Welcome to week 6 of term 1, 2016.
Our focus for 2016 ... Whanuangatanga - learning together, accepting and involving family and others; including seeing through the eyes of others.Calendar of Events
8th 9th March ICT professional development at Apiti and Oroua Schools
10th March - Health and Safety with STA for principals and BOT 12.30 - 2.30.
10th March - Immunisations.
10th March - Manawatu Striders Interschool Road Race
10th March - Apiti Show meeting 7.30 at R and G Knights place.
14th March - ASSA meeting at 7.30pm at the school.
22nd - 23rd March - EOTC Trip to Wellington.
25th March - Good Friday - school closed.
28, 29th March - Easter - School closed.
30th March - School at 9.00am.
4th April - Board of Trustee Meeting.
6th April - Junior Rippa at FMG.
8th April - Sam Strahan at FMG.
11th April - Interschool Athletics with Feilding Schools at Timona Park (pp date: 13th April). This is a new event that the Oroua Schools have been invited to send the best 3 in each age group from the Oroua group.
15th April - Term 1 ends.
17th April - Trail Bike Ride.
2nd May - Term 2 begins.
Celebrating our Successes
Mathletics -
22nd Feb -6th March : Lauren 1,950 points, James 1,250 points, Jackson 1,250 points, Tyler 850 points.
Literacy Results 23rd Feb - 4th March
Reading Eggs - Tayler 93%.
Reading Eggspress: Top points Jacob 181 - Spelling. Brooke 67 - Comprehension.
Chapter Quizzes James 150, Johnny 120, Jacob 50.
Junior Room: Reading - Cidnee now on Green 3, Katie Red 1, Ava Yellow 2, Renee Red 3, Caelan - Purple 1, Tayler, Renee and Ava all finished Early Words!! Spelling - Cidnee, Josie and Ava all 100% - Great results!!
Apiti Show results
The judges Pam Strahan - local artist and Nikita Lowe - local teacher were impressed with the high standard of exhibits at the show and congratulate you all. It was great to see all the schoolwork in the pavilion, and we were all very pleased that Kimbolton School entered some sections and Cheltenham students entered all sections. Some of the Dream Car entries have gone into the Toyota Competition in PN. Good luck.
The Apiti Show Cup was won by Sarah with Tyler 2nd and 3rd= Dylan and Lauren.
Results :-
Photo : Year 1 - 3. 1st - Savannah, 2nd= Renee, 3rd - Josie, 4th - Kirsten.
Year 4 - 5. 1st - Lauren, 2nd= Johnny, 3rd - Sarah.
Year 6 - 8. 1st - Tyler, 3rd - Brooke, 4th - Dylan.
Waka : Year 1 - 3. 3rd - Abbey.
Year 4 - 5. 1st - Sarah,
Year 6 - 8. 1st - Jacob, 3rd - Tyler, 4th - Dylan.
Creative: Year 4 - 5. 1st - Sarah / Phinece, 2nd - Lauren / Johnny, 3rd - James.
Year 6 - 8. 1st - Brooke / Dylan, 3rd - Jackson, 4th - Tyler.
Thanks to the Corbetts who helped at the show, especially Terry who helped Nicole and Mary with the golf.
Triathlon
Firstly thanks to all those who helped make this day such a success especially Nicki for all her organising. Also special thanks to The Apiti Fire Brigade and Police Mark Dickins for helping with safety.
Apiti Triathlon results : Individual
Year 1 girls: 2nd - Katie, 3rd - Tayler, 4th - Renee.
Year 2 boys: 2nd - Caelan, 5th - Elliot.
Year 2 girls: 4th - Josie, 5th - Savannah, 7th - Abbey, 8th - Cidnee.
Year 3 girls: 3rd - Kirsten, 11th - Ava.
Year 5 boys: 1st - Johnny, 2nd - James.
Year 5 girls: 2nd - Sarah, 3rd - Lauren, 8th - Phinece.
Year 7 boys: 5th - Dylan, 8th Tyler, 9th - Fisher, 10th - Jackson.
Year 8 girls: 1st - Brooke.
Teams:
Year 3 - 4: 8th - Ava, Phinece and Kirsten.
Year 5 - 6: 1st - Johnny and James! 4th - Sarah and Lauren.
Year 6 - 8: 3rd - Brooke and Dylan, 5th - Fisher, Tyler and Jackson.
Well done to all students who competed and completed the course.
Oroua Swimming Sports
Thank you to all those parents who transported and supported your children at the swimming sports. Thank you to ..... for supplying and erecting the gazebo Well done to all our students who performed well on the day.
Results:-
Senior sports: Championship: Intermediate Boys: 1st - Freestyle, 1st Backstroke: - Johnny. Breaststroke: 2nd - Johnny. Johnny finished 2nd overall!!
Butterfly: 1st - James. Breaststroke: 3rd - James.
James finished 3rd overall!! Well done Johnny and James!
Senior Girls: 1st - Medley - Brooke. Breastroke - 2nd, Backstroke - 3rd, Butterfly - 3rd - Brooke. Brooke finished 2nd overall, well done Brooke!
Non-championship: Running Race: 1st= Fisher and Tyler. 2nd - Jackson. Backstroke: 2nd - Tyler.
Dolphin Dive: 2nd - Kirsten, 3rd - Tyler.
Backstroke: 1st - Lauren. Butterfly: 3rd - Lauren.
Junior sports: Girls: Length Flutterboard on front: 1st - Cidnee. Flutterboard on back: 2nd - Cidnee. Width Backstroke: 1st - Cidnee, 3rd - Ava. Length Backstroke: 1st - Cidnee, 3rd - Ava. Floating: 1st - Josie, 2nd= Ava and Cidnee. Freestyle width: 2nd - Cidnee. Dolphin Dive: 3rd - Cidnee. Sinking: 1st= Cidnee.
Boys: Sinking: 1st - Caelan. Floating: 2nd - Caelan. Width Freestyle: 3rd - Caelan.
Manawatu Striders Interschool Road Race
Brooke, James, Johnny, Sarah and Lauren have been selected to be part of our team for the interschool road race in Palmerston this Thursday afternoon. We wish them well.
Sam Strahan Trials
Trials will be happening at Kimbolton School either this Friday or next Monday at 12.30. The day will depend on the availability of Ben and/or Adam who will be coaching the team. We would like to thank Ben and Adam for offering their time and expertise to coach both our Junior Cup (Year 5-6) and Sam Strahan (Year 7-8) teams. Practices will be each Monday afternoon and one other day each week if possible. All year 5-8 students are encouraged to trail for these teams. They will need to bring a water bottle, shorts and sports shoes for the trial and all practices.
Consent Forms
Thank you to those who have returned their Blanket Consent forms, those of you who still need to, please return yours a.s.a.p
GAFE
Apiti School has been using google apps to support and facilitate learning for a number of years. We are now using the google apps for education suite which enables all students to have their own learning portals. This enables further personalized learning for your child. A letter is attached for your information. Here is the link: Google Apps For Education Information
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to talk to Nicki or Mary.
ASSA
ASSA would like to thank everyone for their food donations to the Apiti Show Judges lunches. It was a great success especially having it in the pavilion. We made $ 972.00. Thanks to the Apiti Show committee for the opportunity to cater for them.
The next ASSA meeting will be held on Monday the 14th of March at the school, starting at 7.30pm, to discuss the EOTC trip and the Bike Trail.
Happy Birthday to the following student, we hope you have a great day! 7th March - Tyler!
