Newsletter Week 3 Term 4 2010

Apiti School and District Newsletter, 01/11/2010.

Term Dates : October 11th - December 20th (Monday)

Term 1 2011 : Tuesday 1st February - 15th April.

Term 2 2011 : 2nd May - 15th July

Term 3 2011 : 1st August - 7th October.

Term 4 2011 : 25th October - mid December.

Welcome to week 4 of term 4 2010.

Event dates for your calendar

5^th November - Swimming

11th November - B.O.T Meeting at 7.00p.m.

12^th November - Swimming

18th November - Junior Large Ball Day at Kiwitea School (p.p 25th).

19^th November - Swimming

26^th November - Swimming

30^th November - Year 8 leavers dinner.

3rd December - Oroua Group of Schools Athletics. (p.p date : 10th December).

20th December - Term 4 ends.

1st February 2011 - Term 1 2011 starts.

Student of Week

Senior Room - Wk 1: Caleb K; It is great to see Caleb striving to improve in all learning areas. Caleb readily accepts responsibility and extension.

Wk 2: Jacob; Jacob is racing ahead with his learning, especially in the areas of reading, writing and time management. Well done Jacob. Keep it up.

Wk 3: Chevelle; For his commitment to improving his writing and focussing on his learning goals and for his excellent self management.

Junior Room - Wk 1: Ava; Great reading, now on Red. Great story writing - she always knows what to write about.

Wk 2: Ben; Great inside work winner and outside winner on Lamb & Calf Day.

Wk 3: Chloe / Keanu; Chloe reading well and her stories have spaces between words.

Keanu writes great recounts with lots of detail, now reading on Orange 1.

Reading: David now on Blue 1. Tyler & Hayley on Blue 2.

Board of Trustee Meeting

The next Board of Trustee meeting will be held on Thursday the 11^th of November starting at 7.00p.m. in the staff room. All members of the public are welcome to attend. Please find the agenda attached.

Our Young Achiever of the Year 2010 - Emma W

This is extremely well deserved.

She was presented the award at the Young Achievers Night last Friday. Emma's photograph along with a summary of her achievements can be viewed in last Thursdays Feilding Herald.

There are already students striving for this honour next year with the initiative and leadership skills they are developing.

Lamb and Calf Day

Well we managed to successfully judge the calves and lambs in between the heavy showers. It was great to see so many parents / grandparents and community members here on the rather damp day supporting the children.

A huge thank you to the following who helped out in any way during the day and made the day a great success :-

Indoor Judges :- Rhonda Bennett, Jo Eastwood, Esther Knight, Gaylene Knight & friend Erica and Chrissy Lowe.

Outdoor Judges :- Hamish Pike – our friendly vet from Totally Vets, Rhonda Bennett, Donna Forbes, Andrew Knight, Kit McCrae and Sandi Warren.

Totally Vets for supplying the ribbons and rosettes. Michael Bourke for judging the Native area.

Pat Prince & Shirley Goodall for writing out all the indoor certificates and helping the students with their indoor displays. Pat and her helpers for the loads of dishes during the day.

June for supplying the yummy scones for the judges morning tea.

ASSA parents for supplying and serving the judges a great lunch.

Richard and Ben for supplying the scrim and for those who helped erect the scrim. Vaughan for supplying and erecting the calf ring. Deltina & Vaughan for mowing the circles.

Parents who helped with the BBQ. Blair & Fiona for kindly having their woolshed on standby – it was touch & go, but it was great we didn’t need it again this year.

Sheree for organising the grocery raffle. Congratulations to those who won the raffle. Sonya for organising the lotto. To all our parents for supplying such a great afternoon tea and for all the support given to the school for raising a lamb or a calf, and of-course our great students and their lovely lambs and calves. It was wonderful to see every child in every family with either a lamb or a calf. This day creates a learning opportunity which encourages children to learn the responsibility of just how to care for a lamb or calf.

Results of the day :- Native Area - Care & Attention – 1st = Plant Experts. 2nd = Bush Action. 3rd = Herbalisits. Highly Commended = Recyclers.

Landscape Design – 1st = Recyclers. 2nd equal = Herbalists / Sports Stars. 3rd = Plant Experts. Highly Commended = Hydroponic Experts. Mike was particularly impressed with Caleb K's Weta Hotel.

