Welcome back to the first week of term 2, 2014. We hope everyone had a great holiday break and great to see everyone back here safe and well and ready for a great term of learning experiences ahead.
School roll
We open for term 2 with 26 students, 15 in the senior room and 11 in the junior room.
Reminders:
Every ...
Monday - Technicraft / Senior room spelling testing.
Tuesday - Speech and Drama / Ukelele / Spanish / Senior room basic facts testing.
Wednesday - Drums / French / Junior room spelling testing.
Thursday - French extension / Japanese.
Friday - 1/2 hour lunch and 2.30 Finish.
Dates for Your Calendar
12th May - 'Strings Attached' Puppet Show.
16th May - Andrew Jamieson re Inspirations learning.
20th May - Hunting and Fishing book author at Kimbolton - transport required please.
26th May - Board of Trustee Meeting at 7.00pm.
20th June - Oroua Group of Schools Cross Country at Waituna West.
4th July - Term 2 finishes.
21st July - Term 3 starts.
Congratulations to the following High Achievers :-
Most active Sumdog during the last month:- James = 1,598 questions with 83% accuracy - Well done James! Johnny 1,107 questions - Well done Johnny. Also well done to Kirsten, Damian and Tyler who were also on the leaders board.
Drummers Music Writing Competition = 1st= Hannah and Dylan. 2nd - Lauren. Most Improved - Derek. Well Done - Zahn, Huntah, Jackson and Tyler. Thanks Tasha for organising this.
School Times
A reminder, as usual school will finish at 2.30pm every Friday afternoon during term 2 and term 3. Lunch time will be from 12.30 to 1pm only on Fridays. This will enable families to make appointments as required during this time rather than taking students out during school time.
Speech and Drama
We are pleased to welcome Susan Shannon, speech and drama teacher, who joins our staff this term. Susan will be providing specialised tuition for all students. This learning will be showcased on your child's e-portfolio and at our annual production in the last week of the term.
Sam Strahan Rippa Rugby Tournament
This tournament was held during the last week of term 1. Thank you to those parents who went along and supported our students and helped out with transport. Our Year 7 - 8 team made it through to the finals, but were beaten by Waituna West, congratulations to Waituna West on winning the Sam Strahan Cup. Our Year 4 - 6 team finished 3rd in their pool. Thank you to Ben and Adam for coaching these teams.
Thank Yous
A big thank you to Chrissy for all her work cleaning and caretaking over the holidays, always nice coming back to a nice clean, tidy school. We always get many positive comments about our school.
Thank you to those parents who helped out with transport to the Oroua Cricket Festival Day in Feilding late last term.
A big thank you to all those students who attended the ANZAC Day service, it was great to see you all there.
Zahn read out a special poem he had written - 'VC Recipient, Apiti's Son.' Zahn did a wonderful reading and made the school very proud of his efforts.
Our contribution to the ukulele group was great and enjoyed by all who attended the service, thank you to Jo for her encouragement.
A special thank you to Wendy Cawood who once again made us a wonderful wreath. Zahn and Kirsten (oldest and youngest school students) laid the wreath on behalf of the school students.
Manawatu Garden Festival Schools Competition
As mentioned in the last newsletter of term 1, we are entering this competition which is happening this weekend in the Feilding town centre. We are entering an animal sculpture made from recycled garden materials e.g tools, pots, old garden chair etc. Please send along to school tomorrow any materials you think might be usable for this sculpture. Also if you would like to help the students with this please let us know. We will be doing it on Tuesday afternoon and also some other days, depending on the plan which we're making today.
The school competition adds real interest to the show and is an exciting opportunity for our students to show-case their talents. Remember we won a glass-house one year with our bird boxes.
'Strings Attached' Puppet Theatre - Monday 12th May
Next Monday the 12th, the whole school will be travelling to Kimbolton Hall for this puppet show. The show will start at 1.30. Transport will be required to and from Kimbolton please. Parents are most welcome to stay for the afternoon or deliver and then return to pick up students. We will need to leave Apiti School by 1pm and will return in time for the bus. Please let Mary or Nicki know if you are able to help with transport.
Hunting and Fishing Book Author
Potatoes for Sale
The Corbett family are kindly supplying us with potatoes to sell for the school. Please contact the SSB's at school if you would like to purchase a bag at $6 each.
Apiti School Trail Bike Ride
A huge thank you to all those involved in any way who made this day such a success - your support was very much appreciated. The farmers who allowed the bikes through your properties, thank you - without you the bike ride would not be able to take place :- K and T Buckman, I and N Corbett, R and F Crothers, T and P Strahan, J and S Goodall, J and R Edwards, D and L Holdaway, P and J Hayes, B and F McCarroll, A and E Knight and R and R Pettigrew.
Our Sponsors : Feilding Honda. Bromley Dairy and Pump. RD 1. Rabo Bank. Ruapehu Farm Supplies. Hopkins Group. PIS. Farmlands. Quantum. THANK YOU!
Our Helpers : Malcolm and Caleb who helped Blair and Adam set up the course.
Our Marshalls : John Spelman, Jock, Shelley, Pat, Daphne. Murray, Donna and Christine.
Our local fire brigade - you were all wonderful!!
Thank you too, to those who helped out (especially June), with the Adventure Bike Riders who came through on the Saturday before the trail ride - a very busy but very profitable weekend! (maybe you can relax just a little for now). It was great to have had so much support from the community and of-course from our great parents.
School roll
We open for term 2 with 26 students, 15 in the senior room and 11 in the junior room.
Reminders:
Every ...
Monday - Technicraft / Senior room spelling testing.
