Term 2 19th April – 2nd July.
Term 3 19th July – 24th Sept.
Term 4 11th Oct – late Dec.
Happy Birthday!!
Happy birthday to the following students, we hope you have a great day :-
12th June - Travis. 16th June - Anastaisia.
Event Dates for your Calendar
2nd June - Kimbolton School bush visit.
4th June - School Assembly @ 2pm
4th -13th June - ASSA Possum Shoot.
7th June - Queen's Birthday.
16th June - Oroua Wearable Arts.
23rd June - Oroua Cross Country.
24th June - FHS Open day.
29th June - Capital E in P.N for junior room students.
2nd July - Term 2 ends.
19th July - Term 3 begins.
Please note: We have added a google calendar to keep everyone up to date with school, community and Oroua happenings. This can be viewed, used and updated by staff, parents, students and community members or anyone who views our blogspot. It means that everyone has up to date/event information at their fingertips. Just click on the link at the top of our newsletter to see your google calendar. The Apiti school events are in a brick colour and the Oroua events are in green. CHECK IT OUT ! Feedback always welcome !
Celebrating our Learning at Apiti School
Students of the Week:
– Junior Rm – Wk 5 - Hayley - much neater written work, she is working well on her number matching and addition facts. She is now on Red 3 reading level. Wk 6 Tyler - great story writing , leaving spaces between words. He is now on Red 1. Great counting up to 20 and matching numbers to words. Anja is now reading Blue 3 fluently, and writing her stories on the computer and saving them.
Reading - all students are reading well at home every night, but some need to spend more time on their alphabet and blends sheets. Their numeracy "I can" sheets are in their homework notebooks, so please update them as required.
There are many junior students achieving well. These include :-
Keanu who has taken ownership for his creative taniwha and has some great ideas which he has put into his wearable art.
Hannah is achieving at a high spelling level.
Great improvement in comprehension answers from Logan, Charlotte and Huntah.
Travis becoming more independent in written work, which is neat and clear.
David is writing some very interesting stories and he knows an ever growing list of words he can write by himself.
- Senior Rm –Wk 5 - Caleb J - Excellent commitment and improvement in numeracy and reading. Keen to learn and develop new skills. Fantastic Caleb!
Wk 6 - Ashleigh - Excellent development of numeracy strategies; Making the most of all learning opportunities and working well with all members of our school and visitors. Excellent use of both learning time and breaks to learn new skills! Well done Ashleigh!
Quality work table - Reading - Nastia. Writing - Nastia, Hannah, Caleb J. Maths - Caleb J, Charlotte. Homework Challenge - Tom. Spelling - Caleb J.
Appreciation Box - Nastia X 3, Jacob, Hannah, Charlotte.
Bus Driver
Congratulations to Yvonne & Mervyn Clarke who have completed the first step - the written part of their school bus licence. We really appreciate Yvonne & Mervyn stepping in to drive the school bus at such short notice.
School Assembly
There will be assembly this Friday the 4th of June in the senior room starting at 2.00pm. All members of the community are most welcome to attend this assembly.
The Green Rig
Anastiasia and I giggled from school to the river then we jumped out of Mrs Brown's car and walked to the stony river. Wipe-out as I fall down on my bottom. The slippery rocks made me just about fall down again. First we got into groups, I was with Nastia, Chevelle, Cole and Logan. My group did the measuring. First we put the thermometer in the water. Next we put the ironiser in the water to see how good the temperature is, it was excellent. Then we put our eye in the clarity tube to see how far you could see. Then it was time to change activities. We did the one when you caught little water insects and sorted them out. I got one of the nets first and Nastia had the other net. I caught a heap of water insects. Nastia caught a cockabully. We went on sorting them until we went for a walk with Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Brown threw a stick into the river to see how fast it went, it went very fast. It was just about time to go back to school, but first we had a talk about how important water is. I found out it is very important. Then we drove back to school. I thought that it was a fun day. - By Charlotte.
Herb garden
The herb garden is getting strawberries planted and a trim soon. By Ethan
Plant Experts
Last week we sold 12 hebe plants. We still have 34 hebe plants and 10 Kowhai left to sell. The Kowhai are $4.00 and the Hebe plants are $3.00 each or 5 for $10.00. The hebe plants make good hedges. Thanks to all of the parents and community members who have supported us. A special big thank you to Mrs. Beard. - By Jacob.
Hockey
On behalf of the senior room we would like to thank Vaughan and Kate for taking time out of their busy lives to help us learn some hockey skills. We would like to give a huge thanks to Vaughan for being our team coach.
We got 4th= out of the whole tournament. We all really enjoyed it. - By Ashleigh
Wearable Arts
Last Wednesday we had Rei Hendry come to work with us on our Wearable Arts. It was really helpful. She showed us how to be creative ... not that we weren't already!! But it got our minds truly thinking about it rather than just drawing it on paper. It actually had to be wearable and 3D. We really enjoyed taking our plans one step further and creating our masterpieces. It was loads of fun!! - By Nastia and Emma
Blue Duck Project
A huge thanks goes to Jock Bielski and Jim Warren who have placed traps on local farms in the last week. Students will be involved in the next step; recording the GPS location of each trap. We would also like to thank the farmers involved for their commitment to try and enhance the Blue Duck population. They have all agreed to check these traps and record their findings. We really do appreciate this.