Indoor Section – Junior (Year 0 – Year 2) – 1^st = Ben B with 33 points. 2^nd = David M with 32 points. 3rd equal = Hayley WB & Alex B with 28 points.

Intermediate (Year 3 & Year 4) – 1^st = Logan WB with 32 points. 2^nd equal = Hannah W, Travis C & Charlotte G with 28 points.

Senior (Year 5 – Year 8)- 1^st = Emma W with 40 points. 2^nd = Ethan G with 25 points. 3^rd equal = Caleb K & Chevelle R with 24 points.

Outdoor Section – Senior Calves:- Leading – 1^st = Ethan G. 2^nd equal = Caleb K & Jacob D.

Care & Attention :- 1^st = Caleb K. 2^nd = Jacob D. 3^rd = Ethan.

Walking Without a Lead :- 1^st = Jacob D. 2^nd = Ethan. 3^rd = Caleb K.

Senior Calf Champion Cup = Jacob D. Reserve Champion = Caleb K & Ethan G.

Junior Calves :- Leading - 1st = Travis C. 2^nd = Derek C. 3^rd = Tom B.

Care & Attention :- 1^st = Derek C. 2^nd = Travis C. 3^rd = Tom B.

Walking Without A Lead :- 1^st = Tom B. 2^nd = Travis C. 3^rd = Derek C.

Junior Calf Champion Cup = Travis C. Reserve Champion = Derek C.

Senior Lambs :- Leading – 1^st = Caleb J. 2^nd = Emma W. 3^rd = Ashleigh K. 4^th = Anastaisia I.

Calling :- 1^st = Emma W. 2^nd = Chevelle R. 3^rd = Anastaisia I. 4^th = Caleb J.

Rearing :- 1^ST = Ashleigh K. 2^nd = Caleb J. 3^rd = Emma W. 4^th = Chevelle R.

Senior Lamb Champion Cup = Emma W. Reserve Champion = Caleb J.

Intermediate Lambs :- Leading – 1^st = Hannah W. 2^nd = Lacey V. 3^rd = Huntah D.

4^th = Logan WB.

Calling :- 1^st = Huntah D. 2^nd = Hannah W. 3^rd = Charlotte G. 4^th = Logan WB.

Rearing :- 1^ST = Charlotte G. 2^nd = Huntah D. 3^rd = Hannah W. 4^th = Logan WB.

Intermediate Lamb Champion Cup = Huntah D. Reserve Champion = Hannah W.

Junior Lambs :- Leading – 1^st = Alex B. 2^nd = Tyler D. 3^rd = Ben B. 4^th = Pixel/Chloe V.

Calling :- 1^st = David M. 2^nd = Hayley WB. 3^rd = Alex B. 4^th = Ben B.

Rearing :- 1^ST = Ben B. 2^nd = Keanu R. 3^rd = Brooke P. 4^th = Alex B.

Junior Lamb Champion Cup = Ben & Alex B. Reserve Champion = David M.

Congratulations and well done to you all!!! We would suggest to those who received a rosette or a ribbon, to write the year on it for your own record.

Porina Moth Tracking

Thanks to Caleb K and Jacob for taking on the leadership for this. They have made the traps and recording sheets. The next step is gathering the data. Could those children involved please bring their totals for the week to school each Monday for graphing. Thanks.

Lunches

Dear parents,

We have decided on pizzas and juicies for this term. This started today, Monday the 1st of November. We will be selling a serving of pizza for $2 and one juicie for $1 each. If any one has any ingredients suitable for pizzas, they would be very much appreciated. If any families donate any ingredients they will receive one free piece of pizza. - Thanks Emma and Nastia

Displays

Thanks to Emma and Nastia for updating all of our foyer displays. Our lamb and Calf Day learning looks great.

ICT Lessons

This term we have offered to teach others some of the skills we have developed using ICT and in particular web2.0 tools. This is a great opportunity for for our students to relate to others and share with a wider audience. So far 3 schools have booked a time. In some cases we will be teaching at their school and in others they will be visiting us. We will be integrating planning for this into our classroom literacy and ICT programme.

