MAUNGAKARAMEA PRIMARY SCHOOL ! TERM 4, WEEK 4 - 6 NOVEMBER 2015

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NEWSLETTERDear Parents and caregivers,

What a busy couple of weeks we have had! Firstly thank you to all the parents who have helped us in the past few weeks. We had a working bee where parents painted and gardened and worked hard to help enhance our school environment. You did a wonderful job.

We had very positive feedback about our calf club day and the general consensus was that having it on a Saturday worked really well. It was great to see a number of extended family members here to enjoy the day. The PSG did a wonderful job organising things and the raffle was a great success. Special mention goes to the Maungakaramea Garage who gave us so much support in many ways – we really appreciate this. Many thanks to everyone that helped set up and tidy up – many hands always make light work. A special thanks to Todd Skudder who did a marvelous job as MC and to Murray Child who was our judge – his experience is very much valued. All the staff put in an enormous effort to ensure that the children had a great time organising their flower day exhibits etc. We hope to build on this and make it even better and bigger next year and we will start this planning early next year.

As you know we have just had a visit from the Education Review Office and although it will be awhile before the report is completed, initial indications are very positive. The children preformed a most amazing Powhiri to welcome them and we are all so proud of them. Many thanks to Trudi Bertie for all your work to make this such a success. A huge thank you to the parents that shared all the positive things that are happening at the school with them. We are working hard to strengthen community links so this feedback was great. Remember, if you do have any issues, please come in and talk to me about them as if we are unaware of them, we cannot work together to solve them. Thank you.

A huge welcome to Te Amorangi Edmonds to our school – he has settled in really well. In a couple of weeks we have Quinn White starting so another huge welcome to him as well.

Next Friday we are having our athletics sports and really need your support for this - being help on the day. The PSG is having a meeting this afternoon to sort out details as to what help is needed. As usual we ask that each family bring along a plate of food to be sold on the day. This is our major fundraising for the year so the more food we have, the more money we can make to go towards resources for your children. I hope you all have a very restful weekend.

Kind regardsKath EdwardsPrincipal

Noticeboard Trophies

Please can everyone who received trophies last year return these as soon as possible. Also, calf club

trophy winners please return to office so we can get these engraved.

Sun Hats

Just a reminder that wearing hats outside is compulsory during term 4. Children need a suitable sun hat for

use everyday at school, not beanies or brimless hats.

School photos

A reminder that our school photos will be taken on Thursday 12

November. Order forms have been sent home. If you did not receive one of these and would like another one

please see Tania at the office or download a copy from our facebook

page.

Swimming Pool

Do you have some pool care experience or just some spare time

each week to lend a hand with things like vacuuming the pool? Please give it some thought and let us know if you have the time to lend a hand.

Thank you.

Calendar Artwork

The students calf club day artwork exhibits are once

again available to parents to order as a calendar, diary, card,

mousepad or notepad artworks. Order forms were sent home this week and examples of the diaries, calendars, cards and notepads are available to view at the office .

Orders and payment are due back next Wednesday 11th November.

Birthdays

Happy belated birthday to Paige Geen (6) Spencer Willis (11) Cooper White (7) Te Amorangi Edmonds (5) Ayla Truman (11) Ollie Shelford (10) Jamie Gibson (6) Kurt Lombard (7) and to Kaharau Edmonds who turns

8 tomorrow!!

DATES TO REMEMBER

NOVEMBERMon 9 Reading TogetherWed 11 Calendar Art Orders DueThurs 12 School PhotosFri 13 Athletics /Scholastic Due #7

Mon 16 Scholastic #8 Orders Open

DECEMBERThurs 10 Prizegiving / ConcertFri 11 Last Day Term 4

MANA WINNER

Wk 2 – Rochelle Herewini for being very responsible

in the classroom.

Wk 3 – No draw

MAUNGAKARAMEA PRIMARY SCHOOL ! TERM 4, WEEK 4 - 6 NOVEMBER 2015

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COMMUNITY NOTICES

‣ Maungakaramea Fire Force Family Fireworks & Bonfire Night - Friday 6 November. 6pm @ MGK Sports Club. Sausage sizzle $2, lolly scramble, hot chips available, bar will be open. BYO fireworks (fire force will be providing some), gold coin donation entry. Change of clothes for those who want to get wet!

‣ Active Attitude Gym & Youth Activity Centre Open Day - Sunday 15 November at 9 Commerce St. 11.30am - 4.30pm. An opportunity for children of all ages to come and give

gymnastics a go, meet our friendly coaches and view our gym. There will be gym display demos, spot prizes and lots of fun and fitness. Ph 945 4876.

‣ Rabbit wanted for breeding - If you have a male rabbit that you could loan to a keen breeder please phone the office and let Tania know.

‣ NorthTec Community Day - Sunday 8 November. 10am - 1pm @ Raumanga Valley Road Campus - Come along to our campus for a free, fun, family day out with great food, live entertainment from JGeeks and information about studying! Ph: 0800 162 100.

Room 4 Calendar Art

MAUNGAKARAMEA PRIMARY SCHOOL ! TERM 4, WEEK 4 - 6 NOVEMBER 2015

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CALF CLUB DAY 2015

MAUNGAKARAMEA SCHOOL 2015 CALF CLUB DAY RESULTS

INDOOR EXHIBITS Years 0-1 1st Pippa Ryder 2nd Liam Angus 3rd Max Bailey Years 2-3 1st James Bailey 2nd Kurtis Ryder 3rd Cohen Gardner Junior Overall 1st James Bailey 2nd Kurtis Ryder 3rd Pippa Ryder

Years 4-5 1st = Macayla Wilson / Taylor Angus 2nd - 3rd Ashley Wickman Years 6-8 1st Islay Bruce 2nd Kade McTavish 3rd Jayden Angus Senior Overall 1st Islay Bruce 2nd Kade McTavish 3rd = Taylor Angus/Macayla Wilson

PETS Pet 1st Corban Woods 2nd Emily Merry

3rd Jethro Clark

LAMBS Leading 1st Brie Huntington 2nd James Bailey 3rd Pippa Ryder Calling 1st Isabella Manney-McConnell 2nd Angus Huntington 3rd Paige Huntington

Pet Lamb 1st Isabella Manney-McConnell 2nd Lilly Twist 3rd Pippa Ryder

1st Year Lamb = Isabella Manney-McConnell Reserve Champion Lamb = Lilly Twist Champion Lamb = Isabella Manney-McConnell

CALVES Leading 1st Nick Merry 2nd Emily Merry 3rd Max Bailey

Rearing 1st Nick Merry 2nd James Bailey 3rd Max Bailey

Light Breed Trophy = Nick Merry Heavy Breed Trophy = James Bailey 1st Year Calf = Max Bailey Reserve Champion Calf = Emily Merry Champion Calf = Nicholas Merry

DECORATED ANIMALS Junior Decorated Animal 1st Pippa Ryder 2nd James Bailey 3rd Max Bailey

Senior Decorated Animal 1st Emily Merry

============================================================ RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS Grocery Raffle 1st Jessie Manney 2nd David Roy 3rd Kevin Wing Bag, Rugby Ball & T-Shirt Raffle Winner Janette Dobbs MGK Garage Rugby Ball Draw Winner: Cohen Gardner