Apiti School and District Newsletter 05/12/2016.
2016 Term Dates : Term 4 : 10th October - 20th December.
2017 School Starts Term 1 : 7th Feb - 13th Apri. Term 2 : 1st May - 7th July. Term 3 : 24th July - 29th September.
Term 4 : 16th October - 20th December.
Our focus for 2016 ... Whanuangatanga - learning together, accepting and involving family and others; including seeing through the eyes of others.
NEWS
We would like to announce the successful applicant to our teacher vacancy. Louise Ilton who will be the permanent teacher in the senior room. Most people will know Louise who is the principal of Cheltenham School, and has also taught at Apiti previously as well as Rangiwahia and other schools. She is very experienced with many up to date skills both inside and outside the classroom. We are very excited to welcome Louise to our staff and look forward to working with Louise in 2017.
We wish Nicki, all the best in her new position as principal of Kiwitea School. Everyone is welcome to attend the final farewell assembly for the leavers and Nicki on the 19th Dec at 1.15pm. After the assembly we will adjourn to the Apiti Tavern to further farewell Nicki and her family. I’d like to officially thank Nicki for her years of service to Apiti School. She has been integral in developing Apiti School into the fantastic school it is today. The learning programmes the students have received have prepared them well for high school, as the high schools and the students will tell you. They know their learning journey and can share it well reflectively. There have been so many successes. As an ACET teacher she has been recognised by the MOE and Education Council. There are too many areas of Nicki’s expertise to name, but some include the Digi Awards, ICT programmes, updating our school weebly and e-portfolios, Triathlon, Speech Competition, Enviro Award, concerts, EOTC, financial literacy - Banqer, robotics, Year 8 camp, bush walks to name a few. She has always gone well beyond the call of duty, and been there for all the students, and provided amazing programmes for them both inside and outside the classroom. We have been honoured to have her as part of our staff for the last 10 years - it has been a pleasure working with her. Thank you Nicki!
Calendar of Events
5th December : Manawatu Young Achievers Awards.
6th December : Oroua Year 8 Leavers Dinner - Apiti Tavern. Sarah Goss to speak.
7th December: Let Christine / Nicki know if you are able to join us on the Bush Walk by this date.
9th December : Student Reports shared with parents.
: Makino Swimming Lessons.
Week 10 : Student/Parent/Teacher reporting goal setting conferences (Optional)
12th December : Board of Trustees Meeting at 7pm. All members of the public are welcome to attend.
14th December : Apiti School Bush Walk (PPD 15th Dec) - Transport required please.
16th December: Makino Final Day - Water Survival and Fun Day.
19th December : 1.15 Final school assembly.
Following assembly … Community get together at Apiti tavern - Farewell for Nicki - everyone welcome!
20th December : Last day of school. The bus will run, but it will be a tidy up day.
7th February 2017 : Term 1 begins at 9.00am
Please note: These dates are updated as required. Please visit our google calendar for the most up to date info.
Friday: Swimming at Makino (9th, 16th Dec).
Wednesday: Bush Walk (14th December).
CELEBRATING OUR SUCCESSES :
Record Keeping / Reports
At Apiti School, at this time of year we formally reflect on our learning and our next steps, please view the student’s record keeping and reports by using the link through google docs. If you need help or would like a paper copy please contact the school.
Mathletics : In the last 2 weeks - Ava P 790, Caelan 772.
Maths : Awesome progress in maths: Geometry - Jackson.
Reading express : Lexile growth, last 2 weeks :- Phinece 97, Jackson 78, Lauren 52, Caelan & Fisher 35, Johnny 13.
Comprehension - lessons completed/highest level lesson:- Summer 16 /36, Jackson 13/32, Fisher 12/72, Brooke 10 /70, Lauren 9/20, Johnny 3/28.
Quizzes taken /av score per quiz : - Summer 16/88%, Phinece 14/89%, Jackson 14/79%, Fisher 12/83%, Lauren 10/84%, Brooke 8/86%, Caelan 6/80%, Johnny 6/72%.
Total books read in last 2 weeks Lauren 19, Tayler 12, Phinece 7, Johnny 6, Sarah 5, Tyler & Fisher 4.
Sumdog Maths : Questions / acc Bently F 235/45%, Bentley 219/75%, Ava F 169/67%, Abbey 135/63%, Katie 129/88%. Senior : Ava P 368, Johnny 136, Fisher 109, Caelan 103.