Tuesday - Speech and Drama / Ukelele / Spanish / Senior room basic facts testing.
Wednesday - Drums / French / Junior room spelling testing.
Thursday - French extension / Japanese.
Friday - 1/2 hour lunch and 2.30 Finish.
Dates for Your Calendar
12th May - 'Strings Attached' Puppet Show.
16th May - Andrew Jamieson re Inspirations learning.
20th May - Hunting and Fishing book author at Kimbolton - transport required please.
26th May - Board of Trustee Meeting at 7.00pm.
20th June - Oroua Group of Schools Cross Country at Waituna West.
4th July - Term 2 finishes.
21st July - Term 3 starts.
Congratulations to the following High Achievers :-
Most active Sumdog during the last month:- James = 1,598 questions with 83% accuracy - Well done James! Johnny 1,107 questions - Well done Johnny. Also well done to Kirsten, Damian and Tyler who were also on the leaders board.
Drummers Music Writing Competition = 1st= Hannah and Dylan. 2nd - Lauren. Most Improved - Derek. Well Done - Zahn, Huntah, Jackson and Tyler. Thanks Tasha for organising this.
School Times
A reminder, as usual school will finish at 2.30pm every Friday afternoon during term 2 and term 3. Lunch time will be from 12.30 to 1pm only on Fridays. This will enable families to make appointments as required during this time rather than taking students out during school time.
Speech and Drama
We are pleased to welcome Susan Shannon, speech and drama teacher, who joins our staff this term. Susan will be providing specialised tuition for all students. This learning will be showcased on your child's e-portfolio and at our annual production in the last week of the term.
Sam Strahan Rippa Rugby Tournament
This tournament was held during the last week of term 1. Thank you to those parents who went along and supported our students and helped out with transport. Our Year 7 - 8 team made it through to the finals, but were beaten by Waituna West, congratulations to Waituna West on winning the Sam Strahan Cup. Our Year 4 - 6 team finished 3rd in their pool. Thank you to Ben and Adam for coaching these teams.
Thank Yous
A big thank you to Chrissy for all her work cleaning and caretaking over the holidays, always nice coming back to a nice clean, tidy school. We always get many positive comments about our school.
Thank you to those parents who helped out with transport to the Oroua Cricket Festival Day in Feilding late last term.
A big thank you to all those students who attended the ANZAC Day service, it was great to see you all there.
Zahn read out a special poem he had written - 'VC Recipient, Apiti's Son.' Zahn did a wonderful reading and made the school very proud of his efforts.
Our contribution to the ukulele group was great and enjoyed by all who attended the service, thank you to Jo for her encouragement.
A special thank you to Wendy Cawood who once again made us a wonderful wreath. Zahn and Kirsten (oldest and youngest school students) laid the wreath on behalf of the school students.
Manawatu Garden Festival Schools Competition
As mentioned in the last newsletter of term 1, we are entering this competition which is happening this weekend in the Feilding town centre. We are entering an animal sculpture made from recycled garden materials e.g tools, pots, old garden chair etc. Please send along to school tomorrow any materials you think might be usable for this sculpture. Also if you would like to help the students with this please let us know. We will be doing it on Tuesday afternoon and also some other days, depending on the plan which we're making today.
The school competition adds real interest to the show and is an exciting opportunity for our students to show-case their talents. Remember we won a glass-house one year with our bird boxes.
'Strings Attached' Puppet Theatre - Monday 12th May
Next Monday the 12th, the whole school will be travelling to Kimbolton Hall for this puppet show. The show will start at 1.30. Transport will be required to and from Kimbolton please. Parents are most welcome to stay for the afternoon or deliver and then return to pick up students. We will need to leave Apiti School by 1pm and will return in time for the bus. Please let Mary or Nicki know if you are able to help with transport.
Hunting and Fishing Book Author
We have been invited to attend a visit from author Paul Adamson
on Tuesday the 20th of May from 9.30am until midday at Kimbolton School.
Paul is the author of 'The Beginners Guide to Hunting and
Fishing in New Zealand' and is/was a finalist in the NZ book awards. We will again need transport to and from Kimbolton on this day please but will only take those students who are interested and enough transport for. Please let Mary or Nicki know as soon as possible if your child is interested and if you are able to help with transport.
Potatoes for Sale
The Corbett family are kindly supplying us with potatoes to sell for the school. Please contact the SSB's at school if you would like to purchase a bag at $6 each.
Apiti School Trail Bike Ride
A huge thank you to all those involved in any way who made this day such a success - your support was very much appreciated. The farmers who allowed the bikes through your properties, thank you - without you the bike ride would not be able to take place :- K and T Buckman, I and N Corbett, R and F Crothers, T and P Strahan, J and S Goodall, J and R Edwards, D and L Holdaway, P and J Hayes, B and F McCarroll, A and E Knight and R and R Pettigrew.
Our Sponsors : Feilding Honda. Bromley Dairy and Pump. RD 1. Rabo Bank. Ruapehu Farm Supplies. Hopkins Group. PIS. Farmlands. Quantum. THANK YOU!
Our Helpers : Malcolm and Caleb who helped Blair and Adam set up the course.
Our Marshalls : John Spelman, Jock, Shelley, Pat, Daphne. Murray, Donna and Christine.
Our local fire brigade - you were all wonderful!!
Thank you too, to those who helped out (especially June), with the Adventure Bike Riders who came through on the Saturday before the trail ride - a very busy but very profitable weekend! (maybe you can relax just a little for now). It was great to have had so much support from the community and of-course from our great parents.
Happy Birthday to the following students,
we hope you had / have a great day! 25th
April - Grace!
6th May – Dylan! 11th May – Bianca!
