Term Dates : Term 2 - 2nd May - 15th July.
Term 3 - 1st August - 7th October.
Term 4 - 25th October - 13/20 December.
Welcome to week 11 and the last week of term 2, 2011.
Junior Room :-
Week 9 Logan! - settled well into school.
Week 10 Pixel! - stepping up in the junior room and in the concert, self managing in learning.
Senior Room
Week 9 - Caleb K - Stepping outside your comfort zone and working to make our production successful through commiting to your part and helping others with theirs e.g. Cole´s car, The three little pigs rap, listening to others ideas and developing costume and character. Well done Caleb
Week 10 - Ethan - Really stepping up in all areas of school life. Developing excellent initiative and leadership and setting yourself high standards. This was especially evident throughout the school production. Fantastic to see Ethan!! Keep up the great work.
Quality Work Table -Week 9/10 = Handwriting - Ethan, Huntah and Hannah. Wk 11 - Huntah (graduated) and Logan.
Farewell
We say farewell to Heath and Charnce who have been with us for the past 3 weeks as they have returned back to their school in Levin. We hope they enjoyed our school as much as we enjoyed having them with us, great they were able to take part in our production and cross country and share in the many other experiences of our small rural school. We wish them both all the best for their future.
Concert
The concert was the best, again! Congratulations to all those involved, especially the students! Once again, it provided many learning opportunities for all students, from the wider NZ curriculum. Our concert caters for the learning needs of our students and is the vehicle for developing and showcasing their creativity. It develops the whole student, especially in the key competency areas of self managing, participating and contributing.
We could not have done this without the help and support of many people and we thank all those who were involved with this successful production. This includes :-
All the great actors!!
Nipper and Russell for erecting the stage in the senior room - no mean feat!
Jock for helping with the stage setting.
Jo for production of music and dance.
Maryann for the singing.
Jo Eastwood for the ukulele.
Pam, Pat, Ethan C and Christine for helping the students with the cooking for supper.
Apiti Playcentre for the loan of many of their costumes and musical instruments.
Shirley for helping out with costumes.
Nicki for all her time and effort into producing this great production.
To all parents who helped out with their time in any way e.g helping to finish off costumes, helping the students learn their parts etc.
To Rangiwahia School for coming over for the matinee.
To all the parents, grandparents and community members who came along on the night and supported the actors and our school - we know you would have enjoyed the occasion.
Cross Country
Congratulations to those who braved the elements at Waituna West School on Friday at the Oroua Cross Country. The tough training schedule paid off for many, although the competition was very tough in many age groups. The weather in the form of rain, sleet, wind and hail, as well as the creeks, bogs, stones, hills and thistles did not deter our runners. All can be very proud of their efforts.
Many thanks to Waituna West for organising and running this event. Also thanks to those who marshaled for us.
Thank you to all those parents who transported children to this event and for your support.
We will let you know of the top 10 placings in each age group when we receive the results from Waituna West School.
Science Expo
We are planning for the Oroua Science expo . All senior students, (and by the end of this term junior students) have confirmed topics, as part of the "How does it Work ' unit. We expect them to investigate an area of interest especially focusing on how it works. This could include ideas such as diagrams, model making, innovations or improvements on a theme and flow charts may also be included. Please check out http://apitischoolwiki.wikispaces.com/How+it+works+.. This maybe presented in a variety of formats eg as a mini documentary for the digi awards or as a powerpoint.
As part of our science focus for the next term, we will also be entering the BP Challenge this year.
ICT Student Lead Conference
Thank you to those parents who transported students to and back from Lytton St School in Feilding for this conference recently. We appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule for the students who attended this event.
Assembly
Assembly will be held this Friday, the 15th of July in the senior room starting at 2.00p.m. Everyone is most welcome.
The Awesome Colgate Carton Race
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this promotion. We ended up with a good number of cartons for our school with a total of 55 cartons.
Well that's it for this term folks. We wish you all a very happy and safe holiday and will see you all back here safe and well for the beginning of term 3 on Monday the 1st of August at 9.00am.
Regards, Mary, Nicki, Pat, Mary B, Jenni and Chris.
Quote : 'One of the marks of having a gift is to have the courage to use it.' Katherine Anne Porter US Novelist
After School Activities Programme - Thank you to all the parents that have supported these activities, much appreciated, all the children seem to enjoy themselves. An extra big thank you to Wendy for all the extra help and support, Kate for donating apples for the children and to Yvonne and Fiona for being parent helpers when Wendy was unavailable and to Mary for letting us use the school facilities! If anyone is interested in these activities continuing next term, please give me or Wendy a call. Thanks. - D. Winiata.
