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Newsletter - 27 August 2010 (Term 3 : Week 6)

Kia Ora Koutou

Thank you to all parents that sent back the report survey. Overall parents are satisfied with the format and contents of the report. The simple format and focus on the 'core' subjects (literacy and numeracy) were seen as positive changes.

Last Wednesday the school held a Reading Evening. The turnout of parents was very disappointing. We have decided to re-run this presentation next Tuesday (31st of August) 3.15 – 4.15. I cannot stress enough how important it is for you to attend this. The presentations are from both a Junior and Senior perspective, are not full of educational jargon and have heaps of helpful hints to support your child's learning at home.

It may come as no surprise but we have decided to begin raising funds for a school hall. Stage one is getting community support for this project. Please refer to the open letter later on in the newsletter for ways you could help.

I am resigning for a day (This Friday). Any issues are to be referred to Haylee Manakau-McEwen (Yr 6 Student) who steps up as our new principal for the day. Good Luck Haylee.

Dave Sedcole

THIS FORTNIGHT'S AWARDS

The Principal's Awards went to Katelyn Franklin for Respect, to Leela Brown for Excellence, to Matai Pike for Perseverance, to Johnny Bracken for Thinking and Tara Jones for "Beautiful Manners".
Room 7. The Caught Being Good Duffy Book Awards went to Quinn Sparksman for cracking the writing code and to Isaac Nijenhuis for attitude and effort in mathematics Certificates were given to Shannan Phillips-Allen for extra effort and progress with reading and to Mere-Emma Heteraka for super attitude towards reading to Laura Gorrie for answering all the library quiz questions correctly, to Kalanya Harrison for taking the initiative and helping without being asked and to Johnny Bracken for persevering with his imaginative recount.
Room 6. The Caught Being Good Duffy Book Award went to Heath Moffat for being a leader in the Room 6 community (Setting up the classroom at 8am each day) and to Dylan Parker making learning a priority in preference to sleep. Certificates were given to Leisuan Mataio for her "positive" learning in class to Isaac Peebles for 'SMILING'.as he ran a Top 10 Place at Peria Cross country and to Rory Jones for his 'TACTICAL' cross country strategies at Peria (1st Place) to Mark Lange for 75 nights reading and to Isaac Peebles for sharing his "expertise" with everyone at Mangonui School.
Room 5. The Caught Being Good Duffy Book Award was given to Pravit Krishna for awesome participation in cross country, and Rhett Carson for Awesome Art. Certificates were given to Sydney Woodroffe as welcome back and settling into class, to Devon Penene for putting all his energy into cross country, to Demitrious Duval for perseverance at crow country, to Cooper Stone and Brenna Sabin for flying ahead with reading - Well Done! and to Todd Sparksman for being a Maths Whizz.
Room 4. The Duffy Caught Being Good Awards went to Billy Wilson for working really hard on his reading and writing. Keep it up!! and to Tayla Williams for using strong thinking and leadership skills in class. Certificates were given to Cullen Sparksman-Brott for perseverance in the use of a variety of maths strategies, to Cameron Williams for working hard and improving greatly with his reading strategies, to Denym Reid for extra work on his matheletics and to Oliver Wood for consistently working hard in class.
Room 3. The Caught Being Good Duffy Book Award went to Aaliyah Harrison-Duval for her positive attitude towards all learning and to Tryneece Heta-Tomars for outstanding improvement in basic facts. Certificates were given to Leela Brown for using a super simile in her writing to Tara Jones, Angel Bracken-Henry, Peti Heteraka, Harlen MacKenzie andP Ben Thoresen for superb improvement in their basic facts knowledge. Yahoo!
Room 2. The Caught Being Good Duffy Book Award went to Jeshy Newman for going up 16 reading levels in 6 months and to Lavinia Harrison for excellent reading. Certificates were given to Julius and Josh for awesome running at cross country and to Kahurangi Wehi for super spelling an to Paige Jury for Jump Jam.
Room 1. The Caught Being Good Duffy Book Award went to Grace Parker for amazing progress in all areas and to Haylee Goodhue for her application to learning. Certificates were given to Jazmine Thorensen for managing herself and helping pack things away and also in Week 6 for 100 nights reading.
BOOK WEEK - The prize for Dads reading to class rooms were won by Charm's dad Robert Green and Troy's dad Tiny Wyatt.
Room 6 was the tidiest classroom and Room 5 was the tidiest cloakroom.

