regular

attendees

Calendar

18 June ICAS Writing exam

19 June Three-way Conferences: 2pm

finish for school

19 June ICAS Spelling exam

20 June Three-way Conferences: 2pm

finish for school

26 June Board of Trustees‘ Planning

Meeting (Not open to the public

this time)

26 June Hui in the staffroom at 5.30pm

26 June Fono in the staffroom at 6.45pm

29 June David Shearer to visit Endeav-

our Team (Q & A)

29 June Last Day of Term Two: 3pm

finish, No Post school

16 July First Day of Term Three

31 July ICAS English exam

14 August ICAS Mathematics exam

Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: office@edendale.school.nz • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

Manuia Artists and Authors • Notices

2012 School Terms

Term 2: 23 April - 29 June

Term 3: 16 July - 28

September

Term 4: 15 October - 18

December

Edendale Student Code

I am an Edendale student. Therefore, I show respect to everyone; I am kind to others; I behave in a sensible

way. I take care of my school, my belongings and the environment. I am honest and reliable; I am responsible

for my actions. I have fun with my learning; I participate at school and try my very best!

EDENDALE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

As part of the Edendale Birthday celebrations Room 18 experienced what it was like being at school in the 1900’s. It came as no surprise that most of the children did not particularly enjoy the experience! They seemed pleased when the ‘role-play’ had

ended. By Matua Alan (Teacher)

I felt frightened when Matua Alan was very strict. By Matteo—Rm18

I felt very sad because Matua Alan was very strict. I didn’t

Anoukk

—Rm19

Stella—

Rm16

Caspar—

Rm15

PTA Quiz Night Sponsors

(More on Page 4)

Kelly Tarlton’s

Kusam Fausett

Lion Breweries

Liz Lucas

Mac & Co

MOTAT

Paradice Ice Skating

Poppet Optics

Rainbows End

Ravden Mitre 10

Rodney Wayne St Lukes

Sandringham Service Station

Sandringham Village Pharmacy

Savoie Designs

Sheffco Hala Meats Ltd

Signature Style

SPORTS NEWS

Soccer Coaching

Soccer coaching will be on Wednesdays (from 2 May) 3:15-

4:15pm on the bottom field. Cost: $8 per session, should be paid to Mr Wilson

in Room 24. Children must be collected afterwards by 4:20pm; forms are on

the table at reception.

Rainy Day

Notice will be given to cancel due to weather at 2.30pm on the day of

coaching, and a note will be put on the ‗ticker‘ on the

Edendale KnowledgeNET page.

Please check online.

Rosemary Vivien Principal • Edendale Primary School, 419 Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland 1025

Telephone: 09 846 6340 • Facsimile: 09 846 3997 • Email: office@edendale.school.nz • Website: http://www.edendale.school.nz/

See our website for info on upcoming events, BOT news and more! www.edendale.school.nz

Board of Trustees

Next meeting will be a Planning Meeting

Tuesday 26th June at 7:15pm

Edendale PTA Next meeting will be held in the Meeting Room

Thursday 21st June at 7:00pm

All welcome to attend

Join us on the ― Paint the PTA challenge

Book a face painting party with Face Art, say you‘re from Edendale Primary and for every hour of face paint-

ing they will give the school $10! Face Art for birthdays

parties and events Ph: 09 849 4359

Check their website: www.face-art.co.nz

Shared Lunch Recipe Books

$3.00!! We still have a few copies left for sale, if you‘d

like to see a sample copy, please see Chriss in the of-

fice. First in, first served. Cash or cheque only.

Sausage Sizzle

This will be held on Friday the 22nd June. Once again we will be selling great tasting Halal sausages from

Sheffco Halal Meats Ltd, in Stoddard Road. They will be

$2.00 each. A notice and order form will come home

with your child closer to the event.

For the LOVE of the GAME Rugby books $10.00

– RRP $50!! We still have a few copies left for sale! If you like to see

a sample copy, please see Chriss in the office. First in,

first served. Cash or cheque only.

Parent Class Representative Consent Form

Do remember to fill in your class form sent out to all

students; return them to your class teacher/office asap.

New PTA Members

A big thank you to the new members who joined our

last meeting. If you would like to help out, we always

appreciate new members joining the PTA. We meet once

a month. Turn up to our next meeting Thursday 21 June

in the meeting room (off the office foyer) at 7:00pm.

Entertainment Books Available Now

Please place your order for the 2012/2013 Entertain-

ment Book. This book is crammed full of a huge range

of discount vouchers for dining, recreation and travel

and is only $65, with $13 from each sale going to our

school. Order forms are available from the school office.

Quiz Night

Thank you to everyone who helped make Quiz Night a big success last Friday evening.

A fantastic time was had by everyone and there were

some great costumes.

We raised $6555 and this money will be used for

additional resources for the school such as school

trips, shows, Garden to Table and school equipment.

Please help support the following generous sponsors

(also see Page 3)who donated fantastic goods and

services for us to auction off on the night:

Tom Cooper & Aamel Rahmati

Co-Chairpersons

News from Edendale’s PTA

Edendale School

OSCAR-approved Holiday Programme

2nd July – 13th July

from 9.00am – 3.00pm

for children aged 5 – 12 years

There will be craft activities and trips

out. Pre-care and Post-care is also

available. Enrolment brochures are

now available from the office. For all

queries, please ring the school office

on 846 6340 or 021 124 7571.

Wanted! Small clean and empty

yogurt containers for craft activities

for the Edendale School Holiday

Programme. Please leave at the

school office.

Now Available

A selection of Toasted

sandwiches.

Prices from $2-4.

Please send your child with the correct

money for the lunch order.

Credit and Eftpos is not available,

cash only

Sponsors

Aquacats Swim Club

Arnotts

Auckland Eye

Bridgit Williams

Briscoes

Bruce Mason Centre

Clip N Climb

Dance Studio

Eyewear by Steph

Gregor Paul/ NZ Rugby World

Julie Hill Audiologist

Sponsors

Sky City

Stevens St Lukes

Suplustronics

Swim Magic

Taiko Japanese Restaurant &

Bar

Thai Cuisine

The Body Shop St Lukes

The Kingslander

Trent Bray Swim School

Tupperware

EDENDALE ARTISTS at

OKRA

1-24 June 2012

Okra Espresso Lounge & Gallery

A worm’s eye view of our

orchard and edible gardens

by 5-year-old photographers in

Year One!

Go for coffee and see the

exhibition!