Welcome to week 5 of term 2, 2010
Term 2 19thApril – 2nd July. Term 3 19th July – 24th Sept. Term 4 11th Oct – late Dec.
Event Dates for your Calendar
21st May - Oroua Hockey.
25th May - Gunhild from Massey University joins the Senior Class to learn French.
25th May - B.O.T meeting at 5.00pm.
28th May - Green Rig visits (learning programme based on 'Water').
2nd June - Kimbolton School bush visit.
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 3 Ben excellent reading especially sounding out using blends. Completes all tasks independently.
Wk 4 Brooke reading and writing independently. Also Brooke today scored the highest in the maths basic facts assessment in her group. Well done Brooke !
- Senior Rm –Wk 3 - Cole - Excellent commitment and improvement in numeracy and writing. Excellent improvement in self management and thinking of others. Positive attitude toward all areas of learning.
Wk 4 - Caleb K - Excellent attitude toward all learning areas. Fantastic commitment to hockey and Sam Strahan Rugby. Mrs Minaar commented on his helpful attitude. Thinking and planning ahead! Well done Caleb!
Quality work table - Spelling - Nastia Maths - Jacob, Payten, Caleb J Reading - Jacob, Caleb J, Ashleigh.
Mrs Fielder and all students of the Senior Room, after great discussion, decided that all students should be commended on their 'Production' title pages. The improvement in the quality of these is noticable and all students were committed to improving their visual language /art skills.
Appreciation Box - Emma, Jacob, Caleb K, Payten x 2, Chevelle, Charlotte x 2, Hannah x 2, Nastia, Travis, Huntah, Logan.
Board of Trustee Meeting
The next Board of Trustee meeting will be held next Tuesday the 25th of May (please note the change in day & time), starting at 5.00pm in the staff room. Everyone welcome. Please find the agenda attached on the BOT link at the top of this blog.
Hydroponic Experts
We are still growing our fruit and vegetables in the hydroponic unit. Tomorrow Mr. Sandford is coming to help us change the water and hopefully he will help us with planting our winter vegetables and herbs. We are going to grow celery, coriander and basil. We really appreciate Mr Sandford's support. - By Ashleigh
Recyclers
Our recycling is going really well. Our recycling centre is a little messy. While we have been taking out the paper we have noticed that it is getting harder to keep the shed tidy. The worms are doing well. We have begun to collect worm wee to use as fertiliser. We are lucky to have Neil coming on the 22nd to help us pick up the paper and take it to a local recycling centre. We will clean our shed. Our next step is to redesign the recycling centre and get more bins so that it is more efficient. We are pleased that we have only sent out one blue bag to be collected for the last 3 weeks. - By Chevelle.
Herbalists
We are currently working on a video to advertise our herbs and explain why they we have developed the herb garden and why we should use herbs. This will be published on the herbalist blog when it is completed. - By Ethan
Plant Experts
On Tuesday the 11th of May, we went to the bush. We learnt that the bush is like a house. We also learnt that our bush does not have any roof level trees. In our bush we have whitey wood which is a hard wood to make fire. At lunch time we put bait in all of the 5 bait stations. We still have native plants for sale. Kowhai plant = $4.00. Hebes = $3.00. Thank you very much Lance for organising all of the possum bait. We can see a little evidence of possums and it is great to get on top of them! - By Jacob.
Sport stars
Right now we are doing a movie explaining how being active is really important. We are showing how redesigning the sports shed has encouraged people to be more active at school. We think this is because it is easier to find the equipment we need. Senior students have been practising hockey every morning tea and lunchtime. We would like to thank Vaughan and Kate for helping us with our hockey training. - By Nastia
Oroua Group Hockey
This event is to take place this Friday the 21st of May (ppd Friday 28th May) at the Fitzherbert Park Hockey Turf, Manawaroa St, Palmerston North. Students need to arrive at 9.00am to be assembled by 9.15 for briefing. Games will start at 9.30, lunch at 11.30ish. Afternoon games will start at 12noon and should finish at 2.00. Prize giving will follow. Students will need transport to and from this event. Please let Nicki or Mary know if you are able to help with this before Wednesday. Students will need to wear their school uniform, take their lunch, a drink and sunscreen.
