Glenavon School Newsletter

Term One—Week Six 2016

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What’s happening

...in the Glen?

TERM ONE

14th March

Getwise—Awa

15th March Year 5/6 T Ball

17th March

Student Led Conferences

23rd March Moana Community Day

25th—29th March

Easter Break

31st March Year 3 /4 T ball

4th April

Getwise—Moana

12th April Zone 7’s Rugby

14th April

Glenavon’s Got Talent Finals Night

15th April

End of Term 1

TERM TWO

2nd May Start of Term 2

9th May ERO visit

13th May

First Bays Festival Rehearsal

SCHOOL PREFECTS

Our 2016 Prefects were chosen a few weeks ago. There were 15 students who applied for the

roles and all of them would have made great prefects. However, we could only choose 6;

Head Boy— Vasa Joseph Toleafoa Deputy Head Boys— Harry Singh, Tevita Hingano

Head Girl—Milie-Lei Hansell Deputy Head Girls—Arsh Lutfi, Disha Chand

A SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR NEW STUDENTS AND FAMILIES

Charle Robertson , Phoenix Albert-Matthews , Lexc Albert-Matthews , Christian Mason , Anan Zaman ,

Coll Danford , Mishaylar Erikson-Vano , Cassandra Kapeteni , Rachel Kapeteni , Muhammad Naqvi ,

Farjaad Rehman , Azlaan Rehman , Jaxson Wilson Bayliss , Alisha Ali

STUDENT COUNCIL

Our 2016 School Council has been elected. They will

be a big student voice in the school and will be in

charge of promoting our Kid in the Glen values.

Each assembly week they will choose the “Caught

being good Awards”. These awards will be given out

to students who display the Glenavon values at all

times.

Room 1— Pauline, Alimayne Room 6— Shylo, Anas

Room 2— The Prefects Room 7—Te Ao, Charity

Room 3— Kymani, Sky Room 8— Camila, George

Room 4— Caitlyn, Makalesi Room 9—Angel, Helena

Room 5—Selena , Psalm Room 10 –Raukura, Esekielu

Newsletter—10.3.16

HAND THIS TICKET TO THE OFFICE SIGNED FOR A

GOLDEN TICKET

Signed ……………………………………………………..

YEAR 7 / 8 TAG The Yr 7/8 Boys and Girls tag teams played in the Zone Tag Day last Friday. The boys Played 3 games, drew 1 and lost 2 to narrowly miss out on the finals. Outstanding perfor-mances were noted from Christian (Rm 2), Michael (Rm 2) and Vili (Rm 3). The girls team played 4 games , won 1 and lost 3 very close games. They got into the semi finals but were outclassed by Henderson Intermediate. Players of the day were Lata (Rm 3) and Lydia (Rm 1). Well done to you all for representing the school so well and a MASSIVE thank you to all of the parents who came along and sup-ported our students.

YEAR 7 / 8 SOFTBALL The girls Year 7/8 softball team played in the Interzone competition on Tuesday. They played 4 games, won 1 and lost 3. Overall the team came 8th and were commended on their sportsmanship and skill. Player of the tournament was Tymira (Room1) - well done to you all!

YEAR 5 / 6 CRICKET The Year 5 and 6 Cricket team played in the Interzone cricket tournament last week at Eastdale Reserve. The team played 4 games, won 3 and lost 1. They got through to the final - which they ended up winning! Well done team! Players of the Day were Andre and Andrew. The team were also awarded a trophy for best sportsmanship and Reiner Tupou won the lunchtime 'catching competition'. A tremendous result , which was well deserved!

COMMUNITY NOTICE

Are you keen to play Rippa or Junior Rugby ?

Roskill Districts Rugby Club is recruiting for 2016

Come on down to Fearon Park on March 6th 1000 – 1300 or contact Ramon James on

022 329 8496 A great winter sport!

STUDENT LED CONFERENCES

SCHOOL FINISHES AT 2PM 17th MARCH

Next Thursday afternoon is our first student led

conferences for the year. This is your chance to have a

conversation with your child and their teacher about how

they are learning in class and what their next steps are.

Please complete the form and return it to your classroom

teacher as soon as possible.

CLASS BLOGS

Our class blogs are a great way to find out what your

children are learning about in class. They feature

highlights from the classroom programmes.

The children love it when people interact with their

learning online, so please feel free to comment on the

blogs and contribute.