Friday 15 April 2016 – Term 1 - Week 11
From The Principal
Welcome to our last newsletter for Term 1 2016. It has been a busy one and all classes have achieved lots of learning in most areas of the curriculum. A big thank you to all the staff and children for their hard work. This school is humming along.
On Tuesday we welcomed some lovely students and staff from Clendon Park School for a cultural exchange between our Te Reo Maori group and their children. It was a very moving experience and we are very proud of our students for their confidence in speaking and singing in other languages. Thank you to Matua Faenza and his team for their great work. A very successful day.
Thanks to the PTA for organising the Discos last Friday night. The children love them.
The Walking School Bus folk farewelled Katrina Elder on Tuesday as the family are relocating South. Katrina was instrumental in getting our walking school buses up and running for Elm Park School approximately 5 years ago. We wish you and your family all the very best.
We are still experiencing huge issues with people not respecting our road rules and they are endangering children every day with their lack of care on the road. Please ! Please respect the teachers and parents who are helping to keep your children safe when crossing the road. Please use the pedestrian crossing and wait for the teachers to say it is ok to cross. Names and numbers are recorded and sent to the police if infringements occur. Fines will be issued. Last week we had a driver go through the crossing and park on the wrong side of the road facing the oncoming traffic, Hardly safe driving is it?
A police constable was called and a fine was issued to this person.
We also had a talk for the Years 5 and 6 students about online safety from Constable Merv Hotter, as there have been a number of incidents of children visiting inappropriate sites at home without their parents knowledge. Please monitor your children's use of digital devices as we want everyone to be safe from predators.
Please note we still have headphones available for purchase from the school office for $20.00.
On that happy note please have a happy and safe holiday. School begins again on Monday 2 May at 8.50 am.
Trish Plowright
Principal
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This Week in Review
Award Winners
PRINCIPAL'S AWARDS
Congratulations to the following students who were selected and acknowledged this term as Principal’s Award Winners.
Room 1 | Seth Roberts | Room 11 | Lily McClintock | Room 21 | Oliver Handley-Elder |
Room 2 | Alexis Evaroa | Room 12 | Oliver Miller | Room 22 | Raquel Stryker |
Room 3 | Braydon Tetupu | Room 13 | Neave Ambler | Room 23 | Jenny Um |
Room 4 | Caius Faaofo | Room 14 | Devaansh Gupta | Room 24 | Rhea Mudalier |
Room 5 | Darylle Abelardo | Room 15 | Maria Christophers | Room 25 | Emma Street |
Room 6 | Jai Sharma | Room 17 | Chathuni Ariyaratne | Room 28 | Avah Falaniko |
Room 8 | Alina Zhao | Room 18 | Cooper Aish | Room 29 | Kallum Mohamed |
Room 9 | Daniel Handley Elder | Room 19 | Myra Singh | ||
Room 10 | Timothy Liu | Room 20 | Calvin Hanna |
POSITIVE SOCIAL INTERACTION
Congratulations to the following students who were selected and acknowledged this term for their responsible, friendly behaviour.
Room 1 | Liam Malaki-Martin | Room 15 | Spencer Malaki-Martin |
Room 2 | Carlisle Tulua | Room 17 | Jaylee Armitage-Smith |
Room 3 | Carmen Chen | Room 18 | Nikita Jolly |
Room 4 | Arina Rusakova | Room 19 | Tarquin Fitzgerald-Jolly |
Room 5 | Kellyn Kett | Room 20 | Artemas Kelsall |
Room 6 | Ali Baker | Room 21 | Nathan Carter |
Room 8 | Larissa Wilson | Room 22 | Kalani Graham |
Room 9 | Praise Williams | Room 23 | Hudson Aish |
Room 10 | Annabelle Cartwright | Room 24 | Nadia Mistry |
Room 11 | Alexander Pham | Room 25 | Joshua De Silva |
Room 12 | Azmyth Kahi | Room 28 | Kaeden Evaroa |
Room 13 | Kayleigh Thompson | Room 29 | Claire Xu |
Room 14 | Cheyenne Harrington |
Personal Presentation Winners
The following students were voted as the overall term winner in their year level for the most neatly presented in their uniform.
Year 1 | Dora Nagy | Year 4 | Phoenix Johns |
Year 2 | Alina Zhao | Year 5 | Jayden Myburgh |
Year 3 | Sia Bryant | Year 6 | Kalin Howard |
WINTER IN THE UNIFORM SHOP
When your child / children begin to wear closed in shoes for the colder weather, here are the sock options:
GIRLS - White ankle socks or navy tights or navy knee high socks (available $15 for 3 pack. Sizes 13-3, 4-6) If wearing track pants, girls may wear navy ankle socks.
BOYS - School socks or if wearing track pants, boys may wear navy ankle socks (available $9.50 for 3 pack. Sizes 13-3, 4-6, 7-9).
Please note we also have Beanies for winter at $5 each.
Community Notices
Focus on Children
Here are some self portrait photos that the students have recently done with a speech bubble that shows why they think they are a learner.
We have been looking at what learning sounds like, feels like and looks like. These were the students stories about what they thought they did that showed that they were a learner.