Farmers Market

Whanau Groups are currently planning setting up a stall at the Feilding Farmers Market to sell some of their 'wares'. We are currently aiming for the last 3 Fridays that we are swimming. This makes sense as we are already in Feilding. If it is worthwhile, we will continue it until Christmas. This is a fantastic real context for learning where the planning and preparation will be just as valuable as the skills interacting with the public and handling money when manning our stall.

Swimming

Swimming lessons continue this Friday the 5^th and also the 12^th, 19^th & the 26th at the Makino Aquatic Centre in Feilding. As per usual swimming experience and water confidence are our main learning focus' for the day. We will plan during the next 4 weeks however to slot in a time to sing at a Home for the Elderly and to man our Market Stall. Thank you to all parents who made transport arrangements last Friday. Thank you to every one who returned their transport slips and have offered transport sometime over the next 4 Fridays. A reminder that students need to take a packed lunch, a drink, two named towels and goggles please.

Oroua Year 8 Leavers Dinner

This event will take place on the 30^th of November for our Year 8 students and their parents only. This will take place in the Apiti Tavern starting at 6.00 for drinks followed by the meal. The quest speaker will be Sarah Goss.

Thank You!

A huge thank you to the Dearlove family for the donation of a knap sack and other miscellaneous materials - this is most appreciated. We would also like to thank Murray from the 'big red shed' for donating several sturdy rulers for our students to use in the classroom - they were very well received.

We would like to thank everyone who helped out with the rally car BBQ last Saturday :- Maryann, Brooke & Johnny, David V, Neil, Logan & Hayley, Sam, Caleb & Sarah J, Huntah & Tyler, Ben B and Chantell for being on standby.

FEILDING JUNIOR CRICKET

All primary school cricketers are invited to Kowhai Park 5pm Wednesday 10 November for some fun games and the opportunity to learn new skills with coaches from Manawatu Cricket. Parents come and have some fun with your children. You dont need to be registered with Feilding Junior Cricket to come along. We will have a sausage sizzle to conclude the evening. Further information phone Brenda 324 0581

Attachment

Please find attached an EDAlive software catalogue. There are some really good learning CD's available through this catalogue - they would make great Christmas gifts.

Blowing Our Own Trumpet!!

Congratulations on achieving your Green-Gold Award!

On behalf of the staff and board of The Enviroschools Foundation, please convey our congratulations and thanks, to the children, teachers and many others who are involved in your enviroschool. We know that it takes a team effort, strong leadership and a long-term commitment, to undertake the in-depth environmental education that your centre is doing. Apiti School is obviously a role model for many other schools and also for people in your community.

The Enviroschools Foundation is an independent not-for-profit trust based in Waikato.

Apiti School joins a small but growing number of Green-Gold schools.

The Enviroschools foundation will arrange a celebration event for your achievement in the near future. Congratulations again, Heidi Mardon (National Director, Enviroschools Foundation).

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Dear teachers, parents and especially students of Apiti School - Congratulations to you all for achieving your Enviroschools Green-Gold award recently. We loved the way you were able to share all the wonderful things you have done so far on your sustainability journey. We loved the pride, passion and enthusiasm with which you shared your achievements. Apiti School is an inspiring model, and students - you are very lucky young people being prepared so beautifully for life in the 21st century where sustainability issues will need to be addressed by us all. Regards, Christine, Jan & John.

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I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Apiti School for passing your reflection for an Enviroschools Green-Gold award. A reflection you passed with flying colours, this is an outstanding achievement. I appreciate the amount of time, effort and energy a Green-Gold represents, but I trust the journey has been both an enjoyable and rewarding one for the board, teachers, students and the community.

Horizons Regional Council is immensely proud of what you have achieved, and the fact that you will become the third Green-Gold recipient in the Region, and the 32nd in the country. Well done Apiti School. - Michael McCartney (Chief Executive Horizons Regional Council).

Well that's it for this week folks, will catch you again in a fortnight. Regards, Mary, Nicki, Pat, Mary B & Christine.

ASSA Lotto

Thank you to all those who have supported us and brought a ticket, those who have not paid for their tickets, could you do so at your earliest convenience please to the school office. There are a few tickets left, so please encourage friends and family to buy one - they make great presents. Either ring Sonya on 3284 547 or call into the school office with your $50.00 and we will issue you a number. Your previous number is now obsolete. Have fun and good luck!! - Sonya Dearlove (ASSA Lotto co-ordinator).

