Students of the Week
Junior Room - Wk 6 & 7 - All junior room certificates were given out at assembly. Congratulations to all our junior room students for a great terms work!!
Senior Room - Wk 6 - Travis and Brooke. Travis for excellent decoding of words and improved accuracy in reading, plus the teaching of others in his maths group!
Brooke for her excellent focus in all learning areas, working independently and caring about others and their learning!
Wk 7 - Ben and Ashleigh. Ben for his excellent reading stamina and for his great positive attitude to all areas of learning!
Ashleigh for her excellent responsibility as a leader putting together the school magazine!
Oroua Group of Schools Athletic Sports
Thank you to all those parents who came along and supported their children at this event held recently at Timona Park in Feilding - it was a great day.
Congratulations and well done to all our students who competed extremely well on the day - you should be very proud of yourselves.
Results :-
5 year old boys = Logan. 1st in Distance. 2nd - 50 metre sprint. 3rd - 75 metre sprint. 3rd= - Ball Throw.
Johnny 1st in High Jump. 3rd - 50 metre sprint. 3rd - Long Jump.
5 year old girls = Sarah. 1st in Ball Throw. 1st - 50 metre sprint. 1st - 75 metre sprint. 1st - Distance. 2nd - High Jump.
5 year old girls = Sasha 1st - High Jump. 2nd - 50 metre sprint. 2nd - 75 metre sprint. 2nd - Distance.
6 year old boys = Tyler 1st in Ball Throw. 1st - Long Jump. 1st - High Jump.
2nd - 50 sprint. 2nd - Quoits.
Alex 3rd - Ball Throw.
6 year old girls = Danni 1st in Quoits. 2nd - Distance. 2nd - High Jump.
7 year old girls = Hayley 1st in Ball Throw. 3rd - 50 metre sprint. 3rd - High Jump.
8 year old boys = Logan 1st in Quoits. 1st - Distance. 2nd - Shotput. 3rd - Sprints.
8 year old girls = Brooke 3rd - Distance.
9 year old boys = Huntah 1st in High Jump. 2nd - Long Jump. 2nd - Sprints. 2nd - Distance. 2nd - Quoits.
9 year old girls = Hannah 1st in High Jump. 2nd - Shotput. 3rd - Long Jump.
Charlotte 2nd - Quoits.
10 year old boys = Tom 2nd - High Jump. 2nd - Distance. 3rd - Sprints.
Jack 3rd - Long Jump.
11 year old boys = Ethan 3rd - Discus.
11 year old girls = Ashley 3rd - Shotput.
12+ year old boys = Caleb 1st in Discus. 2nd - Distance.
Relays
8/9 year old race = 4th (Logan, Huntah, Travis and Ben).
10/11 year old race = 4th (Chevelle, Tom, Ashley and Ethan).
12+ year old race = 3rd (Caleb, Chevelle, Tom and Stanley).
Flying Squad = 3rd (Caleb, Tom, Chevelle and Huntah).
Our congratulations to Daniel H on winning the senior boys champion cup.
Thank you to those parents who helped Mary and Nicki in the junior shot-put and the senior high jump events - this was most appreciated.
A very big thank you to those parents who helped out in any way in the lead-up to these sports, e.g Jo for organising the 'after school athletics' and her parent helpers and Blair and Richard for delivering the saw-dust for the long jump.
School Photos
These were taken last Monday by Svendson Photography. Some can be seen at school. Please view these photos on this link . Just click the link. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=svendsenphotography&target=ALBUM&id=5683680610808954353&authkey=Gv1sRgCPyFstiOuvToGA&feat=email
All orders must be directed through Svendson Photography.
Assembly
Thank you to all those who attended the final assembly for 2011, it was great to have you here helping us to celebrate the students achievements for the last term.
ASSA Meeting
Thank you to all those parents who came to the ASSA meeting last Thursday evening. The meeting focussed on some very important events for 2012, but also focussed on past events.
Parents and teachers reflected on Lamb and Calf day with a list of 'positives' 'interesting' and 'negative' issues being placed on a notice board. The students will also be able to reflect on the days activities.
Library Books
Please return all Library books to school tomorrow - we still have a considerable number of books that have not yet been returned!!
School Uniforms
Thank you to those who have returned their school uniforms, however there are some still out there, please deliver them back to school tomorrow.
