NEWS
Maungaraki School - September 20, 2017
2018 TERM DATES
Here are the Maungaraki school term dates for 2018:
Term 1 - Wednesday 31st January to Friday 13th April
Term 2 - Monday 30th April to Friday 6th July
Term 3 - Monday 23rd July to Friday 28th September
Term 4 - Monday 15th October to Friday 14th December
STAFF GOODBYE's
At the end of this term we say farewell to our wonderful Deputy Principal, Janet Evans who is leaving us to take over as Principal at Epuni school. We have a farewell Assembly for Janet on Monday 25th September starting at 9:45am to 10:30am. Parents are welcome to the assembly and then invited to join Janet for a farewell morning tea afterwards in the staff room.
PINK OUT DAY: As another way of saying farewell to Janet we are having a Pink out day, also on Monday the 25th September. Pull out anything pink you have and wear it with style as Janet loves this colour.
We also bid a sad farewell to Paula Dooge this week, who has been a Teacher Aide with us for just over 2 years. We wish her all the best in her new role and thank her for all the fantastic work she has done at Maungaraki school.
ENROLMENTS FOR 2018
To assist with planning for 2018 we need to check we have an accurate list of enrolments for next year.
If you fall into one of following categories please contact the office by September 29th:
i) You live in zone and have a new entrant child who turns 5 in 2018 and you have not already given pre-enrolment details to the Office.
ii) You live in zone and currently have a child attending a different school that you intend to enrol at Maungaraki in 2018.
iii) You have a child currently attending Maungaraki School and you are planning to enrol them at a different school in 2018.
If you have a friend or family member that does not have a child currently attending Maungaraki School and you think that they may fall into one of the above categories, please get them to contact the Office also.
At the start of November a notice will be sent home advising parents / caregivers who will be teaching which class in the school for 2018.
SCIENCE FAIR
Well done to Jayden Smith, Shriya Rajesh, Romana Aung, Alexandra Knox, Mia Brown, Zoe Van Greuning, Tina Friedman and Aisling Daly who participated in the Niwa Science Fair.
Congratulations to Mia who won the Hugh D Gordon Memorial prize along with a highly commended award. And Tina Friedman who won the Institution of Professional Engineers award.
HATS IN TERM 4
A reminder that all students are required to wear a wide brimmed hat during break times in terms 1 & 4. Please ensure your child has one in their bag for the start of term 4. We do have some available for purchase in the school office at a cost of $12.50 each.
LOST PROPERTY
We have a lot of lost property including many jackets, jerseys and lunchboxes. Everything will be donated to a good cause at the end of term 3 so if you are missing anything please stop in and check the pile.
SPORTS UPDATE
Last week our Year 3/4 Maungaraki Warriors won their miniball final 26-12. They saved their best game for the final and showed awesome team work with slick passing, shooting and were tenacious on defence. It was a brilliant game to end the season on. It's been a successful season for them winning orange grade in Term 2 and green grade in Term 3.
Thanks to Maungaraki Association and parents for their support during the season, and also Nia and Mel for their time and effort in coaching and managing the team.
Also congratulations to our Year 5/6 Raptors basketball team, who had an amazing season going undefeated until the final but unfortunately were pipped for 1st place. Thank you to Silvia and Lisa for overseeing the team this term!
Lastly, well done to all our winter sports teams. You demonstrated a great attitude and represented Maungaraki superbly. Also a huge thanks again to all the managers and coaches of all our sports teams for the last 2 terms, the students wouldn't have been able to participate without you giving up your time to run the teams!
THANK YOU
We would like to extend a big thank you to all of our basketball coaches & managers who have helped out with the teams over the last 2 terms:
Sarah Gwerder, Lucia Lu, Tui & Kevin Counsell - the year 1/2 teams
Nia Perez & Gill Fowler - the Year 3/4 teams
Silvia Canessa & Lisa Turner - the year 5/6 team
Michelle Pakai - the year 7/8 team
ONESIE DAY
Thank you for supporting Onesie day. Your generous donations helped us raise $365.80
YUMMY STICKERS
The time has come for you to bring in your vast collections of Yummy stickers and Yummy bar codes. Last year the school received over $160 worth of sports equipment courtesy of your efforts in both buying Yummy apples, and saving the stickers and bar codes from those apples. Please have your children bring the stickers and bar codes you have saved over the last year to the office, this week, so the Home and School Committee can post them to The Yummy Apple Company. They will tally up our stickers and allocate us a dollar value to spend with DG Sport on much needed sports equipment.
Thank you for your efforts everyone.
Home and School Committee.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
A reminder that daylight savings starts on Sunday the 24th September at 2am. Remember to put your clocks forward 1 hour.
GIVE A LITTLE PAGE FOR VICTORIA
For those families who know Victoria, who started in room 5 last year, we have been given an update from her dad. He has shared that Victoria is not doing so well and they have been advised that there is a 1% - 3% chance of curing her. But mum and dad aren't giving up hope and are looking at alternative treatments that may provide some longevity for Victoria.
If you would like to support this family please donate using the give a little page link below. Our thoughts continue to be with them all as they go through these hard times.