COMING EVENTS CALENDAR

Term 3 dates - Monday 19th July to Friday 24th September

Wednesday 1st September - School photos - Get you orders in as soon as possible.

Friday 10th September - Ngataki Cross Country Finals: Yr 3 - Yr 6 only

Celebration Assemblies - 1.45pm Fridays : 3rd September and17th September.

Fun Fridays - 27th August, 10th September, 24th September.

Fundraiser for Taipa Area School History Students Going to Vietnam.

Friday 27 August 7.00pm in the Whare at Taipa Area School
Entry: $5.00 Bingo Cards: $1.00 ea
Fun for everyone. Supper Available.

Ph John on 40-60149 or Annette on 405-1887
Tickets available at the school office.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

School photos will be taken on Wednesday 1st September. The order envelopes have gone home. Please send the envelopes back to school with your order and money before Wednesday 1st. If you have not received an envelope there are a few spares at the office.

Active Parent Education Kit

Giving parents the tools to be good role models in the sport and recreation environment will build stronger, healthier, happier and safer communities. The Active Parent Education Kit provides parents of Western Australia with resources to optimise their child's sport and recreation experience. http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/active-parent-education-kit

PARENTS AS TEACHERS

Find the Biggest Total

Purpose:
The purpose of this activity is to help your child to develop their knowledge of place value – tens and ones in a number.

What you need:
Pen and paper
1 Die

What to do:
The aim of this game is to make the biggest number, by adding the result of 4 throws of a die.

Players take turns to throw the die and write down the number thrown. For each throw players can choose whether to write down the number as a ones digit or a tens digit. For example, if a 3 is thrown, the player can choose to write down 3 or 30.

Play continues until all players have 4 numbers recorded each. Each player must have 2 ones digits and 2 tens digits written down from their 4 throws.
The player with the biggest number, calculated by adding all four numbers together at the end of the four rounds, is the winner.

Variation:
The player with the smallest total is the winner.

26 August

Dear Community

Mangonui School would like to build a multi-purpose community hall. To be able to do this requires a large amount of money. We need to get as much community support as possible to be able to access funding from organisations such as the ASB. We envisage that this building would be used for indoor sports, cultural events and meetings. This facility would be an asset for our school and also our community.

We would like to hear from any community, sports or cultural group that would be interested in using a venue like this to benefit our community. These do not have be school based. Mangonui School parents have mentioned that they have to travel to Kaitaia for gymnastics. Maybe there is someone who would be able to start a Gymnastics club.

From a school perspective we are in urgent need of this type of venue. At the moment if we are to have anyone visit the school that requires a teaching space we are only able to cater for them on a dry day at our covered area. Our 'celebration assemblies' where children share their work are constantly cancelled as it depends on the weather if we proceed. We would also like to offer new sports and keep our students active during the wet winter months.

If you are interested in using the hall for a specific purpose or simply want to support this initiative from a parent perspective, please write a letter or contact me at school. All support will be appreciated to ensure we can make this happen for our school and community.

Dave Sedcole
Principal

IMPORTANT HEALTH INFORMATION - FLU LIKE ILLNESS

Public Health have been notified of a growing number of pupils who are sick from some Northland Schools with Flu like Illness. Swine Flu has been notified in some cases. This information sheet offers advice regarding Flu for parents and guardians.

Signs and symptoms of influenza include:

Temperature (more than 38∞C).
Fever, shivers, chills or sweats.
Sore throat and or cough.

We therefore recommend the following actions:

Anyone with influenza like symptoms should remain away from school or work until 48 hours after the symptoms have gone.
If symptoms get worse seek advice from Healthline (0800 611 116) or your own doctor.

If you have a pre-existing health condition such as:

respiratory/lung disease
heart disease or diabetes
liver or kidney disease
blood disorder or neurological conditions
low immunity
are currently/recently pregnant

and you become unwell with flu-like symptoms, we recommend that you urgently seek advice from Healthline 0800 611 1160 or your GP.

If you are uncertain whether you have the flu and/or a relevant health condition please contact Healthline or phone your family doctor or practice nurse.