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COMING EVENTS
Tuesday 14 November—Friday 18 November
Class 5 Olympic Camp
Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 November
Class 10 Play— Wheelers Luck
Friday 25 November Teacher Only Day
Monday 28 November Kindy Advent Festival
Tuesday 29 November Class 1 2017 Parent Meeting
FRIDAY FLYER 11 November 2016
Newsletter 35
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE
KINDERGARTEN
Reminder to all parents with younger siblings not yet attending
playgroup, nursery or kindergarten: Please ensure you have filled
in an expression of interest form for your child. Only once this has
been done can we contact you and offer you a place in our
playgroup and nursery.
KINDERGARTEN VACANCY
Michael Park Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten is seeking 1 full time and 2 part
time teachers to join our experienced team. Ideal applicants are artistic,
creative and practical, have great communication skills and are familiar with
Rudolf Steiner education. A background in Rudolf Steiner pedagogy and/or
a willingness to teach and organise programmes in accordance with the
special character of the school shall be a condition of employment.
Applications close 27 November
Send your C.V. and a covering letter to [email protected].
To read information about Michael Park please visit
www.michaelpark.school.nz
To speak to the centre manager phone Karen Affleck 09 5258996
KINDERGARTEN RESIGNATION
It is with sadness that we have accepted the resignation of Sarah Tucker
from her role in the kindergarten.
We all wish her the very best for the future.
STAFFING CHANGES IN THE LOWER
SCHOOL 2017
Dear Parents / whanau,
Over the past term the College has been reviewing staffing needs across the
Lower School for the coming year with a focus on ensuring that we have our
teachers optimally placed to meet the needs of our students. With this in
mind we are pleased to announce the following changes:
Gabi Kuster will be our Class 1 teacher
Janette Feenstra will be our Class 4 teacher
Fatemeh Abdollahi will be our Class 6 teacher
We will be adopting a team teaching approach to literacy, numeracy
and sciences in Classes 6 and 7 to ensure students have the best
possible exposure to these important aspects of the curriculum.
We wish you well for the rest of the term.
The College of Teachers
OUR WONDERFUL MR FARLEY
Mr Farley was nominated by MPS for
Caretaker of the year through Hygiene
House and we are pleased to announce
that he won..
Mr Farley always goes above and
beyond his duties as caretaker and we
couldn’t wish for a more deserving
person to win this award.
Well Done
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
ADAM DUBIGNON
Dear Parents / Whānau
Over the past few months I have been giving some careful consideration to
the future needs of the school, to my own future and that of my family.
After much reflection, I have come to the difficult decision that it is time for
me to move on to a new challenge and I will be taking up a position at an
international school in Southeast Asia in mid-2017. My motivation is mainly
driven by the needs of my family, though I also recognise that I have been
at Michael Park School for ten years and, as the school approaches a new
phase of development, I feel it would be good for the school to have a fresh
perspective. With this in mind I have given my resignation to the Board of
Trustees this week and over the next few months the Board, RSST and
College will be working together to ensure we put in place an effective
transition plan. My anticipated departure date will be in May next year and
we will update you should this change. In the meantime, I’d like to thank all
of you for the incredible contribution that you all made to our school fair
last weekend and I wish you well for the last few weeks of term.
Nga mihi nui
Adam Dubignon
FRIDAY FLYER 11 November 2016
Newsletter 35
LOST PROPERTY FROM THE FAIR
We have a box of lost property from the fair in the office so if you did
loose anything please contact us.
VACANCIES AT OTHER STEINER SCHOOLS
RAPHAEL HOUSE RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL
Class Teacher (Years 2-8), starting at Class 1 (Year 2), full time,
from 28 January 2017
We are seeking an experienced, Steiner qualified teacher. Our
ideal applicant will be passionate about and have a deep
understanding of Steiner education. They will be artistic and
highly creative in their teaching and have excellent classroom
management skills. This position begins with teaching a Class 1.
NZ teacher registration is required.
Applications close 3.00 pm, Monday, 28 November 2016
The Job Description and Application Form are downloadable from
our website www.raphaelhouse.school.nz (Vacancies can be
found under the ABOUT tab). Applications can be emailed
to: [email protected] or posted to 27 Matuhi
Street Tirohanga, Lower Hutt 5010 (Attention: the Principal).
READING GROUP
I would like to warmly invite our parent community to form a reading
group with me on Thursday evenings at 7pm in Rose Cottage. The propose
book to read is called “Simplicity Parenting; Using the extraordinary power
of less to raise calmer, happier and more secure kids” by Kim John Payne
and Lisa Ross.
Nadine Seidel
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
SUPPORT
Last Saturday was epic. We had 6,000 people attend our fair this year.
None of this could have been possible without your support during the
year and on the day.
We are still waiting on final expenses and it is our intention to have the
2016 figures out in the Friday Flier next week.
Your feedback of what we can do better would be very much appreciated.
If you are interested on being on the Fair Committee for next year please
contact us.
On behalf of your Fair Committee, thank you for all the hard work and
effort that was put in to make last week a wonderful experience for
people to cherish.
Nga Mihi,
Christine Fairclough, Brenda Davidson, Adrienne Foote, Roger Harris, Joao
Machado, Bob Allsop, Desmond Pemerika
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS—HOST
FAMILIES NEEDED
We are looking for long and short term host families for
international high school students. If you are interested in hosting
please contact Brenda on 09 579 3083 or
Class 10 Wheelers Luck It’s that time of the year again when we produce a top-notch production for all of your entertainment! This year class
10 have been working on Wheeler’s Luck and we want to see you in the sold out auditorium on the 23rd and 24th of
November. Enjoying our products!
Ticket prices on the night are:
-Adults $15 ($10 earlybird)
-Students $10 ($8 earlybird)
-Families $25 ($20 earlybird)
Early bird tickets can be ordered on the Facebook page until Friday 18th November for early prices. Tickets will also be available from 8-8:30am & 3-3:30pm, Monday to Friday, around the lower school. Just look for the crazy folk in gumboots. Please note that this play is recommended for Class 5/6 and above, or by parent discretion. Our production of Wheelers Luck is zany, Monty Python—esque production which tells the story of rural New Zea-
land life. Wheelers Luck is a New Zealand flavoured pantomime for adults with a sweet tone but some fruity lan-
guage. Originally written as a two person play, our Class 10 have re-worked the characters to fit our 23 person class.
Wheelers Luck is placed in a small New Zealand rural beach town called Bell End. It begins with the ridiculous and
untimely death of Nora Cox, the last surviving member of the towns founding family, putting the ownership of
Coxes Point, an important historical landmark to the town, in jeopardy.
As the property developers roll in from the big smoke there is an uproar from the townsfolk lead by a particularly
passionate man, named Murray Dickle. He goes up against the loaded business man Richard Lush who wants to buy
the land from the townsfolk. Their conflict is concluded in a final horse race along the beach to determine who will
keep the land.
Please come along and support us and enjoy a zany night of chuckles and belly laughs and physical comedy.