Sam Strahan Cup
We have just this minute received good news - We, Northern Oroua, a combined team from Kimbolton, Rangiwahia and Apiti have won the Sam Strahan Cup again!! The final was played between Halcombe and our Northern Oroua team - we won by 3 points. Caleb K represented Apiti School in the team. A huge thank you to Jock who once again coached the Northern Oroua team.
Sports Report
Rugby Jacob, Caleb J & Caleb K's team Bulls - 27 played the Sharks - 10. Ashleigh's team Crusaders - 65 played Linton - 10. Tom's team Auckland - 10 played North Harbour - 8. Tom scored 2 tries and was Player of the Day. Logan, Tyler, David, Ben & Hayley's team Ireland - 11 played England - 11. Logan, Hayley, Tyler all scored 2 tries each, Ben scored 3 tries and was Player of the Day. Huntah's team Wellington - 15 played Hawkes Bay - 4. Huntah scored 3 tries. By Huntah
Netball Hannah & Charlotte's team Oroua - 4 played St Josephs - 0. Emma's team Oroua - 17 played Halcombe - 4. By Hannah
Our Bush Outdoor Classroom comes to life
Last week all of the students from year 3 - 8 bought learning to life in our Outdoor Bush Classroom. This was Travis' reflection on his learning once we returned to school. The forest is like a big house. Some forests have two storey houses! Our forest is just a house without a roof level. That will grow after a lot of years! There are three different things a plant needs to grow. They are water, air and soil. They grow really big with these things. Some have big leaves and some have hot leaves like the Pepper tree. There is also a tree that is called a fire tree. If you want to make fire without matches, you just grab a little piece of wood from the two different trees and rub them together to make fire. There was a liittle stump that was really gooey and looks like jelly. It was used by the maori a long time ago, when they were wounded. it was like sticking plaster. The bush lawyer is a real pain too. It tries to kill other trees. I loved learning in our Bush Classroom because it was was really bushy and we could see how the trees grow. Some trees we could find spiders in and we saw some fungi ... even blue fungi and white fungi! - By Travis.
Bon Apiti
There has been a slight change to the healthy lunch programme. Instead of buying sushi by the piece, we will sell it for $2.50 for a whole roll and $1.50 for 1/2 roll. Pizza will stay the same at $1.50 for 1/4 piece. Thank you to the Dearlove, Knight, Ross and Bell families for the ingrediant donations and a huge thank you to Mrs. Fielder for the loan of her rice cooker. - By Emma.
Blue Duck
The Department of Conservation would like to put the report about our Blue duck, from when Jacob, Caleb K, Caleb J and Ethan walked up stream into Iron Gates to gauge the Blue Duck population, into this month's magazine. - By Ethan
Ramp update
We have received a letter from the Manawatu District Council about the ramps and they said that they would arrange someone from Fulton Hogan to come up to the school and see what is needed to be done and that they could help us to upgrade them or replace them. We are hoping to upgrade them. - By Cole
Staff Professional Development
Last week Mary and Nicki joined a group of teachers, invited by Brian Coles at Massey University, to delve into the issues surrounding National Standards. Also to discuss how we can best use these to keep parents informed, and enhance teaching and learning. It was a valuable opportunity which both allowed us to share our developments with others. It also confirmed to us that keeping you as parents up to date with how your child is progressing, by using an ongoing format such as a wiki space is one of the best reporting mediums and formats.
Movie Making with A.J.
Last week AJ came to teach us how to use the movie camera and make movies using Movie maker. Mrs Fielder and Mrs Cuming learnt about 'Blue Screening'. We will use this technique to make our movies. He helped my group to plan our movie based on a quiz show. - By Payten
Wearable Arts
Students are currently planning their wearable art based on the Maori Myths and legends that we have been studying in literacy. All students are planning a costume repsesenting one of the characters they have read about. These will be made at school over the next month. Finished articles will be showcased at the Oroua Wearable Arts afternoon. In keeping with our belief that all learning should have 'real' purpose and relevance, they will also become an integral part of our Annual Production and our sharing at the Oroua Cultural morning on the 12th of August.