Closing time
At the recent Board of Trustees meeting, the school day times were discussed. A survey will be held before the end of the term to gauge opinions. This will include the opinions of parents, students and staff. If you would like to help with writing the options for the survey please contact the school. We are trialling 2.30 closing all this term.
Pottery
On 8th June Miss Smith will be doing pottery at Apiti School. We will be making jugs this year. The students should have a design and use for the jug in mind before this date. We are very lucky to be able to use her skills and expertise. Miss Smith also fires our pottery for us so it is safe to use in the oven , dishwasher etc.
Recycling & Rubbish
Kimbolton Transfer Station is open from 10 - 4 every Saturday. This is available for general rubbish and recycling. The students are clearing our school shed soon. We appreciate all cans as we sell these as a fund raiser.
Student Achievement
Please take the time to read the Report to the Annual Plan and Student Literacy Achievement Reports shared with the Apiti School Board of Trustees at our last meeting. We are extremely proud of the achievements of our students based on annual PAT testing. We are proud to say that all students are working at or above the expected level in literacy. It is the great support from parents and staff and especially the commitment by students. This has enabled such continued growth. We congratulate the students on their awareness of their strengths and personal learning goals and continued positive efforts to own their own learning, achieve and improve.
Cross Country
We are all training hard for the Oroua Cross Country, on 23rd June. Please make sure all students have approriate footwear and clothes to train everyday (shorts or shortish trackpants, these can be kept at school). As we noted last year the footwear most suitable to the Waituna track needs to be worn on stones, in mud and water, as well as on grass. We suggest they train in what they will be wearing on the day.
If anyone would like to come and train with the students, the seniors usually run at 11.55. It's great to hear some students are training in the weekend and after school too !
Sports Report
Rugby - 22nd May:-
Jacob, Caleb J & Caleb K's team Bulls - 48 played Bush - 7. Caleb K scored 1 try.
Tom's team Auckland - 6 played Manawatu - 16. Tom scored 1 try.
Huntah's team Wellington - 22 played East Coast - 10. Huntah scored 4 tries.
Logan, Tyler, David, Ben & Hayley's team Ireland - 7 played France - 5. Ben scored 3 tries, Logan, Tyler, David & Hayley scored 1 try each.
Netball:- Hannah & Charlotte's team Oroua - 3 played Lytton St - 5.
Rugby - 29th May
Caleb J, Caleb K & Jacob's team Bulls - 10 played KiaToa Turbos - 42. The boys are delighted to hear that the Bulls are 2nd on the table.
Tom's team Auckland - 14 played Wanganui - 9. Tom scored 2 tries.
Ashleigh's ream Crusaders - 1 played Feilding Blues - 6.
Huntah's team Wellington - 11 played King Country - 14. Huntah scored 3 tries. Wellington's first loss.
Logan, Hayley, Tyler, Ben & David's team Ireland - 10 played France - 9. Logan scored 5 tries, David, Tyler, Ben & Hayley scored 1 try each. Tyler & David were Players of the Day.
Netball was cancelled. - By Caleb J & Huntah.
Rugby
"Wake up Logan, we want to beat the Beards to rugby". I zoomed to the kitchen and made my breakfast as fast as I could, and ate it in the car. We were suddenly there. The Beards were already there. We started passing around the ball and then 'Bang' it was time to start. We were playing France. We scored the first try and then it was half-time. 'Bang' time to start the second half. Off went our team ... the score was 6 - 5 when France dropped the ball on the try-line. I scooped it up and ran off without them. That was the second time I scooped it up. We won with the score at 10 - 9. Tyler & Kyle got the moro bar. Tyler and David were Player of the Day. - By Logan.
That's it for this week folks, will catch you again in a fortnight.
Regards, Mary, Nicki, Pat, Mary B & Christine.
ASSA - Possum Hunt
A reminder that this Possum Hunt will begin this Friday the 4th of June right through to Sunday the 13th of June. Please refer to the flyer sent home attached to your last newsletter for more information. - K. Wilson-Bryant.
COMMUNITY NOTICES
125th Apiti & Districts Jubilee Meeting - The next jubilee meeting is to be held on Monday the 14th of June in the Apiti tavern starting at 7.30pm.
Apiti Ball - We would like to say a big thank-you to everyone who came along and helped make the Apiti Ball a huge success!! There were 150 people rocking the Apiti Hall on the night! A profit of $800 was made, part of which will be donated to the cancer society and the rest kept as deposits for next years ball - so we can do it all again!! A number of plastc wine glasses, a few items of clothing and a ring were left behind - contact Anita on 3284545 if any of this belongs to you. - Regards Anita, Fiona & Tiff.
Babysitter available - Do you need a babysitter? If so ring Emily on 3284 886 or 027 7884670. Emily is available to babysit any age group on weekends and during holidays - just ring her. - Emily S.
Work Wanted - Anything considered e.g lawn mowing, spraying, milking, grubbing etc. Call Zac Bond on 3284 559 or 027 7233414. - Z. Bond.
Fencing - If you need fencing done, Scott Jensen is your man. Phone Scott on (06) 3876 816 or 021 424874. - S. Jensen.
Experienced - farmer with extensive farm management experience is looking for fulltime or casual farm work. I have a team of dogs and do not require accommodation. Please phone Butch on 3282 739.