Sumdog Reading: Top questions answered Devarney 115, Top accuracy Savannah 63%.
Excellent Progress in Reading: Sarah / Tyler - Amazing reading progress!
100% in Spelling Junior Room : Week 7 : Aimee, Renee, Katie. Week 8 : Abbey, Tayler, Katie.
100% in Spelling Senior Room: Week 7 : Brooke, Fisher, Jackson, Tyler, Phinece, Summer, Lauren, Sarah, Johnny, Josie, Caelan. Week 8 : Fisher, Tyler, Sarah, Lauren, Johnny, Caelan, Josie.
Excellent time management: Josie: … well done.
Manawatu Young Achievers’ Award 2016 - Tonight
It is incredibly difficult to capture Brooke’s Leadership capacity in 35 words!!
It is with pride that we celebrate Brooke as our Apiti School Young Achiever for 2016. She will receive her award, along with the other young achievers in the Feilding district, on Monday the 5th of December at the Feilding Civic Centre.
Brooke Pratt
Brooke is an exceptional school leader and role model of excellent character. Outstanding achievements include whanau-group leader, Bon-Apiti, sports representative, digi-awards finalist multiple times and writer/producer of our 2016 production. Her outstanding attitude and inclusive leadership style are inspirational to all.
Oroua Group of Schools Athletics Sports Results
Congratulations to everyone, parents and students alike for their commitment to the Athletics this year. Well done to all students who participated. Once again, it was a great Oroua event and a big thank you goes to Kiwitea school for organising the event. Results are as follows :-
Senior Girls (12+) 800m - 1st Brooke! High Jump - 2nd Brooke. 100m - 3rd Brooke. Long Jump - 3rd Brooke.
Discus - 3rd Brooke. Shot Put - 3rd Brooke. Senior Girls Championship 2nd place - Brooke! Well done Brooke!
11 Year old Boys : Discus - 1st Tyler! Shot Put - 1st Tyler! 11 Year old Boys 4th= place Tyler.
10 Year old Boys : 800m - 4th Johnny. High Jump - 4th Johnny.
10 Year old Girls : 100m - 1st Sarah! 800m - 1st Sarah! High Jump - 1st Sarah! Long Jump - 1st Sarah!
Discus - 1st Sarah! Shot Put - 1st Sarah! 10 Year old Girls 1st place = Sarah!! Well done Sarah!!
100m - 4th Phinece. Shot Put - 4th Phinece.
9 Year old Girls : Discus - 1st Lauren! 100m - 2nd Lauren. 800m - 4th Lauren. Long Jump - 4th Lauren. 9 Year old Girls 2nd= place Lauren. Well done Lauren.
7 Year old Boys : High Jump - 2nd Caelan.
7 Year old Girls : Discus - 1st Cidnee! 75m Sprints - 2nd Cidnee. High Jump - 3rd= Cidnee. Shot Put - 3rd Cidnee.
Shot Put - 4th= Aimee.
6 Year old Girls : Discus - 2nd Tayler. Shot Put - 2nd Tayler. Long Jump - 3rd Tayler. Distance - 3rd Tayler.
High Jump - 1st Renee! Shot Put - 4th Renee. Distance - 5th Renee.
5 Year old Boys : Discus - 3rd Devarney. Distance - 5th Devarney.
5 Year old Girls : 75m Sprints - 1st= Katie! 50m Sprints - 3rd Katie.
Discus - 3rd Ava F. Shot Put - 4th Ava F.
LOOKING AHEAD:
Bon Apiti
This term’s Healthy Lunch option is a hamburger, and / or a fruit smoothie for $3.00 each available every Thursday. Please order on Wednesday - Juicies are also available at $1.50. Please send your money along to school each Wednesday in a named, sealed envelope and hand it in to Brooke.
Swimming Lessons
The remaining swimming lessons booked in at the Feilding Makino Aquatic Centre, with 2 lessons per day, are on the following dates : 9th, 16th December.
We will leave school at 11.00am to allow the students a little extra time in the water to develop their water confidence and social skills in a different environment. Thank you to those who are letting Christine know in advance how they can help with transport. It is most appreciated.
Note: Our final swimming day on the16th will include water safety lessons. After speaking with Makino staff this Friday, students will also plan their end of year Celebration Day activities for this day. A note will be sent home early next week if students need to bring anything special for this.