We are lucky to have Rei Hendry, Art Advisor, working with our students on the initial stages of these this Wednesday. We have spent a lot of time discussing options and the practicalities of making these at school. It would be great however if you could allow your child some time to discuss their ideas with you at home. We have purchased a number of materials specifically to suit this learning opportunity. We also welcome any materials from home that you believe may be useful or suit your child's design. If you have any extra newspaper, could you please send it to school with your child as this has a number of uses. It is often best to start with a base such as an old shirt, skirt or trousers and then add and change this to enable the character to evolve. The recycled materials listed on the front page of our wiki are well suited to bring a piece of art to life. If you are able to help with sewing, hand or machine, and gluing etc, we would love to hear from you!
The Green Rig
Next Friday the 28th of May, the Green Rig visits our school for a learning programme about 'Water.' We are still planning the programme with Helen Brown from Horizons, and it will also be could change due to weather conditions, but at this stage, the whole school will be going down to the Oroua River or Coal Creek. Students will need to wear appropriate clothing e.g leggings, gumboots and also weather appropriate clothes. The students will have more about this later, which will be posted on the blog.
ASSA
Please support our next big fundraiser !
Possum Shoot 4th - 13th June
Shoot any nights from Friday the 4th June through to Sunday 13th June. Final entry and count up + prize giving and lunch at 11am at Makoura Lodge, Apiti on Sunday 13th June.
Prize Adults: Semi Automatic .22 Rifle donated by Manawatu Hunting and Fishing (firearms licence required)
2nd Prize Adults: $300 Cash donated by Horizons
1st Prize Junior: $100 Voucher donated by Knight Bros
Placing Prizes for the most possums
+ Heaps of great spot prizes
+ Prize money for the most Hares shot
Entry Fee (all entries include lunch generously supplied by Makoura Lodge for the entrant & their immediate family at the final count up on the 13th June)
Adults $20 per hunter
Juniors $5 per hunter (12yrs and under)
There will be two collection days for you to drop your possums & hares at Apiti Garage between 8:30-9:30am
Tuesday 8th June and Friday 11th June
(If you have any problems with these times or dates please contact us)
Possums will not be accepted if they are wet or have been frozen. Poisoned possums are okay but must be kept separate. There will be no team tallies– INDIVIDUAL ONLY– by all means go and shoot with your mates but you must each have an individual tally which will be recorded against your name at time of collection.
All hunters must take responsibility for the safety issues associated with their hunting.
Neither ASSA nor the organisers can be held responsible for the actions of anyone involved, especially with the regard to personal safety. Firearm regulations must be adhered to, and necessary permits & landowners permission must be obtained.
Contact:
Linda Jensen 3284 873
Sara Wills 3284 515
Contact the above or the school if you would like to help us deliver these flyers

Community Notices
Hi from the Tavern. On Saturday night before you go to the ball, call in and have a cocktail.. "I just want to be nosy and see all the glamorise people of Apiti out of gumboots etc." We will have the cocktails on, from five thirty onwards. Ladies night We have ladies night this Wednesday night. The speaker is Timma Sims, the Lady from Manawatu Rural Support. An interesting speaker, I am sure. Bowls Bowls has started up again on Tuesday night. We had a good roll up last Tuesday night. It is $3.00 a night with a light supper at the end. Come and enjoy the social and fun side of indoor bowls. Zumba night
Thursday night is the night to come and have a dance with Zumba. Seven oclock is start time and we finish about 8.00. All welcome.
Thank you to the entire community for all the wonderful support over the last two weeks. I am very humbled by it all. What an amazing community to live in. - June.
125th Apiti & Districts Jubilee Meeting – The next meeting is to be held on Monday the 14th of June in the Apiti Tavern starting at 7.30p.m. We would love to see many community members come along to these meetings to have an input into lead-up events and the jubilee week-end celebrations and to show your support for the jubilee. Registrations are now open at $20.00 per adult. Please either contact Christine by post at 1016 Oroua Valley Rd Apiti, R.D 54, Kimbolton 4774, by phone 3284 833, or register on the website at www.apiti125.co.nz
The jubilee committee is planning to fundraise through-out this year to help with the costs through-out the jubilee week-end such as catering, the dance band, marquee hire and the Sunday picnic. The committee presently has a tractor raffle running at $2.00 a ticket at the tavern, please support this by buying a ticket.