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Hi from the Tavern
Working Bee - A very big thankyou to everyone that came and helped with my working bee. I was very humbled by all the work that got done on the day. It sure makes a difference to the whole outside of the Tavern. Once the grass is up it will be great.
Cameron cup - We lost the cup to Chelty last Wednesday, but we will win it back again soon!!!!!!!!
Zumba - We have our Zumba teacher again this Wednesday. It is good to see so many willing and able people coming down for it.
Guy Fawkes night - This Friday is Guy Fawkes night. We are hoping to have a BBQ for tea that night. We do have a large pile of wood that I would like to burn on Friday night, if you would like to bring down fireworks to let off, remember that it is at your own risk when you let them off. If anyone wants to make a Guy, that would be fun. I am sure that I could arrange for a prize for the best Guy. Cheers from the Tavern - June.

Ladies Night : The next Ladies Night is Wednesday the 17th of November. The ladies will be visiting Michael Bourkes dam garden (water lillies, Iris's). All ladies and partners are most welcome to join us. We will meet at the Tavern at 4.00pm and travel over as a group to view the garden, after which those who would like to, may return to the Tavern for a bar meal and a chat. Ladies Night Christmas Dinner : This has been booked for Wednesday the 8th of December in the Apiti Tavern at a cost of $18.00 per person. Please bring along a small gift (value of $5.00 - no sweets or cakes please) and if you have one, a joke (no pressure). All ladies are most welcome. Please book as soon as possible with June on 3284 802. If you require further information, please ring Wendy on 3284 855. - W. Cawood (Ladies night co-ordinator).

Apiti & Districts 125^th Jubilee

There is just on 3 months before our 125th Jubilee celebrations. All the essential bookings have been made, including the weather! Everyone should have received via email, snail mail / mail drop, a jubilee newsletter and registration form with all the weekend events listed including the cost to attend the events. If you have not received a newsletter or rego form, please contact Christine on 3284 833.

Jubilee Ho-down – happening this Saturday the 6^th of November in the Apiti Hall. All committee members to supply a large plate of sweet finger food please. Tickets are still available from Chrissy on 3284 816, or Ben on 3284 827. Tickets cost $25.00 per person, which includes a great DJ and a great supper. BYO. There will be a 'Best dressed man and women' competition (country theme). There will be limited door sales. If you have tickets, but still need to pay for them, please do so as soon as you possibly can - this will be very much appreciated. It would be great to see all locals support this jubilee event. For more tickets or information, please don't hesitate to ring Chrissy or Ben.

Jubilee Horse Trek - 11^th December. Please ring Sandi on 3284 818 or Gaylene on 3284 774 for more information.

The next jubilee meeting will be held on Tuesday the 16^th of November in the Apiti Tavern at 7.30pm. All members of the community are most welcome. - C. Digby (Jubilee secretary).

For Sale – Large farm eggs @ $5.00 per dozen. 3 wire haired fox terrier puppies, stock proof, get on with cats - $250 each. Phone Lynette on 3284 571.- Lynette R.

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Agenda for the Apiti School Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting

DATE : Thursday 11^th November 2010 @ 7.00pm.

Board of Trustee Members :

Staff Representative :

Public present :

Apologies :

Minutes of previous meeting read and confirmed.

Matters arising :-

1) Building alterations.

2) Grants.

3) Board training webinars.

4) School house rental.

5) Reply from J. Hopkins?

6) Boundary trees.

7) Cut out switch for water pump.

8) Theft & Fraud Prevention policy

9) School caretaker position.

10) Geoff Ryland property matters.

Correspondence :

Inward / Outward.

BUSINESS :-

1) Report to the Board: a) Student learning

b) Teacher Learning

c) Other Matters. Swimming subsidy.

2) Self Review - Policies to be reviewed :- Health & Safety (NAG: 5)

1) Protected Disclosures Policy (NAG:5:4)

2) Critical Incident Policy (NAG:5:5)

3) Personnel (NAG 3).

4) Finance (NAG 4).

5) Property (NAG 4).

6) Health and Safety (NAG 5).

7) Legislation (NAG 6).

Next meeting :