Swimming Lessons
These lessons continue this week - Wednesday (the 14th) and Friday (the 16th). A reminder that you need to be at the pool in time for the first lesson at 10.00a.m.
Friday will also be a fun day as after their final swimming lesson, students will be able to choose a treat from the cafeteria paid for from the Healthy Lunches proceeds. Teachers will of-course be in attendance on Friday. Please make your own transport arrangements for these final two days, but if you have difficulty with this, please contact us a.s.a.p.
The school bus will run for the final day for 2011 tomorrow (Tuesday the 13th).
School Bus
Thank you Yvonne and Mervyn for a wonderful job done as our school bus driver having delivered our school bus students safely to school and back home again and for driving the bus on a few occasions to other destinations e.g Kimbolton, for Oroua group activities. The school staff, B.O.T and parents have certainly appreciated your safety conscious skills.
Thank you!
A huge thank you to Murray for recently welding a handle back on to one of our Lamb and Calf Day cups - a great job done!
End of year Reports
End of year reports are currently being finalized with students and will be uploaded to your child's record keeping page.
The aim of your child's record keeping page in our e-portfolios is to provide documentation to keep you informed about the progress and achievement levels of your child in an ongoing way. This is always available for you and anyone you choose to share the password with. Remember you must use 'Google chrome' to open the 'Record keeping' page. Your child will know their password. They have also been sent home with students today.
In this way we can best work together to support and guide your child's learning and progress and you are always fully aware of all aspects of your children's learning. When you click on the links to the matrices you will see learning that has been highlighted in blue. This means that your child has achieved this is 2011. Any learning goals highlighted in rose show that your child usually knows this. The next box along will be their next learning goal. This is the same matrix that students and teachers use in the classroom to support and report on learning.
This documentation is supported by examples on all other pages of your child's e-portfolio. There is more learning evidence in other areas such as our school wiki and blogs, in their books and through wall displays at school. Celebrating and sharing evidence of your child's progress, achievements and next steps for learning helps students see their progress and motivates, challenges and empowers them as learners.
All pages of our e-portfolio work together to showcase and give you a comprehensive picture of your child's learning through our rich authentic Apiti Curriculum. Your child's report therefore may also have links to learning examples in your child's wiki.
This documentation is supported by examples on all other pages of your child's e-portfolio. There is more learning evidence in other areas such as our school wiki and blogs, in their books and through wall displays at school. Celebrating and sharing evidence of your child's progress, achievements and next steps for learning helps students see their progress and motivates, challenges and empowers them as learners.
All pages of our e-portfolio work together to showcase and give you a comprehensive picture of your child's learning through our rich authentic Apiti Curriculum. Your child's report therefore may also have links to learning examples in your child's wiki.
If you would like a paper copy of your child's report, please let Mary or Nicki know. This however is only one part of our comprehensive ongoing reporting to parents.
End of Year
School will close for term 4 on Wednesday the 14th of December, but because we have swimming on Wednesday, the students will have their final day at school on Tuesday the 13th (tomorrow). Students will uplift their books from school on this day.
Term 1 2012 will commence on Tuesday the 7th of February at 9.00a.m.
ASSA Lotto
Thank you to all those who purchased a lotto ticket - we hope you have fun and wish you good luck with your allocated number.
Here is the list of the winners for the last year. Some people have won more than once and others haven’t been so lucky.
B Simpson x 2. H Pike. P Prince x 2. S Knight. K Bryant x 2. R Bielski. D & J Burgess.
A & C Digby. S Goodall. R & J Beard. N Fielder. C Digby. P & M Roberts. D & A Millett. B & P Simpson x 2. V & S Dearlove x 2. M Cuming x 2. B George. C McKenzie. A Tidy. L & M Jensen. S & M Wills. K & L Gillespie. W & M Hellberg.
Well folks as this is the last newsletter for 2011, on behalf of the Apiti School Staff, Board of Trustees and students, we would like to wish you all a happy and safe Christmas / New Year period and look forward to seeing you all back here safe and well on the 7th of February 2012.
Regards, Mary, Nicki, Pat, Mary B, Jenni, Jo and Chris.
Regards, Mary, Nicki, Pat, Mary B, Jenni, Jo and Chris.