The fundraising stock drive which was held recently was very well supported by our local farmers with 46 head of stock being donated. These ewes and lambs were sold at the Feilding saleyards through PGG Wrightson who so kindly wavered their saleyard commission, and we are delighted to inform you that from the sale we raised $3,045.00. We were also delighted to receive cash donations. The committee would like to say a very big thank you to all those who donated stock, your generosity is very much appreciated and thank you to Ross, Ben, John C, Thomas & Hilton for organising the stock drive - a great result. If anyone would still like to donate stock or a cash donation, please don’t hesitate to contact either Ross, Ben, John, Thomas or Hilton.
We are looking for offers of accommodation from local residence for out-of-town folks during the jubilee weekend. If you are able to make your home available, please contact Gaylene on 3284 774, it would be very much appreciated.
Please don’t hesitate to contact either Hugh, Christine or Duncan if you would like more information.
- C. Digby (Jubilee secretary).
Apiti Community Committee – The ACC would like to say a huge thank you to Terry McKay, Ross McKay and Adam Digby for the work they did with the Apiti hall chimney in preparation of the hall being painted.
Well done to Fiona Mancer for selecting the hall colour scheme – the hall looks lovely and fresh.
– H. Digby (ACC Chairperson).
A huge thank you to Marcus Cowan, Ian Angove and Adam Digby for helping erect the railing fence around the Anglican and Methodist Church sections – they look great! – H. Digby & Anglican & Methodist Churches.
RSA Annual Meeting – To be held on Wednesday the 26th of May in the Apiti Tavern starting at 7.30pm. All welcome. - P.Prince.
Babysitter available – Do you need a babysitter? If so ring Emily Strahan on 3284 886 or 027 7884670. Emily is available to babysit any age group on weekends and during holidays – just ring her. - Emily Strahan.
ASSA Fundraiser.
As in the past we have for sale, New Image Colostrum Tablets and Colostrum Powder.
These are a great health product for the whole family especially over these winter months.
$5 from any purchase goes directly to our school.
Thank you for those of you who have purchased products over the past 6 months.
It is a fantastic way to support the school while protecting your family’s health!
If you would like to order these or if you would like more information please call Lance Gillespie 328 4747
APITI R.S.A
P.A. Prince,
Secretary,
Apiti R.S.A Inc.,
Makoura Road,
APITI
What a great day we had for the Apiti RSA 80 years ANZAC Day!
Amazing weather
Amazing Spitfire fly past
Amazing Military vehicle display
Amazing Celebration cake
Amazing visual display of old soldiers
Amazing crowd of people supporting us as usual.
Thank you to the Feilding & District Pipe Band for leading the March.
Thank you to all the school children for their war songs, poi and haka performance.
Thank you to the Vintage Military Vehicle Club for the great display, the children loved the rides
after the service.
An enormous thank you to the Linton Army Administration Centre.
They conducted the march and ceremonies.
They brought up the tent, tables and seating for use at the Tavern.
They brought Chaplain Chris Purdie who spoke at the service.
They brought the BBQ cooks to cook lunch and after that I think they all had a good time with us.
Thank you to all our helpers :
Wendy Cawood for the beautiful wreath
Gaylene & Shannon Knight for the hall flowers.
The sandwich makers & kitchen workers – can’t do without you!
Carolyn Puett for the excellent piano player for the hymns.
Thank you to Apiti Tavern for the venue and superb lunch.
The old soldier and servicemen photographs and history was spectacular on video display.
The first WW1 memorial soldier photographs were found for us by Gaylene Prince of Taihape.
Colin McKay also found a lot of the cemetery history for us.
The rest has been done by Ruth McIntyre. She has contacted many of the old families and found photos and information of all the servicemen that left from Apiti for WW1 & WW11. This project is ongoing until all photos are found to complete the set.
John Goodall organised the photos for the visual display.
Mrs. Audrey Millett made our spectacular celebration cake which our three oldest returned members had the honour of cutting. Brian Prujean the only original Apiti member, Bill Turner and Larry Boyle long serving Apiti returned service members.
Tom O’Hagan was official photographer for the day. We look forward to seeing all his photos and making up a special album of the day.
RSA members took wreaths to Rangiwahia, Kimbolton and Kiwitea memorials. We are also placing poppies on RSA members graves at the Feilding cemetery.
We will remember them.
Thank you all, we had a truly memorable day!
Regards
Pat Prince (Apiti RSA secretary).