Year 8 Leavers Dinner - Tuesday 6th December
This event is happening tomorrow night in the Apiti Tavern. The evening will start at 5.30pm with Sarah Goss, our guest speaker at 6.00, a small presentation to the Leavers and then dinner at 6.30. This is a special occasion for our Year 8 Leavers and their parents. We hope Brooke enjoys her special night!
School Bush Walk
Planning for this year’s bush walk to Heritage Lodge is attached here. It is a great walk in our local environment. We would love you all to join us.
Please let Christine / Nicki know by the end of school Wed 7th if you are keen to come, as we need to confirm parent numbers for planning. Many thanks.
We would like to thank Jock for his initial planning and Geoff for his offer to help organise this year’s bush walk.
Lamb and Calf Day Trophies
Well done to those who have returned their Lamb and Calf Day trophies - these are now in being engraved. Those who still need to return their trophy to school, please do so a.s.a.p so they can be taken in to be engraved and then returned to you before the end of year. The Board of Trustees kindly pays for the trophies to be engraved.
School Photos
These were taken at school and will soon be able to be viewed and purchased at Svendsens Photography, 38 Marlborough Street Feilding.
Uniforms
Could all students please return their complete uniform set by the end of the week so that Pat can sort them for issuing next year.
Accounts
Thank you to all parents who have paid the ski and stationery accounts. If you have any outstanding accounts still to be settled, please do so before the end of the school year. Please remember that part payment on a regular basis, is also an option. If you require another invoice/statement, please ring Christine during office hours.
Library Books
We would like all library books returned to school a.s.a.p please. Once we have collated all books, students will be able to take out new books for holiday reading.
End of Year Assembly
This assembly is on Monday the 19th December starting at 1.15 in the senior room. This will include a farewell for the Leavers and Nicki, and after we will go to the Tavern for dinner. All members of the community are welcome.
Thanks
We would like to say a big thank you to Vikash and Julie (our friendly mailpeople) for taking the time to deliver our newsletter to our communities letterboxes on their run, plus all the times they have gone that extra mile delivering heavy / bulky parcels to our door - we really appreciate all that you do for us!.
Thank you to Hilton and Nipper for mowing our field and picking the grass up recently.
Public Health Services – MidCentral Health Immunisation Programmes
The Ministry of Health offers all students in Year 7 and 8 vaccination against:
· Diphtheria / Tetanus / Whooping Cough ( acellular pertussis) = All Year 7 students
· Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) = All Year 8 students.
Following recent changes to the National Immunisation Schedule, the School Based Immunisation Programme will be offering Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to boys as well as girls in Year 8. This is a two dose vaccine programme with a 6 month gap between the doses. While the initial efforts of the HPV immunisation programme focused on cervical cancer prevention for women, increasing evidence has emerged in recent years of the impact of other HPV-related cancers on men. If you would like more information on this important Immunisation Programme please go to http://www.health.govt.nz/your-health/conditions-and-treatments/diseases-and-illnesses/cervical-cancer/hpv-immunisation
Public Health Nurses will be offering dTap and HPV vaccinations at all schools within the MidCentral District Health Board area during 2017. These vaccinations are free and given at the school during school hours or at a PHN community clinic. The vaccinations may also be given through your primary care provider (General Practice Team) at a time that suits you.
All parents will be provided with the relevant information and a consent form which will need to be completed and returned to the school as soon as possible.
Your child can commence the either programmes at anytime during the year. Please contact your Public Health Service for a consent form.
If you have any queries, you can contact the school Public Health Nurse by ringing
06 350 4560 or 0800 153 042. - Public Health Services.
Feilding Blue Light Disco – Christmas Disco
Friday the 16th of December in the Feilding Civic Centre.
Year’s 1 – 4 from 5.30 – 6.30pm. Year’s 5 – 8 from 7.30 – 9.00pm. $2.00 entry fee (must have a permission slip). Drinks, lollies, chippies & glow sticks for sale at the venue for $1.00 each. – NZ Police.
Request
Please make sure all bikes are taken home from school by the end of the term.
Please look after the school and school grounds during out of school hours. One of our gates was broken recently! Thank you! - Chrissie.
Regards, Mary, Nicki, Linda, Pat, Pam, Mary B, Jenni and Christine.
